Is a DECT cordless phone safe? specifically :

1) Is the DECT phone radiating even when not in use and the handset is lying on the base station?

2) Is the radiation from a DECT cordless phone when in use less than or more than that of a mobile phone?

We recently converted to FIOS phone service and we now have Caller ID, so I need to get some new phones for the house. I was looking at the DECT phones and am wondering if they will be compatible with our phone service, since we do not have digital.

Can anyone please help? We don't need any special features like fax or email or anything, just regular phone service. Thanks for any help!

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We recently changed from having a landline at home as well as a broadband line to having both on only one land via BT Talk. We have had 2 months of problems with incoming calls now where they are inaudible. We have a cordless phone that works fine for outgoing calls and some incoming calls but is our problem with the incoming calls because our handset/telephone is not compatible with both the broadband and tel line coming in through the same source? Does it have to be a DECT phone to work on the broadband line?What do we need to look for on our phone to ascertain this? Please help as we are very stressed every time the phone goes!!!!!

When I use my dect phone to call another party that is on a 5.8 ghz frequency, or if the other party calls me from their 5.8 ghz phone what frequency is the call on and will there still be static on the line if the call is incoming from the 5.8 ghz phone?

I just purchased a GE 27909 DECT 6.0. It's the only phone I've ever owned without a switch to kill the ringer on the base unit. When you disable the ringer according to the instructions, it only kills the ringer in the handset!! So know I'm stuck unplugging the phone line as the only way to ignore early morning unwanted calls.

response to anon 9937: You are very wise to be concerned. Have the phone checked out for Electro Magnetic Fields (EMFs). We are more and more bombarded with these, from cell phone towers to household lights, particularly CFTs (compact fluorescent tubes).

My old Philips DECT phones are on their way out, and need to be replaced. One useful feature they have is that I can set up 3-way external calling by dialing TWO external numbers in turn (plus a little bit of button pressing). Is this feature common to all DECT handsets ?

what is the difference between normal cordless phone and dect phone? i am working in a multi-storied building with a complex structure. can i use dect phone in the building with lot of terminals and more than 10 dect phones? (like a normal cordless phones, but the phone should be in "range" within every part of the building) Now my staff is using normal mobile phones.

A lot of DECT phones can be reset by pushing a reset knob or by a special command. I own two different DECT phones marketed by Philips: a Voip321 dual phone and a Philips DECT515. It seems that the Philips DECT phones have no provision to give the handset and/or the base station a hard reset.

The base station of the Voip321 can be reset with a registered handset. However, if the registration is the problem you are lost.

The handset of the DECT515 can be reset by removing the batteries for more than 8 hours. However, if that doesn't solve the problem there is no way to give the handset a hard reset.

Are you aware of this problem with Philips DECT phones? Or is there a "secret" solution for my problems?

is panasonic handset 1034 compatible with 8231 base?

Why do DECT phones use only radio spectrum?

Are there any known risks by using or having a DECT phone in your home? When I lived in Germany 2 years ago, there was an issue about that type phone at my child's school.

In response to anon4936:

It depends on the model phone you get. The Philips DECT 6.0 allows any handset to pick up the incoming call. However, once one handset picks up that call, another person can't listen in with the other handset unless the call is transferred or 3-way calling between the 2 handsets and external caller are initiated.

It sounds like a lot of work, but only takes 3 minutes to get it down without issue.

The Philips DECT 6.0 High Def voice is compatible with headsets. Battery life is 12 hours talk time and 150 hours on idle. The exact model number is CD4402B/37 and runs for just about $68 at Walmart. Setup is under 10 minutes and includes a second handset and base station. The second base station does not require a phone cord to be directly connected. The first station obviously does require a phone cord.

The phone is compatible with Voip services such as Vonage. The set includes speaker phone and direct calling to the other handset (intercom style). The phone LCD and keys are completely back lit with a vivid blue light. My only complaint about this model is that the ring tones (or as they say on the phone; ring melodies) are kinda annoying.

I have the same number for phone and fax. Used to work perfectly with my old Panasonic phone. With new Panasonic DECT 6.0 phone, when people call me, they immediately hear the ten digit dial sound and "beep" of the fax (and if I pick up immediately I also hear it.) very annoying! Any ideas why this happens, and what can I do to stop it?

Do the DECT phones ALL use the Spread Spectrum technology, or is it not necessary any more?

Are all digital phones DECT are does DECT specify a particular standard for digital phones? If so are DECT phones superior to regular digital phones?

What about security? Is it possible for someone to listen in with a scanner like the old cordless phones?

I purchased a Panasonic DECT 6.0 phone (KX-TG8232) recently. I find that whenever this phone is active, I lose my interconnection via my DSL. The DSL line is filtered by the splitter provided by the phone company. Any ideas?

I purchased a GE 5.8Ghz and you couldn't have two people listen on two handsets to the same call. You had to transfer the call to the other handset. Will the DECT technology allow two people on different handsets talk to the same incoming caller?

For example, incoming phone call is answered by two different people at same time in household. On my old phone, both handsets could hear the incoming caller and we would figure out who they wanted to talk to and the other handset was hung up. But the GE only allowed one handset to hear it and then you had to transfer it to the right phone.

I decided to research phones and the DECT seems best. But I need the capability of having more than one handset answer the call.

My dect 6.0 phone is great except when I use my headset I get an echo. Are there headsets made for dect 6.0 technology?

I have a Uniden 1060 (DECT 6.0).

Specification-wise, what is the Peak Envelope Power of the Base and Handset? I'd really like to adjust the antenna to optimize the TPO (Transmitter Power Output (TPO).

I'm a ham radio operator.. sorry for all the techie stuff..

jay

Actually, the lower the frequency, the longer the range (due to a longer wavelength). A 900MHz phone generally will have much better range than a 5.8GHz phone.

I have seen plenty of DECT cordless phones that are headset compatible.

As for my question - how would you compare the range and call quality of a DECT phone vs. a 5.8 GHz digital phone like the Uniden TRU 9360? My current phone is a 2.4 GHz and gets static when I go outside (but still not far from the base). I've heard DECT may be better quality sound, but at "only" 1.7 GHz - wouldn't the range be much less than a 5.8 GHz? Thanks.

are there any DECT cordless phones that are headset compatible?