topic Re: Telephone line in Sky Q

Telephone line

RJCOD — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 08:34:23 GMT

I have a brand new TV, do I plug the LAN telephone line directly into the TV set or my Sky Q box?

Re: Telephone line

PandJ2020 — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 08:43:29 GMT

The question doesn't make sense.

What's a 'LAN telephone line'?

Re: Telephone line

TimmyBGood — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:38:20 GMT

@RJCOD

Neither a smart television or a Q box uses a telephone line, because neither device contains a modem. The last Sky devices to be built with dial-up connections were obsolete Sky+ HD boxes.

Both will have ethernet ports though, so can use a LAN (Local Area Network) data connection over ethernet cable to a router if you choose not to put them on WiFi.

Re: Telephone line

Chodley — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:01:19 GMT

Can you post a photo of this phone port? Sounds like it might be either fibre or one of those adsl filter dual socket things.

Re: Telephone line

RJCOD — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:28:14 GMT

The LAN is the small white telephone Pin socket

Telephone line

Shiva87 — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:33:55 GMT

I have a brand new TV, do I plug the LAN telephone line directly into the TV set or my Sky Q box?

Re: Telephone line

MightyQuinn — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:40:37 GMT

@RJCOD wrote:
The LAN is the small white telephone Pin socket

Hi @RJCOD That still does not make any sense. LAN = Local Area Network, nothing to do with telephones. Best to post an image.

Re: Telephone line

TimmyBGood — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:31:59 GMT

@RJCOD wrote:

The LAN is the small white telephone Pin socket

A 'small white telephone Pin socket' is not a Local Area Network: 'LAN' refers to ethernet (WLAN is WiFi)

These days the only thing a telephone socket connects to is a router (for ADSL, G.fast and FTTC broadband) or a voice handset.