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 Xtreme Technologies Xlink BTTN Bluetooth Gateway - Black Rating on December 27 Rating: |
Xtreme Technologies Xlink BTTN Bluetooth Gateway - Black
 | Xtreme Technologies Xlink BTTN Bluetooth Gateway - Black 4.0 out of 5 from 72 user reviews. |
Technical Details
- Answer cell phone calls on the home phone
- Connects up to three cell phones to regular corded phones
- Same features as XT-BT with an additional telephone line input
- Includes standard telephone line input so that a land line or VoIP adapter can be connected to it as well
- Wireless - when cell phones are placed within range, the XLink automatically connects to them
Product Description of Xtreme Technologies Xlink BTTN Bluetooth Gateway - Black
Ditch your landline service with the XLink BTTN Bluetooth Device, without losing the use of your corded or cordless phone system at home or in your office. Almost any cell phone with Bluetooth wireless technology will work with XLink. The XLink family of products make it possible to send and receive cell phone calls using regular telephones. No more searching for your cell phones - just use regular phones at home or in the office. The XLink can simultaneously connect to three different cell phones - one for each family member. As many standard telephones as desired can be plugged into the back of the XLink. Whenever any of the connected cell phones ring, all the standard telephones ring also. You can also combine your home phone service plus cellular service into one device. Let the XLink BTTN manage your inbound and outbound calls between your phone company and cellular service provider. Caller ID Call Waiting Voice Dialing Speed Dialing Voicemail Access Automatic and Manual Dialing Echo Cancellation Telephone Connector Upgradeable Global Design Suitable for VOIP Gateway/Channel Bank Applications USB 2.0 port Bluetooth - Compliance to class 2 power, Minimum V1.1; Handsfree profile; Output power 0dBm; Frequency 2.4 GHz. Power Adapter Input Voltage: 100V-240V. Output Voltage: 9V. Worldwide use. NOTE: Cell phone network providers do not support FAX, Modem, Satellite TV, Tivo, Credit Card Processor or 911 caller location. This services will function only with active Land Line Phone Service.Similar Products
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55 of 58 people found the following review helpful.
Day 1 - Dig it!By R Wood
Got this sucker working in minutes and then spent an hour running it through the paces. It has performed flawlessly. I was almost discouraged to buy this (or similar devices) as it was hard to tell exactly how they would interface with the home system. I thought I would add some notes on the tests I successfully ran (See below). All this was with one paired cell phone and a dect 6.0 cordless phone plugged in the back of xlink.
Ultimately, I've made about 20 calls in and out and I find the technology on par with Apple's mission - easy to use, intuitive and will utlimately become ubiquitous to the user. I have to believe, like DVRs, about everyone will have this technology in their house someday. I'll report back if I downgrade this in the future due to any problems.
Notes:
Only phones plugged directly to xlink will interface with it. If you want to go whole house, use an expandable cordless system with base plugged into the xlink. We have an expandable for our downstairs and other random phones elsewhere. This works nicely, actually. If you are on a cell call using the expandable, then you can make a concurrent land line call from one of the other random phones (but not from any of the expandable handsets).
To call out, you use your phone as normal. It defaults to land line or you can push 1 and flash to call out via cell instead. Caller id number it transmits will be aligned with your choice. If you are on landline and a call comes in via landline, you use call waiting as normal. If you are on landline and a call comes in via cell, you will hear a different beep and can flash over to that call. (Makes me wonder what happens if you started land line, went over to cell to get a call and another land line call starts to come it - will you hear it? Also, I realize I didn't test if you are on cell and another call via cell comes in can you flash over to it - but I imagine that will work too.)
If you are on cell, someone can use landline via a different phone (as long as it's not part of an expandable system whose base plugged to xlink).
If you are on landline on a phone not connected to xlink and someone wants to make a call out via cell on xlink, the x-link connected phone automatically defaults to landline (so people talking will hear someone pick up), then you quickly hit 1 and flash and you switch over to cell. So a minor irritation for someone already talking on land line.
Our answering machine, which is a separate device, is plugged in ahead of xlink in the chain and will pick up for landline and has no confusion with cell - cell calls go to cell voice mail if not picked up.
When you are receiving a call, you can tell what line it's coming in on. My cordless system doesn't support separate ring tones (and the instructions warn many won't), but if the cell is in hearing distance you will hear it ring too. Also, the xlink passes through caller id to the handset and if it's coming in via cell it displays the incoming number plus "xlink". If via land line, just the incoming number.
If you are on cell via xlink and a landline call comes in, other phones in the house will ring that aren't connected to xlink. You could pick up via call waiting, allow the answering machine to get it or someone on a random phone not plugged to xlink could pick it up normally too.
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful.
Works perfect. I Love it!By Steve McQueen
I decided to get this to save myself some of the cellular radiation and related headaches while I'm using my phone at home.
It took me 5 days to decide between the different options (Panasonic, GE and this one). For some reason they all got bad reviews, and it made me think 100 times before I decided to try it out myself.
Once I received the item it was up and running in 3 minutes. Product is running better than expected. It works as a regular land-line (minus callerID, you can see the number though), and switching between cell lines is simple and convenient. This machine changed the way I use my phone at home. With an unlimited minute plan from my cell provider there is no need for a land line.
Cost: Initial cost is the equivalent of 4 months land line charges. After that its pure savings.
One warning: It looks like the people who got stuck did not know how to pair the phone with the link box. If you are not familiar with bluetooth or if you are not sure your phone supports the technology, check with your cell phone customer support.
29 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
Great Concept - Poor Execution - Non-existant SupportBy B. Berger
This is such a great idea... too bad they were unable to create a quality product. For the cost this thing should really perform but is suffers from a couple of problems:
1. I've paired 2 cell phones with it. Both are kept within 2 feet of the unit. When calls are received through these phones, there is so much static that you miss half of the information. Both of the phones have been used with bluetooth remote devices (ear buds) with no static at all. One is a Blackberry Curve and the other an LG Chocolate. I do have wireless internet in my home but it is on the far side from this unit on a different floor
2. When you call one of the cell phones, the regular handset plugged into the unit sometimes doesn't ring until the caller has heard 4 rings. This results in a lot of missed calls on the cells as they think no one will pick up. Also, the cells often go to their voice mail before my regular handset has made any sound at all.
3. Calls out from my normal handset though the BTTN are extremely quite to the listener at the other end and the sound quality suffers. This should just be a pass-though... why is the quality so bad?
I've sent two emails to the company to get some kind of response on if this is to be expected or if I have a faulty unit. I've had no response in over 2 weeks. None at all. I'd expect a little better response from a company that produces this kind of a product. I really wanted to like this product but there are just too many big problems to make it worth while.
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