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| 312473 | 2005-01-09 16:22:00 | Ever since I installed an ADSL modem my telephone as been quite noisy. Loud humming and indistinct speech. Is this normal or is there something I can do to improve it? I have just activated MS Office and it was a bit of a nightmare trying to give and copy all those numbers. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 312474 | 2005-01-09 16:26:00 | Maybe your filter is faulty. Do you have another filter you could try? | 4bes (2848) | ||
| 312475 | 2005-01-09 16:34:00 | Could be. But it's brand new. I bought it with the modem two weeks ago. Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 312476 | 2005-01-09 16:37:00 | The filter I got with my dynalink modem was like that but I had bought some DSE ones(about $12 at the time) to go on my other phones. They worked great:) | 4bes (2848) | ||
| 312477 | 2005-01-09 16:55:00 | I have just been reading a telecom report on filters and they mention a filter on all Jack points. My jackpoint is well away from my computer. I have a 40 foot xtension cord plugged in and this leads to another jackpoint by my computer. Filter is plugged in here. Also telephone . No other connections and only the one phone. Should I have another filter on the entry Jack point? Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 312478 | 2005-01-09 17:13:00 | The filter needs to be where the phone plugs in to filter out the noise. I have a 5 meter extension cord from one phone socket with the filter at the end. I then run the adsl line to the computer and a phone from that filter. On my other sockets I just have the filter plugged into them with the phone plugged into the filter. You shouldn't need a filter on the other jackpoint if you dont have a phone plugged in:) |
4bes (2848) | ||
| 312479 | 2005-01-09 17:57:00 | J x 5, your line/jackpoint/filter description is a bit vague - can you be more precise? in any case I'd suspect the 40' extension having at least something to do with it | Greg (193) | ||
| 312480 | 2005-01-09 19:23:00 | I have a 40 foot xtension cord plugged in and this leads to another jackpoint by my computer. Filter is plugged in here. Jack Your extension cord is almost certainly the problem. These cords do not normally use "twisted pairs" for the conductors and this means that they are very susceptible to interference. The interference will be worse if your extension cord runs parallel to power wiring, passes plug packs or is tangled with other cables at any point along its length. They are not very good for adsl signals either so if it feeds your modem then you are probably getting lower speeds than you might otherwise expect. You need to either have your jackpoint properly wired, or have an extension made in proper telephone cable or Cat-5 / Cat-6 network cable. If you plug your phone in at the other end of the cable the line will almost certainly be clear, indicating that the only problem is the extension cord. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 312481 | 2005-01-09 20:09:00 | - FIXED. Well almost. Billy T put me on the right track. My telephone lead was wound around all the other cables and tied together behind my computer. I dragged it out and found it was about three times longer than it needed to be and it had two plugs in it. A relic of an old telephone,long gone, that did not have standard plugs, so I needed an adapter or two to get it connected. Then I also found that Sky TV technicians had wired into the back of my Jack point and ran a phone line to my decoder. So that came out too. The noise on the phone line is reduced to an acceptable hum and voices are clear. So thanks everyone for your help. Jack :D :D |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 312482 | 2005-01-09 20:20:00 | - FIXED. Well almost. Billy T put me on the right track. My telephone lead was wound around all the other cables and tied together behind my computer. I dragged it out and found it was about three times longer than it needed to be and it had two plugs in it. A relic of an old telephone,long gone, that did not have standard plugs, so I needed an adapter or two to get it connected. Then I also found that Sky TV technicians had wired into the back of my Jack point and ran a phone line to my decoder. So that came out too. The noise on the phone line is reduced to an acceptable hum and voices are clear. So thanks everyone for your help. Jack :D :D As the man in the urinal said,we aim to please ;) |
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