i recently came across this strange toy phone looking thing in my room that I did not ever bring in here and was wondering if anyone could help me identify what it is. That supposed screen isn’t real either it’s just a semi glossed piece of plastic glued onto the housing to appear as a screen I removed it and learned that. I’ve attached some pictures hopefully I did it correctly as this is my first time making a post here. Any help is greatly appreciated thanks!

 

Welcome to AAC!

i recently came across this strange toy phone looking thing in my room that I did not ever bring in here and was wondering if anyone could help me identify what it is.

I'd ask whoever has visited you if they lost something.

Might be a music player (from the headphone symbol and the high/low/off switch).

 

Can you get a better picture of the black chip in the first picture, or at least read off the letter/numbers on there?
As a first guess, it's some sort of wireless receiver for... something. Probably not a FM radio, because those don't typically have a "reset" button.

 

Here are the photos requested. Finally gave me a reason to use this cheap little iPhone lens kit I received as a gift. I’m actually very surprised at the little macro it came with haha

 

View attachment 161173 View attachment 161174 Here are the photos requested. Finally gave me a reason to use this cheap little iPhone lens kit I received as a gift. I’m actually very surprised at the little macro it came with hahaView attachment 161173

 

It's a FM Radio. http://www.datasheetcafe.com/cd9088cb-datasheet-pdf/

 

Wow. My guess was kinda right. it is a FM radio. That chip is a "monolithic electric tuning FM radio IC". Nice macro lens.

 

It's a FM Radio. http://www.datasheetcafe.com/cd9088cb-datasheet-pdf/

That explains the air coil inductor.

 

It might be half of a wireless headphone set, the receiver. You would "scan" to find the mating transmitter. No sure what reset would be for in that scenario.

Hmmm... On second thought I think those batteries are too small to run the radio and drive headphones for any useful time.

 

It might be half of a wireless headphone set, the receiver. You would "scan" to find the mating transmitter. No sure what reset would be for in that scenario.

I suspect the reset is to start over the scanning at the beginning of the FM band (87.5MHz)

Hmmm... On second thought I think those batteries are too small to run the radio and drive headphones for any useful time.

Certainly. The datasheet says the typical current is 5.2mA. It probably lasts the few days' duration of a tradeshow.

 

I suspect the reset is to start over the scanning at the beginning of the FM band (87.5MHz)


Certainly. The datasheet says the typical current is 5.2mA. It probably lasts the few days' duration of a tradeshow.

Now that you say it, yeah, I actually have some like that -freebies given at trade shows.