Can I add a cordless phone? 22 November 2021 at 12:24PM in Phones & TV 6 replies 93 views

StevieD54

My elderly parents have a corded landline, so that doesn’t need a power socket.  They can’t grasp using a mobile so I want to add a cordless option, something they can move around the house with, without having to go to the corded location every time to answer the phone.

So I would need to locate the cordless phone near a convenient power socket.  Can I just get a twin phone line connector and run a new extra phone cable to that location?  Is it really that easy?  Thanks for any advice.

cx6

this should be what you want, and then the extension cable of course for the new phone

BT double Twin telephone Phone socket 2 way Adaptor Male to Two Female Sockets 719578247129 | eBay

BT Telephone Extension Cable Lead Phone Line Fax Modem Socket RJ11 1M-5m Lot | eBay

molerat

StevieD54 said:

So I would need to locate the cordless phone near a convenient power socket.  Can I just get a twin phone line connector and run a new extra phone cable to that location?  Is it really that easy?  Thanks for any advice.

Yep.  If you get a twin set you can then have a charging base wherever you want so the handset can be charged / kept wherever it is most convenient.  I have my base unit in a cupboard which has power and a telephone socket, the charging base and handset is kept on the kitchen worktop.

JJ_Egan

I have one upstairs  and one with base downstairs .

StevieD54

Thanks all.

So my parents currently have a ‘regular’ splitter for modem and phone. So I plug in a twin phone line splitter into the ‘Phone’ hole, as in the eBay item linked by cx6, yes?  But will connecting an extra phone affect the broadband signal I wonder?

StevieD54

Was thinking one of these would be ok......
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Telephone-Socket-Adapter-Splitter-Doubler/dp/B076KDTPJ4/ref=asc_df_B076KDTPJ4/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=218715807545&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10925064423339079672&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007423&hvtargid=pla-425500001479&psc=1

molerat

Anything like that will do (although a bit pricey !).  Only really get problems when you have too many phones connected and that is usually when they are old fashioned proper ringers.