unusual telephony request - recording voice mail

[James Knott]

Peter L. Peres wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Wil McGilvery wrote:
> 
> 
>>I did not connect to a phone line that is what the phone is for. I
>>simply rerouted the audio. Inside your phone receiver is a little
>>speaker. That was what I was talking about. It's the same as plugging in
>>a headset.
> 
> 
> No it is not. You were very lucky. Depending on circumstances you could
> end up with up to 120Vac entering your audio gear (ring voltage).

The ringing current wouldn't normally get to the headset and it's only 
90V 20Hz.

I have seen other devices that connect via the headset jack.



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