| 1970s Mickey Mouse Phone |
| My Mickey Mouse Phone gets a dial tone, but the the touch tone number pad doesn't dial out. I've used it by dialing with a MagicJack, so I know it works. According to Western Electric, who made this phone, this can be corrected easily: "Q. My touch-tone phone gets dial tone and rings but I can't dial out. I don't hear any tones when any of the buttons are pressed - just a weak clicking sound. What could cause this? A. Some of the vintage Western Electric touch-tone phones were polarity sensitive meaning that if the wires going to the telephone jack contacts were reversed the dial would not make tones. It's a simple fix - just reverse the red and green wires in the telephone jack in the wall and the phone dial should then work. Later model Western Electric phones had "polarity guard" circuits installed which allowed the phones to be wired in either direction." I tried this fix, and IT WORKS! |
| Rewiring phone jacks that are not mounted into the wall is easy. All you need is a screwdriver. First you remove the plastic cover, then you unscrew the screws for the red and green phone leads, just enough to pull them out and switch them. Them, you re-tighten the screws An other option: A Reverse Cable Adapter RJ11 (6X4), Male/Female, 10 in can be ordered on Amazon.com for $2.65 + $9.50 shipping |
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| This an authentic Western Electric Mickey Mouse phone from the 1970s. It's serial number is 224915 The white curly phone cord is not the original cord. |