Digital Voice Changeover - I don't have a Smart Hub 2

[efelstead]

Hi Every one

A simple question but i can't find an answer

I have a Smart Hub 5 which does not havethe necessary coonection for Digital Voice

I wish to continue using my phone

So will BT provide me with a Smart Hub 2??

Regards

Edward

[iniltous · Accepted solution]

Yes

[VeteranISPUser]

Hi @efelstead   The simple answer is Yes. It is impossible to have BT Digital Voice without a Smart Hub 2 (or it's successor)

[efelstead]

Thank you Thats a relief
Further question please
Can i plug my existing phone base into the Smart Hub 2 so I can continue to use my existing wireless phones scattered around the house
Thank you

[imjolly]

you can connect your existing base to the socket on back of hub and your cordless phones will work just as they do now

[efelstead]

Thank you

Much appreciated

Saved me lots of anxious days

Regards Edward

[efelstead]

Thank you for taking the time to answer my query

Regards

Edward

[Paul608085]

Will the OP actually need to plug their existing DECT cordless base station in to the SmartHub2?

I thought that the SH2 will also act as a DECT base station itself when using Digital Voice?

Isn't that how the DV cordless handsets that BT are supplying work - directly to the SH2, with no other equipment to plug in?

[licquorice]

I think the problem is that although the SH2 is a DECT base station it is BT's version of DECT and not compatible with other handsets.

I haven't actually tried pairing my Panasonic handsets to my hub rather than their base station yet to see if they work. Must get round to doing that.

[imjolly]

@Paul608085 

@efelstead wants to use his existing base unit and phones and they way to do that is to connect existing base to the socket on back of SH2. That way he will retain the functionality of the existing base and phones