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- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 02:42:19 GMT
- From: DAVISM@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Michael T. Davis)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Answering Machine Won't (Ans
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 637, Message 6 of 7
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- I have a single line coming into my apartment on which I have
- two phones, a MODEM and an answering machine. I only picked up the
- answering machine this past weekend (Aug. 9, to be precise) and have
- yet to have it work properly. The problem is that it doesn't answer.
-
- I have followed the directions explicitly and from what little
- trouble-shooting advice is provided, the only thing that might be
- hampering its answering ability is the number of devices I have on the
- line. I did discover that if I only have one phone and the machine
- connected, it answers (albeit after five rings, instead of three, as
- the manual states). This would seem to reinforce my suspicion.
-
- Is there any way to determine if the devices I have connected are
- generating too much of a load and/or is there a device which can boost
- the ring signal sufficiently? The model is a BellSouth 1175. I
- discovered a single variable resistor on its main PCB; could this by
- any chance be a sensitivity adjustment for ring detection?
-
-
- Thanks,
-
- Mike
- Internet: davism@KCGL1.eng.ohio-state.edu -or- DAVISM+@osu.edu
- BITNET: DAVISM+@OHSTMAIL.BITNET
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