Terry Pinnell wrote:
This is about communications between house and shed/workshop.
Important stuff, like being called in for dinner. For some years I've
had a one-way gadget that sounds a tone in the shed when either a
certain light switch in the house or the front doorbell is pressed.
But I'd like to be able to *acknowledge* that, by pressing a button
which would sound a tone in the house.

To avoid the hassle of wiring or more expensive solutions, I thought
I'd simply utilise the Paging function on the downstairs cordless
phone, a Samsung SP-R5100. But I'd forgotten how ancient it is.
Handsets are no longer available, even at DigiUK who sell some old
stuff. And none on ebay UK.

Under 'Intercom Between Handsets' in the user guide, not surprisingly
I read "This feature is available only when you have more than one
handset." But I wonder how hard it would be to rig up something
primitive? Any radio/wireless/mobile experts here able to offer any
suggestions please?

Or, by some fluke, anyone in UK reading this who has a spare handset
gathering dust...?

Hi Terry...

Being called in for dinner? You mean sending in your request for
another cold one, don't you?

If there happens to be a few extra dollars (pounds) available,
why not buy yourself one of those two or even three handset
cordless phone sets?

Telephone answering and placing outgoing in your shed; they allow
inter-handset conversations, call transferring, etc. Fantastic.
Great at the lake - the main base in the cottage, another handset
in the garage/workshop, and the third in the boathouse/dock area.

Don't know what might be available to you over across the pond
(I'm in one of the colonies but Panasonic makes a great one if
you can find it.

Take care.

Ken