I have a cordless home ‘phone with 2 handsets and two chargeing stations. Last night, both handsets had a lot of static type interference, this hasn’t happened before, and although it’s greatly reduced today, it’s still present, is this likely to be caused by atmospheric conditions? or a fault in the system?
It may be your base station that is having a problem or it could be external interference form other phones or other devices.
do you have a “normal” phone eg a telstra one? if so plug that in the wall socket and see if that is noisy.
In our case, it was knackered connections in the box down the road. Took a few technician visits and a couple of total f*k ups to get it right.
Took a few technician visits and a couple of total f*k ups to get it right.
the techs may have fixed my line. not their fault and they are a good lot of guys. i have had them out so many times i get invited to the babies christenings now.
>>>do you have a “normal” phone eg a telstra one? if so plug that in the wall socket and see if that is noisy.
Good idea Boris, I think I can borrow one from a friend.
>I think I can borrow one from a friend.
Bob, it’s a good idea to keep one of the old style phones around in case of an emergency.
During an extended blackout your cordless phone is as useless as a very useless thing.
probably just a loose cord…
Arts said:
probably just a loose cord…
0_o
Good idea Boris,
thanks but having imagination is a curse. people start to expect you to be brilliant all the time.
>>Bob, it’s a good idea to keep one of the old style phones around in case of an emergency.
During an extended blackout your cordless phone is as useless as a very useless thing.
sibeen, thanks for that, will see if I can get one.
>>Bob, it’s a good idea to keep one of the old style phones around in case of an emergency.
During an extended blackout your cordless phone is as useless as a very useless thing.
sibeen, thanks for that, will see if I can get one.
bob(from black rock) said:
>>Bob, it’s a good idea to keep one of the old style phones around in case of an emergency.During an extended blackout your cordless phone is as useless as a very useless thing.
sibeen, thanks for that, will see if I can get one.
Dont think they work anymore, I used to have one for emergencies, many moons ago I noticed it no longer rings in tandem with the other phone. No dial tone or anything. I suspect they have changed the system somehow so they do not work.
Skunkworks said:
bob(from black rock) said:
>>Bob, it’s a good idea to keep one of the old style phones around in case of an emergency.During an extended blackout your cordless phone is as useless as a very useless thing.
sibeen, thanks for that, will see if I can get one.
Dont think they work anymore, I used to have one for emergencies, many moons ago I noticed it no longer rings in tandem with the other phone. No dial tone or anything. I suspect they have changed the system somehow so they do not work.
Mine still works as it always has.
>Mine still works as it always has.
I have one that is still connected and it works fine.
morrie said:
Mine still works as it always has.
I might check with the company. Does it matter if you are not with Telstra? Would that make a difference.
sibeen said:
>Mine still works as it always has.I have one that is still connected and it works fine.
Me too
Skunkworks said:
. Does it matter if you are not with Telstra? Would that make a difference.
No.
Skeptic Pete said:
Skunkworks said:. Does it matter if you are not with Telstra? Would that make a difference.No.
I asked because it is my recollection it went off line at about the same time I changed carriers, but it is very possible from the replies that it is broken.
bob(from black rock) said:
I have a cordless home ‘phone with 2 handsets and two chargeing stations. Last night, both handsets had a lot of static type interference, this hasn’t happened before, and although it’s greatly reduced today, it’s still present, is this likely to be caused by atmospheric conditions? or a fault in the system?
more likely moisture in the fixed line and connections than the cordless set up
you could always check by taking the cordless set up to someones elses place and seeing if the crackling remains
Dont think they work anymore, I used to have one for emergencies, many moons ago I noticed it no longer rings in tandem with the other phone. No dial tone or anything. I suspect they have changed the system somehow so they do not work.
this isn’t the old black bakerlite type which is meant, they are “analogue” and so wont work, but rather the white touchphone type.
Older phones with the rotary dial used what is called decadic dialling, whilst the newer style push button phone uses Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF). It wouldn’t surprise me if the older decadic signalling is not longer recognised.
Older phones with the rotary dial used what is called decadic dialling, whilst the newer style push button phone uses Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF). It wouldn’t surprise me if the older decadic signalling is not longer recognised.
thanks for the correct terminology.
:-)
Had to search the memory banks a bit, Boris.
When I was wearing a green uniform I actually used to teach a course on this…about 25 years ago :)
sibeen said:
Older phones with the rotary dial used what is called decadic dialling, whilst the newer style push button phone uses Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF). It wouldn’t surprise me if the older decadic signalling is not longer recognised.
This is the old style rotary.
sibeen said:
>I think I can borrow one from a friend.Bob, it’s a good idea to keep one of the old style phones around in case of an emergency.
During an extended blackout your cordless phone is as useless as a very useless thing.
I have a phone connected to VOIP, so if the power goes, so does the phone. There’s a payphone at the servo if the mobiles don’t work and I really need to order a pizza.
Hi Folks, thankyou all for your feed back, the interference seems to have vanished, so I think it could have been due to problems with the landline itself, now that I recall this has happened before.