G'day Russell!



 -=> In a message on 31 Jan 96 <=-

 -=> Russell Brooks said this to Stephen Lennie <=-



 SL>> I called NetComm and they confirmed that it was, indeed, a capacitor and

 SL>> that it was used to regulate power on the phone line but 



 SL> I've noticed that many modern phones can be set to either NORM (normal) or

 SL> 600 Ohms and this is supposed to affect the sidetone, but I've only seen

 SL> references to the 600 Ohm resistance when connected to *some* PABXs.

 SL> If I toggle this switch on my phone the sidetone is slightly louder and

 SL> slightly higher pitched, but no great difference.



 RB> I understand that you set the switch from Norm to 600 Ohm when you had

 RB> more than one phone on the same line. Suppose to cancel out the Echo

 RB> that you hear when two people in the same house are using the phone



I hadn't heard that.  I've never actually experienced any echo when two phones

in the same house were on the line at the same time - just softer/lower volume

due to both phones drawing power off the line.



However, I *do* get echo when I call a mate of mine in Melbourne - but only

his work number.  There must be something odd with his PABX.





BFN

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