Do corded phones have to be directly plugged in to the XLINK, or can they be connected via a plug in extension?
1802962
They do not have to be directly plugged into the XLink. We have them plugged into a phone jack and electrical outlet
1802963
The way I hooked mine up, and it works great, is that I disconnected the incoming service line outside. Then ran a line from the Xlink to an open phone jack. Now the entire house (6 phones on two levels) is powered by the Xlink module. Works great.
1802964
Any kind of good wiring (old 4 wire phone, or Cat 4 / 5) can be used. I'm using mine to connect to multiple wired lines via the in-wall house wiring. One of the wired lines is a traditional cordless phone that runs 4 cordless extensions from it. Just be careful to remove the incoming network wiring at your legacy network interface box. You can't have two feeds into your wired network.
1802965
The way mine is hooked up is simple. The Bluetooth box connects to the base of your handset system. The Bluetooth box searches for and locates your smartphone. Thereafter, whenever your smartphone comes within range of the phone--about 70 feet--the blue light on the box stops blinking and goes solid blue, indicating that your handset system is now actively linked to your smartphone. When your smartphone rings, so do all of your handsets in every room of your home (in my case, five handsets). If the smartphone has the caller on it's Contacts list, you'll hear that name announced on all your handsets, as in "John Smith." Otherwise, what you hear announced is the odd word "Klink," which is your handset system doing its best to say the word "XLINK." So to the best of my understanding, all you need to do is make your the Bluetooth box is plugged into your handset system's base, and from there on everything should work fine. Mine is simply great tech. Let me know if this didn't respond to your question, corded phones being so rare these days.
1219051
forget about the wall jack. put a band aid over it. the top jack on the back of your xlink is your new wall jack. the call comes to the cell phone, then thru bluetooth to the xlink, then thru the top jack on the xlink to the base unit for your home phones, which connects by radio link to your old portable phones. your home phones now connect to the word thru your cell phone.
145787
YES! [I'm assuming that you mean in combination with the phone. It needs the phone. But it doesn't need to be hard wired to an outlet for power.]
843631
No, but you need a device like XLINK that connects a cell phone to the Plantronics head set.
293211
if you are referring to the number of connections on the cordless phone and NOT the base unit , you only need to plug in the ac adapter for charging the phone //////the base unit is the only thing that needs the phone line(s) and charger plugged in :O)
55234
I have not tried using the Xlink in that fashion, and I tend to doubt it will work well if at all in that application. It uses a blue tooth link to connect to the wireless phone of your choice, and it will pass data tones though the audio link. I have found it will not allow me to dial up an automated voice message system (such as my doctor's office or my bank) and then "press 1 for english" and get any response out of the system. I have to do those things directly from my cell phone. You could try that use before you cut your land line, then report back to all of us if it works or not. Ken I have not tried using the Xlink in that fashion, and I tend to doubt it will work well if at all in that application. It uses a blue tooth link to connect to the wireless phone of your choice, and it will pass data tones though the audio link. I have found it will not allow me to dial up an automated voice message system (such as my doctor's office or my bank) and then "press 1 for english" and get any response out of the system. I have to do those things directly from my cell phone. You could try that use before you cut your land line, then report back to all of us if it works... » Read More I have not tried using the Xlink in that fashion, and I tend to doubt it will work well if at all in that application. It uses a blue tooth link to connect to the wireless phone of your choice, and it will pass data tones though the audio link. I have found it will not allow me to dial up an automated voice message system (such as my doctor's office or my bank) and then "press 1 for english" and get any response out of the system. I have to do those things directly from my cell phone. You could try that use before you cut your land line, then report back to all of us if it works or not. Ken « Show Less
1424625
In my experience you can connect directly to any wall outlet, but not using an extension cord.
2072082
you can not use a extension cord it has to have a direct plug from the wall
296911
Correct. It is not cordless as it does need power from an "extension cord".
1544958
how do you use this with a corded telephone im trying to work from home I just bought a regular old corded phone but dont see a jack to plug headsets in the corded phone
2262631
The cord you need to plug into the device needs a usb connection on one end and of course your phone's connection on the other end
397637
This unit cannot be directly use with normal device since it need to be powered. A battery adapter need to be added on line with the cord and the pin assignment need to match with the phones too.
1219050
No. "Wall jack" plug on my 3 hand set answering machine goes to X-link. So signal goes from cell phone to X-link to answering machine/handset setup. The cell phone blue tooths to the X-link. The answering machine/handset set up then gets the signal from the X-link. So, three handsets in my house if that makes any sense. I also think you can use X-link to your house wiring and use phones you already have on the wall so to speak. I have a private line and use cable phone for that.
293209
The cordless unit only has a plug in the charging cradle for the ac adapter; the cordless unit itself has a earphone plug.To use all two lines require that the base unit is hooked up to two lines and that the cordless unit it 'paired' with the base unit.
901322
Yes, you have multiple ways to accomplish it. You can plug a standard, cordless base station into the Telo and have multiple cordless extensions. You can buy Ooma HD2 cordless phones, but the max is four. Or, if you have existing phone wiring, you can disconnect the outside phone line first, and then back feed your phone jacks by plugging the Telo into a phone jack. If you have DSL internet, you will need to separate the DSL line. Standard corded phones will work. Ooma also has optional Linx wireless phone jacks.
640850
Greetings Homer,This is primarily intended to plug into other phones (like all those Panasonic cordless phones out there) or cell phones.Best Regards,Neil
901323
Yes, you have multiple ways to accomplish it. You can plug a standard, cordless base station into the Telo and have multiple cordless extensions. You can buy Ooma HD2 cordless phones, but the max is four. Or, if you have existing phone wiring, you can disconnect the outside phone line first, and then back feed your phone jacks by plugging the Telo into a phone jack. If you have DSL internet, you will need to separate the DSL line. Standard corded phones will work. Ooma also has optional Linx wireless phone jacks. Use this code to get Ooma for $99.99, with free shipping directly from Ooma: http://www3.ooma.com/refer-a-friend/?referral_code=NUC4728&utm_campaign=refer_Oct2014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=referral_email&utm_content=coupon