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    Friday
    Feb252011

    Use a normal cordless handset to make and receive calls via your Bluetooth enabled cell phone.

    How convenient to be able to make and receive cell phone calls pretty much anywhere in your house using a full sized handset and keypad. You can with the Panasonic Link to Cell System. It allows you to link two different cell phone lines via Bluetooth, and if you have one, you can use your landline too. Once the cell phones are paired, you have the option to make and receive cell phone calls through either of the two handsets or via the speakerphone built into the base unit. Just hit the Cell 1 or Cell 2 button and dial. The cell phone will show a call is being made, but no one can listen in on the conversation via the cell phone. Call waiting is available for the land line, but not for the cell phone.  You can set different ringer sounds for the different lines coming in. Another nice feature is the talking Caller ID. The system announce “Please Charge Phone” when the battery is low. I like the silent mode feature too. It lets you program the times you don’t want the phones to ring. The system uses the latest Dect 6.0 Plus technology. Being Bluetooth enabled, you can download your cellular phone book to the handsets. There’s 3 way conference calling, an intercom feature and a locator for track down a missing handset. You can add up to 6 handsets to your system. Instead of using a special battery pack, the handsets just requires two rechargeable triple A batteries. And this is one of the few units I know of that can be wall-mounted. The two-handset basic Link to Cell system (KX-TG6582T) retails for about $100.

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