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 | Cobra PhoneLynx Bluetooth Cell to Home Phone Connection System (BT 215) |
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Product Description
The Cobra BT 215 eliminates the expense and need for your hardline home phone ! Through the use of Bluetooth technology, you can use your cell phone's service plan from the comfort and convenience of your home phones. Take advantage of carry-over minutes, nights and weekends and unlimited calling plans from your cell phone provider. The BT215 works with existing wired and wireless phones. So, no new equipment is needed and there's no monthly or annual fee. Simply find a room with good cell phone reception and plug the Phonelynx into a 110v wall plug using the included AC adapter. Then, pair it to your cell phone using the phone's Bluetooth setting. Finally, plug your existing home phone into the back of the BT 215. Voila! Set up is complete! Because the unit is in an area with good reception, you can talk anywhere in your home or office without the threat of hitting "dead zones." The PhoneLynx also increases call clarity by using active noise-cancelling technology called ClearCall to improve the voice clarity and eliminate any unwanted noise from your cell phone calls. These features make the Cobra BT 215 Phonelynx a necessity for an home or office looking to save money while keeping their functionality at a maximum. Nothing comes close to a Cobra!Product Details
- Brand: Cobra
- Model: BT 215
- Dimensions: 8.66" h x 2.70" w x 7.00" l, .34 pounds
Features
- Thru the use of Bluetooth technology you can use your cell phone service plan from the comfort and convenience of your home phones
- No monthly or Annual Fee and No New Number is necessary. All calls are placed using your cell phone's plan.
- PhoneLynx can pair and function with up to two different cell phones
- The PhoneLynx uses active noise-canceling technology called "clearcall" to improve voice clarity and eliminate unwanted noise from your cell phone calls
- Place PhoneLynx in a location with good reception and make calls from anywhere in your home or office on your existing phones!
Customer Reviews
I was waiting for this device to be invented for years now!
What does this device do? It allows you to connect ordinary home phones (corded or cordless) thru bluetooth wireless technology to share your cellular phone service (same number for all phones).
I will try to make it simple for everyone.
I just got mine hooked up and love it! So I am excited to sing its praises. This device is more for a single person or a couple (living alone) who each have cell phone service. So instead of having 2 cell numbers and a third home number (landline) what this device does is it syncs both cell phone numbers to any ordinary home phone or phones (not phone service). I use a 3 handset phone system plugged into this device. So now, when I return home, I place my cell phone on the shelf by the door in its charger and I can roam around my house and not be worried that I will miss a cell phone call either because I can't hear the cell phone ring or because I can't find where I left it in time.
When a cell phone call is received by this device it shares that with the home phones, so all 4 now ring! And I can answer the call from any one of the home phone handsets around the house including my cell phone.
The best part of this device, is now I can also lift any of the home phones (handsets) and hear a regular dialtone (the BT215 generates this) and place a call going thru my cellular service. I don't worry about using up my cell minutes because with MetroPCS I now have unlimited anytime minutes for $50 a month.
Naturally when I leave home with my cell phone (good idea to have it charging near the door) the home phones will no longer ring or have outgoing service. Well, unless the BT215 is synced up with another persons cellular service also. It allows for two simultaneous bluetooth connections, if needed. Almost all modern cell phones have this bluetooth ability. That way the person who is left at home will still be able to receive and make calls on the home phones using their cellular service.
It is really very ingenious!
I had dropped my home phone service years ago, and kept missing calls because I would forget my cell phone on vibrate or just not hear it ring from the other room. Finally with this gadget, I can say for sure, I will no longer have that problem.
Another added benefit for me is if a guest picks up a phone, now they get a dial tone and can make a call without me having to explain that I have no home service. There is no longer a need for me to hand them my personal cell phone. Using this device makes it just as good as having a landline in my situation.
It isn't for everyone, especially big families but few products ever are.
This Cobra PhoneLynx device is perfect for those individuals wanting the convenience of using regular phones about the house but also having them share a single number with your cell phone. And only receive one bill each month as an added benefit. It simplifies things tremendously for me, I've been waiting for them to design this exact product ever since I dropped my home phone service years ago.
I give this product, my favorite gadget of the year award!
Now if you still want to maintain a landline also, they do make cordless phone systems now with bluetooth integration that allow you to also answer your cellular calls from these home phone systems BUT buying such a system would have been wasteful for me since I already owned a cordless home phone system and I didn't need the extra digital voice message recorder which those units provide since I get free voice mail service included with my cell phone service.
So this very affordable device does everything I was hoping for, and more! It has something called "clear call" technology which filters out static from the phone conversation so it makes talking even more enjoyable. Increased call quality was an unexpected extra from this product! Bravo Cobra!
I am very impressed by what you have created here, Thank You so much!
Anthony
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Fantastic
What a great little device. I have to confess to being an electronics nut, and this fits in perfectly. I received it in 4 days, just an hour ago. It took all of 5 minutes to have it up and running. I simply plugged it in, plugged a wall phone into it and paired it to my LG cell phone. It works exactly as advertised and gives me caller ID on the wall phone, but only the number. The other phones in the house show full caller ID when called from the Cobra just as they had. I left all existing phones on land line, and can now use the wall phone next to my computer for all cellular voice.I don't know about texting as that is not in my list of things to do. If you are as much a cell phone hater as I am, treat yourself to one of these and you won't be sorry. I see it just went up two dollars here, got lucky on that. But even at $35 instead of $33 it has to be one of the best buys an electronics nut can find. Especially if you hate using a cell phone. One thing though that I had misunderstood. You can not have both the Cobra and land line serving the same phones.
EDIT: I have had this for 2 days and I have now disconnected all house phones from Centurylink and connected them to the Cobra Phonelynx. You do have to get used to the cell phone delay but it is no more annoying than any other cell phone. Voice quality is just fine, and I am still able to call my GoogleVoice voice mail and call out on the GoogleVoice telephone number which is a local number that allows unlimited calls anywhere US at no charge.
One hitch is that the answering machine built in to one wall phone does not work. I am trying to figure this out but no luck so far. My only connection with Centurylink now is Pure Broadband DSL which is my only real option for high speed internet. So can't totally cut the tie with the phone company yet.
Works as Advertised
With a product like the Cobra PhoneLynx Bluetooth Cell to Home Phone Connection System in most cases it either works or it doesn't, in my case it does. There is very little setup for the unit. You plug in the power supply, plug the "land line" phone into the unit, then find and connect to the Phonelynx on your Bluetooth enabled phone. All of this worked just right for me and I was up and running in a flash. I have not ended my land line service yet as I wanted to test this system first, but I plan to within the next 30 days. So far the unit's operation has been basically transparent. I placed my cell phone (Blackberry Curve)charger near my land line phone (Panasonic expandable cordless). When I come home I throw the phone on the charger and I'm ready to go. The calls are the same sound quality over the home phone or the cell. As you know, if you've used Bluetooth devices before, they don't always cooperate in setting up. As long as this one does for you, it will do the job. If not, just return it. This is a reasonably priced gateway and it wors fine.
