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  • Now i can use dial up on my macbook pro

  • HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA My house needs more USB!!!! Would be great to use my phone jacks to hook up usb sharing through the house! Any chances of being hacked from a outside source? lol Long distance File Transfer through usb connection over phone lines with a dirtect non dial up usb file transfer program. Now that would be priceless.

  • @TheHelixSpirit cut the outside phoneline xD

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  • and if I do this will my phone line still work?

  • @gigafide this is cool man, would love to try it, whats the range in terms of meters? I know usb in my past experience has only been about 5 meters.

  • did you win?

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  • wouldn't it be easier to buy a longer cable? also there's something called bluetooth and the internet and the not so used infrared to transmit info...it's cool tho i might do it sometime xD

  • ONLY USE: use up any phone wires hanging around and extend your USB devices.

  • 56K USB?

  • you could actually plug this in to your main line and use this in other rooms. Phones will need a DSL filter

  • Simpler to just you know, plug in the USB that comes with the stuff instead of going through all the trouble :P but nice hack?

  • @XxfreedomofspeechxX I realize he didn't say in the video to plug it into the home telephone system. I was replying to a comment. :-)

  • @Binarybb, You know you're going to destroy your USB devices if you do that, right? Because if a telephone rings, it can hold up to 120 Volts, frying all your devices.

  • @TheRealDutchOwner I know that. That was my point. When I went through Cisco Voip, the Adtran systems we were using in the Labs threw 68 volts to the target phone when a call was routed to that port. Even at .25 Amps 68 Volts will destroy any electronics not rated to take that kind of power. You do have a point to point connection that you can patch from room to room as long as you punch it in a secluded part of your phone block that dial tone is not on and it should work great.

  • I almost thought he ment, Over the phone. Like use the second jack to make the call then mute the phones. So just the usb Data wires are connected thew the call.

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  • This probably works with slow USB devices (USB1,1) speed - 1,5 megabits. But phone cable is unshielded, so it's really asking for trouble!! We sell USB extenders, those is only rated for USB fast USB 1,1 speeds (12 Megabits max) and a maximum of 10 metres of CAT5 cable (twisted pair network cable) - USB2 speeds (which is the standard today, think USB harddrives, USB sticks etc) is not possible. It requires good shielded cables.

  • great tutorial. I made a 15meter USB extension cable using this methord for less then £5. A 15meter official usb extension cable would of cost like £20! THANKS!!!

  • Lol useless hack!!! Why would you extand usb cable qith pohne cable? Just buy a longer usb cable....

  • @atv1vs1mx Its about 1/5 the price... and since most people dont even use the phone lines in their house you can extend a usb to anywhere in the house.... so what why you would want to do it. I like when stupid people jump to make stupid comments on here. Dumb redneck jock, just sayin.

  • Dumb redneck jock lol? How about you? Rage much?

  • @atv1vs1mx yes maam

  • Couldnt you just use the USB extender without cutting it. Is this hack pointless?

  • @entehrend Well long USB extenders are really expensive, but phone chord is not. I don't think you need the jacks, I think you could just use the wire and splice them in

  • I tried this once, for some reason my computer could never determine what the USB device on the other end was. even though the same devices worked fine with a standard USB cable.

  • these days most houses use fiber optic telephone. beams of light. that means no more stealing small amounts of electricity free from the copper phone lines.

  • could you use this to share files that are being transferred?

  • So technically if your house had phone lines in the walls you couldhook a USB device in one room and operate it from the computer in another room

  • @TheBlacksabbathfan9 You can't really do that, since the USB has to go a certain distance before it looses signal.

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  • ive done this with eithernet cables and an audio chord, i used it to stream audio through my house.

  • This video was to unclear. Wtf is it for?!

  • @MJonathon98 its just to extend a usb cable, pointless pretty much.

  • Stop talking about phone line and USB line voltage, it doesn't matter. Understand, This method just uses for extend USB connection.DO NOT connect this phone jack to your phone line LOL. This is better than buying long USB cable. Thanks.

