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Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 -0400,
wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can hear the ring and answer it on my home phone. Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the telephone! Yippee. You guys should have told me about that years ago! How does that work? Do you dock your cell phone in the home phone base? Obviously if you are out on the golf course with your phone, the home phone is not going to ring. (unless there is something about SIM cards that I do not understand) === I'm guessing it's probably a "Bluetooth" link similar to what most modern cars provide for hands free operation of your cell phone. Virtually all of the newer cell phones have Bluetooth capability. If you have a lot of MP3 music stored on your phone Bluetooth is also useful to linking up with wireless speakers, ear buds, etc. That is still "docked" in the data sense. If you are more than 10 meters from the house phone, it is a paperweight. As long as everyone has their own phone that is OK but if you are home alone and don't have a phone you are Amish. I suppose you can back that up with VOIP but at that point, why bother with the cell interface? |
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#3
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Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 1:31:17 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can hear the ring and answer it on my home phone. Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the telephone! Yippee. You guys should have told me about that years ago! How does that work? Do you dock your cell phone in the home phone base? Obviously if you are out on the golf course with your phone, the home phone is not going to ring. (unless there is something about SIM cards that I do not understand) === I'm guessing it's probably a "Bluetooth" link similar to what most modern cars provide for hands free operation of your cell phone. Virtually all of the newer cell phones have Bluetooth capability. If you have a lot of MP3 music stored on your phone Bluetooth is also useful to linking up with wireless speakers, ear buds, etc. That is still "docked" in the data sense. If you are more than 10 meters from the house phone, it is a paperweight. As long as everyone has their own phone that is OK but if you are home alone and don't have a phone you are Amish. I suppose you can back that up with VOIP but at that point, why bother with the cell interface? If you don't have a cell phone you are correct, but this day who doesn't? If you are home, you can use your "home" cordless phone to make and receive calls. If you are away, you have your cell phone with you. For some that may not make sense, but for many (most?), it works great. We only keep out landline for the home alarm reporting service. One day I'll get an internet phone service and get rid of the TW bundled phone. It's just not that much money or big of a deal to make it worth it right now. |
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Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 10:44:07 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote: On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 1:31:17 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can hear the ring and answer it on my home phone. Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the telephone! Yippee. You guys should have told me about that years ago! How does that work? Do you dock your cell phone in the home phone base? Obviously if you are out on the golf course with your phone, the home phone is not going to ring. (unless there is something about SIM cards that I do not understand) === I'm guessing it's probably a "Bluetooth" link similar to what most modern cars provide for hands free operation of your cell phone. Virtually all of the newer cell phones have Bluetooth capability. If you have a lot of MP3 music stored on your phone Bluetooth is also useful to linking up with wireless speakers, ear buds, etc. That is still "docked" in the data sense. If you are more than 10 meters from the house phone, it is a paperweight. As long as everyone has their own phone that is OK but if you are home alone and don't have a phone you are Amish. I suppose you can back that up with VOIP but at that point, why bother with the cell interface? If you don't have a cell phone you are correct, but this day who doesn't? If you are home, you can use your "home" cordless phone to make and receive calls. If you are away, you have your cell phone with you. For some that may not make sense, but for many (most?), it works great. We only keep out landline for the home alarm reporting service. One day I'll get an internet phone service and get rid of the TW bundled phone. It's just not that much money or big of a deal to make it worth it right now. So this thing responds to any cell it is mated with (more than one)? How does it decide which one to use with an outgoing call? |
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#5
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Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 8:18:30 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 10:44:07 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote: On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 1:31:17 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can hear the ring and answer it on my home phone. Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the telephone! Yippee. You guys should have told me about that years ago! How does that work? Do you dock your cell phone in the home phone base? Obviously if you are out on the golf course with your phone, the home phone is not going to ring. (unless there is something about SIM cards that I do not understand) === I'm guessing it's probably a "Bluetooth" link similar to what most modern cars provide for hands free operation of your cell phone. Virtually all of the newer cell phones have Bluetooth capability. If you have a lot of MP3 music stored on your phone Bluetooth is also useful to linking up with wireless speakers, ear buds, etc. That is still "docked" in the data sense. If you are more than 10 meters from the house phone, it is a paperweight. As long as everyone has their own phone that is OK but if you are home alone and don't have a phone you are Amish. I suppose you can back that up with VOIP but at that point, why bother with the cell interface? If you don't have a cell phone you are correct, but this day who doesn't? If you are home, you can use your "home" cordless phone to make and receive calls. If you are away, you have your cell phone with you. For some that may not make sense, but for many (most?), it works great. We only keep out landline for the home alarm reporting service. One day I'll get an internet phone service and get rid of the TW bundled phone. It's just not that much money or big of a deal to make it worth it right now. So this thing responds to any cell it is mated with (more than one)? How does it decide which one to use with an outgoing call? You can pick which one using the buttons on the phone. |
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#6
