I bought a cordless phone (Panasonic KX-TCD735) from Austria.This model ha got a handset + base with dialling facility+ answer phone. Now I live in UK.
When I connect it to BT line or NTL in UK it is not working. Is there any way I can use this phone in UK? Can anyone suggest a way to make it comaptible in UK. This one was quite expensive. 190 Euros.
Thanks

JG, January 2006

Dear Terry,
Thanks for the advice. I have normal UK phone connected to the main wall socket. I changed the wiring of my phone extension box. I didn't tamper with the wall socket.
JG

JG, March 2006

I am not trying to be stroppy here but here is some advice. What you have done to the socket is of doubtful legality in the UK. What would be better is to leave the socket as is. (Tampering with sockets is not legal.) Next make a small adapter using a BT style plug and a socket for the phone. Swap the wires over in the adapter. This would have left your phone system wired correctly; expecially useful if you add more sockets or you move and some one reports you to OffCom after spending huge amounts of time trying to make their phone work.

Terry, February 2006

Pleasure-glad to have helped!

D Levy, February 2006

Hi Mr.d levy,
Thanks mate. I did as you suggested.Now the phone is working perfectly. Before this I contacted Panasonic UK & explained everything. But they said nothing could be done.

JG, February 2006

Hi it could be that the standard in austria is to use conection points 3and4 in the phone socket. in uk the standard is 2 and 5.
you have to open the phone socket on the wall and rewire the socket so it supplies a connection for the 2 middle points ie 3and4.

d levy, February 2006