  • Hye~! i hope you can respond to my question

    >>>what will happen if we put phone line into the phone jack and the usb port to the computer??

  • @amir89hamzah you would either kill the usb device and port on your pc or wreck something in the phonelines because a usb port is 5 volts and the phonelines have about 40 volts on them ?

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  • @mancobooster closer to 90 Volts

  • i haven't measured or checked it myself but i knew it was way more then 5 volts :-p

  • @amir89hamzah WHen someone calls the line 65 volts activates the phone's ringer. That 65 volts would swell up the little capacitors by the USB connection on the mainboard and perhaps a few by the southbdrige on the bainboard (The southbridge controls USB and many other things.) The Chipset would likely fry and you may take the PCs RAM with it in the process. Newer systems have a fusable link to prevent this and protect your mainboard. You still have to replace the mainboard. So, don't do it.

  • @Binarybb Did he say plug it into the houses telephone system? I don' t believe so.

  • Alot cheaper then buying a 50 ft usb extention

  • Question #1: why is this useful?

  • @Nike10Soccer787 to send fast things like photos,musics,ect. the only problem this already exist called hotmail.

  • @Nike10Soccer787 i think its to extend the length

    while thats hardly practical, that is the intent

  • lol i found 3 uses.

  • @Nike10Soccer787 Its free!

  • @Nike10Soccer787 are you serious? Off the top of my head I could think of 50 things you can do with this. How far is the range? That's the real question.

  • @kfleming78 I'd like to see your 50 reasons please.

  • @Nike10Soccer787 less cable loss than LRM400 for roof mounted antenna transmission. running mediacenter infrared devices without a machine in the room. higher megapixel surveillance systems than what wireless provides, more secure and about 10 times less expensive. Arduino based systems without xbee shields. Pixaxe without RF. Usb monitors in other rooms from a server. USB Keyboard/Mouse from other rooms from a server. USB studio audio devices from outside control room. Ran out of characters

  • @kfleming78 Cars. Toys. A tree which was hit by lightning. Birthday card. Astronomor. Banks that don't pay interest. Holidays. Keyboards without volume control. Movie channels. Sticky bomshells. Carnivors. Plants. Ventilator. Ran out of characters

  • @awhoergek unclever douchebag trolling devices, OR unclever douchebag trolling devices

  • @Nike10Soccer787 bottom line, if you can't find a use for this, you aren't thinking very creatively

  • @Nike10Soccer787 try setting up a home network. you'll see ;)

  • @Nike10Soccer787 Put a webcam at a place which you can't reach with your USB connector...

  • @Nike10Soccer787 printer thats downstairs and your upstairs.

  • @Nike10Soccer787 It is useful in some kinds of console jailbreaking/modding etc..

  • @Nike10Soccer787 Duhhh I will use this simply because my desktop cannot connect to the internet wirelessly. Id need some way to connect it, and this works.

  • @Nike10Soccer787 if need a long usb... i did this using my USB condenser mic so i can reach the bathroom and record there xD

  • @Nike10Soccer787 a further extender

  • WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO THAT? :o

  • Is the speed of file transfer good?

  • Why don't you just use more extenders? or an UTC cable as I do for not loosing speed.

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    XBOX360 emulation working 100%

  • why not to plug it in your pc ?

  • why would any want to use a phone wire instead of 4g 0.25 wire which you can just buy and it can be as long as you wish (keep in mind that longer the wire is the higher voltage drop will be) and you don't need any phone jacks. Think about it.. why would you need this anyway, and even if you do just buy longer usb extender..

  • that is the most retarded thing i have seen in quite a while

  • i love this. now i can hide a USB web cam in my living room and keep my laptop in my bed room. my dad will never know. this helps me so much because i keep getting blamed for tracking mud in the house

  • would it be possible to access the USB from a different location, such as accessing a flash drive at a friend house, or is it just and extension of the USB cable?

