Ready to snip-snip ringer wires on HP J5780 All-in-one... 1

[wahnula]

Hi folks,

I know this is a peripheral, but I also know this forum is where the real hardware butchers live. Here's my story:

To insure domestic tranquility (and to allow for future use of Vistugh) I abandoned my cherry 1999 Epson Perfection 1240U scanner and Photosmart P1000 printer in lieu of a shiny new HPJ5780 all-in-one. I must say the convenience factor has risen by 500% and it is VERY easy for my wife to scan, copy and fax, BUT...every time the phone rings, the bleepin' 5780 rings too. And not just this pleasant professional tinkle, but more like a firehorn that would make at a volunteer fire department come running. We cannot coexist, I know this for a fact.

Of course, I looked for the HI-LO-OFF slide switch present on every phone made since 1949, not there. Not beside, behind, underneath, or on either side of the unit. I checked the sparse documentation and the CD help, as well as web support. Nada.

Since I know a little about tinkering (disassembled my first Stromberg-Carlson steel dial phone from Radio Shack in 1965) I would think it would be relatively easy to locate the transducer and cut its leads or remove it, but can anyone else propose a more civilized way of achieving this objective? (also one that won't void my warranty)

Perhaps a pigtail with a filter that catches those frequencies that trigger the ringer? Any and all ideas will be appreciated. Until then there's a towel over it.

Thanks folks

Tony

"Every day is a gift...sometimes it's a pair of socks

 

[clbuck29]

If it is ringing due to being connected to the phone line for faxing things you should be able to go into the fax set up on your pc and disble the ring tone.

 

[wahnula]

you should be able to go into the fax set up on your pc and disable the ring tone.

Yes, I agree, you should be able to do that but guess what? Not on my machine. No ring options whatsoever. I did, however find this little gem:

http://www.amazon.com/Gemini-TA225-.../B00005QY20/ref=de_a_smtd/104-9320525-1688751

Let's hope it works!

Tony

 

[Stella740pl]

This is what I found. Here is the manual to HP Officejet J5700

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00844812.pdf,

so it looks like it is your series. I think you have one coming with your machine, either hard copy or on CD.

There, on the page 22, you can read how to set the ring volume to Soft, Loud, or Off. It seems like it is done from the machine's Setup Panel. Normally, you shouldn't need the device you found.

 

[wahnula]

Stella740pl

Thanks so much. I followed the instructions for the 5700 and they worked. There was no hard copy user's manual like that with mine, just a bare-bones 11-page whitepaper on the fax (which mentions nothing about ring volume). I found the guide for the 5700 on the CD. The "quick install" rebus was a joke too, not even showing the correct way to install cartridges or paper trays.

I'm a little shamed but not too proud to say thanks for saving me $6 shipping on a $3 item! I guess when I heard that hideous ring my normal brain ceased to function.

And shame on you HP for making a consumer product that an experienced user had difficulty getting to do its basic functions!

Tony

 

[Stella740pl]

Glad it worked for you.
Even though I have a completely different machine (laser all-in-one Brother), I got the idea that:

1. It all can be done, and probably documented somehow, somewhere, but you have to find that first;
2. Some of the documentation coming with it is not supplied in hard copy, only on CD.

Mine had setup guide covering fax only, and I had to setup printer myself, using Windows Control Panel -> Printers and Faxes and finding an appropriate driver on their CD. That move was not documented that well (but gladly, it was not my first printer ).

 

[wahnula]

Mine neither, and again no mention of needing to install a driver, but that's standard stuff. All this config had to done on the machine, not the PC interface. I would assume (there's one of my problems) that you should be able to get to all functions through the PC GUI. Wrong. In this case it had to be done on the fax, using the wonderful 32-character non-backlit LCD...pressing this, then #4, then pressing that, then #5...but you are right I was probably too hasty to dismiss its possibility. A healthy dose of patience always helps. Thanks again.

Tony