on 12/10/2016, Tim+ supposed :
And how is a wireless one going to work with no power to its base station?
Have you fitted back up batteries?

We keep an old wired one plugged in under the stairs for that purpose.

I think you misread what I wrote. One phone is just a phone line
powered phone, stuffed into a kitchen drawer, plugged in to the line
with its ringer turned off. Usable if we have a power cut.

In article ,
Tim+ wrote:
Since mobile phones were invented few people have need to. Not saying
that a very few might want to but most people I know barely bother
answering their home lines even when they're in.

No point in getting a TrueCall then. Simply unplug the phones and save
money. ;-)

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Tim+ wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) brought next idea :
Just the one base station? I have several. It obviously stops the one
plugged into it from ringing.

Just to make it clear - 1x base station plugged into the phone line,
with three phones each with their own drop in charger base, plus one
old none wireless phone with its ringer turned off - for emergency use
during a power cut.

The latter sits in a kitchen drawer, plugged into a socket, which is
hidden behind the unit.


And how is a wireless one going to work with no power to its base station?
Have you fitted back up batteries?

We keep an old wired one plugged in under the stairs for that purpose.

Tim


An, you confused me with your none-wireless (as opposed to non-wireless).
Well that's my excuse. ;-)

Tim

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Roger Mills wrote:
Does the integrated one have a web interface? When I'm away from home I
dial into my trueCall to pick up any messages. It's set up so that it
automatically does a Weblink after each remote access. I can then go to
the web interface and see *all* incoming calls - not just those who have
left messages. If it's someone I know, I will often want to call them
back even if they haven't left a message.

Can you do all of that with the integrated version?

I've done a quick Google on it and seen the reviews give a 'poor' for
audio quality. Something I've noticed with many newer DECT phones. No idea
why they should be worse than decent quality older ones.


Our BT8500 has excellent sound quality for live calls and recorded
messages. The old freestanding trucall unit had abysmal recording quality.

Tim

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In article ,
Tim+ wrote:
I've done a quick Google on it and seen the reviews give a 'poor' for
audio quality. Something I've noticed with many newer DECT phones. No
idea why they should be worse than decent quality older ones.


Our BT8500 has excellent sound quality for live calls and recorded
messages. The old freestanding trucall unit had abysmal recording
quality.

Not too worried about the recorded quality. More the 'live' that matters.
One reason I dislike mobiles. So often they are dreadful.

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In article ,
pamela wrote:
On 13:00 12 Oct 2016, Tim+ wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Brian Gaff formulated on Friday :
Actually you are unique. An examination of my True call logs
sees people just hanging up when asked for their name. Some
recordings do get through, but I understand some new version
of true call software now asks the caller to say their name
and press hash, which stops the caller using a pre recorded
message.

I didn't know there were different versions. Our kit asks them
their name and to press hash. Still no nuisance calls - 14
days since the last one tried to call.


Just got mine installed and working. The final straw was a
couple of 'auto' calls very early in the morning. Bit fiddly to
set up, and was rather p***ed off to have to pay BT almost 20
quid a year for caller ID. Plus the 20 quid a year for the
TruCall online facility.

All I now need to find out is if it triggers quickly enough to
stop the phone in the bedroom ringing.


Have you gone and bought the old "obsolete" free standing unit?
That has a web interface that's free for the first year but
chargeable thereafter.

I have to say, for the love of God why? The newer BT phones with
integrated Trucall software are vastly better than the old unit.

I've got an old freestanding unit going free for the cost of
postage.

Tim

I don't know about the old unit being obsolete but at £100 it
certainly isn't all that cheap.

Can the data from the TrueCall integrated into BT handsets also be
accessed via the web interface?

From the little research I did, no. The beauty of the web interface is you
can cut and paste a phone book list into it. It would have taken forever
to enter all mine manually.

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pamela submitted this idea :
I don't know about the old unit being obsolete but at £100 it
certainly isn't all that cheap.

Can the data from the TrueCall integrated into BT handsets also be
accessed via the web interface?

I have not fully bothered to read the instructions, but no it is stand
alone, no net access (BT8500). The only way to access its logs of
inbound / outbound calls is via the phones own screen. It marks each
with a time, date, type of call and how it dealt with the call, but not
how long the calls lasted.

On 06/10/2016 11:12, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Since I fitted a set of phones with the TruCall call filter system, the
nuisance calls have almost come to an end. It has logged not a single
call in over 7 days.

I don't really understand why - most of these callers just ring and play
a recording anyway, so the callers would not even be aware their calls
have been blocked. Which rather suggests that something has been done
nationally to put a stop to these callers.



I had far too many calls from India - claiming to be BT support.
Complained to BT, and they provide me with 4 x DECT phones and answering
machine for free - it comes with their call guard system.

Not a single Nuisance call since installed - and free.

One thing is apparent - despite the high price the screening on the device
is poor. Puts a loud buzz on the phone if alongside it. Which is exactly
where most would situate it.

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