-=> Quoting Paul Edwards to All <=-

Hello Paul,

 PE> A friend of mine (Jack) is having trouble with his telephone, here is
 PE> his description of the problem: 
 PE> I have a Telecom Commander E Series TS-E308-S telephone at home.  Why
 PE> can't I use it as a normal phone?  Because when I plug it in, there is
 PE> no tone or anything.  I bought the phone from a company auction.  They
 PE> were used as extensions in the company.  The handset and
 PE> telphonewall cable work if used with a normal telephone, it's just
 PE> the main telephone that doesn't work. 

 As far as I know, you can replace an existing commander extension with a
normal phone, but you lose the pretty lights and stuff.
 The commander gets power as well as the signal line.  I don't know if you
can "fool" the commander into thinking it is on a pabx line.
 They use four core cable BTW, not two as in the more normal phones.

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

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