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Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 20:18:12 -0400, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 10:44:07 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote: On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 1:31:17 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can hear the ring and answer it on my home phone. Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the telephone! Yippee. You guys should have told me about that years ago! How does that work? Do you dock your cell phone in the home phone base? Obviously if you are out on the golf course with your phone, the home phone is not going to ring. (unless there is something about SIM cards that I do not understand) === I'm guessing it's probably a "Bluetooth" link similar to what most modern cars provide for hands free operation of your cell phone. Virtually all of the newer cell phones have Bluetooth capability. If you have a lot of MP3 music stored on your phone Bluetooth is also useful to linking up with wireless speakers, ear buds, etc. That is still "docked" in the data sense. If you are more than 10 meters from the house phone, it is a paperweight. As long as everyone has their own phone that is OK but if you are home alone and don't have a phone you are Amish. I suppose you can back that up with VOIP but at that point, why bother with the cell interface? If you don't have a cell phone you are correct, but this day who doesn't? If you are home, you can use your "home" cordless phone to make and receive calls. If you are away, you have your cell phone with you. For some that may not make sense, but for many (most?), it works great. We only keep out landline for the home alarm reporting service. One day I'll get an internet phone service and get rid of the TW bundled phone. It's just not that much money or big of a deal to make it worth it right now. So this thing responds to any cell it is mated with (more than one)? Mine can pair with two cell phones. Haven't paired my wife's yet./ How does it decide which one to use with an outgoing call? Haven't disconnected from the land line yet, so can't answer the question. Now I can. On the handset the word 'Cell' appears in the screen. By hitting the button under 'Cell', the cell phone is selected for the outgoing call. As I have only one cell paired, only one shows up. If I had two paired, I'd probably (I think) have to select Cell 1 or Cell 2. Please keep asking these questions. I'm learning more and more. |
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#7
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Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 13:31:00 -0400, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:00:00 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can hear the ring and answer it on my home phone. Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the telephone! Yippee. You guys should have told me about that years ago! How does that work? Do you dock your cell phone in the home phone base? Obviously if you are out on the golf course with your phone, the home phone is not going to ring. (unless there is something about SIM cards that I do not understand) === I'm guessing it's probably a "Bluetooth" link similar to what most modern cars provide for hands free operation of your cell phone. Virtually all of the newer cell phones have Bluetooth capability. If you have a lot of MP3 music stored on your phone Bluetooth is also useful to linking up with wireless speakers, ear buds, etc. That is still "docked" in the data sense. If you are more than 10 meters from the house phone, it is a paperweight. As long as everyone has their own phone that is OK but if you are home alone and don't have a phone you are Amish. I suppose you can back that up with VOIP but at that point, why bother with the cell interface? Yeah, it's docked. The Panasonic will link up to two cell phones. The cell interface enables me to cut Cox out of my phone system and not have to worry about where my damn cell phone is, as long as it's in the house. |
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#8
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Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 12:00:05 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can hear the ring and answer it on my home phone. Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the telephone! Yippee. You guys should have told me about that years ago! How does that work? Do you dock your cell phone in the home phone base? Obviously if you are out on the golf course with your phone, the home phone is not going to ring. (unless there is something about SIM cards that I do not understand) === I'm guessing it's probably a "Bluetooth" link similar to what most modern cars provide for hands free operation of your cell phone. Virtually all of the newer cell phones have Bluetooth capability. If you have a lot of MP3 music stored on your phone Bluetooth is also useful to linking up with wireless speakers, ear buds, etc. That's exactly what it is. We have Panasonic cordless phones, both of our cell phones link up automatically as soon as they are in range, and can be answered with the cordless handsets just as John describes. You can also choose which cell phone to use to make outbound calls. It even rings with the cell phone's ringtone. They are calling it "Link2Cell". |
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#9
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Who says I'm 'low tech'...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 10:38:27 -0700 (PDT), Its Me wrote:
On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 12:00:05 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:25:05 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 08:02:10 -0400, John H wrote: I just 'paired' my cell phone to my panasonic home phones. Now when I get a cell phone call I can hear the ring and answer it on my home phone. Next step, disconnect the home phone from the land line and stop paying Cox the big bucks for the telephone! Yippee. You guys should have told me about that years ago! How does that work? Do you dock your cell phone in the home phone base? Obviously if you are out on the golf course with your phone, the home phone is not going to ring. (unless there is something about SIM cards that I do not understand) === I'm guessing it's probably a "Bluetooth" link similar to what most modern cars provide for hands free operation of your cell phone. Virtually all of the newer cell phones have Bluetooth capability. If you have a lot of MP3 music stored on your phone Bluetooth is also useful to linking up with wireless speakers, ear buds, etc. That's exactly what it is. We have Panasonic cordless phones, both of our cell phones link up automatically as soon as they are in range, and can be answered with the cordless handsets just as John describes. You can also choose which cell phone to use to make outbound calls. It even rings with the cell phone's ringtone. They are calling it "Link2Cell". It's pretty cool. Can't believe I've just discovered it but have had these Panasonic phones for at least a couple years now. |
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