do you need a phone hooked up? I just need it to ring in the garage and then I can go in the house and answer it.
328717
I don't know for sure. It seems like you could, but I am not certain if you can.
328718
No problems! A simple phone line connection, and the system works GREAT! LOUD and CLEAR!
1005531
no you don't have to plug a phone into it. As long as you can answer the call from another phone on the same line
1635537
No, it just needs a telephone line. Either tip and ring from the phone company (POTS) or connect using modem to internet telephone service provider.
489112
I ended up not needing mine at all, and it is just sitting in the garage. Need one?
1515859
The previous answer is correct. This is not a sophisticated phone system. It's just a quality cordless phone with a "slave phone". You can hook up an answering machine as you would a conventional phone.
1046103
Yeah. It's a piece of cake to install. You just plug the cord that it comes with into your phone jack and take the cord from your non-caller id phone and plug it into your caller id. You can plug in the electric jack into a wall outlet or just use batteries...your call.
179889
I needed an extender since the phone reception did not reach the barn and garden area in my yard. As W. Tobias stated, if you are not experiencing a problem when making phone calls with the base unit, you do not need an extender.
274408
Yes, you need the phone with you and within a certain range of the Bluetooth device. I don't see in the directions where it says you need to answer the call on your phone. The purpose of a Bluetooth is so you don't have to do that! You click on the headset to answer the phone. Read the directions again carefully. It says "to answer a call press and release the [Call] button or press the answer key on your mobile phone. It says "OR".
1240173
I don't think a phone is needed for life alert. They provide everything you need. You may need to have a phone line where the system can be plugged in though. I would ask Life Alert.
1653512
You do not need it connected. It will sound the audible alarm in the house. The cell service is only required if you want the dispatch center to notify your local PD.
1555560
No, you need At&t; or an unlocked phone, please check our offers for unlocked phones.
65167
Hello, no you must have a phone attached. Think of the unit as basically a Bluetooth speaker with a clock.
1581502
I have a tv and modem hooked to mine but don't know about a phone. Make sure connections are tight.
1046259
Without power, the master/wall unit will function as a phone but won't support the wireless part of it. So yes, you have to plug the base in but also yes, you can still make phone calls during a power outage but only with the base unit.
1115623
The main line has an answering Device...not the second one in this picture. But you would need the main line anyway. Good luck.. JB
1479114
Yes, you do need a landline so the alarm will dial your number in the event it goes off. It can call a cell phone but it needs the landline to do so since there is no internal wireless system set up to directly dial a cell phone.
875328
If you want it to call out for help if the alarm goes off yes you need a phone line.