{"id":66143,"date":"2013-04-01T07:30:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T07:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=66143"},"modified":"2016-06-21T13:20:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T13:20:12","slug":"cisco-spa504g-vsrf-salvage-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/cisco-spa504g-vsrf-salvage-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco SPA504G (VSRF) Salvage Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During 2009 when the world economy was struggling VoIP Supply launched their VoIP Supply Refreshed (VSRF) or <a title=\"Refresh Phones\" href=\"\/refresh\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'voip-insider-blog-post', 'click', 'Refresh phones');\">Refresh phones<\/a> as an alternative to new-in-box phones from manufacturers but without the risks and uncertainty of used phones from eBay.<\/p>\n<p>To make this happen VoIP Supply set up a detailed 10 step reconditioning process that each phone goes through where they are examined, upgraded, reset to defaults and repackaged with all of the parts, a CD that includes all the datasheets and manuals and a certificate of Refreshness signed by the VoIP Supply employee who Refreshed the phone. Additionally each phone comes with a six month Plus 6 Warranty that can be extended to 1 year for a small fee.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Nate Martin asked if they could take a phone home to do a custom refresh on the phone. Taking a Cisco SPA504G home\u00a0Nate worked for two months trying different ways he could customize the phone to mixed results until eventually he unveiled his prototype, Cisco SPA504G (VSRF) Salvage Edition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66193\" src=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2013\/03\/Cisco-SPA504G-VSRF-Salvage-Edition.jpg\" alt=\"Cisco SPA504G VSRF Salvage Edition\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2013\/03\/Cisco-SPA504G-VSRF-Salvage-Edition.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/files\/2013\/03\/Cisco-SPA504G-VSRF-Salvage-Edition-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the telephony features of the SPA504G Salvage Edition aren\u2019t any different it has gone through several noticeable cosmetic enhancements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taking inspiration from an <a title=\"Eames Lounge Chair\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hermanmiller.com\/products\/seating\/lounge-seating\/eames-lounge-chair-and-ottoman.html\" target=\"_blank\">Eames Lounge Chair<\/a> he gave the phone a fresh coat of shiny black paint<\/li>\n<li>To keep on the Eames theme he replaced the panel around the display with a custom wood panel which he engraved with the Cisco logo and SPA504G model number before varnishing it<\/li>\n<li>As a further nod to the 1960s the numerical dial pad keys were replaced with old typewriter keys that he was able to salvage from a typewriter he bought from <a title=\"Buffalo Reuse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.buffaloreuse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo ReUse<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Further still with the 60s inspiration the curly phone cable has been replaced by a curly guitar amp cable. An update was the integration of a phone handset cord swivel on both ends to help reduce knots in the cable<\/li>\n<li>One final change is the replacement of the 4 direction knob for menu navigation with the directional pad from his old Nintendo NES controller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When asked about for his thoughts Ben Sayers, VoIP Supply CEO, first asked for it to be put on his desk before going on to say <em>\u201cI am really impressed with what he has done with creating this phone. Besides being a very unique piece it also incorporates and can be used as an example of a lot of the values that VoIP Supply stands from.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To show his support for the work that had done VoIP Supply has commissioned an initial run of 25 Cisco SPA504G (VSRF) Salvage phones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During 2009 when the world economy was struggling VoIP Supply launched their VoIP Supply Refreshed (VSRF) or Refresh phones as an alternative to new-in-box phones from manufacturers but without the risks and uncertainty of used phones from eBay. To make this happen VoIP Supply set up a detailed 10 step reconditioning process that each phone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-voip-phone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66143"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186023,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66143\/revisions\/186023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}