  • @TheJkatz321

    As in using the phone companies lines that run from house to house? no, for 2 reasons. 1.) USB is only 5V, 900A DC, which can only travel a maximum of 5 meters before suffering significant signal loss (DC can't travel far, which is why all household electricity is now AC, thanks to Nikola Tesla). and 2.) I would NOT want that contraption plugged into my PC, over a live phone-line while receiving a call. That's 90V AC going right into your USB port/USb drive (not good).

  • @TechSupportx86 Thanks for the explanation and you covered a topic I wouldn't of thought of--voltage. While I hypothesized that it may difficult be get a flash drive to interface with a phone line properly, you pointed out that the computer and flash drive do not have enough dc current to get through the phone line, making the idea practically impossible.

  • @TheJkatz321

    Definitely just an extension of the USB cable.

  • genious.

  • New way to know someone comes to my house? YES!

  • hello,

    I love this idea to extend my wireless mouse from my flat screen so I can get more distance. Only one thing, I did everything as stated but im getting a usb not recognized error. any idea's?

    Thanks,

    Jamie

  • @SwainJamie same with me

  • @SwainJamie @Touchfair

    You's are either using too long of a phone wire (longer than 5 meters), Using a 2 wire line (instead of 4), or wired it wrong (compare both jack side-by-side). Also this is not going to work well with external hard drives or anything that uses a lot of power and a lot of throughput (hubs, webcams, ect). Mainly Flash drives, keyboards, mice, low or externally powered devices.

    Also make SURE your jacks have 4 terminals inside the socket.

  • Reminds me of Apple's phone net. It was too slow for any practical purposes, and most people would just run Ethertalk, until WIFI was invented.

  • Couldn't you just use the USB extender?

  • im not sure this is technically correct but, with a sftware prgram, couldnt you use this to connect your computer to a phne line and use the internet? like, tornado/earthquake/etc and power lines arent working u could get yourself online.

    im not an expert on power/phone/internet lines so im not sure.

  • Did you win?

  • This is practically useless and back-asswards.. It would be better to splice RJ11 connectors onto the USB cables. Then you could probably use existing telephone jacks, if not for horrible signal degradation.

  • @interstellarsurfer i think hes just showing you the simplistic idea a better idea would be to use a wall plate instead connect the flashdrive to the wall plate and hide it in the wall so only you know how to access it

  • * Idea: an line on all my house rooms plugged into an External HDD = multi-device external storage!

  • What is the point of this?

  • ....or you could just buy a 35' USB extension cable....

    did you win?

  • Could you hook it up thru your wall? so you can plug in a flash drive down stairs and access it upstairs?

  • @qwertqwe With this method, you should be able to run your USB almost everywhere provided all 4 wires match up at both ends of the cable. ^^

    I would say it is more likely to work for longer distances if the device you're connecting doesn't use much power or has it's own power supply. Do not expect wonders, this is of course beyond every standard of USB.

  • i im right i could send any thing to any computer aty any cost. because a phoe line connects to a router then ta an ethernet cable then to your computer and then to display the web. so in theroy i could. right?

  • Whats the point? well u can use ur wireless usb adapter and put it on ur neighbors tree and steal wifi :D and they will think its a phoneline!

  • if i am at my home and i put the usb on the real line phone it means a other friend of mine that have the same usb on the line can view the files thai i puted on my usb phone line?

  • "it is my submission to the hh hacking contest" ....so your trying to commit suicide right?

  • U best man!

  • Who uses phone jacks

  • @memorod2134

    Landline phones don't require power to work (corded phones, not cordless) the line provides the power itself. So when you have a weather-related disaster, and the cell towers are down, you will be glad to have a landline phone.

  • @memorod2134 Now its not so reverent. But phone phone cords are cheaper than usb cables. So if you needed to run cables over a distance multiple times it would be worth it to adapt it like that.

  • @memorod2134 OUR GRANDMAS

  • @memorod2134 this would be useful for people who have loooong phone wires lying around somewhere (e.g. 50+ meters)

  • @memorod2134 well most internet connections require a phone line in order to work however most of the popular providors use fiber optics or analog/digital cables 

  • @memorod2134 most people with houses

  • @memorod2134 everyone with adsl modem? (60% of population in USA?)

