topic Re: How to connect in Home Phone

How to connect

Ridethesplit — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 13:29:09 GMT

Hi,
**Edit, seems I need a different cable with a BT end.*** Does anyone know if I need a 2 wire, or 4 wire cable to use the phone?
I have Plusnet fibre broadband with a Plusnet hub.
The phone line comes in to the house, and then I have a filter plugged directly into the wall socket. A phone cable goes from this filter into the back of the broadband hub.
We have not used a landline for over 10 years, but my wife has found a cool phone, so wants me to make it work.
Question is, how do I connect the phone to the line? The only socket on the filter goes to the broadband hub. Can I just get a splitter to share this line?
Any help would be appreciated....

Re: How to connect

LifeonMars — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:00:14 GMT

Use a Micro filter Plug into BT master socket if the BT Master socket has only 1 connection ,

see https://www.bt.com/help/broadband/why-do-i-need-adsl-filters--microfilters--and-where-do-they-go-

Re: How to connect

Baldrick1 — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:26:10 GMT

@Ridethesplit

I don’t know what plug there is on this cool phone but if it will plug into your master socket then it will plug into the phone socket on the filter, they are identical.

Re: How to connect

Ridethesplit — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 15:14:59 GMT

The cable has the same plug as the modem socket, not the phone one. I need an adapter the change this (think it's called rj11) to a standard BT plug. Only problem is they sell a 2 wire and a 4 wire version......

Re: How to connect

Baldrick1 — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:39:46 GMT

Are you sure that this is an analogue phone, not a digital one? It sounds like an IP phome to me. They are not interchangeable.

Re: How to connect

Ridethesplit — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:27:11 GMT

It's a normal phone as far as I am aware.

Re: How to connect

Ridethesplit — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:13:37 GMT

Double checked an it's definitely an analogue phone.