
Price : $19.00


Features
- Use your regular phone to make Skype Internet Telephone Service calls
- Receive and make both regular telephone and Skype Internet Telephone calls on the same phone
- In-call switching, conference calling, call forwarding, and toll bypassing
- Includes two RJ-11 ports and a USB port to connect your regular phone line, phone and computer
- Gives you the best of both worlds–the features of your existing phone and the low cost advantages of Skype
Product Description
The DPH-50U Skype USB Phone Adapter combines all the great features of your existing telephone, with the low-cost advantages of the Skype Internet Telephone Service. Using your existing telephone enables you to use your telephone’s built-in features such as speed dial, redial, mute and caller ID2. Using a cordless phone even unties you from your computer while making Skype calls. Best of all, there is no additional equipment to buy to start using the DPH-50U. Includes two RJ-11 ports and a USB port to conveniently connect your regular phone line, telephone and computer
Customer Reviews
Review date : 2008-09-25 
First of all read Affordabletech’s review. It has everything to get you going. I will summarize:
1. Throw away the CD that came with the product.
2. Get the latest Vista driver (even if you have XP) from the dlink website.
3. Unzip it to some folder. Double click on Setup.exe
4. Some driver-installation windows will pop-up, point them to the location where you unzipped the zip file.
5. Now connect your dlink hardware to the computer.
It works flawlessly. (I tried it with XP-SP2). I cannot praise it enough.
Another tip: To call a US phone, dial 001-area-code-phone-number followed by #. (Configure the dlink software to use # as a transmit character, it defaults to * on mine). OR you could leave the default and press * on the handset to transmit the number to dial.
I subscribed to skype’s unlimited US&Canada calling and also got myself a skype-in number and I am in VOIP heaven. Bye bye land phone-lines.
For the price (10 bux AR), it’s really a 7-8 star product.
Review date : 2008-09-23 
I’m running Vista, and that was problem #1. The drivers that ship with it don’t work on Vista. Calling D-Link customer service is an exercise in anger management. Unbelievably complex menus to get to a technician. And they require you to give name, phone, email, address, before they will even begin to talk with you.
The product still won’t work after downloading updated drivers. It’s trying to engage, but it won’t.
An hour is too long to spend trying to set up a simple product like this. (That’s what I get for being cheap!) Spend $10 or $20 more and get one that will work out of the box. That’s what I’m going to go do now - buy a better one that gets better reviews.
Review date : 2008-09-20 
I was very much on the fence about buying this product because of some of the reviews. But for $9.99 after rebate, I figured it was worth a try.
I use Skype primarily for communicating with my out of state employer. I had a Logitech speakerphone that I used with Skype, but I really wanted to be able to use my wireless phones in the house so I didn’t have to be at the computer during our entire conversations, and I didn’t want to spend more than $40 for a solution at the moment.
I didn’t have any problems installing the drivers on Vista Ultimate (just download the latest drivers from the website and follow the instructions). I’m also NOT having any issues with the program crashing or hogging memory like others reported.
I use a VoIP provider (similar to Vonage) as my primary phone service because it’s always been better than my Skype service, and I was happy that this device works with it just like it’s a regular phone service. This device has no problems so far with my VoIP service or the Skype service. This product was a great deal!
Review date : 2008-09-18 
I was so excited to receive this product, I wanted a cheap replacement to make long distance calls, and I figured I could hook this device up, leave my computer on, and always have the ability to make a long distance call by simply picking up my phone.
Boy was I wrong…
Installation was a mess, and mind you I am a computer programmer for a living, so I’m very well acquainted with installing device drivers. The driver would install, but then I’d get an error saying it couldn’t find my device. The "mini-cd" included with the package wouldn’t even work in my CD-ROM, so I had to find drivers on the web. It took a lot of tinkering, but I finally got it working.
Believe me, the device works, if you have just recently booted up your computer, and recently started skype. If you do anything out of the norm, like put your computer on standby, or hibernate it, the device and/or skype will stop working. Instead of simply being able to pick up your phone, you really end up having to reboot your computer to clear the "bugs" from the system. I tried everything I could to fix this problem, found programs to restart skype and this adapter every time I came back from standby, nothing ever seemed to work for too long.
Bottom line, if you are fine being near your computer every time you make a call, by all means, buy it. However, if you are thinking you can set it up and forget it, you have another thing coming.
Review date : 2008-09-14 
After looking over reviews from other customers, I noticed a trend in what they were saying but failed to listen. Most of the reviews are pre-2008 and were from 2006. I take it that was when the DPH-50U was launched. STILL TO THIS DAY THE DRIVERS ON THIS DEVICE ARE TERRIBLE!!!! I downloaded Skypemate with it, because I read that another user had it work for them. Not for me. The reason I purchased the product was to have the mobility to move about my home freely without being tied down in front of my computer screen. My webcam hasn’t dropped a call once, but I once again have to sit in front of the computer to use my VOIP. Do not buy this device. DO NOT!!!
