USB Phone Adapter for Skype, MSN, Yahoo, USB VOIP Interface connects your home phone to network

February 10, 2010

USB Phone Adapter for Skype, MSN, Yahoo, USB VOIP Interface connects your home phone to network

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Manufacturer: Eforcity
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Sale Price: $19.46
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Fully integrated with Skype for making & receiving calls.
All incoming calls to your Skype phone number will be forwarded to your regular phone and will ring just the same as your regular phone call.
Just pick up the phone and dial, SkypeOut will be automatically detected and used for long distance call.
PC running Windows 2000 or XP. 400 MHz processor or higher 128 MB RAM or higher Free USB port Package
USB Phone Adapter Box USB cable Telephone line Driver CD Instruction Manual
Compact and unique design.

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An Exceptional, Useful Skype (VOIP) Phone Adapter

Review Date: August 10, 2007

Reviewer: Susanna Hutcheson, Midwest U.S.A.

I wanted an extra Skype phone near my easy chair where I do a lot of my work and where I have a laptop. But I didn't want to buy another Skype phone as I have two already. So I thought I'd try this cheap adapter.

I was blown away! I didn't hook it to the land line as I have a land line phone nearby. I also didn't want to take a chance on making LD calls on the land line.

So I hooked up a phone I bought at a garage sale for a quarter. I set the Skypemate software to recognize the USB port first, not the land line, which is the default.

It worked like a dream. I can make regular calls or use the software. When I pick up the phone, Skype pops up. Really neat. I haven't received a call on it yet so don't know how that will work. But I mostly use it to call out anyway.

The really "great" news is that when I made a call to a regular phone, the sound was above par --- better than a regular call. Unlike another reviewer, I found the quality of the call far superior to a cell phone and equal to or better than a regular land line call. Whether that was due to my Internet connection or PC or phone, I don't know. I do know I tried two phones before I used this one. The first phone didn't give good quality. So it could be you'll need to try a couple phones. This one I'm using is just a cheap old regular phone.

I highly recommend this adapter to anyone who uses Skype or any VOIP that it will work with.

I bought the phone from Cable4Less and I recommend you do the same. Their prices are the best and I can tell you from experience their help is above average and "very" fast. Customer support is an area I really rate on and if it's bad, I'll tell the world. There's no excuse for bad customer support. But if you buy from Cable4Less, you'll be happy. They'll do right by you. (I have no financial interest in Cable4Less.)

I highly recommend this product.

Update: I've not been able to get the adapter to work with both Skype and the Land Line as advertised. As a Skype phone only, it's perfect. But, at least in my case using a standard, basic telephone (not cordless) the landline won't work along with Skype. It may be my unit is defective. But that's my experience thus far.

Update: I switched phones to try and get the adapter to work on both the land line and Skype. Instead of using my trusty SW Bell desk phone, I used the quarter phone and hooked both up to it. And, it works fine.

So my conclusion is that the adapter is somewhat particular in the telephone you use. That said, I'm looking forward to really enjoying this. By the way, it's easy to tell which line you're on.

Works awesome!

Review Date: August 24, 2007

Reviewer: Steve Haverda, San Antonio, TX

Plugged this into my USB along with my GE 2.4ghz cordless phone for use in Skype and works awesome! I no longer have a landline, just my cell but wanted to ease the burden of my minutes usage. Even though Skype doesnt assign you your own number you can still outdial anywhere for $35 yr. Using this thingy in my puter and Skpye AND SkypeMate (free d/l from the net) you can use your home line to dial out anywhere. Although you MUST set speed dails to be able to call out without being at the computer (the phone/Skype wont let you dail normally like your used to, you have to either use the computer to dial or use speed-dial codes via the phone). But clarity is great (just so long as im not cloggin my bandwidth in downloads when im calling).

Excellent product,

Review Date: January 20, 2007

Reviewer: Hawks,

Instructions were easy to follow which made the installation process very easy as well. Audio of skype communications was improved after installing the adapter. A public phone line is not required. I have attached a cordless phone to the Eforcity Phone USB Adapter and now it is like having a regular phone line at home. Eforcity's delivery time was excellent. 100% satisfied with this item and with this vendor.

ATTENTION ALL SKYPE FANS !!

Review Date: May 16, 2007

Reviewer: Jo Ana Starr, USA

This is a great product ! Easy setup, small enough to be portable but not tiny.

Much improved sound quality which is great, and you can hook up any phone to this adapter- cordless or corded phone.

This is my 4th attempt to buy the right product to maximize Skype's system. I have a great computer, but the sound card isn't great, and this helps a lot

Also, good transaction with this seller !

Excellent product - easy to setup

Review Date: January 3, 2010

Reviewer: D. Spayth, Kirkland

I ordered this product on Dec 29th, 2009 and received it Jan 2 from CE Compass. This was shipped normal shipping through USPS and was quick. The product was super simply to setup and from start to finish took about 15 minutes. In my configuration I DO NOT have a PSTN phone line and I have the unit connected to a Panasonic 4 handset cordless phone system. I downloaded and installed the latest version of SKYPE for my PC running MS Windows XP Professional, I hooked up the USB to RJ11 device (USB port to my PC and Telephone jack to my Panasonic base station), I installed the SkypeMate software from the included CD. I told SKYPE to allow SkypeMate to control it, I right clicked on SkyeMate and under Advanced->DeviceOptions I set adapter default channel to "USB", Under Skype Tools->Options->Audio Settings for Microphone I selected "USB Audio Device" and for Speakers "USB Audio Device" and for Ringing "USB Audio Device", then gave it a try and everything seems to work perfectly. I can send and receive calls without any problems and voice quality is good. So far I have done a couple dozen calls (in and out) over 1.5 days so I have probably not experienced all of the nuances yet. However so far I am extremely pleased. A couple of early observations: 1) While caller ID shows up on my computer screen it does not show up on my Panasonic handset even though it is caller-id capable. While I suspect this may simply be an option I need to enable I have not taken time to look into it yet. 2) I notice when I logoff my PC that incoming calls come through fine but I am not able to make outgoing calls. Again this might just require a little research to figure out a way around this but in both cases these are minor nits that I can easily live with if I do not resolve. In fact they are to minor for me to take the time to chase after at the moment.

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