Brilliant video chuffed to find such and informative well put together demonstration, just one question the 330 k ohm resistor there a few variants on ebay which one do I need please? Again thanks for the video.
hello matey wicked nice and easy to follow one question all the 330 k ohm resistors have different watts the ones i am looking at are 330 k ohm 0.25w will the be ok ? cheers david
Sound tip for any of this stuff is to take a photo of how it was originally connected before you undo any of the wiring. Then you can always trace back any problems.
@@expertvillageidiot Yes, from two different land lines. And ours is via fibre. Copper to the board 300m away and then fibre. Neighbours is just copper.
Very clear demonstration. Just bought another one of these phones to add to my collection of about 10. I'll check the insides tomorrow and make the necessary alterations. Thanks.
Good stuff and thanks. Just bought one of these for old times sake but I want to at least get the bell ringing. Oiled the dial mechanism and straightaway that works as it should. Amazing how ingenious these engineers were to do most of the dialling etc., mechanically. It would just be a chip now, and probably impossible to fix.
Hi great video easy for an old wrinkly like me to understand. Mine don't seem to dial out, Is there something Ive missed? Thank again for the easy to follow video
Depends if your network still supports pulse dialling. If not then it will only receive calls. There is a converter that will enable it to use tone dialling networks.
Great video. I've had one of these with the old flex with four loose wires sitting next to me for months meaning to get round to it. I know how to convert it now!
I forgot I used to work for a large company with large offices. When they changed from pulse dialling to tone dialling handsets, there were skips full of old phones, plus other stuff like golfball IMB typewriters. They wouldn't let the staff have them and in the case of the phones, they said they wouldn't work on the new system. How wrong they were. And that was before broadband.😂😂
Hi Martin great video. I've purchased a 746 which provides a dialing tone, can make calls but doesnt ring when I call it. It's a new build house with fibre to the property but it has conventional bt sockets for the phones. Theres no switch on the front for turning the ringer off; any ideas? Thanks
@@kg5radio716 resolved the problem by purchasing an old ADSL filter (the type routers come with for running an ethernet and phone line from one port). Works fine now 😁
Hi Terry I have bought a 706 and just watched your video. I notice on your video you have a red lead going to T8 which I haven't got on mine will that effect my conversion.
Even as a telecommunications technician I didn't realize how different US and UK phone lines are. A phone line here is only 1 pair of wires. Signal and power are shared on that one pair. I've not heard of an old phone here effecting broadband speeds. I don't think the standard for analog phones here has changed in decades.
Brilliant thank you for this video, when I ring our landline it gives me an option to leave a voicemail however I don't know how to access them. My rotary telephone is the only landline phone I have. Thanks
Hello Great clear well made video. I just wanted to point out that you haven't actually changed the Ren value with the resistor. The blue lead from the bell coils needs to be on the terminal on the left side and at the end of the resistor. The way you have it connected means the power is not going through the resister at all. Regards Neil Carpenter
Hi Martin have managed to get hold of a couple of phones . One is a older 706 looks pretty much the same inside, the other two are, Extenion phones not sure if they can be converted to work in the same way. Cheers Pete.
hi martin just found this vid i have a trimphone did you do that one the same way been told its same as 706 and 746 but the conversion kit you buy they say not for trimphone finding hard to find info on converting trimphone
I'm trying to find the correct ohm resister? theres different ones 🤔. Not sure which one is correct. I looked for 330 ohm resister different watts came up and stuff?
Thanks for this video it really helped me get my phone converted and working. The only problem is the ringer doesn't sound. If i pick the receiver up when i call from my mobile i can hear but it isn't ringing. Any suggestions? I've looked at the video and where your wires go but no luck so far.
Hi! I hope u can help me! In my case, the cable that the phone has it just 2 copper cables. When i conect them to the line, with a modern 2 cables cable, it works properly, but it doesn't ring. It's a model from 1956
That resistor looks like it is a 3k3 ohm (3300ohms), as the colour bands are orange, orange, red. You refer to it as a 330k ohm (330000 ohms) which would be orange orange yellow. A slight difference of 100 times. 3k3 does seem a bit high. Can you confirm?
