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I've bought a phone at a yard sale that has an 8 wire RJ 45 jack on
it.How can I change it to an RJ 14 so I can hook it up at home,and
especially not lose any of its functions?
Thank you for any help.
                                Ray

How is anyone supposed to help with what you provided?

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Think of it this way:  Let's say you bought a TV in France.  If you bring it
home to the US, the French TV shows will still be in France.

Your phone is probably from a business telephone system...the business
telephone features are still at that business...inside of the main control
unit.  The phone you have is not going to work in your house.  Sorry.

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I've bought a phone at a yard sale that has an 8 wire RJ 45 jack on
it.How can I change it to an RJ 14 so I can hook it up at home,and
especially not lose any of its functions?
Thank you for any help.
                                Ray

Carl

Quote:>                                Ray

Quote:>I've bought a phone at a yard sale that has an 8 wire RJ 45 jack on
>>it.How can I change it to an RJ 14 so I can hook it up at home,and
>>especially not lose any of its functions?

Tony

Quote:>Just a guess, to me it sounds like this phone goes to a Key system which make
>all those functions work, IF that's the case, you're out of luck.  But a
>standard cord will fit into the jack of the telephone, you're only using the 2
>center conductors on the cord anyways for a single line phone.  It can't
>hurt..... Good luck

http://www.users.interport.net/~czguris

The phone I've got is a Litephone made by Commtronics Corp. It's a
speaker phone (speaker hangs on the wall) with a remote I.R.
dialer.Thanks.
                             Ray

Well it sounds pretty cool.  I hope you can get it working.  I did some
searches and the only "comtronics" I came up with was a paging/sound
system/intercom dealer...they just sell stuff - don't seem to make any
products.

You don't mean "Plantronics" do you?  They made a speakerphone with an
infrared piece years ago....but they did not use 8-wire cords.

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The phone I've got is a Litephone made by Commtronics Corp. It's a
speaker phone (speaker hangs on the wall) with a remote I.R.
dialer.Thanks.
                             Ray

I have a question for all. Why is it that, just as was the case way back when
with computers, everyone seems to think they can do their own communications
wiring and installation? We have so many customers who try to do it themselves
because, "after all, it's ONLY telephones," that beginning Jan. 1 we are
instituting a $10 per hour surcharge if they have tried to do it themselves
before calling for professional help. Hey, our appliance repairman does it
whenever my husband has tried to fix an appliance before calling him, so why
not? It has certainly kept the hubby from dabbling in things he knows not of.
<g>

Boots

Het Boots... Phone wiring is about as simple as it gets...I think that's why
people do it.  I would not compare it to appliance repair either.  I
actually replaced the magnetron in my microwave oven once (really!) ...and
I'm not glowing yet.

Why would your hourly charge be more if they tried to do it themselves
first?  Isn't that like a cabby saying - "we charge more per mile to people
that tried to walk"

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I have a question for all. Why is it that, just as was the case way back
when
with computers, everyone seems to think they can do their own communications
wiring and installation? We have so many customers who try to do it
themselves
because, "after all, it's ONLY telephones," that beginning Jan. 1 we are
instituting a $10 per hour surcharge if they have tried to do it themselves
before calling for professional help. Hey, our appliance repairman does it
whenever my husband has tried to fix an appliance before calling him, so why
not? It has certainly kept the hubby from dabbling in things he knows not
of.
<g>

Boots

Quote:> We have so many customers who try to do it themselves
> because, "after all, it's ONLY telephones," that beginning Jan. 1 we are
> instituting a $10 per hour surcharge if they have tried to do it themselves
> before calling for professional help. Hey, our appliance repairman does it
> whenever my husband has tried to fix an appliance before calling him, so why
> not?

Hi Boots,I'm trying to do this myself because I'm disabled and
housebound, and I'm trying to learn something new to keep busy.It's a
neat phone,and if it ever works or not isn't the point.I'm just trying
to learn something new.
                                    Ray

I'm sorry to admit that I did a little file cabinet cleaning and deleted my
post to you so couldn't go back and look at it. However, if you're trying
telephony as a hobby you're a better man than I am a woman. ;-) I can think of
much more enjoyable things to learn. The good news is that there are some books
available for the lay person in the book stores that you might want to look
over.

Not knowing what I said I hope I helped you and if not....sorry.

Boots

P.S.

Just saw another response and am now pretty sure which message you are
responding to. I was not referring to someone like yourself in that post. I am
referring to people who try to do it themselves and then can't understand why
it takes so long (translation: Why it costs so much) sometimes to find a
trouble they created and they can't, or won't, tell you exactly what they did
so you can find the trouble faster. They hate to admit that they were the one
that messed it up. Remember when you were a kid and you broke something and mom
or dad asked what happened to the item? You were either afraid of the
punishment or ashamed to admit that you were the one who did so answered, "I
don't know." that's what we run into in the field daily.