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Cordless phone intercom/paging
I'm hoping someone has already been through this, because it's driving
me up a wall. I want to buy one of the many brands of cordless phone where you get a base station and multiple handsets, but I want one important featu intercom. Now the frustrating part is that what I grew up calling an intercom was a device where you pressed a button and spoke and anyone near the other stations (or a target station) would hear your voice. It seems that, in modern cordless phones, "intercom" is now lingo for the ability to ring any of the other phones, which someone must then answer. Does anyone know of an actual intercom in the original sense of the word on a modern cordless phone? I've heard people say that this is called "paging," but that now seems to have come to mean "making a handset beep so that you can find it in your seat cushions." In fact, every word that might have meant what I thought it meant now seems to mean, "you can make it beep or ring." Thanks in advance! -- Aaron Sherman http://www.ajs.com/~ajs |
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On Sep 5, 2:21 pm, wrote:
I'm hoping someone has already been through this, because it's driving me up a wall. I want to buy one of the many brands of cordless phone where you get a base station and multiple handsets, but I want one important featu intercom. Now the frustrating part is that what I grew up calling an intercom was a device where you pressed a button and spoke and anyone near the other stations (or a target station) would hear your voice. It seems that, in modern cordless phones, "intercom" is now lingo for the ability to ring any of the other phones, which someone must then answer. Does anyone know of an actual intercom in the original sense of the word on a modern cordless phone? I've heard people say that this is called "paging," but that now seems to have come to mean "making a handset beep so that you can find it in your seat cushions." In fact, every word that might have meant what I thought it meant now seems to mean, "you can make it beep or ring." Thanks in advance! -- Aaron Shermanhttp://www.ajs.com/~ajs You probably need business speaker phones to do voice paging, heres one: http://www.smarthome.com/52022.html There are others on smarthome.com that also do this, "speakerphone with intercom" is what you want, (unless you want to get into an expensive centralized phone control system). When you page all phones, the first one that answers gets the exclusive connection to you. Not sure if the person answering can simply talk to the speakerphone or if they must pick up, but at least you would have whole-house voice paging capability, instead of whole-house ringing. Conversely I dont know if you can pick up any phone and "listen in" simultaneously to all the other extensions unsolicited, like the old intercoms would let you do. But the owners manuals are all out there at smarthome to find out. There may even be a wireless business speakerphone with intercom and paging. |
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wrote in message ups.com... I'm hoping someone has already been through this, because it's driving me up a wall. I want to buy one of the many brands of cordless phone where you get a base station and multiple handsets, but I want one important featu intercom. I know this isn't what you want, but try a single-handset with a base unit type cordless. They do just that kind of intercom. Or, you could have a dedicated wireless intercom system, which you can probably get from Radio Shack or some such place. |
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replying to AaronJSherman, ScottK wrote:
AaronJSherman wrote: I'm hoping someone has already been through this, because it's driving me up a wall. I want to buy one of the many brands of cordless phone where you get a base station and multiple handsets, but I want one important featu intercom. Now the frustrating part is that what I grew up calling an intercom was a device where you pressed a button and spoke and anyone near the other stations (or a target station) would hear your voice. It seems that, in modern cordless phones, "intercom" is now lingo for the ability to ring any of the other phones, which someone must then answer. Does anyone know of an actual intercom in the original sense of the word on a modern cordless phone? I've heard people say that this is called "paging," but that now seems to have come to mean "making a handset beep so that you can find it in your seat cushions." In fact, every word that might have meant what I thought it meant now seems to mean, "you can make it beep or ring." Thanks in advance! -- Aaron Sherman http://www.ajs.com/~ajs The old Motorola MD670 (2003) series phones had this feature, it was called "global page" and it was awesome. The phones had some other problems but I used mine until I couldn't get batteries for them. Motorola dropped out of the cordless phone business for awhile and when they came back to the business, their new models dropped this feature. I've been waiting for this simple feature to be included in *any* phone since. It's amazing that no one has implemented this. -- |
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On 3/17/14, 9:45 PM, ScottK wrote:
replying to AaronJSherman, ScottK wrote: AaronJSherman wrote: I'm hoping someone has already been through this, because it's driving me up a wall. I want to buy one of the many brands of cordless phone where you get a base station and multiple handsets, but I want one important featu intercom. Now the frustrating part is that what I grew up calling an intercom was a device where you pressed a button and spoke and anyone near the other stations (or a target station) would hear your voice. It seems that, in modern cordless phones, "intercom" is now lingo for the ability to ring any of the other phones, which someone must then answer. Does anyone know of an actual intercom in the original sense of the word on a modern cordless phone? I've heard people say that this is called "paging," but that now seems to have come to mean "making a handset beep so that you can find it in your seat cushions." In fact, every word that might have meant what I thought it meant now seems to mean, "you can make it beep or ring." Thanks in advance! -- Aaron Sherman http://www.ajs.com/~ajs The old Motorola MD670 (2003) series phones had this feature, it was called "global page" and it was awesome. The phones had some other problems but I used mine until I couldn't get batteries for them. Motorola dropped out of the cordless phone business for awhile and when they came back to the business, their new models dropped this feature. I've been waiting for this simple feature to be included in *any* phone since. It's amazing that no one has implemented this. You mean like this unit ? http://www.uniden.com/cordless-phone...m/invt/d17803g where the info says: "Use the intercom feature to talk between handsets. " |
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Retired wrote:
You mean like this unit ? Now we have 2 doorknobs continuing a 4-year-old thread. |
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replying to Home^Guy , ScottK wrote:
"Home" wrote: Now we have 2 doorknobs continuing a 4-year-old thread. And a third doorknob who doesn't realize the question is STILL valid after four years and therefore worthy of discussion. -- |
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On 3/17/2014 10:23 PM, Retired wrote:
On 3/17/14, 9:45 PM, ScottK wrote: replying to AaronJSherman, ScottK wrote: AaronJSherman wrote: I'm hoping someone has already been through this, because it's driving me up a wall. I want to buy one of the many brands of cordless phone where you get a base station and multiple handsets, but I want one important featu intercom. Now the frustrating part is that what I grew up calling an intercom was a device where you pressed a button and spoke and anyone near the other stations (or a target station) would hear your voice. It seems that, in modern cordless phones, "intercom" is now lingo for the ability to ring any of the other phones, which someone must then answer. Does anyone know of an actual intercom in the original sense of the word on a modern cordless phone? I've heard people say that this is called "paging," but that now seems to have come to mean "making a handset beep so that you can find it in your seat cushions." In fact, every word that might have meant what I thought it meant now seems to mean, "you can make it beep or ring." Thanks in advance! -- Aaron Sherman http://www.ajs.com/~ajs The old Motorola MD670 (2003) series phones had this feature, it was called "global page" and it was awesome. The phones had some other problems but I used mine until I couldn't get batteries for them. Motorola dropped out of the cordless phone business for awhile and when they came back to the business, their new models dropped this feature. I've been waiting for this simple feature to be included in *any* phone since. It's amazing that no one has implemented this. You mean like this unit ? http://www.uniden.com/cordless-phone...m/invt/d17803g where the info says: "Use the intercom feature to talk between handsets. " Which is noticably different than the ancient OP's idea of intercom. -- .. Christopher Doorknob Young Learn about Jesus www.lds.org .. |
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replying to Stormin Mormon , ScottK wrote:
cayoung61 wrote: Which is noticably different than the ancient OP's idea of intercom. -- . Christopher Doorknob Young Learn about Jesus www.lds.org . Mr. Young, Did you actually *read* the post? The ancient OP indicated he wanted a unit that had the features of what he considered an intercom: Now the frustrating part is that what I grew up calling an intercom was a device where you pressed a button and spoke and anyone near the other stations (or a target station) would hear your voice... Which is *exactly* what I was describing. Now, after rekindling my hope, I started poking around and found out that indeed, the more recent versions (5.8 Mhz) of the Panasonic lines had a feature they called "True Voice Paging" that did exactly this! I was excited and figured I'd check into the 6.0 DECT phones. Amazingly, in the 6.0 phones, they have removed this feature! I found several sites selling panasonic phones that list True Voice Paging as a feature but on the Panasonic site, the specs for same model numbers do NOT. My guess is the retailers can't imagine Panasonic removing the feature or they're just cutting and pasting the specs from a previous model.. Or both. I went to a Fry's Electronics nearby and went through every Panasonic DECT 6.0 phone -- no Voice Paging. Not just Panasonic, either -- none of the DECT 6.0 phones had Voice Paging. So, off to ebay for me... Scott. -- |
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replying to Retired , ScottK wrote:
Retired wrote: You mean like this unit ? http://www.uniden.com/cordless-phone...m/invt/d17803g where the info says: "Use the intercom feature to talk between handsets. " No. Almost every cordless phone allows you to page and talk between handsets like that. The page we're talking about is not a beep, but a verbal announcement. The Motorola unit I spoke of allowed you to hit "Global Page" from any handset and then whatever you said into the handset would be broadcast to all other idle handsets (loudly, in speakerphone mode.) As in the example of the OP: "Dinner is ready, everyone come and eat." could ring through the house. http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/manu...r_Manual_E.pdf Scott. -- |