+paul hunter If you didn't do this to the phone and just fitted a modern socket then it would affect your broadband speed so you need to do this so you still get full broadband speed.
noel custo Here's an ebay link www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GPO-BT-700-SERIES-DIAL-TELEPHONE-2-5M-REPLACEMENT-LINE-CORD-VARIOUS-COLOURS-/301642727417?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item463b4ebff9
I've just bought a converted 746, dials out perfect, receives calls perfect but whilst I can hear them the other person can't hear me. I've replaced the transmitter with one of the newer versions but it didn't solve the problem. 🤷♂️
Interesting that some of those have # and * after ZERO. State side as far as I remember ours stopped at Zero. I think I still have a rotary plugged in my basement. Interesting to see the modular jack is different as well. Best of luck with them Tim
Here you go www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BT-GPO-LINE-CABLE-PSTN-FOR-706-711-741-746-TELEPHONES/192396704969?hash=item2ccbbcbcc9:m:mZBFziPpImxw6P3aZeSezhw:rk:1:pf:0 Cheers Martin
Your provider still needs to support pulse dialing for these to work. I think BT are the only ones who still support it and they'll be fazing that out soon. If your provider doesn't support it you can't dial out with rotary dial phones. If you want to dial out you'll need a pulse to tone converter and their expensive!
I can confirm that Virgin Media still support pulse dialling in most (but not all) areas. BT will support pulse dialling until 2025, when they will be phasing out the PSTN network and moving to VOIP.
Martin the Bakelite phones can be converted in the same way. the old GPO phones connected the bells in series and the coils where 500 Holmes so each phone bell impedance was 1k allowing 4 phones to be connected in series. the new system connects the phones in parallel so the sounder or bell coils are 4k impedance so when 4 phones plugged in overall impedance goes back to 1K that is why you fit the shunt resistor. without the resistor the impedance is below the 1k and that is what affects your BB speed.
Hi Martin, I have a BT 200 Relate phone acquired some years ago when I visited the Uk. I stay in South Africa , and find that the phone won't ring when calls are received, Is there anything I must do to fix the problem ? If I hear another phone ring, and answer on the BT phone I can talk to and hear the caller. Regards George B .
Thank you so, so much, just saved myself £80+ from a rip off to do exactly this! Got a 746, didn't work, ordered a convertor kit, followed your vid and low and behold I have a retro working house phone. All I need now is to respray it, any recommendations on spray? 👍😂
If you plugged a US phone in in the UK, it would ring as UK, as it is controlled by the line rather than the phone. I'm using my old GPO phones on VoIP using a Cisco adapter and by default they rang as per a US phone. I had to tailor the regional settings within the Cisco unit's web configuration.
Hi I have an old 1960 dial phone. The layout of the terminals is not the same as a British or Irish phone. Plz can somebody help me convert it to modern phone system. I tried to connect the wires with different terminals and it has the tone now but is not totally functioned.
I got a tone but it's not continuous. It's more like a busy tone. When I ring this phone it does not ring but when answered, the receiver end can hear me but I can't.
I got one off eBay a couple of days ago. Used this type GP0/BT 700 series dial. eBay seller DaveMillsUK based at 283 Goodyears End Lane , Bedworth. Warwickshire. CV120HX 02476 367895 mobile 07763 737570. Got my phone working great thanks to this UA-cam page. Hope this helps.
I just bought a red telephone from eBay 😁 I wonder if the Australian versions are the same to convert????? Can any one please help me convert mine? It's from telecom. They now call it Telstra. Awesome video mate 🖖
First you said 330 Ohm then 330 K Ohm. But it looks more like a 330 Ohm or 3300 Ohm to me. ie. Orange Orange Brown or Orange Orange Red. Which is it ? Nice work too, by the way. Many thanks for posting this.
No. Sorry. The resistor should be 3.3k (3,300 - Ohms) Orange, Orange, Red. Any additional coloured bands on the component refer to its tolerance (ie percent accuracy of its value) and can be ignored in this particular instance.
i watched this video hoping to see how to connect the little white plug that goes into the wall ,after watching this only to fine its already connected to the other end of the wire :-(
What is it when in some areas the phone works perfectly fine & well & in other areas it doesn't take incoming 🤔......... Is it some network providers don't support the Rotary system 🤔🤔🤔
It is certainly not a 330K resistor as mentioned. It's a 3.3K resistor and it's to limit the current to the ringer. 330k IS A HUNDRED TIMES TOO BIG. Also, it looks like he has fitted a 330 ohm resistor but it could be the camera making the red ring look brown. For information google 3 band resistor colour codes. 3.3K= orange orange red
Brilliant video chuffed to find such and informative well put together demonstration, just one question the 330 k ohm resistor there a few variants on ebay which one do I need please? Again thanks for the video.
