Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!vector!chinacat!telecom-gateway From: patrick@cs.cornell.edu (Pat Stephenson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Phone Wiring and Voltage Levels in Britain/Ireland Message-ID: Date: 26 Nov 89 19:15:47 GMT Sender: news@chinacat.Lonestar.ORG Reply-To: pat@cs.cornell.edu Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@chinacat.lonestar.org X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 532, message 3 of 10 I'm thinking of taking a cordless phone from the US to my parents in Dublin, Ireland. I have two questions which Digest readers may be able to answer: 1) Will it work (ie are signal levels compatible) 2) How do I connect it? My parents do not have modular sockets. The phone line is terminated in a black box about 3" by 3" by 1". The cord from the P&T supplied telephone terminates in what looks like an oversize headphone jack that is plugged into this black box. It appears to carry 4 connections (three signals and ground, I presume). (I'm pretty sure that the Irish phone system will use the same signal levels, etc. as the British one.) Any advice or hints that people have to offer would be appreciated. Pat Stephenson PS Yes, I realise that I'll need a 220->110 transformer.