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The following is an email that I sent to Sundance directly regarding parts for my Level II.

They have all the parts, but I had a question regarding the CPU and the voicemail cards for the unit.

The email follows:

We spoke on the phone yesterday regarding a NEC Advanced Level II system. I am looking for the following items:

Hardware:

1. 1 - Nec CPU-F V-7.06
2. 1 - Nec ESI-F 8 port n/cable
3. 1 - Nec 1 VRS-C (1)-11 voice module or 1 - Nec VRS-F-11 voice record unit

Also, I was wondering what the difference between the two units listed as 3. We were hoping to have the voicemail card and I am unsure which of those two units are required to do this. Our current system has the following slots free: IF3/OP3, IF5 & IF8. Are we able to add the units that I requested without having to upgrade to a second KSU?

Finally, we are looking at some phones and phone add-ons:

1. 1 - ETW-48 – Black (Attendant add-on)
2. 5 - NEC DTU 16D-2 Telephones (if the DTU 8D-2 is the 8-line version with digital display then I would prefer that model)

Please let me know what you have in stock and what we would fully need to upgrade the system.

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My question is basically the same as addressed in the email. Which of the voicemail units do I need to allow for voicemail, will that CPU card work okay and does my system have the required slots to install all the items.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Bradford Schleifer.

the vrs-c is for the level 1 and will not work on the level 2. anything with a -c is for level 1. anything with a -f is for level 2. anything with a -u is for elite.

you can only have 1 cpu per system.

you have a free slots for the esi & vrs.

etw phones will work fine. just remember that they connect to the black/yellow (or white/orange) pair not the red/green

dtu style phones will work IF you have a certain version of software or higher (it escapes me right now what it is).

Thanks. Am I to assume that there is no problem swapping out an old CPU card with a new one? The battery is dead on the one I currently have and I figured that I might as well upgraded it to v7.06 (so things like DTU phones will work okay).

Before this system I had never looked at phone systems, but I've had to crash course myself after the power died and I was the only one able to attempt to reprogram it.

But basically go with the -F voicemail unit. Actually, I had one final question. I know at one point they made software to interface with the Level II. It required a card and PC software. Does that still exist anywhere and is it worth getting?

Thank you a bundle for all your help.

Brad