This one was a standard ceramic John, nothing special.
Thanks for watching.
Cheers
Martin
Martin cheers mate, I will give it a go tomorrow ☺☺
Worked all fine for me Martin thanks again brilliant.
Nice one John, Well done bud.
Cheers
Martin
hello matey wicked nice and easy to follow one question all the 330 k ohm resistors have different watts the ones i am looking at are 330 k ohm 0.25w will the be ok ? cheers david
Sound tip for any of this stuff is to take a photo of how it was originally connected before you undo any of the wiring. Then you can always trace back any problems.
Get close ups from different angles. It's maddening to take just one photo and later realize som wire is hidden from view.
Those phones bring back some memories. Keep the vids coming. great channel.
Thanks Robert. Glad you like the channel
Just converted a 706 and it works like a dream, thanks
Can you get it to dial out?
@@expertvillageidiot Yes, from two different land lines. And ours is via fibre. Copper to the board 300m away and then fibre. Neighbours is just copper.
Both BT connections, if that helps
Very clear demonstration. Just bought another one of these phones to add to my collection of about 10. I'll check the insides tomorrow and make the necessary alterations. Thanks.
What a brilliant video.. loved it, wife loved it too. Just hope my dad's old phone works after the upgrades.
What a superb video mate, so clear was this conversion, your explanation and your great close up shots,, could not fault you.
Thanks 👍
Hi you say add a 330kohm resistor to the internal wiring however another very official looking phone site said 3.3kohm. What is correct please?
I think its the latter really.
So does the BT line still support pulse dialling?
Quality video just what I needed! Made me chuckle the background tunes 😂
Happy memories of the black rotary phone I grew up with in our house in south London . Love the ring.
I fing kyoo meen SAAAAF LANDAN DONCHA MAYTE ?
I've a 1979 gpo phone but it's got a large Jack on it can it be changed to use today I'm in ireland
Well done ....thanks for sharing brilliant video ....knowledge is king ....old phone been sitting around for 3 years waiting for your video 😀😀😀😀😀
Good stuff and thanks.
Just bought one of these for old times sake but I want to at least get the bell ringing.
Oiled the dial mechanism and straightaway that works as it should.
Amazing how ingenious these engineers were to do most of the dialling etc., mechanically.
It would just be a chip now, and probably impossible to fix.
Hi great video easy for an old wrinkly like me to understand. Mine don't seem to dial out, Is there something Ive missed? Thank again for the easy to follow video
Depends if your network still supports pulse dialling. If not then it will only receive calls. There is a converter that will enable it to use tone dialling networks.
Great video. I've had one of these with the old flex with four loose wires sitting next to me for months meaning to get round to it. I know how to convert it now!
Many thanks for the video. I was able to convert my old phone which now works perfect. Thanks again
How much did you get for them in the end?
I forgot
I used to work for a large company with large offices.
When they changed from pulse dialling to tone dialling handsets, there were skips full of old phones, plus other stuff like golfball IMB typewriters.
They wouldn't let the staff have them and in the case of the phones, they said they wouldn't work on the new system.
How wrong they were.
And that was before broadband.😂😂
Hi Martin great video. I've purchased a 746 which provides a dialing tone, can make calls but doesnt ring when I call it. It's a new build house with fibre to the property but it has conventional bt sockets for the phones. Theres no switch on the front for turning the ringer off; any ideas? Thanks
Sorry Paul, I don't know.
Perhaps ringer is disconnected? Might have been an extension phone.
@@kg5radio716 resolved the problem by purchasing an old ADSL filter (the type routers come with for running an ethernet and phone line from one port). Works fine now 😁
Loved your video. I've got loads of these old phones and the American versions. They were an obsession of mine in addition to old teasmades! :)
How can it works without dtmf pulse tone converter?
Hi Terry I have bought a 706 and just watched your video. I notice on your video you have a red lead going to T8 which I haven't got on mine will that effect my conversion.
Don't know bud, sorry.
Even as a telecommunications technician I didn't realize how different US and UK phone lines are. A phone line here is only 1 pair of wires. Signal and power are shared on that one pair. I've not heard of an old phone here effecting broadband speeds. I don't think the standard for analog phones here has changed in decades.
Brilliant thank you for this video, when I ring our landline it gives me an option to leave a voicemail however I don't know how to access them. My rotary telephone is the only landline phone I have. Thanks
Thank you for the video. Where can I buy the necessary cables namely the “flex”. What is the exact name of that cable please? Thank you.
