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