phones
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hurk27
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Re: phones
I have never had this problem come up But I do know reverseing the tip and ring will cause some problems with some after market phones. and even pay phones will tend to not want to hang up very fast when this is done. grounding one of the wires also causes all sorts of problems too.
I have never had this problem come up But I do know reverseing the tip and ring will cause some problems with some after market phones. and even pay phones will tend to not want to hang up very fast when this is done. grounding one of the wires also causes all sorts of problems too.
Re: phones
Could be a number of problems. Can you take just one phone around and it works on all jacks except one using the same satin cord? If so it might be the receptacle in the jack, or a loose connection inside the jack or at a splice.
Lift the reciever at the bad jack and listen to the dial tone, see if it sounds weak.
Another thing is the phone could be polarity sensitive. Lift the reciever, listen for dial tone, then push a button and listen for the touch tone. If you do not hear it, try reversing the red and green wires in the jack and see what happens.
Could be a number of problems. Can you take just one phone around and it works on all jacks except one using the same satin cord? If so it might be the receptacle in the jack, or a loose connection inside the jack or at a splice.
Lift the reciever at the bad jack and listen to the dial tone, see if it sounds weak.
Another thing is the phone could be polarity sensitive. Lift the reciever, listen for dial tone, then push a button and listen for the touch tone. If you do not hear it, try reversing the red and green wires in the jack and see what happens.
hbiss
EC, Westchester, New York NEC: 2014
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Re: phones
What would cause a phone jack to be able to recieve calls but not make them?
Ordinarily nothing. If you have a known good phone plug it in and tell me what happens. When you say that you cannot make calls, when you pick up the handset do you get a dialtone? If so I assume then that when you dial nothing happens? Is this a touch tone phone? If so when you push the buttons what do you hear from the receiver?
Give me the answers and we will see where the problem is. This really isn't difficult.
-Hal
What would cause a phone jack to be able to recieve calls but not make them?
Ordinarily nothing. If you have a known good phone plug it in and tell me what happens. When you say that you cannot make calls, when you pick up the handset do you get a dialtone? If so I assume then that when you dial nothing happens? Is this a touch tone phone? If so when you push the buttons what do you hear from the receiver?
Give me the answers and we will see where the problem is. This really isn't difficult.
-Hal
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