Power through splitter

I've got a telephone which has an LCD display. Presumably it gets the
power for this though the line, but when I put a microfiler between it and
the socket it doesn't work. I notice the telephone socket on the splitter
only has the centre two connections (3 & 4).

Can I solder a couple of bypass wires inside the splitter? Would this
work? Which two wires should I be concerned about?

Thanks.

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Sparkplug wrote:
> I've got a telephone which has an LCD display. Presumably it gets the
> power for this though the line, but when I put a microfiler between it
> and the socket it doesn't work. I notice the telephone socket on the
> splitter only has the centre two connections (3 & 4).


Not sure about soldering, but I have a phone here with an LCD display
and it still displays with the splitter installed on the telephone line.

Regards,

Leslie Costar
www.icuknet.co.uk

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Sparkplug <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I've got a telephone which has an LCD display. Presumably it gets the
> power for this though the line, but when I put a microfiler between
> it and the socket it doesn't work. I notice the telephone socket on
> the splitter only has the centre two connections (3 & 4).
>
> Can I solder a couple of bypass wires inside the splitter? Would this
> work? Which two wires should I be concerned about?
>
> Thanks.

Are you sure that you've plugged the phone into the correct outlet on the
micro-filter? The ADSL socket is an RJ11 type with only the centre 2
conductors connected - and is intended for an ADSL modem or router. Your
phone *may* fit this if it has an RJ11 plug and is normally used via an RJ11
to BT adapter. However, the phone probably won't work if plugged in here -
and certainly won't be filtered!

The phone outlet on the filter is designed to take a normal BT flattish
phone plug - and should have pins 2,3 and 5 connected.
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:51:08 +0100, Tiscali Tim <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> Sparkplug <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I've got a telephone which has an LCD display. Presumably it gets the
>> power for this though the line, but when I put a microfiler between
>> it and the socket it doesn't work. I notice the telephone socket on
>> the splitter only has the centre two connections (3 & 4).
>>
>> Can I solder a couple of bypass wires inside the splitter? Would this
>> work? Which two wires should I be concerned about?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Are you sure that you've plugged the phone into the correct outlet on the
> micro-filter? The ADSL socket is an RJ11 type with only the centre 2
> conductors connected - and is intended for an ADSL modem or router. Your
> phone *may* fit this if it has an RJ11 plug and is normally used via an
> RJ11
> to BT adapter. However, the phone probably won't work if plugged in here
> -
> and certainly won't be filtered!

I was looking at the wrong socket on the splitter when I posted. :-(

>
> The phone outlet on the filter is designed to take a normal BT flattish
> phone plug - and should have pins 2,3 and 5 connected.

I tried it again today, after several attempts last week, and now it
works. :-)

Thanks for the responses.

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