Re: [NTLK] german notephone problem

From: matthiasm <mm_at_matthiasm.com>
Date: Wed May 23 2007 - 10:14:59 EDT

On May 22, 2007, at 10:23 PM, simon wrote:

> I live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and i own a German Notephone.
> There are some differences between thetelephone systems. for instance
> the RJ11 to connect the phone to the landline has a different wiring
> scheme. in the netherlands, we use the middle pair of wires, but in
> germany they use the outer pair. could there be more differences?

This is a stupid Siemens idea. The German phone plugs are complete
different than RJ11:

<http://www.conrad.de/script/tae_stecker_bausatz.sap>

This is why the Siemens plug on your phone does not follow the
American RJ11 standard.

It may help to swap the two wires in your plug... .

Matthias

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