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Platini
14 Jan 10 08:30
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Decided I want to use the BT hub phone that came with my home hub pack. So I've docked the phone handset in the cradle to charge it, but it hasn't charged. 20 hours later, the batteries aren't charged at all. Looked up a BT guide and found instructions saying attach the cradle to the hub. But WHERE ? there's no where to connect it to.

Can anyone help?

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V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 10:17
Eh, there's a normal plug that goes into it and you drop the phone in the charger. Is the plug switched on? Have you got any batteries in it? Also, try holding down the red button for 5 seconds to "reboot" it.
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 10:24
Something a bit funny. I have two rechargeables in the phone (are they in the right way around?) and it charges fine.
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 10:28
(Sorry, in case that's not clear, I don't have the thing near the hub at all, just standing up on the round cradle).
By:
Platini
When: 14 Jan 10 10:48
what plug?

the only plug I have is the one that powers the hub.
By:
Easter 1916
When: 14 Jan 10 10:53
There should be an attachment to the front of the hub at the bottom. Your hubphone sits on that.
By:
Reyes
When: 14 Jan 10 10:55
there's not one of those strips covering the battery connectors that you have to rip off is there?
By:
Platini
When: 14 Jan 10 11:08
reallly confusing. the only spare part I'm not using is a small black semi-circle shaped piece of plastic. if that's supposed to fit the hub, it doesn't. But where's the power come from to charge the cradle?

There's a pin type socket at the back of the cradle for what could be a connecter, but no plug.
By:
Platini
When: 14 Jan 10 11:09
Reyes, yes I ripped off a plastic tab from the back of the phone. that's what it said to do in the instructions.
By:
Easter 1916
When: 14 Jan 10 11:11
I'm a little confused but mine has a 9v DC plug powering it.

You can probably guess I'm not very technical either!
By:
Reyes
When: 14 Jan 10 11:11
ok, so is this black piece of plastic kind of cradle like? does the phone sit in it (regardless of whether it has power or not for the time being)
By:
Reyes
When: 14 Jan 10 11:13
see here for how it should look:-

http://www.techasis.com/bt-home-hub-now-has-80211n/
By:
Platini
When: 14 Jan 10 11:16
Easter, I tried using the plug from my regular landline phone to power the hub phone, but surprise surprise the pin connector doesn't fit the hub phone socket :-(

Reyes, the plastic thing won't hold the cradle, phone, or phone in cradle It's not a fit, in any shape or form.

If someone could post a demo on YouTube, this would be so easy :-(
By:
WELSHIE1
When: 14 Jan 10 11:24
the power goes into the back of the router next to the eternet connections on there
By:
Platini
When: 14 Jan 10 11:28
Welshie, there is a socket at the back of the hub marked "telephone", but I have nothing to connect that socket and the pin hole at the back of the cradle.
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 11:32
Platini - I think we're found the answer. The circly bit is where you put the phone, but you have to plug it in with a normal plug/transformer lead. You seem to have lost that - still got the packaging?
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 11:33
Less than a tenner on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BT-HOME-HUB-PHONE-2.1-POWER-ADAPTOR%2FMAINS-CHARGER---NEW_W0QQitemZ230403032717QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20091124?IMSfp=TL091124014003r39134
By:
WELSHIE1
When: 14 Jan 10 11:34
on the back of my hub
its the bt black one
it reads

broadband,phone,ethernet 1,2,3,4, power

the actual phone sits in the cradle at the front

and its powered with 2 aa batterys (rechargable ones which was supplied)

and they are charged by the power which plugs in on the far right hand side of the router
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 11:35
Hold the press.

At the bottom of your hub in the middle is a plastic cover strip you can pull off. The circly bit then plugs into the Hub at that point and you can charge your blower.
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 11:35
(The FRONT of the Hub)
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 11:36
Yes, I'm right again. See page 4 of this manual:

http://www.dabs.com/content/uni2/documentation/567n/hub_2.0_handset_user_guide.pdf

Thank you.
By:
Platini
When: 14 Jan 10 11:53
Hang on, that power socket is already plugged in to the back of the hub (attached to my wall via a plug). That's the power cable that was supplied with the hub and works fine - for broadband etc.

How does that then power the phone cradle?

What am I missing here ????
By:
WELSHIE1
When: 14 Jan 10 12:29
put the phone in the cradle at the front of it
make sure the recharable batterys are in the phone
By:
Super Vixen
When: 14 Jan 10 12:35
Platini - you need to make sure the heavy round cradle "clicks" into the hub - otherwise it will not charge.
By:
Platini
When: 14 Jan 10 13:23
Göring, thanks for the PDF. That's exactly what I needed.

Clear and simple illustration.

Phone charging now :-)
By:
WELSHIE1
When: 14 Jan 10 13:32
FFS

wasnt my instructions clear enough


pmsl
By:
Platini
When: 14 Jan 10 13:38
LOL Welshie you're instructions were spot on (and some of the other advice on this thread), but until I'd seen the illustration of the grey cover bit you have to pull out first before inserting the cradle, it was all greek to me ;-)
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 13:40
Slightly ambiguous direct object imo, but pretty good for a Welsh bloke. ;)
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 13:41
Now then, now comes the tricky bit: using the phone... ;)
By:
Platini
When: 14 Jan 10 13:43
Thing is, I only want the phone for its caller ID

(no more feckin sales calls waheeeeyyyyyyy :-) )
By:
V4 Vendetta
When: 14 Jan 10 14:00
Hmm. Well remember it rings a bit later than the main one so wait until the lights come on before you pick it up.
By:
Platini
When: 14 Jan 10 14:02
the main one is now unplugged forever, and I now have a different phone number (even less sales calls :-) )
By:
WELSHIE1
When: 14 Jan 10 15:11
i aint feckking welsh



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