I want to connect two or three antique handsets. One is a hand-cranked telephone I had adapted with a standard phone jack plug. I presume that is no trouble. But, can I use a rotary-dial phone to call out? Does this device require touch-tone signals to...
1757945
I've used it exclusively with 70 year old rotary phones. Yes, you can place calls by dialing out on the rotary. Incoming calls to my cell phone cause the loud old ringers to alert me too, as long as I have the Bluetooth switched on.
1934036
No. You pick up the handset and you hear dialtone. Then you just press the picture of who you want to dial and the phone dials. Works well. You can also set the phone to dial like any other phone.
929526
I actually haven't done this, but I don't know any reason why it wouldn't work. I had landline telephone service (POTS-Plain Old Telephone Service) from the local telephone company (Verizon in my case). I brought a new cell phone and went through the process of rolling over the my landline telephone number to the new cell phone, a process that can take a few days. Once the new cell phone became active with my old number, the landline connection, naturally, went dead because there was no longer a phone number associated with that connection. I then went outside to the telephone network connection box on the side of the house and disconnected my home telephone wiring from the telephone network (an important step!), depending on your home's wiring you may also need to connect wires coming from the house to keep all the RJ-11 ports connected. I then connected the Xlink to the home telephone wiring (just plugged it into one of the RJ-11 ports in the house) and the Xlink now "charges" all the RJ-11 ports around the house (only 3 in my case). With the cell phone connected to the Xlink via Bluetooth any phone (and every phone) that would of worked with my landline service will ring when the cell phone receives an incoming call and can pick up the call. I have noticed that the phones do not start ringing until after the second ring (that is, the caller will hear a ring before your phones actually start ringing), but everything otherwise works just like I was still connected to POTS. It's just a lot less expensive in my case (I'm using prepaid cell phone service for this). Where I believe some people have problems with this is in their home telephone wiring and I would suggest you get someone to help you figure out your wiring if you don't understand basic telephone wiring.
1991418
I have an old touch tone phone from the 70's that I use it on and have no problems. I just plug the Plantronics into the location on the side of the phone that you would plug the hand held part of the phone into.
185264
No phone jack is needed. This hand set connects with the existing base by wireless connection. It works great.
1331029
Yup just like the old days. No power needed. After I got this one I found an authentic vintage one on Ebay. Had to take it apart and clean the contacts but you can't beat the old ones. This one works fine but it just feels cheap and the ringer doesn't sound like the old ones. Your call.
1138393
Yes! We have three hand sets and we talk to our long distance relatives so all of us can hear from them in different rooms, using speaker phone or not, with different volumes for each handset. It's great for Grandpa, my Mom, and I to use it to talk to my sister all at the same time!
1038816
You must have a dial tone before pushing the button to dial. You can either use the speaker button or the phone button on the hand unit. You must disconnect in between calls. The buttons will dial every time you hit them, even after the phone has dialed the number. Hope this helps.
1329492
yes, i use an older fax with a handset and it works just the same as it did when I had a regular phone. Just make sure you have it plugged in to the magicjack.
629104
Panasonic only says the unit "may not work properly," so this is probably not a good idea. I'd guess the phone will ring and maybe you can dial out, but you likely lose volume control, all of the display window, speed dialing and re-dial memory. Batteries are cheap and can last many years. Then if you later decide you want some of these functions, you are all set. Otherwise, go for a bare-bone $5 phone.
1552356
Yes, the base station phone would connect with a wire to magic jack, although you could have remote cordless stations anywhere in the house. If you have two phones with different numbers, I believe you would need two magic jacks. Two phones with the same number. . .no.
2270977
If you only have one (cell) phone linked to it you just pick up your cordless phone and dial. If you have more than one it will have a slightly different ring tone. Also dialing out you can choose which (cell) phone number to use. Its really quite a unique instrument and works as well if not better than advertised. VERY simple to set up and use.
1217151
yes the handsets can be used like a regular walkie talkie you just press the side button it rings the other handset and you just press the button back and to to talk.very simple to use.we use this feature regularly
502145
It is a VOIP phone, so you wouldn't be able to connect a regular phone line or "pots" line. You would need to have it connected to the Internet. I have personally replaced my landline with my VoIP phone line that I get through RingCentral, which is an AT&T; service.
1354824
You have to have a base to use the accessory hand sets. My base is a vtec cs6619. I put the new handset in the base and within a few seconds it beeped and was registered. It worked fine for me.
1669652
I'm not sure I understand your question... the phone and the base come together. I'm pretty sure it acts like an extension, so it you plug it into a jack in your den and you get dial tone, you'll get your calls like any other phone. I suggest your check with their website to make sure.
109192
When you pick up the phone from the "hook" the keypad is on the inside of the handle. In other words you have to have the phone in your hand to dial. That makes sense because you have to have the phone in your hand to talk.