Req circuit to record from phone line (UK)

Feb 26, 2006 14 Replies

I'm in the UK. I want to record my landline phone calls.



I once made a crude device which had a transformer (don't know its spec). A pair of wires from one side of the transformer went into the telephone wall socket and a pair of wires on the other side of the transformer went to a jack plug which goes into my recorder. There's a potentiometer adjusts the output level.



It kind of works but not very well and I get too much hum.



What would be a proper circuit to follow?



Even better, is there a non-expensive recording adapter I can buy in the UK which plugs into the phone wall socket?


This is posted to uk.telecom and to some elctronics groups.


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I find this is quite sufficient...you interpose it between the handset and the phone, by unplugging the handset cable.

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Try this

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Kilowatt@charter.net When replying by email please leave this signature intact.

Terry, which part of this site did you have in mind?

Check out this months Elektor magazine, there is a design for one in there.

Ian

Atachment is available at your local Maplin store or online. Regards, Martin

A search term that might help you is "phone hybrid". That's what we call these audio-to-telephone interfaces in the broadcast industry.

If you want to go down this route have a look at

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They have loads of products (but not 'inexpensive')

I've used several of the JK Audio 'THAT' range (THAT-1 and THAT-2).

The THAT-2

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) pretty good unless you want broadcast quality kit. I think it cost me about £120 tho'

Has a phono and XLR in and out

Jonathan

The part that says....Record your telephone calls to hard disk

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How do you use the input circutry of an old external model to let me record phone calls?

Hello Lem,

This is what you want from Maplins Electronics in UK

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Enjoy,

  • * * Christopher

Temecula CA.USA

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For recording from a telephone, you need low background noise and good balance between the near and far party. Check out

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which sounds like hi-fi even on an ordinary telephone call. There is a description at
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with sample files that you can listen to. RuthWest

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