powerdesal Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Scenario: Internet + landline with FT (orange). Computer hardwired to live box. Land line not voip. UK Mobile phone number (tesco card)A few seconds before the landline rings, the computer speakers go 'beep beep beep', then the phone rings normally. Equally, a few seconds before a text message comes into the mobile, the same 'beep beep beep' on the computer speakers.Its a pretty good warning system but why and how is it happening??????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Just a thought Steve, its not an infra-red link inadvertingly talking between the phone and your PC ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 I'm certainly not aware of any IR links. It may be relevant that the phone is a 'walk-about' type.It doesn't cause a problem obviously but it is a very perplexing situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 This rings a bell - makes a beep? - as I think we had a similar problem once. Study the phone manual.Possibly a warning that the batteries in the handsets are getting low? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 How can it ring a bell if it makes a beep? [6]Sorry, not helpful I know, just put it down to me having a dose of Man-flu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I suspect that what you are hearing is effectively interference from the phone. When receiving call or text messages there is an initial electronic signal exchange between the cell transmitter and the phone - sometimes (frequently?) the signal is strong enough and at the perfect frequency to be picked up as a stray signal by nearby electronic circuits - hence the beeps.RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 Pickles, I think you are probably right.It did seem strange that it should apply to both a fixed landline and a mobile (cell) phone which get signals from completely different sources, one or the other I could (possibly) understand, but both independently - very bizarre.Patf, definitely not batteries, the beeps are from the pc speakers, mobile is fully charged and the walk-about house phone lives on its charger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I too think that Pickles is right. My car radio sometimes gives out an 'electronic' tune just before the mobile rings, strange stuff......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemonimo Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 This is all very odd. My radio picks up 'bleeps' but the mobile does not always ring. Someone suggested that it might be a call from a mobile without much 'reseau'. Or else it's those little green men[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Or a midwife toad got into the system [Www] (Do a search.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 These beeps have been incorporated into a piece of music by Jean Michel Jarre (who else would do this???). It's on his Metmorphosis album released a few years ago. Can't remember the track title.There's even a track where he's used the old dial up sound of a modem on the same album.On a side note, I think his old stuff from the 70's and early 80's is much better than his new stuff.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 [quote user="Gemonimo"]This is all very odd. My radio picks up 'bleeps' but the mobile does not always ring. Someone suggested that it might be a call from a mobile without much 'reseau'. Or else it's those little green men[:-))][/quote]The little green men seem to have a LOT to answer for at present. However, the sounds that you are picking up on your radio are very likely also to be mobile-phone-related: IIRC, mobile phone cell masts send out what amounts to an electronic "who's out there?" polling signal to all the phones that are in range of the mast at frequent intervals to keep up to date the records of which phone is where (ie within which mast's cell it is located) even when the phone is not actively engaged in a call (but is switched on)> Hence if a call or SMS comes through, it can be routed to the correct cell. What you are picking up on you radio is your mobile phone effectively responding to this query by transmitting back a message saying "I'm here and this is who I am".RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 [quote user="Pickles"]................................. is your mobile phone effectively responding to this query by transmitting back a message saying "I'm here and this is who I am".[/quote]Or "Je suis ici et ceci qui est je suis" in france, of course......................[:D][:D]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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