 sonic2000
join:2002-10-02 Los Angeles, CA
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Hi, i am getting sbc/at&t dsl and i want to install a filter for a rotary phone. I am looking for help as to how i can adapt it to a line filter that was sent to me. I have experience with making rj45 cables and wiring shouldn't be a problem. Thanks. |
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  satasi 2nd Little Angel Premium,MVM join:2001-07-04 San Antonio, TX | Are you talking about a splitter when you say line filter? SATASI -- He who knows never speak..... He who speaks never knows....... |
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 sonic2000
join:2002-10-02 Los Angeles, CA | no a dsl line filter a splitter is something u have to put outside of the house |
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  satasi 2nd Little Angel Premium,MVM join:2001-07-04 San Antonio, TX | reply to sonic2000 Well just plug the filter into your phone jack and plug the phone set on the phone side of the filter and your modem to the DSL side. SATASI -- He who knows never speak..... He who speaks never knows....... |
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 sonic2000
join:2002-10-02 Los Angeles, CA | there is no jack, and the rotary phone is mounted against the wall. Do you know what a rotary phone is? |
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  d_l Barsoom Premium,MVM join:2002-12-08 Reno, NV
| reply to sonic2000 So are you are asking for jack installation instructions and RJ11 installation tips on the phone cord, right? I'm sure satasi can help you with that once he understand your question.  |
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 sonic2000
join:2002-10-02 Los Angeles, CA
| Ok, i have a rotary phone that at the end is connected through a jack and not plugged in to it. I have no way of installing the filter to the rotary phone because as i said it is installed through the jack, don't ask my how, and not plugged in. So there is no rj11 connecter at the end of this rotary phone.
I am asking for tips on what i can do about it. Maybe this jack is filtered already i don't know, i need info. I need to know if i have to crimp new rj-11 connecters at the end of the rotary phone line and then plug it into the dslfilter and then dsl filter into jack. Sorry if i didn't explain through i guess i thought it was a common problem. |
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  Flippant So Much For Subtlety Premium,Mod join:2000-06-04 Katy, TX
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| reply to sonic2000 said by sonic2000 : Do you know what a rotary phone is? LOL I will be chuckling all day. Thanks for the smile. BTW satasi probably started working for Ma Bell back when phones couldn't be dialed... (j/k) |
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 Enlightener
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| reply to sonic2000 You can either fix this or have a whole-house splitter installed.
Basically just take the jack apart and disconnect the telephone. Then replace the jack with a proper RJ-11 jack. If you want to continue to use the old phone you need to replace the telephone cable with one that has an RJ-11 jack on the end. This will be plugged into the filter which is plugged into the jack.
It's just 2 wires ( red and green ) and really not that much work. |
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  d_l Barsoom Premium,MVM join:2002-12-08 Reno, NV
| reply to sonic2000 I'm not familiar with rotary phone connection methods (I do remember that their wires were screwed into little tin boxes), but to cover some other aspects of your situation, is that the only phone on the line? I'm just checking to see if there any chance that there is already a POTS splitter out at the NID and a home run leading to a jack expressly for DSL in the place? This situation would not need any of the microfilters. |
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  satasi 2nd Little Angel Premium,MVM join:2001-07-04 San Antonio, TX
| reply to sonic2000 well a rotary phone can be either a desktop or wall phone...now what you have is a hardwired wall phone....goes back to the seventies when we hardwired all phone sets......there a wall plates for dsl but you have to convert the backside of the wall phone with a modular backplate........you will need a kit to convert the backplate for a WE 554 phone to modular so you can use a wall plate that has the filter built in. SATASI -- He who knows never speak..... He who speaks never knows....... |
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 sonic2000
join:2002-10-02 Los Angeles, CA
| reply to d_l said by d_l :I'm not familiar with rotary phone connection methods (I do remember that their wires were screwed into little tin boxes), but to cover some other aspects of your situation, is that the only phone on the line? I'm just checking to see if there any chance that there is already a POTS splitter out at the NID and a home run leading to a jack expressly for DSL in the place? This situation would not need any of the microfilters. I'm am pretty sure that there is no splitter installed. For that line there are only one other that has a jack and adding a microfilter is no problem, but for some reason my grandma wants the rotary phone. |
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  satasi 2nd Little Angel Premium,MVM join:2001-07-04 San Antonio, TX
| reply to d_l d_l has the right idea....I would go with a splitter at the NID....Flippant I came in just a tad later from those days. SATASI -- He who knows never speak..... He who speaks never knows....... |
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  Mountaineer1 Big WVU Fan Premium,MVM join:2002-01-12 Universe
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| reply to sonic2000 If you have the old 4-pronge connector,then you need an adapter. »www.customphones.com/item80509.ctlg -- I'm just a Material Handling Tech.If it's too heavy,get a Forklift. |
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  satasi 2nd Little Angel Premium,MVM join:2001-07-04 San Antonio, TX | reply to Enlightener Enlighter, back in those days we didn't put jacks for wall phones, ran the iw straight to the set and wired them that way. SATASI -- He who knows never speak..... He who speaks never knows....... |
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 sonic2000
join:2002-10-02 Los Angeles, CA
| reply to satasi said by satasi :well a rotary phone can be either a desktop or wall phone...now what you have is a hardwired wall phone....goes back to the seventies when we hardwired all phone sets......there a wall plates for dsl but you have to convert the backside of the wall phone with a modular backplate........you will need a kit to convert the backplate for a WE 554 phone to modular so you can use a wall plate that has the filter built in. SATASI Are you sure about this, the rotary phone might be convertd already since it's running through a jack. |
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  satasi 2nd Little Angel Premium,MVM join:2001-07-04 San Antonio, TX | reply to Mountaineer1 Mtneeer, that won't work....those are the old portable type jacks. SATASI -- He who knows never speak..... He who speaks never knows....... |
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  satasi 2nd Little Angel Premium,MVM join:2001-07-04 San Antonio, TX | reply to sonic2000 Is it a modular jack? SATASI |
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 sonic2000
join:2002-10-02 Los Angeles, CA
| reply to Mountaineer1 Ok there is not connecter as i said earlier literally speaking
ROTARY | | | JACK--RJ11 female | | | going beneath the floors |
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  satasi 2nd Little Angel Premium,MVM join:2001-07-04 San Antonio, TX | reply to sonic2000 Are you talking about the desk or wall phone? SATASI |
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