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BT phone on Eircom line

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  • 19-12-2005 8:00pm
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    The_Bullman
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    I was across the border in Newry last weekend and I picked up a wireless home phone cheap.

    It doesn't seem to work at home(In the south). Would there be compatability issues on the phoneline? Should this work?

    Thanks for your help.

    (hope this is the appropriate forum)


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    the Guru
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    The standard plugs encountered are the small RJ11 found on line cords at the telephone or modem end and the BT431A plug at the socket end. On RJ11 it is usual for the centre two pins to carry the signal, on BT431A it is the outer two.

    A common problem is encountered when taking a UK phones overseas - it won't ring. This is because most overseas countries use a 2 wire system and the UK 3rd wire for the ring signal is absent. The simplest way of getting around this is to ensure you take a BT MASTER (not slave) socket with you when you go. Connect the 2 wires on the foreign system to connections 2 and 5 of the BT Master socket and plug the phone in. It should now ring.


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