From: Carl Navarro 
Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Two line telephone doesn't work with Line 1+2
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:26:44 GMT

On 13 Oct 2003 08:27:25 -0700, noonehere@mail.com (Mark) wrote:

>I recently had a second phone line installed.  I had a 2 line splitter
>(ABACON 267C -Line 1 / Line 2). I am able to connect two separate
>phones, or toggle the plugs to access the two separate lines.
>
>I purchased a 2-line GE phone (29460GE2).  The instructions told me to
>attach the line to the Line 1+2 outlet on the phone, but only one line
>works.
>
>I then went and purchased an RCA splitter (3-way: Line 1, Line 2, Line
>1+2) and connected from Line 1+2 to the Line 1+2 outlet on the phone -
>still only one line works.
>
>The only way to get both lines to work is to use the splitter to split
>into Line 1 and Line 2, and plug into Line 1+2 and Line 2 respectively
>on the phone using two cords.
>
>The GE instructions indicate only one cord is required, unless the
>lines are on two separate modular outlets.
>
>Any ideas why "Line 1+2"  connected to "Line 1+2" with a single cord
>doesn't work?
>

And how many pins are on the one cord?

If the answer is two, that's your problem.  I don't see any other
possiblilty if you have both lines off the splitter.

Carl Navarro