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6th Sep 2021, 9:31 pm | #1 |
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BT Freeway handset
Hi all
I bought a BT freeway some time ago and it's never worked, apparently the fault is because of an IC in the handset. I was going to test and replace this if necessary now I have some better equipment to deal with ICs. That and it's battery pack needs replacement How do you get the back off the handset? I've managed to unclip the bottom section but the top seems stuck fast, and no matter what I do it doesn't loosen. Any one got any ideas? Thanks '77 |
7th Sep 2021, 8:59 am | #2 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
isn't there a screw under the plastic part that houses the phone number label?
I've replaced that IC in the past but I can't even remember what happened to the phone.
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7th Sep 2021, 1:07 pm | #3 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
I did think that myself actually, but could never get the plastic to come out so I assumed it was fixed in from the underside so didn’t mess with it too much. I’ll give it another go.
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7th Sep 2021, 1:32 pm | #4 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
I'd have said a plastic cover over a phone label must be removable, in order to write on the label. No?
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7th Sep 2021, 1:40 pm | #5 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
Ah, I presume this the mid-1980s Uniden-based analogue cordless phone, as opposed to the current-ish walkie-talkie of the same name.
In which case, yes, there's a single screw under the label, and yes, the label can be removed by flexing it, e.g. with the tip of a Stanley knife blade. N. |
7th Sep 2021, 1:47 pm | #6 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
Thanks for the clarification, Nick. I was a little confused that this thread seemed to be describing something different from what Google thinks a BT Freeway is.
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7th Sep 2021, 2:26 pm | #7 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
Sorry for the confusion, I didn't realise there were walkie talkies with the same name. It is the cordless phone.
I've managed to get the back off which is great. Looks a little confusing inside in terms of construction but I'll get there Thanks for the help '77 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
Quote:
Of course, I should have gone to Bob Freshwater's site first!
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7th Sep 2021, 5:40 pm | #9 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
I think they're interesting looking phones - as far as phones go that is
Thats a great site, lots of useful information '77 |
7th Sep 2021, 7:16 pm | #10 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
These were also sold by Tandy under the Radio Shack brand, with beige rather than grey accents. In fact that's where I bought my replacement IC from, the tandy service centre in Birmingham. In that case the phone would begin dialling random numbers when you went off-hook.
Seems weird to talk about fixing phones (before they had collectable value) but the chip was from memory about £18 including carriage and VAT, a replacement phone being around the £100 mark.
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7th Sep 2021, 7:24 pm | #11 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
I agree. Had an Audioline cordless (analogue with TAM). Overhead BT line. Early one Saturday morning there was a thunderstorm and there was a flash by the bedroom window where the overhead line was fastened. Next was the 'typical' (only according to films) Buzz Buzzzz noise that dead electricals do. But it really did. Basically the uC had been killed and was doing nasty things to the supply rail that also fed the analogue stages. It was actually worthwile getting and replacing the 40(?) pin uC and said phone lasted many years after that until I went DECT in the late 90s or early noughties.
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7th Sep 2021, 7:33 pm | #12 |
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Re: BT Freeway handset
Originally a Uniden EX3000, circa 1983-4 (thanks, google)
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