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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?
Can anyone help?
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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.
Something a bit funny. I have two rechargeables in the phone (are they in the right way around?) and it charges fine.
(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).
what plug?
the only plug I have is the one that powers the hub.
the only plug I have is the one that powers the hub.
There should be an attachment to the front of the hub at the bottom. Your hubphone sits on that.
there's not one of those strips covering the battery connectors that you have to rip off is there?
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.
There's a pin type socket at the back of the cradle for what could be a connecter, but no plug.
Reyes, yes I ripped off a plastic tab from the back of the phone. that's what it said to do in the instructions.
I'm a little confused but mine has a 9v DC plug powering it.
You can probably guess I'm not very technical either!
You can probably guess I'm not very technical either!
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)
see here for how it should look:-
http://www.techasis.com/bt-home-hub-now-has-80211n/
http://www.techasis.com/bt-home-hub-now-has-80211n/
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 :-(
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 :-(
the power goes into the back of the router next to the eternet connections on there
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.
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?
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
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BT-HOME-HUB-PHONE-2.1-POWER-ADAPTOR%2FMAINS-CHARGER---NEW_W0QQitemZ230403032717QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxq20091124?IMSfp=TL091124014003r39134
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
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
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.
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.
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.
http://www.dabs.com/content/uni2/documentation/567n/hub_2.0_handset_user_guide.pdf
Thank you.
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 ????
How does that then power the phone cradle?
What am I missing here ????
put the phone in the cradle at the front of it
make sure the recharable batterys are in the phone
make sure the recharable batterys are in the phone
Platini - you need to make sure the heavy round cradle "clicks" into the hub - otherwise it will not charge.
Göring, thanks for the PDF. That's exactly what I needed.
Clear and simple illustration.
Phone charging now :-)
Clear and simple illustration.
Phone charging now :-)
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 ;-)
Slightly ambiguous direct object imo, but pretty good for a Welsh bloke. ;)
Now then, now comes the tricky bit: using the phone... ;)
Thing is, I only want the phone for its caller ID
(no more feckin sales calls waheeeeyyyyyyy :-) )
(no more feckin sales calls waheeeeyyyyyyy :-) )
Hmm. Well remember it rings a bit later than the main one so wait until the lights come on before you pick it up.
the main one is now unplugged forever, and I now have a different phone number (even less sales calls :-) )
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