I just did this with a vintage black phone which looks to date from the '30s (NOT the lighter plastic mid-century model, though this might work as well). twist the red and white wires together and attach to the red line on your phone jack, and twist the green and yellow wires together and attach to the green line on your phone jack. this gets a dial tone, as well as a ring. if you live in an area where pulse dialing still works, then that should work as well, otherwise you won't be able to dial out.
It was called a "rotary dial".
Yes, as a kid we had a dial phone. The phone was available in one color, black. We later got a tan phone when colors were available. I am 54.
first you have to visit beat an old man at mananica and then go down and get the cell phone then go to the sphinx and dial 555-6789
There is no way to delete the speed dial function from an old trac phone. It is possible to reassign the speed dial number to a new number or contact.
In telephony, the "thing" the receiver is placed upon after hanging up is called the "hook" because on the old wall phones it literally was a hook. If you neglect to hang up a phone, it is said to be "off hook" and this condition can be detected at the central phone switch. Likewise, a phone properly stowed and inactive is said to be "on hook". Even though we no longer stow our phone receivers on a hook, the terms "on hook" and "off hook" are still used in the telephone business.
You probably can't. Dial-up Internet is an old technology, no longer widely supported for devices that have newer technologies like Bluetooth.
That depends on the level of antiquity. If you are referring to a telephone with a rotary dial, you pick up the receiver, make sure you have a dial tone, then for each digit you stick your finger in the hole in the dial next to the digit, turn the dial clockwise until your finger hits the end stop, then remove your finger and wait for the dial to rotate counterclockwise (anticlockwise) until it returns to its original position. Then there are the REALLY antique phones which I've never even seen except in old movies and TV shows. You remove the ear piece from its hook and turn the crank a couple of revolutions to ring the telephone operator. When the operator responds you tell her (it was almost always a her) the name or phone number you want, and she connects you.
Yes. Some people have used VoIP services like Vonage to connect via dial-up to other ISPs or old-fashioned BBS servers.
You can hook up a stereo system with a Dish satellite to an old TV with only one AC input by using the three plug RCA cable for the sound system. Then, use the AC input for the satellite itself.
As of the end of the 2013-2014 NFL season Quinton Dial is 23 years old.
The old fashioned rotary dial telephone has almost completely fallen out of use. The touch tone phone is tremendously more convenient.
I just fixed mine. Its not the vtech phone, someone may have accidentally pressed *78. Dial *79 while the phone is on and it will turn the 'do not disturb' function off. In our case, our 1 year old was pressing buttons.