The phone is ringing but there's no dial tone.

iceman2001 Posted messages 16 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   -  
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Hello,

I just bought a second-hand phone (recent model) Spirit of Saint Louis Vintage.
I'm testing it at my workplace.
The phone is not powered. I plugged it into the wall phone socket (there's a box behind).
The phone only offers an RJ11 phone jack.

When I call, the phone rings...
But the LEDs don't light up and there's no dial tone.
When I pick up the receiver, there's obviously no sound.

The phone is this one: https://selency.imgix.net/862a6df6-d1bc-4658-86dc-6ef441286037/telephone-vintage-spirit-of-st-louis_original.png?bg=F5F5F5&fit=fill&auto=format%2Ccompress&w=579&h=475&meta_format=product_grey_main&fm=jpg

Any ideas? Not compatible with the box? Does it need a wall socket with a gigogne?
Or is the phone dead?

Thank you in advance,

iceman

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baladur13 Posted messages 47546 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   14 372
 
Hello,
For a phone to work on the wall socket while a router is already connected, you need a non-unbundled telephone subscription.
In other words, two subscriptions: one for the phone and one for the router.

Furthermore, a “vintage” phone to function in emission (on the wall socket or router) must operate on voice frequency (necessary for dialing) and not on pulses.

That being said,
connected to a router, does
  • the phone work for receiving calls (ringing + you can hear the caller)?
  • when you make a call, do you hear music while dialing the number?


If the phone works for receiving calls, try resetting the router by cutting its power for one minute and then turning it back on...

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