Initiate a SkyPe Call Using a Cordless Phone Via ActionTec Internet Phone Wizard?
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Posted by on March 14, 2006, 12:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have just bought a phone adapter for connecting a regular phone to SkyPe. I have a question on the way to initiate a call through a cordless phone instead of through the SkyPe program. That phone adapter is called "Internet Phone Wizard" from ActionTec. That device connects to the PC through USB, and the device has a jack for an analog phone. I have connected a corded phone to the device, and I can talk using the phone and SkyPe; but I will have to initiate the call through the SkyPe program. I don't know how to initiate a SkyPe call using the keys in the phone. This is OK as long as I am using the corded phone and I need to sit in front of the PC anyway. But this won't be OK if I use one of those set of multiple cordless phones because I may be making SkyPe call from a different room. According to ActionTec web site, I am supposed to hit some keys in the phone to initiate a SkyPe call; but they don't say which keys (I guess this may be specific to the model of phone). I have emailed them about this; but almost a week later they still haven't answered my email (not a good sign for customer service). I think this may have something to do with setting up a Speed Dial to each phone number in the phone book in SkyPe. I have done that; but still I don't know which keys in the phone to press to tell the phone adapter that I meant to use SkyPe to make the call. I am quite puzzled right now. Please help. Thanks in advance for any info. Jay Chan | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Enzo Michelangeli on March 14, 2006, 6:57 pm
Please log in for more thread options The user manual at http://www.actiontec.com/support/voip/manual.pdf , at pages 26 and 28, says that you have to hit the '#' key twice, wait for the dial tone, then enter a SkypeOut or a Skype speed-dial number (that you'll have separately set up in advance using the Skype software). Enzo | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on March 15, 2006, 12:27 pm
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Thanks, I found it. I didn't understand the instruction when I was installing the device; I thought that meaned something else. Now that you point it out, I understand it. Jay Chan Enzo Michelangeli wrote: > The user manual at http://www.actiontec.com/support/voip/manual.pdf , at
> pages 26 and 28, says that you have to hit the '#' key twice, wait for the > dial tone, then enter a SkypeOut or a Skype speed-dial number (that you'll > have separately set up in advance using the Skype software). > > Enzo > > > I have just bought a phone adapter for connecting a regular phone to
> > SkyPe. I have a question on the way to initiate a call through a > > cordless phone instead of through the SkyPe program. > > > > That phone adapter is called "Internet Phone Wizard" from ActionTec. > > That device connects to the PC through USB, and the device has a jack > > for an analog phone. I have connected a corded phone to the device, > > and I can talk using the phone and SkyPe; but I will have to initiate > > the call through the SkyPe program. I don't know how to initiate a > > SkyPe call using the keys in the phone. This is OK as long as I am > > using the corded phone and I need to sit in front of the PC anyway. > > But this won't be OK if I use one of those set of multiple cordless > > phones because I may be making SkyPe call from a different room. > > According to ActionTec web site, I am supposed to hit some keys in the > > phone to initiate a SkyPe call; but they don't say which keys (I guess > > this may be specific to the model of phone). I have emailed them about > > this; but almost a week later they still haven't answered my email (not > > a good sign for customer service). > > > > I think this may have something to do with setting up a Speed Dial to > > each phone number in the phone book in SkyPe. I have done that; but > > still I don't know which keys in the phone to press to tell the phone > > adapter that I meant to use SkyPe to make the call. > > > > I am quite puzzled right now. Please help. > > > > Thanks in advance for any info. > > > > Jay Chan > > | ||||||||||||||||
> SkyPe. I have a question on the way to initiate a call through a
> cordless phone instead of through the SkyPe program.
>
> That phone adapter is called "Internet Phone Wizard" from ActionTec.
> That device connects to the PC through USB, and the device has a jack
> for an analog phone. I have connected a corded phone to the device,
> and I can talk using the phone and SkyPe; but I will have to initiate
> the call through the SkyPe program. I don't know how to initiate a
> SkyPe call using the keys in the phone. This is OK as long as I am
> using the corded phone and I need to sit in front of the PC anyway.
> But this won't be OK if I use one of those set of multiple cordless
> phones because I may be making SkyPe call from a different room.
> According to ActionTec web site, I am supposed to hit some keys in the
> phone to initiate a SkyPe call; but they don't say which keys (I guess
> this may be specific to the model of phone). I have emailed them about
> this; but almost a week later they still haven't answered my email (not
> a good sign for customer service).
>
> I think this may have something to do with setting up a Speed Dial to
> each phone number in the phone book in SkyPe. I have done that; but
> still I don't know which keys in the phone to press to tell the phone
> adapter that I meant to use SkyPe to make the call.
>
> I am quite puzzled right now. Please help.
>
> Thanks in advance for any info.
>
> Jay Chan
>