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Telephone enquiry
« on: 22 January 2009, 13:27:56 »
I can't seem to get the telephone going in my car.  It just keeps coming up saying 'no network'.  I've tried a couple of different sim cards, one Vodaphone and one Orange.  

Is there something obvious I'm missing?  I've not owned a Miggy with this unit before, I think it's the CCRT 7007?  It's the pre-facelift model anyway...

Any tips?
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #1 on: 22 January 2009, 13:40:52 »
Could be a faulty head unit had the same problem on mine.
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #2 on: 22 January 2009, 13:41:32 »
02 sim should work as its the old GSM900 standard
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #3 on: 22 January 2009, 13:43:11 »
Is it simply a case of sticking in the sim and away you go?  The unit doesn't need to be unlocked or anything does it?

I'll see if I can get an O2 sim though...
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #4 on: 22 January 2009, 13:47:53 »
It should just work.

O2 are about the only ones who still use the old GSM900 setup.
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #5 on: 22 January 2009, 13:51:01 »
Awesome   :)   Cheers...   :y

If that doesn't work I can live without it...
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #6 on: 22 January 2009, 21:50:06 »
Vodafone should work too... I'm sure they still run the 900... Works in mine anyway :y :y
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #7 on: 22 January 2009, 22:19:00 »
I went round the shops trying to get an O2 sim card, did think it'd be too hard, but they all wanted a tenner.  OK so I got £10 worth of credit, but I don't even know if the phone works.

Anyway, the bloke in the Vodafone shop said I could get one free from their website so I've just done that.  And my brother's sending me a spare O2 one that he's got, just in case...    :)
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #8 on: 22 January 2009, 22:35:34 »
as MDTM says, o2 are the ones that the older units work with; display onscreen as BT CELLNET. my old brick is so vintage i dont think it can be unlocked. unless one of you is about to tell me otherwise?
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #9 on: 22 January 2009, 22:44:33 »
Tesco Mobile use O2 as their bearer so you can go on the Tesco website and order a couple of PAYG SIMs from them for free.

I've managed to use them on GSM900 carphones before with no problems.
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #10 on: 22 January 2009, 23:15:18 »
IIRC, both Vodafone and O2 how have allocation at 1800 MHz so coverage with a 900-only phone might start to get patchy as they utilise both bands. They are both around on 900 MHz though.

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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #11 on: 23 January 2009, 22:05:09 »
Voda SIM worked fine in my ccrt700, and in my ncdr1500.  o2 should work fine as well :)

Orange and T-Mobile, no chance
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Re: Telephone enquiry
« Reply #12 on: 23 January 2009, 22:35:39 »
in some areas voda uses GSM1800 mainly the newer base stations!

o2 is a 900 network! if you want an o2 payt sim for free brand new in packet pm me! its free! i hav loads of them :y
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