Hi All,
My mate in his garage has given me a wired mobile phone headset and an older DECT phone and want's me to amalgamate the two (so he can talk and work at the same time .. hold for 'parts' etc ..).
Now I'm willing to give it a go (ex electronics eng etc) but I wondered if there was such a thing out there already (he let's me use his 4-poster car lift / tools for free so I owe him) ;-)
All the best ..
T i m
Bluetooth mobile + headset?
I was thinking more along the std telephone route Ian? Aren't there some phones that can be 'cordless' (house) and 'mobile' (cellular) phones (or was that what you were thinking) ?
All the best ..
T i m
I have Bluetooth headset > PC > VoIP. Works.
For Tim, one of our phones is a Panasonic KX-TCD715E. The handsets have headset sockets.
I've got a Panasonic DECT phone which comes with a headset socket. Model number is KX-TCD775E
Cheers Clive
I've got a really nice Samsung one with an earpiece (mobile style), cost me about £200 a year ago so probably £15 by now.
Oh. By 'wired mobile phone', I assumed you meant a mobile designed for fixed usage. DECT phons
Makes more sense.
As does our (now rather oldish) SP-R6150 Samsung DECT phone.
Lee
Thanks 'lads', a few choices there .. I wonder if there is anything cheaper? ;-( (The Samsung is still over
100 quid Tony!)I think you may have answered an additional question Tony and that was re the 'headset' .
The specs for the Panasonic / Samsung mention a 'headset port' and I envisaged some Plantronics thing at and additional 200 pounds!
All the best .. (good ere innit ) !
T i m
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The SP-R6100 (same phone as 6150 but lacking the answerphone), can usually to be found quite cheap on Ebay. There are several on there now at less than £50 - and they come with the earpiece/mic/switch.
Lee
What you are after is on its way from BT. It's a mobile phone that switches to DECT mode when inside the home and has a Bluetooth earpiece. I think release is mid-summer though.
I bought Philips Zenia cordless phones a couple of years ago because at that time it was the only one I could find that would take a headset. Suitable Plantronics headsets with 3.5mm jack come in at about £15-£25 depending on the model. The phone wasn't that cheap but I reckon that the headset socket will be more common these days and should be found on cheaper models. Try looking in the Argos catalogue they usually have a wide range and should give you an idea of spec and prices. I use the headset most of the time and rarely use a phone that I have to hold to my ear.
Ian
Hi Mike,
Isn't that what you could do with the Hutchinson phones (if you remember back that far)?
All the best ..
T i m
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You mean Rabbit ? Oh yes. One of my team's ICs was in the basestations. But no Bluetooth back then so you still had to hold the phone to your ear.
I don't understand why it's taken 15 years for GSM mobiles to gain this ability either. Not as though there's a technical limitation.
If you have a Bluetooth headset and one of these this would give you total freedom.
Well another 'outside the box' solution (nearly a wireless connection pun?) ;-)
I'll put that one to my mate as he Bluetooth headset currently only enjoys 10 mins use each day to and from work ..
All the best ..
T i m
I bought some NTL branded phones recently. No headset socket that I can recall, but each of the phones had a built in speakerphone. Depending on the nature of the "work", this might be acceptable. They're fine to just put down on the kitchen/workshop surface and chat, provided no privacy is required and no-one else will be annoyed in the vicinity.
Christian.
Thanks for that Christian and all that have helped so far ;-)
I wandered round Currys on Sunday (while I was being Mini cab for my daughter on her first TaiQuanDo session ) and spotted a Cable & Wireless DECT phone with headset jack ;-)
I mentioned it to my mate today and he seemed happy with the 40 quid price tag so I went and got him one. ;-)
It's plugged in an on charge as we speak and he can give it a real try tomorrow (he had the mini boom type headset that I *nearly* cut the plug off already).
All the best .. and thanks again ..
T i m
Hi Tim
I actully do sell a DECT phone that you can plug a headset into. It also doubles as a voip phone.
Cheers Lars
Is it DECT? Reading the literature I can't work out if it is either digital or DECT standard? I.e. can you register other DECT handsets to its basestation? Another question - how much IP bandwidth does it use up on Skype? Looks interesting, cheers
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