Xlink BT Bluetooth Gateway Black
Xlink BT Bluetooth Gateway Black
XLINK X-BT-01-20 CELLULAR BLUETOOTH(R) GATEWAY (CANNOT CONNECT TO HOME TELEPHONE SERVICE)
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Better than a Land Line
As the previous review described, if your home phones (hard wired or cordless) have Caller ID, it will say XLink BT instead of the name and shows the number of the caller. Perhaps in a future software upgrade it will include the caller’s name.
Setup was easy. Hold the button down till it flashes, use your cell phone’s Bluetooth pairing function to find the XLink Gateway, then select it. My iPhone was the easiest. My wife’s Pantech Breeze, was a little more difficult to navigate the menus, but linked up once I figured out how to do it.
You can easily disconnect your land line service at the Network Interface (box) outside your house (if your phone company doesn’t) and just plug it into the wall.
You can then answer or make calls from either your cell or home phones. It defaults to calling out on line 1, but you can override this, if desired. We have a family plan, so it doesn’t matter.
This originally listed for $169, but due to competition, it is now under $100. Get one while they are in stock. It’s the best-kept secret in the Cellular world. Get the convenience of a land line, with the portability of wireless with a one-time investment. Highly recommended.
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5 Stars Works Great!!
I was a little skeptical about this gadget but a guy at work had it and said it worked great! Also, most of the reviews raved about it. So, I decided to order it and give it a try as I was tired of paying for a cell phone AND a landline. Well, recieved it, paired it with my iPhone (about 30 seconds) and promptyl cancelled my landline! Just keep your cell phone close to the XLink and it will pick up all your phones in the house (you need to have a base phone with handsets assigned to that base). Some people find it hard to believe I am talking on a home phone via XLINK via cell phone!!
5 Stars Love the Xlink
My wife and I got rid of the VoIP service we had since everyone calls our cell phones anyway. But in the new house, there’s always quirky spots (my signal is good at my desk, but my new cell phone doesn’t realize I answered the call -wierd). And some people reading this may have dead zones. Enter the Xlink.
I read about the Panasonic KX-TH1212B in Consumer Reports and saw how they liked it, and I always like Panasonic products. But reading some of the reviews online here, I questioned if I may also experience issues. I then read about the Dock-n-Talk, or whatever it’s called, and a GE bluetooth link, but everyone kept swearing by the Xlink.
The Xlink worked right out of the box. I put the box at the cell phone chargers, where cell signal is perfect and issue free. I plugged it up to my Panasonic cordless phones (I call them networked – where you have one plugged into jack and others one their charger but not plugged in wall throughout the house), and there have been no issues.
When you have the cell phone past the 10ft range from box instructed, you will get some static. Easy solution – move the cell phone into range. I liked that I read you could plug up the box and firmware upgrade at no charge for future cell models.
On my cordless handsets, I have numbers programmed, and the handset speaks those names. If an unrecognized call comes in, then it shows up as ‘Xlink BT’, but I have no issue with that. I bought this fron ANTonline through Amazon, and have had nothing but good things to say.
