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Speaker home phone use?

Lisa W

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Oct 31, 2009
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This may have been asked but I can't find what I am looking for in search.
Anyway, we have 2 droid phones, we want to use them in the house in a hands-free phone mode, with some sort of external speakers. I found some blueant speakers for cars, and was recommended this one S1 Sun Visor model.
Does anyone have any better solutions?
Thanks for the help.
Lisa
 
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One possiblity is to connect the droids to the Xlink system. Basically what happens is your droids connect via bluetooth to the Xlink box and the Xlink system then uses you cell service thru landline phones. What this gives you is the ability to pickup and answer a call anywhere in the house with a conventional handset. Link to the product below:

XLINK Communication Hubs and Bluetooth Cellular Gateway | Make or take cellular calls from any phone in the house.


We actually bought the Vtech phone system that performs this same function....and we got a phone (answering machine) and two household extensions for the same $99. I don't see how this solves the problem of a speakerphone for the OP...
 
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@Snaz, thanks for the input. My first thought was the Supertooth Light, however, while it can pair with up to 5 phones, only one can be paired at a time.


I guess I'm missing something. I thought "pairing" is when the two items are set up to recognize each other...sometimes with a password. Why would you need to pair/setup both Droids simultaneously? If it doesn't store the paired info on the first Droid and then pair the second it can't really pair up to 5 phones? My Droid is currently "paired" with 2 different bluetooth headsets my home phone (vtech) and my PC. I can only USE one at a time connected via bluetooth.

Do you mean use at the same time? As in both phones hooked up to one speaker and you take turns during the same conference call? I thought earlier you said only one of you would use it at a time?

Or do you mean both actively connected via bluetooth and then whichever gets a call first gets to use the system?

If the last one is what you mean then the Jabra Cruiser claims to "connect" to two phones at once...

http://reviews.cnet.com/headsets/jabra-cruiser/4505-13831_7-33897034.html#cnetReview
 
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I am resurrecting this thread. We've tried both the Blueant S1 Sunvisor Hands Free Kit, and the xlink BTTN. Neither one has worked. I can get both of our phones to be actively connected to the devices via bluetooth at the same time, but the call quality is such that you cannot be understood with either system.
I'm trying to pair and actively connect two droids to a bluetooth speaker. I know that only one will be able to receive or send a call at a time, but I would like to have both actively paired. So does anyone else have any other ideas?
 
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Problem solved. Found a Bluetooth land line phone system that allows me to pair both phones at the same time, I can set different ring tones and each handset has a built in speaker phone. If it keeps working the way it is now I'll be able to ditch the land line and use just our Droids.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions.
 
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