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Wild Oscar · 11-11-2008, 17:07

Help .. any telephony engineers around here?

A strange thing happened yesterday when my Philips cordless phone packed up for no apparent reason!
I assumed that the phone itself was at fault and replaced it with another cordless .. this time a older BT model .. but that wouldn't connect either.
So out came an old Tevion (re-branded Binatone) corded and that works fine!!
I've done the usual checks .. both handset batteries are charged up nicely, all the cables seem to be fine etc etc .. but the cordless phones still refuse to connect!

I've had a search around for similar reports .. and the only clues I've found suggest that the cordless design depends on a certain voltage from the phone line (not the mains) to operate the wireless transmitter/reciever .. and that all the rain we've had has in some way affected these voltage rails.

Does anyone around here know more about this? .. Is this possible? .. it would be nice to know for sure!

Thanks for any insights folks!!

11-11-2008, 17:07	#1
Wild Oscar cf.addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 222	Dead cordless phones?!? Help .. any telephony engineers around here? A strange thing happened yesterday when my Philips cordless phone packed up for no apparent reason! I assumed that the phone itself was at fault and replaced it with another cordless .. this time a older BT model .. but that wouldn't connect either. So out came an old Tevion (re-branded Binatone) corded and that works fine!! I've done the usual checks .. both handset batteries are charged up nicely, all the cables seem to be fine etc etc .. but the cordless phones still refuse to connect! I've had a search around for similar reports .. and the only clues I've found suggest that the cordless design depends on a certain voltage from the phone line (not the mains) to operate the wireless transmitter/reciever .. and that all the rain we've had has in some way affected these voltage rails. Does anyone around here know more about this? .. Is this possible? .. it would be nice to know for sure! Thanks for any insights folks!! __________________ The problem for newspapers is that a story headlined 'Two Dead in Baghdad' isn't very product-friendly," said Kent Ertugrul, CEO of PHORM "But if you know who is looking at the page, that's where the opportunity is.