Skype USB to RJ11 adaptor box

I bought a Skype USB to RJ11 adaptor marketed by VOIP city in the UK and am having difficulty getting it to work. It has a USB connection, 2 x TEL connections and aa LIne connection. It came with a USB lead, and an RJ11 double ender. Because UK phones use BT plugs and skts, I had to use the RJ11 to BT plug lead from my existing phone to connect from the LINE skt of the adaptor to the phone line, and the RJ11 double ender from my phone to the TEL1 skt. The software all seems to work but I have no dialling tone.

Any ideas please?

Sounds like you need an adapter to go from RJ11 to BT socket as not all phones use the middle 2 pins on the socket lead. I had the same problem as you and the adapter fixed it.

Would you be able to advise where you can buy one? PC World maybe?

Thanks

Bernie

The following is only a suggestion and may be a bit off topic (OT):

If you want a dedicated VoIPUser and/or any SIP VoIP service/line, you would better invest your money on an ATA, VoIP router, or Call-In-One router. That way, your SIP VoIP line is always online and no need for a computer.

I don't know where and how much you had paid for your USB/RJ11 device; however, if you look around, like I did, it only costed me about US$30 (after a US$50 rebate, no activation to subscribe for a Lingo service) for a DLink DVG-1402S VoIP router. At a certain time of any month, the local Fry's Electronics store here slashes down this DVG-1402S VoIP router from US$100 to US$80 and a US$50 rebate (no activation to subscribe for a Lingo service). During this kind of offer at Fry's Electronics, its brother store, http://outpost.com, will also have similar offer for the device, except its price will be US$100 - US$50 rebate (no activation to subscribe for a Lingo service). BTW, this device is factory locked; however, it can easily be unlocked to use with any FREE VoIP services, i.e. VoIPUser, FWD, SIPPhone, SipGate, etc.

I actually made my own using the RJ11 cut in half and wired that into a BT socket, ie the middle 2 wires of the RJ11 cable connected to 2 and 5 of the BT socket. If you cant do that look at http://www.solwise.co.uk/telesun.htm

I now have the problem solved thanks to the useful ideas put forward. Thanks. Here is the full solution. The USB > RJ11 box comes equipped for use in the US. To make it function in the UK, two adaptors are needed. One is an RJ11 to BT and the other is the reverse of this. UK phones have BT plugs and the first adaptor enables your phone to be plugged into the TEL soket of the box. The supplied RJ11<>RJ11 cable with the box for connecting to the wall socket needs the other adaptor ie RJ11> BT.

Bernard,

I'm glad you've solved your problem. I was going to post the following suggestion, but was beaten to it by treston

When I was visting my mother in the UK (I'm in Canada), I needed to connect my laptop to her phone line and I had left my BT to RJ 11 adapter at home.

Then I noticed that the cable that connected to her phone used an RJ11 plug at the phone end (and a BT plug at the wall socket end). So I unplugged the cable and plugged it into my modem. No dial tone!

After a bit of experimentation, I discovered that the active wires in the RJ11 cable were the outer two (pins 1 and 4), whereas the North American standard is the inner two wires (pins 2 and 3). It's hard to believe that the phone was designed that way! Incidentally, pins 1 and 4 are normally used for a second line in North America, so that one cable can be used with a two-line phone.

I fixed the problem by opening up an RJ11 to RJ11 inline connector I had with me and cross connecting pins 1 and 2, and pins 3 and 4.

On this particular portable phone, the cable from the power supply was also terminated with an RJ11 plug. So I had to be VERY careful about which cable to plug into my modem.

Hi guys,
I'm new to all this VOIP stuff too. I bought one of these from ebay -:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... T&rd=1

Although the user location said UK, they are in HK. As a result I can't get any response from them yet!

My phone works fine and the box appears to go through the motions but it doesn't appear to recognise the phone is there.

I read the above article with interest. I can see the plugs supplied with the box are all connected pins 2&3. Where can I get the adaptors you refer to?

It's worth searching through old modem cables. I found one that happened to be US style on the RJ11 end, and had a white UK BT connector on the other end - perfect for connecting to the line. To connect to the phone I bought a US to UK socket adaptor (Maplins, product code: RZ79L), and used a UK version of the modem cable to connect to my phone (which was actually the same cable that my phone was previously plugged into the line with)

I have a BT quartet 1100 phpne
A usb telbox
and an adapter like this one http://www2.multithread.co.uk/images/rj11_adapter_large.jpg

I have installed skype 2.0
and skypemate.

When i click on the test call in skype

The telbox makes a single clicking noise.

And then that's it!

Anyone have any ideas

thanks

I am also new to this; I purchased the USB Telbox from some folks in Canada. I am in the United States and am experiencing the same problems. Skype works great from my computer; I can dial the number from my computer and use my phone to talk and hang-up. But I can not pick up my handset and place a call. When I pick the handset up, it is dead.

Does anyone have the pin-out to make an rj-11 flip cable?

Thanks in Advance