Hookup LandLine: Can I hookup a regular land line(with normal telephone jack) to this box instead of supplied Cordless Phone?
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Sorry, J.M. I have not heard of such a thing. All the Skype solutions I have read about are either just a handset you plug into your computer or are a full-blown computer replacement with handset like the VOIP841. They all have a handset. But I will suggest this.... You said you are "looking at switching to Skype". If you have not yet switched to Skype, I strongly recommend downloading Skype software for free to your computer and getting used to it that way before you get a standalone Skype device. There are a lot of strong features and icons and ways to do things that are unique to Skype, and using Skype on a computer will get you used to it. The Skype built into dedicated devices is a shorthand of the Skype icons and feature set, and it really helps to be Skype-savvy with the computer version before you go to a dedicated device. Just my opinion. For example, I have a SkypeIn number which rings in my Skype phone, and I only give out one number to everybody, instead of giving out a cell number, office number, home number. When I am at home I answer calls on my Skype phone. When I am away I answer calls on my cell phone to the same number, and all I do is change my Skype setting to "offline" in my Skype phone. Easy and great way to go. If you don't know about Skype, you don't know that you can change your setting to: Online, Skype Me, Offline, Away, Unavailable, Do Not Disturb, Invisible, and perhaps one or two others. When other people look me up in their Skype (computer or phone) they see my status set to one of these icons. Nothing like this is available with MagicJack or any other VOIP solution that I know of. So download Skype and get used to it first. ;-)
280187
No, this is just the handset, there is no where to plug the phone line into. You need the base.
996565
Yes . The unit has a standard plug in for corded and cordless phones. The unit works great with my Panasonic DECT phone.
999330
The base unit requires a phone jack connection to a land line. Therefore use must have a land line for this unit to work.
1826250
Yes you must plug in a wired phone line either a regular land line from a phone company or a VOIP phone line from a VOIP company to make this alarm call phone numbers. There is no cordless-phone-type feature with this unit.
1570611
Yes you can hook your existing phones into their service. You would simply hook a telephone cable into the back of their box and connect it to the nearest telephone outlet box. I strongly suggest disconnecting the incoming telephone line from the box outside - this prevents any surge through telephone line from damaging the box. Simply open the Customer Access section and undo the incoming clips. Alarm system can be also hooked in their system - Phone Power box has a second outlet - it can be hooked there also or leave your present configuration. Out Home Phone is set up this way and has worked great for 3+ years
2196114
Yes, you connect it to your landline and it does require an outlet for the base unit. This is a elegant cordless phone, not "crap" like another reviewer said. If you like the clean styling that Apple products have, you might really like it. However, its features may or may not suit everyone. I like it, although its range is not quite what I expected.
534905
No. This device connects to your internet router, creating a circuit for your regular land line telephone to plug into. Skype has it's own application and/or browser plug-in, and doesn't need this device. I use Callcentric as the virtual telephone company. Pay as you go and much cheaper than other offerings.
279117
ACTUALLY, NO! You could use VoIP instead of a landline. Get an OBI box, compatible with Google Voice (create an account and get a phone number in your area code) and connect to your phone and then to your router. Turns a landline phone into a VoIP phone and uses your ethernet router to place calls. No landline required.
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If I am understanding your question you want to know if you can connect with a old landline. Yes, it works with just an ordinary phone line. The additional phone only needs an outlet and no phone line to work. It receives it's information from the main phone base. If you however mean that you have no landline and want to know if you can use them without phone service the answer is no, you must have service.
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I would need a sketch of your landline. The audio input & output of your landline would have to have RCA jacks also the volume of a persons voice speaking to the input would have to be low & controlled; no loud outburst otherwise you'll blow the volume control; This is just not human nature & sooner or later you'll slip. That's why the input to the volume control must never come from an amplifier!
279111
If you want it to dial it you need a land line.but you can install it without the land line
138702
I plugged my cordless set directly into one port and connect the other port with the original landline phone outlet of the house after unplugging the art income line to the junction box outside the house. So one number is with cordless set and the other using original landline outlets of the house
732626
yes it can. It has a regular phone jack and is Bluetooth compatible. You can have all your landline and 2 cell phone numbers hooked up to this. Note: you need the base model one since this link is only for an extra add-on unit.
668330
Depends on what you mean by "regular phone jack cord." The plug on this device is designed to fit in the headset jack of an analog/PBX phone. In our case we use the Nortel (now Avaya) T7316e with a separate headset jack. It can fit in the handset (maybe that's what you mean by regular) but you have to rig it if you only have the handset outlet on the phone, either with a splitter or disconnecting the handset but leaving it in place to operate the hook switch to answer calls.
970600
I believe you can get a cell adaptor so you can use cellphone. Without that, I think its land line only.
2192339
This plugs into the wall like any other landline. So you can plug other phones into any other jacks you night have, or if you don't have other jacks you can purchase a "splitter" and run another phone directly of this one.