Buy Xlink BT Bluetooth Gateway - Extend your wireless service to your home phone system!Xlink BT Bluetooth Gateway - Extend your wireless service to your home phone system! Product Description:
- Eliminate your land line. XLink connects your cell phone to your conventional home or office phone system automatically and wirelessly using Bluetooth.
- No need for new phones as XLink works with existing corded or cordless handsets.
- Leave your cell phone stationary in its location of best reception. XLink frees you to move about your home or office using your wired extensions or multiple cordless handsets.
- Make and receive cell phone calls from any home phone, while leaving your cell in its charger.
- Reduce possible risks of exposure to cell phone radiation.
Product Description
Features and Benefits:
* Take advantage of your unlimited nights, weekends, and other plans.
* No need for new phones as XLink works with existing corded or cordless handsets.
* No more dead zones.
* Leave your cell phone stationary in its location of best reception. XLink frees you to move about your home or office using your wired extensions or multiple cordless handsets.
* Take and make calls from your basement or interior rooms.
* Make and receive cell phone calls from any home phone, while leaving your cell in its charger.
* Enjoy the convenience of your cell phone without sacrificing the comfort and audio quality of your conventional handsets.
* Designed to accommodate any Bluetooth profile or cell phone configuration.
* Connect up to 3 individual cell phones to one system, with unique ring patterns.
* No extra cables or modules.
Technical Specifications:
* Connect multiple standard telephones to the XLink RJ 11 FXS port.
* Call Waiting between calls using one or more cell phones.
* Displays Caller ID number (and name, where available) from your cell phone on your home phone.
* Simultaneously connect up to 3 cell phones via Bluetooth, with customizable ringers - as support by your home phones.
* Integrated Echo Cancellation for premium call quality.
* Voice Dialing (if supported by your cell phone).
* Speed Dialing and Voice Mail access.
* Dial and send numbers manually or automatically.
* Displays Calling name ID using Directory Name Matching, as supported on your cell phone.
* User configurable and programmable for a large number of features (eg. Ring Cadence, Voice Mail number).
* Works on office PBX or Key Systems, just plug in to an incoming line appearance.
* Cell phone to VOIP bridge supported.
* Built in USB port to link with your PC for firmware upgrades (cable not included).
Customer Reviews
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81 of 81 people found the following review helpful.
XLink Bluetooth Gateway
By Grand Master
This is a very cool device! We did away with our home phone system last year because we so seldom used it, and started using cell phones exclusively. The problem with this is that signal strength on the first floor of our house is weak, and of course that you need to have your cell phone with you or go chasing after it when it rings. Enter the XLink. I installed it upstairs where line-of-sight to the closest cell tower is much improved adding a couple of bars on the signal strength meter. It links to my phone, my wife's and/or my daughter's quickly and reliably at the touch of a button (and unlinks just as easily when leaving the house and taking the cell phone along). I disconnected the line coming in from the street and connected the XLink to my phone distribution system. We now have six phones throughout the house, all connnected to whatever cell phone(s) we link.It's a little slower responding when dialing calls, but just a few seconds. The only issue I have with it, although it might actually be the cell phone's bluetooth implementation, is that if a call comes in that I miss (or if a voicemail or message arrives), the phone won't allow dialing out until the cell phone's display is cleared or acknowledged. So if you step outside and miss a call, and then try to make a call later, it won't work. I soon figured out that when this happens, I just need to pick up my cell phone and clear the screen. Once done, all is back to normal. A little annoying, but it's also a way of knowing you have a message or missed a call, which isn't a bad thing. One option that solves the missed call issue is to use a normal answering machine anywhere on the line that picks up before the cell phone voicemail kicks in (contrary to an earlier review, this works great).It worked great right out of the box, no issues, no software uploads necessary. It connects to my cell phone from 25 or 30 feet away, even through the floor. Of course, I set my phone right next to it when I come home, press the connect button and three seconds later I'm connected, so there's no issue with range anyway. The sound quality is every bit as good as the cell phone -- maybe even a little better with the bigger speaker/earpiece in our GE wireless home phones, and I've noticed no delay or latency when having a conversation. I tested a few spots upstairs and found the place where cell calls are most reliable and cleanest sounding, and that's where I located the XLink. It's about as close to a land line as you can get.This little box is exactly what I was looking for, is completely reliable, gives me any quantity of phones thoughout the house that I care to connect, and saves $35 a month on a land line. I work with electronics every day having been an engineer for more years than I'd care to admit, and I've been very happy with this little device for the six months I've owned it. Highly recommended!
44 of 44 people found the following review helpful.
Cellphone Freedom
By atldsl
The Intellitouch Xlink is a great product. After being one of the thousands of people who had suddenly lost my Sunrocket VOIP service, we decided to pursue making our cellphone as our home phone. The problem was you pretty much needed to have the cellphone near by when someone calls or you'll miss it. The other problem is that a cell phone is not that comfortable when talking for very long.Enter the Xlink. This device works off of bluetooth, so you simply set your cellphone near the xlink unit, no need to plug in. At this point any calls coming in or out will connect to your regular cordless phones. In our case the caller id from the cellphone carries over to the cordless phone including names that are in my cellphones address book.Bottom line benefits:1. Cellphone does not need to be with you at all times2. Xlink transmits all cellphone calls to your home phones3. Since cellphone stays in one place, you can get constant best reception4. Can support up to 3 cellphones via bluetooth (haven't tried this yet)5. Can make or receive calls. Use your home phone just like normal.Bottom line Cons:1. Can have potential interference with 2.4GHz devices.NOTE: We have 2.4GHz cordless phones and a Wireless PreN router and have not experienced interference. However, a DECT cordless phone is probably the best way to go.2. Does not sound perfect like a landline, but it does sound about as good as a cellphone can get.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
Bluetooth Version
By RobFather
The reviews on this product are for the most part spot on. The only thing I could add is that be sure to be informed on what version of Bluetooth your cell phone has. My new Blackberry is bluetooth 2.0 and works wonderfully with this device, but my wife's Samsung is version 1.1 and she can answer the phone thru this device but she can't hear anyone speaking and cannot make outgoing calls. So my advice is to make sure you have at least a bluetooth version of 2.0 to get the full functioning of this device.
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