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Extend Range on digital voice phones?

ImGoingSpace — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:14:09 GMT

So we are in a pretty non standard setup with our new install and need a digital phone in a room that is currently too far from the hub location.

The hub cannot be moved closer and there are no existing copper lines to use with older handsets, which is a common answer i see when searching here.
Is there a range extender that can be used with the BT Digital phones? i understand that they are not standard Wifi so those extenders/mesh systems dont work.

(effectively the property is two buildings, hub is in one and need phones in the other building, at the far end of it.)

Re: Extend Range on digital voice phones?

licquorice — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:18:58 GMT

Unfortunately not. The phones are DECT rather than WiFi and standard DECT repeaters appear not to work with BT's implementation.

A workaround would be to use a Digital Voice adapter in a location nearer to the hub and then plug a a normal DECT base station into it and use a standard DECT handset.

Re: Extend Range on digital voice phones?

ImGoingSpace — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:27:34 GMT

sorry for my ignorance on the topic, i know nothing of phone tech!

i bought a set of BT DV phones, i can connect those to the adapter (wirelessly, DECT?) and then the adapter to the hub? if so, thats exactly what i'm after, the adapter acting as a range extender.

Re: Extend Range on digital voice phones?

licquorice — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:36:13 GMT

No, the DV adapter is basically just a portable analogue phone socket, it connects to the hub via DECT but not to DV handsets. You can't use it as a repeater hence by bodge suggestion.

Re: Extend Range on digital voice phones?

licquorice — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:38:52 GMT

Alternatively, just run a simple 2 wire phone cable to the remote location with an extension socket at each end and connect it to the green socket at the rear of the hub.

Re: Extend Range on digital voice phones?

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 19:35:54 GMT

The DECT standard is typically 50m range without obstacles. But there are long range phones you can buy such as the BT Elements 1K. Or you could buy a set of phones that do support a repeater, try the DVA that @licquorice suggested & then have the repeater to fall back on if that doesn't work.

Probably best to speak to a specialist phone supplier like PMC Telecom, Ligo or OneDirect.