I need a cable from RJ11 to Sony T616 - I want to have device

Anton Ish wrote:
> I have a ReplayTV player much like a Tivo which dials a local number
> to get TV listings so it can record them. It dials out at night but
> can be forced to dial when I want.
>
> I'm thinking there must be a way to connect the RJ11 jack on the back
> of this device to my mobile phone. The Replay has a built in modem.
>
> Any ideas?
>
If the ReplayTV has an additional serial port for an external modem, you
might have a chance...

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Originally posted by fm
Anton Ish wrote:
> I have a ReplayTV player much like a Tivo which dials a local number
> to get TV listings so it can record them. It dials out at night but
> can be forced to dial when I want.
>
> I'm thinking there must be a way to connect the RJ11 jack on the back
> of this device to my mobile phone. The Replay has a built in modem.
>
> Any ideas?
>
If the ReplayTV has an additional serial port for an external modem, you
might have a chance...

Why does it need a serial port? Anton is not using the cell phone as a modem...just as a phone line. I've been looking for the same sort of thing (for a different reason), but no dice. Why doesn't this exist? A mobile phone without any modem or internet capabilites can open a connection to any other telecom device. Why can't you just use the mobile as a conduit? Can anyone explain this to me?

ambrojio wrote:
> fm wrote:
>
>>*Anton Ish wrote:
>>
>>>I have a ReplayTV player much like a Tivo which dials a local
>>
>>number
>>
>>>to get TV listings so it can record them. It dials out at night
>>
>>but
>>
>>>can be forced to dial when I want.
>>>
>>>I'm thinking there must be a way to connect the RJ11 jack on the
>>
>>back
>>
>>>of this device to my mobile phone. The Replay has a built in
>>
>>modem.
>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>>
>>
>>If the ReplayTV has an additional serial port for an external modem,
>>you
>>might have a chance... *
>
>
> Why does it need a serial port? Anton is not using the cell phone as a
> modem...just as a phone line. I've been looking for the same sort of
> thing (for a different reason), but no dice. Why doesn't this exist? A
> mobile phone without any modem or internet capabilites can open a
> connection to any other telecom device. Why can't you just use the
> mobile as a conduit? Can anyone explain this to me?
>

If you want a terrestrial-line modem to communicate through your mobile
phone, the phone's audio channel would have to resemble the audio
channel of a terrestrial line. In digital mobile phones, the audio is
compressed using techniques that are designed for replicating voice.
This compression does so much damage to the very complex audio output by
a modem, that what comes out at the other end is mostly incomprehensible
to the receiving modem.