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message stuff snipped The old Motorola MD670 (2003) series phones had this feature, it was called "global page" and it was awesome. The phones had some other problems but I used mine until I couldn't get batteries for them. 2X Cordless Home Phone Battery for Motorola MA560 MA561 MA580 MA581 MD550 MD670 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-Cordless-...a-MA560-MA561- MA580-MA581-MD550-MD670-/171162314992? pt=US_Telephone_Batteries&hash=item27da11a8f0 -- Bobby G. |
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replying to Robert Green , ScottK wrote:
robert_green1963 wrote: "ScottK" wrote in message stuff snipped 2X Cordless Home Phone Battery for Motorola MA560 MA561 MA580 MA581 MD550 MD670 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-Cordless-...a-MA560-MA561- MA580-MA581-MD550-MD670-/171162314992? pt=US_Telephone_Batteries&hash=item27da11a8f0 Thanks for the link, Bobby! I wish I'd had that years ago. My Moto system is long gone. -- |
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message oups.com... replying to Robert Green , ScottK wrote: robert_green1963 wrote: "ScottK" wrote in message stuff snipped 2X Cordless Home Phone Battery for Motorola MA560 MA561 MA580 MA581 MD550 MD670 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-Cordless-...a-MA560-MA561- MA580-MA581-MD550-MD670-/171162314992? pt=US_Telephone_Batteries&hash=item27da11a8f0 Thanks for the link, Bobby! I wish I'd had that years ago. My Moto system is long gone. You're welcome. Don't you have a "resurrection box?" That's where I put things like your Moto phone to await their magical self-repair. Don't laugh, I've had a number of devices that have "healed" themselves after time in the box. Of course, an equal number of things have *stayed* dead, but a 50/50 revival rate isn't bad. (-: -- Bobby G. |
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If you want a truly long range phone with an intercom function, consider Engenius.
Engenius phones work on both radio and telephone technology. You can use each hand set as a cordless phone, but the base station can be used as an "intercom" of sorts to call any one handset, or all handsets. So, for example, someone at the base station could call all the handsets to tell them that there's been a change in plans, and there's a meeting at the foreman's office to let them know what's changing. Or, a person at the base station can call only one handset and carry on a conversation with that one person. My Engenius Durofon has truly amazing range. I can make or take a call from anywhere in my neighborhood, not just anywhere in my apartment block or anywhere in my apartment. And this is without the 6 inch long antenna installed that extends the range of the phone. It's with it's normal 3/4 inch nub of an antenna. I remember the Panasonic Gigarange phones when they first came out (and I still have one). They made it look like you could make or take a call a mile away from your house, which was BS. My Durofon won't do a mile (it might with the range extending antenna installed), but it puts my Panasonic Gigarange phone to shame. The Gigarange starts losing the signal if I go into my parking lot for crying out loud. With my Durofon, I can walk two or three blocks away and still make or take a call, and I've done that when trying to find extra parking spots in my area. |
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Cordless phone intercom/paging The box - I'm serious!
Robert Green posted for all of us...
And I know how to SNIP You're welcome. Don't you have a "resurrection box?" That's where I put things like your Moto phone to await their magical self-repair. Don't laugh, I've had a number of devices that have "healed" themselves after time in the box. Of course, an equal number of things have *stayed* dead, but a 50/50 revival rate isn't bad. (-: Can I come over and live in the box? Would it give me a better chance? Is there any conversion or donation involved? Long term contract? Does it involve freezing/nitrogen? I don't want to live outside the box. How big is it? Is there a franchise opportunity? Are you going to be on the ID channel? I'm serious. Others need not apply. Post no bills. -- Tekkie |
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replying to Robert Green , CCK10 wrote:
I see that this is now a 7 year old thread, but I am trying to solve the same problem. Is there really no solution to wanting to create an intercom where someone can speak into a base station or handset and essentially have the speakerphone function turned on by the receiving handset without that person pressing any button? I am open to any kind of solution: cordless phone, stand-alone intercom, iphone app with dedicated old iphones. Any other solutions found to this? Thanks CC robert_green1963 wrote: "ScottK" wrote in message oups.com... MD550 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-Cordless-...a-MA560-MA561- You're welcome. Don't you have a "resurrection box?" That's where I put things like your Moto phone to await their magical self-repair. Don't laugh, I've had a number of devices that have "healed" themselves after time in the box. Of course, an equal number of things have *stayed* dead, but a 50/50 revival rate isn't bad. (-: -- |
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replying to AaronJSherman , Buffbuh wrote:
FOUND IT!!!!: http://telephones.att.com/products/product_detail/3249 ATT TL96151 Has what they call Connect-To-Cell AND Push-To-Talk! To talk to any ONE or ALL other phones!!! Spent the span of a day or two to find it. I'm going to try it out once the set arrives. So happy to find it! Manual he http://cdn-media-att.vtp-media.com/m...0_20150811.pdf Bryan -- |
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