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p8pes OP t1_iqwlnf4 wrote

Reply to comment by sibman in This device allows you to connect any landline phone to a car using bluetooth by p8pes

I think you're both ignoring the more interesting part of this: That it also powers the landline phone. Powering a landline used to require either a utility connection or a line simulator to provide the correct voltage. It also provides a dial tone and allows you to use a rotary or touchpad dial.

Pretty cool invention to pair bluetooth connectivity with a line activator.

(Also: landline telephones, for the most part, are built much sturdier than a cell phone. It's a way to keep well made hardware out of landfills by modernizing them. They are bulkier than cell phones but a nice phone for home - or, for humor - for your car.)

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p8pes OP t1_iqs5qo3 wrote

Reply to comment by king0demons in This device allows you to connect any landline phone to a car using bluetooth by p8pes

Cool question! I have no idea about that. I think if you converted the older phone to an RJ11 connector it might work. (RJ11 is a standard phone port, the older phones have more of a cable box inside of them, though there are numerous videos on the web showing how to make an RJ11 conversion fairly easily) The bluetooth adaptor here (Cell2Jack) pulls 5V from a USB connection and powers the phone through the RJ11 port.

In theory the phone would draw whatever power it needs from that connection. I think the older phones suffered more from a brickwall of the phone utility itself on how much voltage they would allow on individual connections but maybe here it's just an open hose on how much is needed. Certainly worth the $30 to just test it out at least.

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