Multi phones on 1 phone switch

clarkeyleeds80 · Post by **clarkeyleeds80** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:40 pm

Hi,

We currently have 1 phone socket but would like to have two phones.

Instead of creating a second socket, do the new cordless phones have the ability to just plug the base phone into the phone socket and have a second "sattelite" phone that is linked to the base but doesn't need to have a seperate socket??

I was looking at these: http://www.cordless-phones.uk.com/cordl ... ct-reviews

Hope this is clear!!

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:30 pm

you have a base station that plugs in the mains and the phone socket the base station will usualy accept any handset as they are normaly identical

the handsets only need to be docked for charging you would only need to plug in the second charger after a few years when the batteries wont hold there charge just rotate the handsets daily and leave the other handset lying on the worktop or wherever no need to charge it

usual where they plug into phone socket they will have a 2way adapter or a piggy back socket so you can plug in an extention or other item into the socket

clarkeyleeds80 · Post by **clarkeyleeds80** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:37 pm

Excellent - thanks very much - won't need to have the hassle of adding another phone socket!

scot-canuck · Post by **scot-canuck** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:05 pm

look for GAP compatible phones, means any phone should work with any base.
In theory, though my pair of identical philips cordless phones keep losing their pairing

greengrass · Post by **greengrass** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:45 pm

scot-canuck wrote:look for GAP compatible phones, means any phone should work with any base.
In theory, though my pair of identical philips cordless phones keep losing their pairing

That would be in practise..?

scot-canuck · Post by **scot-canuck** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:02 am

im more betting on either faulty wifi nearby, illegal CCTV (more common than realised) or a flaky microwave (I live in the slums so most likely)

that and the handsets i have are buggy as heck, others ive used have been fine.

scot-canuck · Post by **scot-canuck** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:03 am

I found the problem with mine....swapped the batteries back to Ni-Cads and no issues, seems the base can't charge Ni-Mh rechargeables and thats why they kept going out of sync...almost flat handsets