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Home → Phone Systems → How do I get cordless phones working with Talkswitch?
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Talkswitch has analog extension ports. This means that any regular analog phone, e.g. a phone you can plug in at home, will work with Talkswitch. This is also true for cordless phones, whether they're 900MHz, 2.4GHz, 5.8GHz or the new DECT frequencies 1.9GHz and others. So in principle, you can use any off-the-shelf cordless phone with Talkswitch. We've got a nice selection here: http://www.neobits.com/_s134.html However there are several scenarios, and depending on your needs, different best solutions apply. 1- Piggback scenario. A user primarily has a desk phone, but also needs to walk around with a cordless. In this case you have two choices - a). get a wireless headset. Pros - nothing to carry - the headset hangs on your ear or head, and is completely cordfree. Buttons on the earpiece allow you to pick up and hang up the receiver remotely. Both hands remain free while you talk. Cons - these are not cheap, and they don't have a dial pad so you can't initiate call from them. b). split the cable going to the desk phone and plug in the base of a cordless into the other branch of the splitter. Pros - low cost solution - essentially you have two phones connected to one extension. Also you can initiate calls from the cordless phone. Cons - not handsfree (unless you get a headset for the cordless, or get a cordless phone with integrated headset), and generally bulky. Note that this solution is not wireless to the Talkswitch itself - you still need a cable from the Talkswitch to the desk. 2- True cordless. For this to happen the base has to be setup physically next to the Talkswitch. However there are issues with this idea. You can't put multiple cordless bases in close proximity since they will likely interfere with each other. Secondly, the handset usually sits on the base to be charged, and the Talkswitch will often be in a closet or other location where it's inconvenient to take the handset frequently. The solutions are: a). get a cordless with a base, and an extension handset with its own charger. Put the base in the closet, and the charger on the desk. This will work if you just need one cordless. b). get a four-line base that allows each line to be routed only to one cordless handset. Put the base in the closet, and the handsets with their chargers on the desks. This is the ideal solution, since it allows extension privacy, and handling multiple cordless without dealing with multiple bases. An example is: http://www.neobits.com/do/search?st=airway NOTE: Today, with Talkswitch, there is no way to see on your phone which inbound line is ringing. This is true for both cordless and corded phones. |
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January 22 2007, 02:16 PM |