Presario V2000, US Robotics phone, Skype, lots of noise
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Posted by Nehmo on October 18, 2006, 9:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have a Compaq Presario V2000 laptop, and I'm trying to get a US Robotics 9601A USB phone http://www.usr.com/support/product-template.asp?prod=9601a to work. It's supposed to work with Skype; I have version 2.5.0.141. I can make the calls alright but the received sound on the other end is very bad. I the voice turns into a whine, sort of. US Robotics tech support said bad phone or bad computer, but had no further advice other than to try the phone in another computer. Don't have one.. When I plug in the phone, a balloon says that this device would perform faster if you connected it to a HI-Speed USB 2 port. The laptop only has 3 available ports, and it doesn't seem to matter which one I use. I see the USB ports in Device manager but I think they're the same. Is the USB slowness the problem? Is there anything I can do? -- (||) Nehmo (||) | |||||||||||||
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Posted by BillW50 on October 22, 2006, 10:17 pm
Please log in for more thread options Yes. Does that laptop have a PC Card (PCMCIA) slot? You can buy USB 2.0 adapters for this slot. And they are not that much on eBay either. Although I don't know if it will solve your problem. As USB 1.1 should be fast enough for VoIP. Say you are not trying this on dialup, are you? Or a slow broadband connection? Or an USB hub? -- Bill | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Nehmo on October 22, 2006, 10:37 pm
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I have an expansion slot, I'm on a decently fast DSL connection, and I'm not using a hub. So there's a difference between USB ports. Apparently there's a 2 and a 1.1, you say. I'll have to read up on this. Maybe I can find a forum for Skype or something where somebody else has had the same problem. Thanks for the reply. I don't think I can return the phone. It's from Wal-Mart and (so far) I lost the box and receipt. BillW50 wrote: > > I have a Compaq Presario V2000 laptop, and I'm trying to get a US
> > Robotics 9601A USB phone > > http://www.usr.com/support/product-template.asp?prod=9601a to work. > > It's supposed to work with Skype; I have version 2.5.0.141. I can > > make the calls alright but the received sound on the other end is very > > bad. I the voice turns into a whine, sort of. > > > > US Robotics tech support said bad phone or bad computer, but had no > > further advice other than to try the phone in another computer. Don't > > have one.. > > > > When I plug in the phone, a balloon says that this device would > > perform faster if you connected it to a HI-Speed USB 2 port. The > > laptop only has 3 available ports, and it doesn't seem to matter > > which one I use. I see the USB ports in Device manager but I think > > they're the same. Is the USB slowness the problem? Is there anything I > > can do? >
> Yes. Does that laptop have a PC Card (PCMCIA) slot? You can buy USB 2.0 > adapters for this slot. And they are not that much on eBay either. > Although I don't know if it will solve your problem. As USB 1.1 should > be fast enough for VoIP. Say you are not trying this on dialup, are you? > Or a slow broadband connection? Or an USB hub? > > -- > Bill | |||||||||||||
> Robotics 9601A USB phone
> http://www.usr.com/support/product-template.asp?prod=9601a to work.
> It's supposed to work with Skype; I have version 2.5.0.141. I can
> make the calls alright but the received sound on the other end is very
> bad. I the voice turns into a whine, sort of.
>
> US Robotics tech support said bad phone or bad computer, but had no
> further advice other than to try the phone in another computer. Don't
> have one..
>
> When I plug in the phone, a balloon says that this device would
> perform faster if you connected it to a HI-Speed USB 2 port. The
> laptop only has 3 available ports, and it doesn't seem to matter
> which one I use. I see the USB ports in Device manager but I think
> they're the same. Is the USB slowness the problem? Is there anything I
> can do?