Wire a phone line so that... phone line is busy, speakers turn off, phone line is not busy, speakers turn back on...

[Superwormy]

We listen to music at work, but we always have to run over and hit pause on iTunes when we get a phone call.

Can anyone think of a way so that I could rig something up so that when the phone line is busy, the speakers turn off / get no signal. When the phone line is not busy, it turns the speakers back on / passes signal through to speakers so we have music again.

Ideas?

 

[RGUN]

Originally posted by: Superwormy
We listen to music at work, but we always have to run over and hit pause on iTunes when we get a phone call.

Can anyone think of a way so that I could rig something up so that when the phone line is busy, the speakers turn off / get no signal. When the phone line is not busy, it turns the speakers back on / passes signal through to speakers so we have music again.

Ideas?

If the phone has a light on it to indicate when the line is in use then wire a normally closed solenoid into there so that once the line is busy the speaker loses power.

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

Wire a normally-closed relay through the hook switch maybe?

 

[loup garou]

Just buy a remote control and hit mute/pause.

 

[promposive]

http://www.repairfaq.org/ELE/F_ASCII_Schem_Tel.html

 

[Injury]

Not to be a jerk, but if you have to ask if there is a way to do it, then you'd probably be better off not attempting to do it for fear of ruining electronics, burning an entire power outlet/phone outlet out, or worse, causing an electrical fire.

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: Injury
Not to be a jerk, but if you have to ask if there is a way to do it, then you'd probably be better off not attempting to do it for fear of ruining electronics, burning an entire power outlet/phone outlet out, or worse, causing an electrical fire.

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