I got it from Ebay. I can't remember sorry.
Hello Great clear well made video. I just wanted to point out that you haven't actually changed the Ren value with the resistor. The blue lead from the bell coils needs to be on the terminal on the left side and at the end of the resistor. The way you have it connected means the power is not going through the resister at all. Regards Neil Carpenter
Brilliant. Just been looking to buy a replica. Subbed 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the sub!
Hi Martin have managed to get hold of a couple of phones . One is a older 706 looks pretty much the same inside, the other two are,
Extenion phones not sure if they can be converted to work in the same way.
Cheers Pete.
hi pete, i'm not sure but i would imagine they are the same components just wired different.
Hi Martin will give them a go , nothing to loose my mum got hold of them for me. Cheers Pete.
hi martin just found this vid i have a trimphone did you do that one the same way been told its same as 706 and 746 but the conversion kit you buy they say not for trimphone finding hard to find info on converting trimphone
Hi Martin
Would it be the same principle for the trim phone, I have just bought two that have the old leads and plugs
Thanks
I've nit done a trim phone so I couldn't say for sure. I do like them as well though.
Cheers
Martin
Great video do you happen to have 1 for the old bakelite 300 model?
No, i don't have any now.
I like your post! Do you know how to do this for a US phone, (or a similar how-to video)?
Sorry bud I don't.
Where can I get a cable like the one you bought?
I got mine from Ebay.
@@retrorestore i can't find any... do you still have the link you got it from?
@@raquelrocha3751 Sorry, I don't
I'm trying to find the correct ohm resister? theres different ones 🤔. Not sure which one is correct. I looked for 330 ohm resister different watts came up and stuff?
Thanks for this video it really helped me get my phone converted and working. The only problem is the ringer doesn't sound. If i pick the receiver up when i call from my mobile i can hear but it isn't ringing. Any suggestions? I've looked at the video and where your wires go but no luck so far.
Try bridging T8 and T9 or failing that order a socket with an inbuilt ringing capacitor
Hi! I hope u can help me! In my case, the cable that the phone has it
just 2 copper cables. When i conect them to the line, with a modern 2
cables cable, it works properly, but it doesn't ring. It's a model from
1956
Sorry, I can't help bud
That resistor looks like it is a 3k3 ohm (3300ohms), as the colour bands are orange, orange, red. You refer to it as a 330k ohm (330000 ohms) which would be orange orange yellow. A slight difference of 100 times. 3k3 does seem a bit high. Can you confirm?
It should be a 3K3, so the item in the phone is correct. This is only needed if the bell coils in the phone are 1000 ohm (2x 500 ohm).
Brilliant - well presented in a lively, engaging way.
Thanks for your comment. Glad you enjoyed it.
Cheers
Martin
Hi there, I could find the Resistors but having trouble finding the cable and the bridge from T1 to T2. Any tips on where to buy them ?
Cheers
+martin Long Hi, I got the cables from Ebay, there's plenty there. Google the bridge.
Cheers
Martin
would a basic conversion reduce broadband if it were just plugged in and not in use for calls
+paul hunter If you didn't do this to the phone and just fitted a modern socket then it would affect your broadband speed so you need to do this so you still get full broadband speed.
I've always wanted one of these phones. I get put off by the old style leads though but you make it look so easy. Thanks :)
Go on Amy, you know you want one. :)
Cheers
Martin
Martin,
Great video, just sorted my first phone.
Many thanks
Hi could you please tell me what you searched when trying to find a chrod for the telephone because I keep searching but nothing comes up. Thanks
noel custo Here's an ebay link www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GPO-BT-700-SERIES-DIAL-TELEPHONE-2-5M-REPLACEMENT-LINE-CORD-VARIOUS-COLOURS-/301642727417?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item463b4ebff9
retrorestore Hi thanks for that, could you also send me a link for a rectifier please?
I've just bought a converted 746, dials out perfect, receives calls perfect but whilst I can hear them the other person can't hear me.
I've replaced the transmitter with one of the newer versions but it didn't solve the problem. 🤷♂️
Interesting that some of those have # and * after ZERO. State side as far as I remember ours stopped at Zero. I think I still have a rotary plugged in my basement. Interesting to see the modular jack is different as well.
Best of luck with them
Tim
Yes, I think they are different this side of the pond Tim although they look the same on the outside.
Cheers
Martin
Hi
Great video. Thank you.
Just one thing-is there a special name for the flex as I can't find it on ebay anywhere?
