erk@americ.UUCP (Erick Parsons) (09/04/89)
>From: jenglish@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Jim English) Message-ID: <553@tardis.Tymnet.COM> >(214)637-7406 Dallas | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jenglish > >works if I just set it up regular like, but I can't dial out through >it. I just get a dial tone. I can dial on another phone, and the speaker >phone holds the line and works like that. >Can anyone tell me if I need to jumper anything or disconnect any wires Jim, youd probably be better off posting this to sci.electronics but since you asked, switching the wires around (swapping the wires) should fix your problem. Some of the older TT phones that are powered off of the telephone lines didn't have a Bridge rectifier setup on the inputs to properly polarize the line voltage (If the polarity was reversed at the input). :-( As far as I know All of the newer phones have the bridge rectifier installed and will work with the wires swapped. -- ------------------ // ----------------------------------------------------- Erick Parsons // erk@americ.UUCP or ..ames!pacbell!sactoh0!americ!erk Sacramento Ca // GEnie: E.PARSONS %-) Hamatuer Radio N6RZB -------------- \X/ --------------------------------------------------------