Xtreme Technologies XLink BT HD - Only High Definiton Audio Bluetooth Cell to Home Telephone Adapter (One Cell Phone)

This is great! Easy to use! Now my cell phone functions as both a cell phone and a virtual landline!My cell phone connects to this via Bluetooth, which connects to four phone extensions in my house that used to be connected to landline. But my four phone extensions now appear to be landlines, when in reality, they are connected to my cell phone. But you would never know it. My house phones virtually act exactly as they had before when they used to be connected to landline.Here's what I like:1) cell phone is always plugged in and charged (80% charged for battery protection)2) no need to remember to charge cell, it's always plugged in3) I rarely have to touch my cell phone, unless I leave the house4) Can still take my cell phone with me if I leave the house5) Caller ID transfers from cell phone to house phone displays6) don't need to worry about dropping or losing cell phone7) one house phone has its answer machine turned on8) during power outage, cell phone (at 80% charge) still works, while house extensions are deadCaveats:1) be sure to have cell phone battery protection set to 80%2) house phone answer machine picks up first if # of rings is set to less than cell3) house phones will be dead when cell phone leaves the house4) cell phone answer service will work when outside of the house5) house phone answer machine will not work while cell phone is not in the house6) caller ID usually only displays phone # (not the name, unless name is saved)7) caller ID will display names on house phones of those saved in cell phone contacts listSo this is the best of both worlds! It allows my house phones to function as landline most of the time, but I can also take my cell phone with me when I leave the house.

I opened the box, glanced at the quick setup guide, and was up and running in under 5 minutes. It's brilliant. This box pairs with your mobile phone using Bluetooth. (Just like using a mobile phone in your car if that helps to understand it.) A regular phone (like you probably have in a closet somewhere) plugs directly into this box. Done. It just works. We got this box and a big button speakerphone for a family member who had a stroke, can no longer use her mobile phone without assistance. Now she can make calls and get calls the old-fashioned way, like we did for decades. Behind the scenes this box controls the mobile phone. She doesn't have to touch the mobile or even look at it. We turned the ringer off on the mobile phone, since the regular old phone rings just like a landline. No monthly fees for this box. And the mobile phone can still be used as usual if desired. It's fast, easy, and works fine. Highly recommended!

In my book this is the Original! Always works, and is reliable. A Great connection to put my cell phone at my "fingertips" all over the house. (like back when you had extension phones, and now I do). Speaking of extensions, this unit accepts my rotary phones, and rings them all. My first "X-Link" lasted 4 or 5 years, this is my replacement. Quit chasing your cell phone at home, put it on the "Bluetooth". Tried the rest? Buy the Best! No programming updates to do, just plug and play!

I’ve had a land line for many years, and I’ve kept it even though my wife and I both have mobile smartphones. The reasons are that I want incoming callers announced anywhere in my house without carrying my mobile with me, and I want to be able to conference call with family without using a speaker phone. Finally, I don’t want junk calls going to my mobile phone. (We get an average of 5 or 6 junk calls every day.) My cordless phones allow me to block all calls from a particular area code; my mobile phone won’t do that.More and more businesses want to verify my identity when I call. They do that by sending me a code. I’ve been using my land line to receive such codes with a phone call. But now the businesses are wanting to send texts rather than calling, and a land line can’t receive texts. So all this led me to search for a way to keep my land line phone number but be able to receive texts, get announcements, block a range of junk callers, and conference call with traditional handset phones. That’s when I discovered the Xlink BT HD.I purchased an inexpensive smart phone and activated service with a no-contract carrier. I ported the land line phone number to that smart phone and bought the XLink BT HD. The BT HD drives my traditional cordless phone system (two base units with a total of five handsets throughout the house). It works well, and it will save me about $250 per-year because the no-contract service is less expensive than my land line.Here are my impressions of the BT HD:The call quality is good if there isn’t too much distance between the mobile phone and the BT HD. Originally, I put them in different rooms separated by about 50 feet, and the call quality was poor. Now they’re about ten feet apart, and the quality is fine. This might be a distance limitation of Bluetooth.The cordless phones can answer and initiate calls with no issues. But texts can’t be received or initiated by the cordless phone. This is a bit of an inconvenience, but I only need texting about two or three times each week. I placed the mobile phone near my computer so I can see and hear a text come in. So I’m comfortable with that arrangement.A caller ID phone number comes through the BT HD just fine. The BT HD passes the number through, and the cordless phone uses its contact list to identify the caller. If the caller is someone not in my contact list but has their name listed with their phone service, their number comes through but not their name. (The name will be shown on the mobile phone, however.)Call forwarding works intermittently unless if I set it up at the mobile phone. If I try to activate it from the cordless phone, it sometimes doesn't work. This could be an issue with the inexpensive mobile phone I bought. But I only use that feature when I’m out of town. So that inconvenience isn’t too important.If a call comes in and I don’t answer, the cordless phone system answers and records the caller’s message. But if I’m on a call using the cordless phone and a second call comes in, the smart phone will take a voice message using the voice mail at the mobile service provider. So incoming caller messages could be stored in either of two places, depending on whether the cordless phone is available to answer the call. This isn’t all that different from before because my land line provider had voice messaging which would store messages if I was on a call when a second one came in. The difference is that with the land line, I’d get a notice on the cordless phone that I have a message on the provider’s server. I don’t get that with the BT HD. So I have to look at the smart phone to see if it has any messages waiting. Of all the little inconveniences, this is the most bothersome one. I’ll have to get in the habit of checking the mobile phone for messages regularly.All in all, the BT HD allows me to do what I want. I don’t regret switching my land line in this manner. But it would be nice if the BT HD could somehow notify the cordless phone that a voice message has been recorded by the mobile phone.

I saved $45 per month dropping a “landline AT&T line and just getting a cheap cell phone. My Panasonic multi-phone set interfaced perfectly and effortlessly. Great!