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Portable Skype Phone v2

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At first I was a little skeptical whether this would work or not, but I was pleasantly surprised when it did.
Connect the parts according to the schematic.
-I connected the grounds together and both left and right of the stereo plug together, since its going to be mono anyway.
-For the phone line cord, you use the center 2 wires only
-I didnt use a variable resistor, I used a 470OHM and it was loud enough
-Im currently powering it with my power supply, but will likely wire it into the phone's power supply. you could also run the wires to a usb plug and power it from your computer.
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2 comments
Feb 9, 2009. 9:01 PMHextor says:
I tried the new schematic and it didn't work, I didn't use a pot though so perhaps that why. I agree that it's not to specific about how to connect it.
Jan 24, 2008. 2:49 PMnaoakes416 says:
I looked up that schematic on google and it said that this particular setup had echo problems... have you experienced that at all? also it shows a slightly different newerversion but it doesnt explain it very well... and i was just wondering what to do. Thank you.

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