Aynone have this problem with their phone?

[simms]

I'm living in residence in Toronto and I wanted to bring my 2.4GHZ Panasonic Cordless Phone to replace the Nortel Networks one they supplied. Both phones use a normal phone line with two metal things in them (DSL uses 4 of the metal tabs) and I thought it would be a simple switch.

I plug in my 2.4 and all I hear is static, but when I plug in the Nortel I get a dialtone - anyone heard of this before? Maybe the two metal tabs have been crossed at the line? I tried using the phone lines from the Nortel phone, but I still get static. I know the phone works because I've used it for years at home.

So is there a special cable I need to switch the connections over? Or WTH is the problem?

--Simon

 

[Rukkian]

Are you sure it is an analog line, and not some digital switched (PBX) that may be why they gave you the nortel phone, because normal analog phones will not work.

 

[MemberSince97]

did you use a filter on the line... maybe the nortel has a built in filter...