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From: dam@mtqua.att.com (Daniel A Margolis)
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Subject: Re: Headset Installation Help Needed
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In article <16649@accuvax.nwu.edu> Heath Roberts  <barefoot@hobbes.
catt.ncsu.edu writes:

>I bought an telephone-type headset at a garage sale, and haven't been
>able to get it to work. I suspect that I'm not connecting something
>correctly.

I have a Plantronics headset on which the battery cover is so well
hidden that it's almost impossible to tell that batteries are
required.  Maybe your headset also has hidden batteries.

Also, not all phones are compatable with all headsets.  I've seen "headsets
for standard phones," "headsets for electronic phones," and "headsets for
multi-line phones."  I don't know what the difference is.  Why don't you
try your headset on different types of phones.  They usually are connected
to the handset port.


Dan Margolis