Thanks again
Here you go www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BT-GPO-LINE-CABLE-PSTN-FOR-706-711-741-746-TELEPHONES/192396704969?hash=item2ccbbcbcc9:m:mZBFziPpImxw6P3aZeSezhw:rk:1:pf:0
Cheers
Martin
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313&_nkw=GPO+746+LIGHT+GREY+PSTN+TELEPHONE+LINE+CABLE+%282.8M%29&_sacat=0
Your provider still needs to support pulse dialing for these to work. I think BT are the only ones who still support it and they'll be fazing that out soon. If your provider doesn't support it you can't dial out with rotary dial phones. If you want to dial out you'll need a pulse to tone converter and their expensive!
Thanks for the update.
Cheers
Martin
I can confirm that Virgin Media still support pulse dialling in most (but not all) areas. BT will support pulse dialling until 2025, when they will be phasing out the PSTN network and moving to VOIP.
Morris McKinnon .
Pulse to tone conversion can be done for around £30, I know of a guy that does that in Bromley.
Cracking video. Thanks for posting it up.
Very informative. Easier than I thought.
Martin the Bakelite phones can be converted in the same way. the old GPO phones connected the bells in series and the coils where 500 Holmes so each phone bell impedance was 1k allowing 4 phones to be connected in series. the new system connects the phones in parallel so the sounder or bell coils are 4k impedance so when 4 phones plugged in overall impedance goes back to 1K that is why you fit the shunt resistor. without the resistor the impedance is below the 1k and that is what affects your BB speed.
Thanks Gordon, That makes sense and is a handy addition for anyone wanting to know the tech side of the conversion. Good Job.
Cheers
Martin
Hi Martin, I have a BT 200 Relate phone acquired some years ago when I visited the Uk. I stay in South Africa , and find that the phone won't ring when calls are received, Is there anything I must do to fix the problem ? If I hear another phone ring, and answer on the BT phone I can talk to and hear the caller. Regards George B .
I can't really say George as I don't know if anything else is wrong with your phone. Sorry.
Ok Thanks again for nice precise and informative Video. Cheers.
Download speed is Megabits per second. Megabytes per second is roughly a tenth so you might get 3Mb file in about a second.
hi...i found your how to link and its great...you showed the trim phone and i was hoping that it was same conversion ... it is isnt it ?
No it isn't. I didn't do that one in the end.
Thanks for watching.
Cheers
Martin
Please where can I get the flex line from please. Would it be called something else or would it have a code number.
+Tina Harrison Here it is www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GPO-BT-700-SERIES-DIAL-TELEPHONE-2-5M-REPLACEMENT-LINE-CORD-VARIOUS-COLOURS-/291687472140
Thank you so, so much, just saved myself £80+ from a rip off to do exactly this! Got a 746, didn't work, ordered a convertor kit, followed your vid and low and behold I have a retro working house phone. All I need now is to respray it, any recommendations on spray? 👍😂
DO name the rip off artist!
Great video. Just acquired 10 phones so will be putting your explanation to good use and hopefully making some decent profit.
Nice one Nick, Good luck bud.
Cheers
Martin
My phone has a link between T6 and T7. What is that for
I sure like this vid Martin .. We don't have that type of system here in the states but it was nice and I know how those work now !!
just another way to make a few bucks Shawn. These are becoming popular over here again ad they can be picked up cheap at the moment.
retrorestore Hey that is cool , And my grandpa had one that looked close to that .. Retro is coming back !!
the phone is DOPE with the new FLEXA and the new RESISTA :3
Great Idea. Where you find old phones? I need phones to an idea I have for my videos.
I got these from a local auction.
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Excellent video and instruction. thanks
You are welcome!
Thanks for the vid. I did it and it damn well worked! Well done!
Many thanks mate, great video! Really helpful! I use freedom units so I'm not sure what you paid and stuff, but everything else helped a lot!
Where can I get a telephone cable to be able to use an old phone?
Ebay bud
Great video… very entertaining
Awesome stuff, worked perfectly, thank you very much
+Kim Rotheram Nice one, good job.
Cheers
Martin
I just noticed that in the UK the phone rings in two short burst. Here in America its actually one long burst, which is pretty interesting me.
If you plugged a US phone in in the UK, it would ring as UK, as it is controlled by the line rather than the phone.
I'm using my old GPO phones on VoIP using a Cisco adapter and by default they rang as per a US phone.
