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- │ Filename: FONEMODS.TXT│
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- │ Title: Quick Fone Mods │
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- │ By: Captain Hack │
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- │ Released: 08/24/95 │
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- These 5 things are quick things that just about anyone with one hand and
- half an ass for a brain can pull off with just about any fone. I've made
- one of them to my own Beige Box, as it is handy phor phunctions (those are
- really pushing it...) I will explain below.
-
- 1. Give the line a kick:
- If you experience alot of static on your line, and it interferes
- with modem tones, or just you talkin to your bitch, then get one
- of those splitters, which lets you plug two fones into one jack.
- Also get a litte battery holder from Radio Hack, for two AA batts.
- Wire this to a fone plug, and put the batteries in. WHen you get
- alot of static on the line, just plug that package into the second
- jack. The extra 3 volts will help hold your line open better. The
- reason for the static (assuming it isn't from your cordless fone)
- is that there's just barely enuff voltage to keep the line up. THis
- results in a bad connection, and static. The 3 volts spreads itself
- out along the line, and helps hold it up. Get it?
- I don't really know if this is illegal, but telco is NOT happy when
- customers start messing with the line voltage. I don't know that
- they'd do much to ya, tho.
-
- 2. High-quality recordings:
- Go to Radio Hack, and get a 2 conductor, 1/8" phono jack, like on
- a walkman. Drill a mounting hole in your fone and mount it. Connect
- each of the terminals to one of the leads on your speaker, so it's
- in parallel with the speaker. Now, with a wire that has 1/8" plugs
- on both sides, you can plug the fone into the input jack of a tape
- recorder or soemthing similar to that. I like to plug the thing into
- the mic jack of a micro cassette recorder, so when I make calls with
- my beige box, I can record them...especially that time I called the
- fone sex on my nieghbors line...that was cool...Sorry. Anyway, you
- can also plug a set of speakers (like off your sound card) in so that
- all your friends can hear the fun. You could put it to the mic jack
- of your soundcard and make WAVs of your friends saying how they'd
- love to do some chick in the ass, and then call her and play it.
- Be creative!
-
- 3. Musical hold-- the easy way:
- I haven't tried this yet, but that's cause I can't find my beige box
- here at the Hack household. This is JUST like the output above (2),
- but wire the jack to the mic instead of the speaker. Now, plug the
- wire into your sound blaster or your walkman or your stereo or sumtin.
- When you wanna put your call on musical hold, MAKE SURE THE MUSIC IS
- PLAYING. I think that's vital, as that's what'll keep the voltage
- present. Now, you can plug the wire into your fone, and when you hear
- the music, you can hang up. The line should be held open. Again, note
- that I haven't tried this yet, but it should work just fine. You can
- also plug it into the speaker jack of your sound card to play back
- the wave of your pal that you recorded above...
-
- 4. Plain Hold:
- You can get much more basic than this. Somewhere between the wall
- and the fone, maybe at the base of the fone unit, or just inside the
- fone, strip the Ring and Tip. Put an SPST switch across them. Make
- sure the switch is in the OFF (open) position to talk. To go on hold,
- flip the switch.
-
- 5. Full MUTE:
- The big reason the person you are eavesdropping on with an extension
- that you're holding down the mute button on can tell you're there is
- the static. The reason for the static is the momentary button that
- mutes the fone never has a solid connection, cause you push on it
- with different levels of pressure. To get around this, get an SPST
- switch, and if your fone already has a mute button, just take it out
- and replace it with the switch, and resolder the wires. If it doesn't
- have a mute button, just putting it across the wires to the mic
- BEFORE THE WIRES GET TO THE MIC should do the same thing. When you
- add the switch before the mic, and throw it, the electrons choose the
- shortest path they can find, which is thru the switch, rather that
- hoofing it all the way over to the mic. The mic is cut off, and then
- the listening party can't hear you AS WELL. There wil still be a
- click even if you flip the switch before you take the fone off hook,
- but it won't be very noticable. And the others won't be able to hear
- anything you say.
-
- --hack
-