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I need to replace my current two cordless phones, but need another cordless on the same setup but in a remote office. Pretty sure that the base station will not reach the remote office. However, I do have a land line to said office. Would it be best to buy two separate base stations and would this work, or am I looking at some other setup?
Do people still use "home phones"?
It would probably work as two separate systems, but you wouldn't be able to transfer calls between the phones I suspect, also you'd only get voicemails on the base station that picked up first.
Sounds like I need to send the question to the specific phone supplier. I also want the ability to be able to phone internally between the three phones. Just wondering if I run a cordless system in the house, whether a simple fixed phone would be able to"ring" the other two?
This "land line to the office", is it a separate phone line (ie, you have two phone numbers), or is it an extension from the house?
Cougar, the landline to the office is an extension from the house. It sounds like I may need to get one of these DECT Range Extenders; I was actually looking at the Gigaset handsets! Surely this type of "situation" is not uncommon in the telecomms world...
how far is the office from the house?
Easy test is just to walk out to the office with the handset and see if you can call from there.
If the answer is no, it gets more interesting with options:
- DECT range extender/repeater
- antenna change
- PBX/key system (you can tiny little two line jobbys cheap now)
listed in order of ease for your average chimp 😉
scrumfled, you sound as if you know your telecomms! I will check this evening, but think the range will be too far (thick walls and about 60m). If I had two cordless uints in the house and separate "normal" plug in phone in the office conncted to the same landline, would I be able to say, pick up the phone in the house and "call" the office phone (i.e make an internal call, like you can my current cordless set)? This seems to be getting all too complicted...
Sadly, yes....
When you test, its worth giving thought to moving your base station so it has a line of sight out to the office (ie you can see it in a window from the office).
You cant do the calling thing you're talking about. If you want to do that its either a PBX on the front end (which sounds like it'll be too complex for you), or a dect repeater (so that its within the same system and then can use the calling features in the system).
....(lightbulb), or swap the whole thing out for a long range multi handset dect install.
start with the office test 😉
Scrumfled I tested the wireless signal this evening and it starts to get shakey halfway through the office building, with no signal in the office room itself. Do Gigaset do long range multi dect handsets? The office landline works, but I would like the facility to be able to make an internal call between handsets. it's beginning to sound expensive!
you can google mate "long range dect multi handset".
theres some good pointers on here: http://www.pmctelecom.co.uk/categories/long-range-cordless-phones/220
more than one way to skin that cat though, depends on your budget.
As Amazon have such a great take on returns perhaps you could try one or two of these options with you current handsets for minimal risk even if you don't use as a final solution.
I see that you can get a panasonic base, handset and extender for seventy odd quid here:
http://www.pmctelecom.co.uk/panasonic-kxtg6721-dect-cordless-phone-with-answering-machine
Thanks for the advice; much appreciated and plenty of food for thought!