Bob Dobbs wrote:


Still got a pair of the 900's here. Just put new batteries in them the
other week and intend to keep them operational as long as they keep working.

Krypsis

I got a 900Mcs spread spectrum unit quite awhile ago
when they were the latest greatest and at the expiry of it initial battery
to take and hold a charge I decided to use that as an excuse to try one of the
2.4Gigs that had only been out for a few years or so. At the initial evaluation
test the old 900 still had better range and was quieter, albeit for a reduced
period of time, so the 2.4 went back and I tried a 5.4 which the 900 also beat
and it got returned. At that point I just got a new battery for the Southwestern
Bell Freedom Phone 900 MHz and it's been going great ever since and will
probably get another battery whenever it needs it. Maybe I need to get a spare
now if/while they're still available.

We're up to DECT 6.0 here, as 2.4 GHz phones interfere with the WiFi.
Uniden sells the phones for almost nothing.

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.


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

Shop Life Style catalog (I have one of those old catalogs around here
somewhere, if I haven't thrown it out already) used to advertize
wireless land line phones that have a range of up to five miles.And
several handsets were available too.
cuhulin

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

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.

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

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.




--
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.