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Charmian
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I have received an adaptor but the white box which my phone is connected to has no socket which fits. My WiFi hub is 3 rooms away and wired in there. Would appreciate advice please on how to connect Thanks 

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Hi @Charmian,

Welcome to our community forums and thank you for your first post.

Sorry to hear you are having issues with the installation of your landline switchover. We want to do our best to help.  Just to confirm are you unable to plug the adapter into the back of the hub as seen here https://www.virginmedia.com/help/landline/switchover?_gl=1*up8468*_ga*NTc5OTE1NDI0LjE2NDkxNTE5Mjk.*_... If so please get back in contact with us on this thread and we will look into alternative resolutions.

Thanks,

Akua_A
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Charmian
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I have received an adaptor but the white box which my phone is connected to as no socket which fits. My WiFi hi. Is 3 rooms away and wired in there. Would appreciate advice please. Thanks 

Carley_S
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Hi @Charmian

Welcome to the community forums. 

Sorry to hear that you're having issues with your landline adapter. I can see that you have a duplicated thread on the same issue. We would advise only creating one post with your concerns so we can support you better. 
We'll be in touch on your original post regrading this. 

Here to help 🙂
Virgin Media Forums Agent
Carley

goslow
Alessandro Volta

@Charmian wrote:

I have received an adaptor but the white box which my phone is connected to as no socket which fits. My WiFi hi. Is 3 rooms away and wired in there. Would appreciate advice please. Thanks 


Ask VM (via the VM forum team on here) to modify your home phone wiring so you can use your existing landline extension sockets via the phone connection from the VM hub.

VM should offer to do this free of charge for you as part of the switchover process.

Make sure they make modifications to your phone wiring so you can keep each piece of equipment in the same place (rather than the offer which sometimes crops up on here to move the hub to a different location)

Refer here

https://www.virginmedia.com/help/landline/switchover

Do I need to book a technician visit?

You’ll need to book a free technician visit if...

  • You rely on your landline for accessibility needs or don’t have a mobile to make an emergency call – we’ll provide you with an Emergency Back Up Line so you’re always able to call emergency services.
  • You’ve got connected devices such as a burglar alarm linked to a control centre, use a telecare device, or have other phones connected to extension sockets. You’ll need to contact your provider and let them know about the switch if you have any of these to make sure they’re compatible with a fibre service.
  • The Hub and your home phone can’t be placed near each other.

Hi @Charmian,

Welcome to our community forums and thank you for your first post.

Sorry to hear you are having issues with the installation of your landline switchover. We want to do our best to help.  Just to confirm are you unable to plug the adapter into the back of the hub as seen here https://www.virginmedia.com/help/landline/switchover?_gl=1*up8468*_ga*NTc5OTE1NDI0LjE2NDkxNTE5Mjk.*_... If so please get back in contact with us on this thread and we will look into alternative resolutions.

Thanks,

Akua_A
Forum Team

New around here? Check out the do's and don'ts, in our Community FAQs


I don’t have a hub that looks like the instructions I received that is anywhere near my phone 

Thank you - where’s the link to actually book a technicians visit. This system is not the easiest to find your way around with actions 

goslow
Alessandro Volta

@Charmian wrote:

Thank you - where’s the link to actually book a technicians visit. This system is not the easiest to find your way around with actions 


Does your hub have sockets on the back marked TEL1 and TEL2? Early model Superhubs 1 and 2 do not have these phone sockets.

The current models of hub (with telephone sockets) are shown about half way down this page

https://www.virginmedia.com/broadband/existing-customer-deals/hub

If you don't have one of these models you will need a replacement hub.

If you need a new hub you will need a technician visit. You will also need a technician to wire in your existing phone extension sockets to the hub if your phone location and hub location are separate from each other.

One of the VM forum team will reply to your topic again here and make any necessary arrangements for you.

Thanks for coming back to the thread @Charmian, check out the purple envelope in the top right hand corner for a private message from me, and we'll be able to arrange an engineer visit for you to make the required alterations for you.

Kindest regards,

David_Bn

David_Bn
Forum Team
Forum Team

Thanks for working with me over our private messaging function @Charmian, and I'm pleased we've been able to make progress on this for you.

Do feel free to keep us updated via the thread and if further assistance is required, you're welcome to come back to us.

All the best,

David_Bn