Home Telephone-Pin to stop kids using

Majic

I'm with BT and have 2 telephones in my house. My young son has a habit of picking up the phone and ringing numbers. I would like to have some kind of pin number on the phone to stop him. I believe BT offer a service that involves a monthly fee, but is there a cheaper option. My phones are quite old:


1) Binantone System 1000


2) BT Decor


Thanks

Ian011

Two suggestions.

Get him his own playphone and put the real phone out of reach.

Get a new cordless phone system and give him the old phones to play with.

Majic

Thanks Ian but I was hoping for some advice about setting up a pin on a phone

Ian011

Investigate new phone systems that can be locked to prevent unauthorised calls.

I am sure someone must market a kid-proof handset.

LazyTyper

Check if your DECT phone can put on a keypad lock - usually achieved by pressing and holding the # key.

Look for a key symbol on your key pad.


I assumed the Binatone was a DECT handset, just realised it is analogue. I have to go with what Ian011 suggests. I know of no analogue phone that has this feature, but some business IP phones do (expensive for a residential customer).

Majic

Tried pressing the # key but nothing happens. BT will charge me £4 per month for a pin but if I could get a couple of home phones with a lock facility I would replace them

poppasmurf_bewdley

Just looked at my iDect hands-free handsets and they shows a padlock with the * button, and pressing it prevents you dialing a number.

Wish I'd known this a couple of weeks ago when my son ran up a £13 bill whilst I was away.

james_smitha

***poppasmurf_bewdley*** Explain to your son that with out the £13 to pay for the phone call/s he made with out asking permission you can no longer afford to buy him a christmas gift

duchy

Argos phones seem to have them as standard according to http://www.hotukdeals.com/ask/any-recommendations-for-a-lockable-landline-1849299


Should be cheap enough

GwylimT

I assume the pin isn't needed to call 999?

poppasmurf_bewdley

james_smitha wrote: »

***poppasmurf_bewdley*** Explain to your son that with out the £13 to pay for the phone call/s he made with out asking permission you can no longer afford to buy him a christmas gift

He hasn't yet paid me back the £13 he owes for the phone calls, but last Friday he did pay me back the £1.5k he has owed me from the various amounts he has borrowed from me over the past year or so, much to my amazement. When I mentioned this to him yesterday, he told me he'd give it to me when he is paid this week. :eek:

GwylimT wrote: »

I assume the pin isn't needed to call 999?

You cannot dial any number, including 999, if the lock is on. At least not on my recent iDect phone.