Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Bob Dobbs wrote:

I might have to do an eval on one of them
instead of maintaining the relic I now use.

They are pretty good, and you can get lots of features. Sometimes they are
disabled on the the cheap ones, which IMHO stinks. I bought 4 of them
(2 sets of 2 cheaply) after checking out the exact model's English instruction
manual which I downloaded from the UK.

It said that you could register a handset with up to 4 base stations and then
have them automaticaly roam to the strongest one, like a mini cell network.

When I got them, the Hebrew instructions said the same thing, but the function
was disabled in the phones. It's not much of a problem because the one base
station covers all the area I need, and you have to force a handset to
register, so I use the extra base as a dumb charger.

If you have a cell phone and a computer, you can even buy a DECT phone
with Bluetooth, so not only will it share you headsets, but you can download
the phone directory from the cell phone and then upload it to the DECT phone.

Geoff.


I get the refurbs from Fort Worth. Uniden is a small company and still
human.

http://www.unidendirect.com/itemdeta...2080-3&tabid=1

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Bob Dobbs wrote:

Yes, a voting cell system would provide more seamless coverage, provided the
bases can communicate between themselves and don't compete with each other.
By "registering a handset" do you mean placing it in the receiver bay
and letting it initialize/handshake, or is there a more elaborate procedure?

You have to hold down the locate button on the bottom of the base station
(what a wonderful place for it), and after about 10 seconds it goes into
registration mode. Then you can register a handset to it.

If I remember correctly, you also have to deregister the base station from the
handset first.

Geoff.

My Unidens don't require any intervention. The remotes re-synch
automatically whenever placed in a charger base.

dave wrote:
My Unidens don't require any intervention. The remotes re-synch
automatically whenever placed in a charger base.

There is a difference between syncing, and registration. Registration is need
for a handset to use a base station. Unless you unregister the handset from
the base and deregister the base from the handset, it will stay registered.

Very early DECT phones (around 3 years ago) would always register automaticaly
when inserted in a base station, dropping off the #1 if the limit of 4 was
reached.

Geoff.




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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
dave wrote:
My Unidens don't require any intervention. The remotes re-synch
automatically whenever placed in a charger base.

There is a difference between syncing, and registration. Registration is need
for a handset to use a base station. Unless you unregister the handset from
the base and deregister the base from the handset, it will stay registered.

Very early DECT phones (around 3 years ago) would always register automaticaly
when inserted in a base station, dropping off the #1 if the limit of 4 was
reached.

Geoff.




That sounds like what I have. I just use 2 of them. They were 30
dollars or so total from Uniden Direct. Otherwise I have to have my
V-Tech 2.4 gig base station in the garage to keep from interrupting the
WiFi.

Most people around here are dropping their twisted pairs for Time-Warner
IP phones. I like my DSL. It's rock steady.

On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:02:48 -0800, dave wrote:


I get the refurbs from Fort Worth. Uniden is a small company and still
human.

Is that the model you got?
http://tinyurl.com/y87u9o3

SlowStroke wrote:
On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:02:48 -0800, dave wrote:


I get the refurbs from Fort Worth. Uniden is a small company and still
human.

Is that the model you got?
http://tinyurl.com/y87u9o3


Negatory. I don't have an answering machine.