  • @memorod2134 I do.

  • Interesting, Apple had Phone Net back in the early 90's using LocalTalk. Have you noticed any bit or cross talk errors if you use a long phone cord?

  • probrobley so you can plug a fone in a computer.

  • i have like a getto usb extender and the wires are all diff then yours how do i set it up

  • @illboy96 Just make sure on one end of the phone jacks the wires are matched up the same as on the other one, colors are just to make it easier

  • Hope you win.

  • Will this work on the English phone system?

  • @1990chrism only mexican

  • fail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • lol

  • why not buy a longer USB cord?????????????

  • @Phillies2628 because phone cords are prolly cheaper

  • they have Ethernet to USB converters you can buy, so you can use Ethernet cable to extend your USB devices.

  • But, Dual Cords make your Devices vunerable to viruses.

  • i wonder if the speed is 56k?

  • @faxmanloveswaffles only if its v90.. lol

  • @MichaelMantion LOL!

  • @faxmanloveswaffles it should be. all he did was connect wires and extended to USB cable..it's the ISPs that are slow with phone lines, god help us all...

  • well it's pretty cool but.. i don't see the point :S

  • this is a good solution for building a simple pc based security system using cheap webcams

    

  • Or just don't cut the usb in half and just connect it!!!

    

  • @blackrain217 computers are smart these days. It wont recognize your USB if it is the same. Example: 5 ft USB Extender connect to another 5 ft USB extender to make a 10 FT. Long USB extender. Computers are programed to not recognize them.

  • @kayangthao Computers cannot at all tell if you have more than one USB extender connected together. I've had to string together a few to get across rooms before, no problems there.

  • The point on this video is that is no point doing this. lool

  • ccool

  • вобще дибилизм, я таким ещё в школе игрался, настоящий проэкт лучшиби сделал, например как получить электричество из телефонной линии

  • not a hack as suckh as it is common knowledge, yup usb use's the exact same 4 wire cable, I can save you the time and insted of all that stuff just get a usb cable and wire it to the phone jack,,,, 1 usb cable required. whats a neet hack, is using the 5volts from a phone line for free electricity :-)

  • It didn't work for me.

  • Put Ferite clamps on the phone cables! This will cut the static disruption that phone cables face constantly, You do not want any interferance with USB :P

  • @powersurge91 yourt right, your better off using cat5e ethernet because of distance... unless you want to get into expenive active dsl cables... ps, you can only run usb 15 feet without a repeater... 75 feet with ethernet... 

  • could you adapt this to use the phone line running through your whole house, please respond right away

  • @mikeycv1 Yes you can.

  • @mikeycv1 no, usb is range limioted to 15 feet wiothout a repeater.. lookup "active usb" to see what I mean

    your better off running ethernet through them (yes ethernet will work through 75 feet of cable with no loss) and the 8 wires in ethernet, only 2 are used from the phone lines.. lol transmit and recieve..

  • could you adapt this to use the phone line running through your whole house, please respond right away

  • This is nonsense ))).. actually you can create one that would work is 7... 9 meters from the date of such swords UTP 4 Cat.5) shielded cable and ferrite necessarily on request)))) extension for bluetooth 1 Mb / s plus antenna))) is not expensive, and 500 meters between houses))

  • Use the USB cable is four, with two wires! (Twisted pair)! in differential mode is used to transmit and receive data, and two wires - to power the peripheral device.

    USB 1.1

    mode with high bandwidth (Full-Speed) - 12 Mbps cable length up to 3m

    mode with low bandwidth (Low-Speed) - 1,5 Mbit / s cable length up to 5m

    USB 2.0

  • @N1Kson89 cat5e, 48 + megabit.... I wired the whole house with it.. because you cant run usb farther the 15 feet with an active repeater..,. mucho dollars for special "active usb" shielded cable, and repeaters.. ouch, cost me $50 for whole house, with 4 twisted pair's I wired everything seperate, so I got a standard phone plug, now I got great signal strength on phone and ethernet anywhere in house woohoo

