A Phoney Question

[SparkyCal]

I have your typical V Tech and Panasonic cordless phone systems at home. Both sets are working on a single line, as I split the phone line coming in and routed it to both systems.

My question is this (and it does not matter which of the two systems I use). Is there anyway to modify one of the handsets, so that rather than streaming the incoming audio to the cordless phone internal speaker, it is sent to my mixer, via a wire? My mixer has both 1/4 inch inputs and TRS, as well as RCAs- so it is quite versatile. But how do I get the oncoming audio from the phone, into my mixer?

Thank-you

 

[Audioguru]

I do not know why you want to feed phone sounds to your mixer. If you connect the phone's earphone to an amplifier then you will have acoustical feedback squealing when the handset mic hears the amplified sounds.
A speakerphone has an electronic switch that cuts off its speaker when you talk and cuts off its mic when you don't talk. Then there is no feedback. A handset does not doo dat.

 

[SparkyCal]

Hey AG. Nice t hear from you. If it goes to my mixer, I can easily record a phone call , direct into my DAW.

 

[AnalogKid]

You should be able to pick up the audio signal on the two wires going to the speaker. A possible issue is grounding, but the handset always is battery powered so you probably can get away with this. My V-Tech handset has a 2.5 mm TRS jack, so if I were doing this I could just plug into the handset with a custom jumper cable.

ak

 

[Nanren888]

Used to be able to buy magnetic pickups, often with ampllifiers, for analogue phones that picked up the audio directly, for recording & such.
Not sure whether such are still available, but might be worth a search.
Used to matter where you put them, so if you find one, move it over the phone to find the best place.

 

[Audioguru]

The earphone of a phone plays both sides of a conversation. Connect the earphone to the input of your mixer with a shielded audio cable. It will be a low line level or a high mic level.
Some earphones also produce a wireless variable magnetic signal that can be picked up with a sensor fed to a microphone input on your mixer. The position of the sensor determines the loudness of the signal.

 

[SparkyCal]

Hmmm...I opened the phone (it's a spare one). It has three wires going to the tiny speaker. Two wires are red and one is v=black. There appears to be three prongs on the speaker and each wire is connected to its own prong on the speaker. I want to stream the signal to a mono 1/4 plug. How would I do that? Not used to seeing speakers with three prongs. They usually have two

 

[davenn]

Hmmm...I opened the phone (it's a spare one). It has three wires going to the tiny speaker. Two wires are red and one is v=black. There appears to be three prongs on the speaker and each wire is connected to its own prong on the speaker. I want to stream the signal to a mono 1/4 plug. How would I do that? Not used to seeing speakers with three prongs. They usually have two

photos would help us help you

 

[Audioguru]

Maybe the third speaker wire is to its metal frame as a signal ground?

 

[SparkyCal]

Here is a pic of the phone and the speaker

 

[Audioguru]

The speaker appears to have five terminals with a red wire on the left terminal and a black wire on the right terminal. The text on the speaker cannot be seen.
The wires are for the audio signal with the black wire probably a signal ground.

 

[Martaine2005]

I agree the third terminal is shielding.
It is directly (usually) connected to the lower mouth piece (mic). Disconnect it and you might hear lots of white noise while moving around.

Martin

 

[SparkyCal]

Hi guys. I had to set this aside for a bit but will get back to it and report in. Thanks