British Expats - Telephone

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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- Spain (https://britishexpats.com/forum/spain-75/)

- - Telephone (https://britishexpats.com/forum/spain-75/telephone-742889/)

Domino

Dec 26th 2011 9:31 pm

Re: Telephone

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Originally Posted by Fred James (Post 9807509)

It's a bit hit and miss. I bought a cordless dual phone from Amazon UK last year and just could not get it to work.

The technology may have moved on but the wiring systems haven't changed.

The main difference between UK and Spain is that the UK uses a 4 wire connection and Spain only uses a two wire connection. I tried all the usual tricks but it just would not connect. I had to send it back in the end.

I have a business line from Virgin which works fine
a BT line which works fine
but I cannot get the fones to work if I change them over

teknolejy
:frown:

Hino	Dec 27th 2011 12:07 pm

Re: Telephone

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Originally Posted by Fred James (Post 9807447)

So, do you have some more useful information?

No, nothing at all Fred, not even a link to the 2004 weather report..............:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Fredbargate

Dec 28th 2011 8:40 am

Re: Telephone

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fred James (Post 9807509)

The main difference between UK and Spain is that the UK uses a 4 wire connection and Spain only uses a two wire connection.

I've never seen a phone line ( single phone ) with more than two wires going into a house anywhere

Fred James

Dec 28th 2011 9:28 am

Re: Telephone

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Originally Posted by Fredbargate (Post 9809291)

I've never seen a phone line ( single phone ) with more than two wires going into a house anywhere

True - but read the details in the link I posted - even though it's from 2004.

http://www.wppltd.demon.co.uk/WPP/Wi...telephone.html

Two wires in but four wires out.

rafikiphoto

Dec 30th 2011 6:08 am

Re: Telephone

I recently bought a Siemens Gigaset trio from Amazon UK and just swapped the cable and it's working fine.

Fred James

Dec 30th 2011 7:50 am

Re: Telephone

Quote:

Originally Posted by rafikiphoto (Post 9812006)

I recently bought a Siemens Gigaset trio from Amazon UK and just swapped the cable and it's working fine.

I am planning to buy the latest Siemens Gigaset phone which looks like an iPhone. It is available in January but I have been advised by Siemens that the version sold in the UK with a built in answerphone does not work in Spain and will not be marketed in Spain.

I just cannot see the point in buying a cordless phone in the UK when Amazon Spain have a huge range which are guaranteed to work in Spain with no modifications or cable changes.

If you already own a phone bought in the UK then you just have to wait and see whether it will work - most do but not all.

rafikiphoto

Dec 30th 2011 6:37 pm

Re: Telephone

Unfortunately the model that we wanted was not available on Amazon Spain. I was pretty confident that the Gigaset I ordered would work here because the phone it was replacing was an earlier, lower spec Gigaset model which we bought over from UK and it worked fine here.

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