I had to tailor the regional settings within the Cisco unit's web configuration.
the ringer of our GPO
is not working :(
i've got a yellow wire lol and a white one, a red one and a turquoise one, I can ring out but the ringer doesn't alert me to incoming calls
Just what I needed to know thanks buddy
No problem 👍
Does this work on usa based retro phones
Not sure Alexander.
Thanks for the Video, very helpful and entertaining!!
Thanks for watching.
Cheers
Martin
Another way to get the phone to ring would be to dial 17070 from the modern DTMF/TouchTone phone, then select option 1 from the menu, and hang up.
I see, thanks for that.
Hi I have an old 1960 dial phone. The layout of the terminals is not the same as a British or Irish phone. Plz can somebody help me convert it to modern phone system. I tried to connect the wires with different terminals and it has the tone now but is not totally functioned.
+Obaidullah Shahzad Sorry, I don't know. Maybe someone else will.
Thanks for the reply. Can I have your id or watsapp number so that we could chat. Plz
I got a tone but it's not continuous. It's more like a busy tone. When I ring this phone it does not ring but when answered, the receiver end can hear me but I can't.
Total legend!!!
On eBay there is cable on there but it's not the same one as yours
+Tina Harrison Here you go www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GPO-BT-700-SERIES-DIAL-TELEPHONE-2-5M-REPLACEMENT-LINE-CORD-VARIOUS-COLOURS-/291687472140
I got one off eBay a couple of days ago. Used this type GP0/BT 700 series dial. eBay seller DaveMillsUK based at 283 Goodyears End Lane , Bedworth. Warwickshire. CV120HX 02476 367895 mobile 07763 737570. Got my phone working great thanks to this UA-cam page. Hope this helps.
Edwin Obrien
Hey, that's great well done bud.
Cheers
Martin
Really good video and well explained
Brilliant engineer, should be in charge of a college..
Brilliant👍👍
Excellent Video , very helpfull.
thanks for the vid! have you ever played with the G.E.C TEL2K telephones?
No I haven't bud.
Cheers
martin
I just bought a red telephone from eBay 😁 I wonder if the Australian versions are the same to convert????? Can any one please help me convert mine? It's from telecom. They now call it Telstra. Awesome video mate 🖖
if BT converted your home Phone wiring To sockets they had to convert your phones aswell so it was BT that changed the cord on the phone!
i bought a red one from ebeay doesnt ring when called :(
Should ave bought a green one.
Great video thank you
Very welcome
Good because i have an old phonemate model 6950 that uses a cassette for an answering machine
First you said 330 Ohm then 330 K Ohm. But it looks more like a 330 Ohm or 3300 Ohm to me. ie. Orange Orange Brown or Orange Orange Red.
Which is it ? Nice work too, by the way. Many thanks for posting this.
it's a 330k ohm
retrorestore
So ... Orange Orange Yellow then ?
No. Sorry. The resistor should be 3.3k (3,300 - Ohms) Orange, Orange, Red. Any additional coloured bands on the component refer to its tolerance (ie percent accuracy of its value) and can be ignored in this particular instance.
Peter Preston
Thank you for pointing this out.
Cheers
Martin
No probs Martin. An excellent video which clearly explains the conversion! Thanks.
We still use the old GPO box screwed to the wall with a green telephone
david freedman Wow David, that's really retro.
Cheers
Martin
i watched this video hoping to see how to connect the little white plug that goes into the wall ,after watching this only to fine its already connected to the other end of the wire :-(
+icewhitekillers 123 You buy these leads already with those plugs on
If you want authenticity, you should have left the cords grey - plug in cords only ever came in grey!
Thank you for your comment
Mine stopped working about 6 months ago - I think they changed the system and took away the support for these 50 year old+ phones
You should comvert telf cable to usb or Aux to conecto to cellph. And done
That would be for a different video
What is it when in some areas the phone works perfectly fine & well & in other areas it doesn't take incoming 🤔......... Is it some network providers don't support the Rotary system 🤔🤔🤔
cracking video geeza
Thanks bud.
Cheers
Martin
It is certainly not a 330K resistor as mentioned. It's a 3.3K resistor and it's to limit the current to the ringer. 330k IS A HUNDRED TIMES TOO BIG. Also, it looks like he has fitted a 330 ohm resistor but it could be the camera making the red ring look brown. For information google 3 band resistor colour codes. 3.3K= orange orange red
Helpful indeed.
Oh thanks ..I'm sure I'll find somewhere that can help
Top man!
The phone that I have is from Spain.