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Subject: Re: Query: Cordless Portable Hand-free Telephone Set
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Date: 6 Mar 90 04:33:55 GMT
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In article <4737@accuvax.nwu.edu>, tad@ssc.UUCP (Tad Cook) writes:

> (complimentary things about the Plantronics cordless headset phone
> sold by DAK)

I have one too and I agree with everything Tad said.  I did have
trouble at first keeping the ear unit in my ear; the weight of the
cord tended to pull it out, and furthermore tended to rotate the mic
"boom" so it pointed too far downward for good voice pickup.  I solved
that by simply looping the cord over the top and back of the ear unit
instead of just letting it hang; now the weight of the cord tends to
rotate the boom up, where it belongs.

Just one complaint: The hookswitch ("on/off" button) on the remote
unit does not operate fast enough to allow a "hookflash", so I can't
access most of our PBX system's fancy features.

But for handling those long customer calls that involve lots of
terminal use, reference to manuals, etc., it's great!

And Tad is right about using it as a "remote ringer".  I haven't
modified the antenna on mine, and it can still punch through well over
100 feet worth of modern office interior space (many partitions built
with aluminum 2x4s, lots of tall metal desk and file cabinet units,
etc.) and ring the ringer on the remote *when I'm in the restroom
surrounded on three sides by double-layer metal partitions*.

Not bad at all, considering that DAK is selling these for $70 (less
than the cost of a conventional cordless phone, and less than the cost
of the same ear unit set up as a *wired* headset from Hello Direct!),
and that DAK has a 30-day no-questions-asked return-for-full-refund
policy.

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Simpact Associates, San Diego CA

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