  • USB 2.0 devices is regulated by three modes:

    Low-speed, 10-1500 kbps / c (used for interactive devices: keyboard, mouse, joystick) up to 5m

    Full-speed, 0,5-12 Mbps (audio, video products) to 3m

    Hi-speed, 25-480 Mbps (video devices, storage devices) 1.8m ..

    on video)) where the twisted pair ???.. it does not exist! .. hence do not Th NOT WORK ))))) That's why USB Flash no wires, fewer losses - MORE SPEED))))

  • are there any usb devices that only use 2 or 3 wires?instead of the total 4

    because the phone only really uses 2 red and green,if you disconect the yello and black fron the outside line then you could use the existing jack for the 2 connections yel and blk,and maybe ground for a 3rd,i thought that some usb devices only use 2 or 3 out of the 4 anyway,does it matter f they need to get power from the usb?do usb powered devices use all 4 i mean,and non usb powered use 2?

  • 15 feet yoy say,would it make it any longer if i use cat 5 instead of a phone cord,like still use the rj connector buy use the thicker cat 5 type wire instead of the thin phone cord,also i wonder what would happen if you were use an existing phone jack still connected to the phone line,would it work as long as you werent using the phone?or would the electricity ruin your pc and or usb device?

  • very useful!

  • does it still charge something?? {like if i plug ipod into one end and other into usb jack on a stereo.. } will the audio quality be the same??

    AND will it still be able to be controlled by a remote (remote for stereo that controls plugged in ipods)

  • very use full if you want to set up one of these youtube.com/watch?v=H_3q-mO5dj­s&feature=related

  • why would you want to do that

  • Actually you retards.. It's 11 feet before a computer powered USB goes *derp*.. >>

  • If you're going to do this, run a separate line that isn't hooked up to any outside line. Otherwise the standby 48V (let alone 100V when someone calls) is going to fry any USB device you plug in to that line.

  • you could just use the original extension

  • wow it is cool

  • lol what if someone is moving or doing something with thier (dirty stuff) everyone usuing the phone will hear (wierd noises) LOL

  • i Lol'd

  • just plug the USB right to the PC O_O

  • is this really safe?

  • What is the 50 volts standby, 100 volts ringing going to do to your computer or equipment?

  • @mike27952 nothing... u don't actually hook it into the phone line, you just use it as an extender. 20' of usb extension cable is like 20 bucks minimum... Phone cable is half that price.

  • I dont see the point to this? What is it gonna do?

  • @lovedfriend You could make a usb line trough your WHOLE house.

    Example you have a pc up stairs and you want it to connect it with your tv with USB plug.

    You could use the nearby phoneline to to this hack thingy.

  • @lovedfriend if you want a cheap security system using a webcam and dont want to buy a whole bunch of usb wire which can get expensive you can use this and get the same results or for a studio using usb mics and equipment you can have some mobility ;) did this help?

  • @lovedfriend so you could send something from mexico to the USA

  • @lovedfriend

    you can have longer usb cable ;)

  • @lovedfriend

    in case you got tons of phone wire lying around and not enough usb cable

  • @lovedfriend longers

  • @lovedfriend idiot.

  • @lovedfriend It extend your usb. But you get data lose at 15 feet.

  • @lovedfriend you can extend a usb for cheaper phone cords are much cheaper

  • @trinipeople1 15 feet, then the signal starts degrading every 5 feet by 22 to 28% unless you have an active usb repeater on you pphone line, which I doubt any does, because phone lines dont need them :-\, better off with cat5e ethernet.. because its meant for wire 75 feet at a time without loss.

    And if you really must know, usb cable and telephone cable is the same thing, same color code to.. :-\

  • @lovedfriend it's an extender to USB port. The length of your usb cable will be depended on your ethernet cable.

  • @lovedfriend it's an extender to USB port. The length of your usb cable will be depended on your ethernet cable.

  • @lovedfriend give you power when a power outage happens because the phone line is the only power that works!

  • @lovedfriend you can charge your phone if it has a usb charger?