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Convert Cordless Phone to Cordless Headphones
I'm just gonna be honest here, and state that I'm sick and tired of
cordless headphones that barely work across my house. I've tried a couple, admittedly not the best ($50-$100 cordless headphones) and I get stupid results. I want to mow the lawn, work in the yard, and run around the house with cordless headphones that never lose connection, hence the idea in the subject of this posting. Even my cheap $20 cordless phone can go way down the block and I may hear a little fuzz, but I'll never lose connection. I'm a newbie to soldering and what have you, but how feasible is it for me to buy a cheap cordless phone and convert it to a pair of cordless headphones? I'm thinking I should find the audio input that goes from the telephone wiring to the base unit and just paste my audio there (I assume the hardest part), take the handset apart, glue it to some sturdy headphones, and redirect its output to the headphones, ignoring the voice speaker entirely. Anyone see any problems with this idea? Would I have to amplify it? I don't think I would have to, seeing as my cordless phone is good and loud on its own. I just don't understand why cordless headphones on the market don't work with the same reliability that cordless phones do, even when you spend five times as much. Should I buy a certain frequency of phone, so as to not interfere with neighbors' cordless phones? Any other ideas? Is there anything on the market that uses this idea already? I've been searching ebay, and if I could find this, I'd buy it instead of going to the trouble of making one. A problem I could see is cordless phones use nonstandard batteries, but I'm sure I could hack standard batteries to it (for longer use than the included battery would provide). Thanks for any help you can provide! It's got to be possible. There is no sense in having to pay hundreds of dollars for decent distance in portable headphones when my $20 cordless phone can do it. Oh, and just for the record, I could care less about audio quality and I don't need stereo; mono is fine. I only listen to talk radio on my cordless headphones. |
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Convert Cordless Phone to Cordless Headphones
You not just buy a cheap walkman. Then you can go anywhere! It will also be
of much better quality. -- Greetings, Jerry Greenberg GLG Technologies GLG ========================================= WebPage http://www.zoom-one.com Electronics http://www.zoom-one.com/electron.htm ========================================= "OIE" wrote in message ... I'm just gonna be honest here, and state that I'm sick and tired of cordless headphones that barely work across my house. I've tried a couple, admittedly not the best ($50-$100 cordless headphones) and I get stupid results. I want to mow the lawn, work in the yard, and run around the house with cordless headphones that never lose connection, hence the idea in the subject of this posting. Even my cheap $20 cordless phone can go way down the block and I may hear a little fuzz, but I'll never lose connection. I'm a newbie to soldering and what have you, but how feasible is it for me to buy a cheap cordless phone and convert it to a pair of cordless headphones? I'm thinking I should find the audio input that goes from the telephone wiring to the base unit and just paste my audio there (I assume the hardest part), take the handset apart, glue it to some sturdy headphones, and redirect its output to the headphones, ignoring the voice speaker entirely. Anyone see any problems with this idea? Would I have to amplify it? I don't think I would have to, seeing as my cordless phone is good and loud on its own. I just don't understand why cordless headphones on the market don't work with the same reliability that cordless phones do, even when you spend five times as much. Should I buy a certain frequency of phone, so as to not interfere with neighbors' cordless phones? Any other ideas? Is there anything on the market that uses this idea already? I've been searching ebay, and if I could find this, I'd buy it instead of going to the trouble of making one. A problem I could see is cordless phones use nonstandard batteries, but I'm sure I could hack standard batteries to it (for longer use than the included battery would provide). Thanks for any help you can provide! It's got to be possible. There is no sense in having to pay hundreds of dollars for decent distance in portable headphones when my $20 cordless phone can do it. Oh, and just for the record, I could care less about audio quality and I don't need stereo; mono is fine. I only listen to talk radio on my cordless headphones. |
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Convert Cordless Phone to Cordless Headphones
OIE writes:
I'm just gonna be honest here, and state that I'm sick and tired of cordless headphones that barely work across my house. I've tried a couple, admittedly not the best ($50-$100 cordless headphones) and I get stupid results. I want to mow the lawn, work in the yard, and run around the house with cordless headphones that never lose connection, hence the idea in the subject of this posting. Even my cheap $20 cordless phone can go way down the block and I may hear a little fuzz, but I'll never lose connection. I'm a newbie to soldering and what have you, but how feasible is it for me to buy a cheap cordless phone and convert it to a pair of cordless headphones? I'm thinking I should find the audio input that goes from the telephone wiring to the base unit and just paste my audio there (I assume the hardest part), take the handset apart, glue it to some sturdy headphones, and redirect its output to the headphones, ignoring the voice speaker entirely. Anyone see any problems with this idea? The main one is that telephony frequency ranges are typically 300Hz to 3kHz--a paltry slice of the 20-20kHz that is demanded of audio applications. Best Regards, -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Todd H \ / | http://www.toddh.net/ X Promoting good netiquette | http://triplethreatband.com/ / \ http://www.toddh.net/netiquette/ | "4 lines suffice." |
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OIE writes:
entirely. Anyone see any problems with this idea? "Todd H." wrote ... The main one is that telephony frequency ranges are typically 300Hz to 3kHz--a paltry slice of the 20-20kHz that is demanded of audio applications. Not to mention that telephones are, by definition, mono. |
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Convert Cordless Phone to Cordless Headphones
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:33:30 -0700, Richard Crowley wrote:
OIE writes: entirely. Anyone see any problems with this idea? "Todd H." wrote ... The main one is that telephony frequency ranges are typically 300Hz to 3kHz--a paltry slice of the 20-20kHz that is demanded of audio applications. Not to mention that telephones are, by definition, mono. and only have a 30db dynamic range. If you think music on hold sounds good, then by all means try it. |
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Convert Cordless Phone to Cordless Headphones
In , on 10/13/03
at 09:19 AM, OIE said: [ ... ] I'm a newbie to soldering and what have you, but how feasible is it for me to buy a cheap cordless phone and convert it to a pair of cordless headphones? [ ... ] In theory, wireless telephones could be used for this purpose, but there will be challenges to overcome. If you are successful, the quality will not be very good. As another respondent remarked, "If you think music on hold sounds good, then by all means try it." You'll need two for stereo. I've used wireless headphones that will cover a house and a small yard (50 feet or so). Try placing the base unit as high as possible. There are also some FM transmitter kits that would be much more appropriate and easier to adapt for this purpose than phones. (The FM transmitter could be received by any nearby FM broadcast radio) If you decide to struggle with the wireless phones, start with a model that offers an intercom function. ----------------------------------------------------------- SPAM: wordgame:123(abc):14 9 20 5 2 9 18 4 at 22 15 9 3 5 14 5 20 dot 3 15 13 (Barry Mann) [sorry about the puzzle, SPAMers are ruining my mailbox] ----------------------------------------------------------- |
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