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Price : $34.00

Features

• Buy with confidence!
• The Model 5900 Phone Adapter for Skype allows customers to use the phones they have now to make and

Product Description

The Zoom Phone Adapter for Skype lets you use your favorite phone with Skype. You can plug a normal phone into the adapter, and then make or receive calls using that phone. You can even plug in a cordless base station for 1, 2, 4, or even more cordless phones, and then make or receive calls using any of those phones!The Zoom Phone Adapter is easy to install and use, but it’s very powerful, especially if you choose to plug the adapter into normal phone service. Powerful bridging functions allow Skype calls to be forwarded to cell/mobile phones and other conventional phone numbers. This lets you use a mobile phone (cell phone) to make calls using Skype and save lots of money, or to receive Skype calls, making you easier to reach. Remote phones can also dial into the adapter to make outbound Skype calls.The Model 5900 is USB port powered to reduce power adapter clutter. The compact size allows convenient placement in any setting. There’s no better time than now to extend the power of Skype. And there’s no better way than with the Zoom Phone Adapter for Skype.

Customer Reviews

Review date : 2008-07-01
I found this product by accident while at a local Walmart. My wife uses SKYPE to make phone calls to relatives who are in another country but hates using a headset mic so I thought I could give this a try. The price was under $40 which is similar to the cost of a good headset mic so I thought it worth the money.

Installation was pretty straight forward and in about 30 minutes I found I was able to talk to people on Skype using my regular cordless phone.
The clarity is outstanding!

The operating instructions are a joke which is why I did not give this product a 5 star rating. I went to Zooms web site and found a PDF manual which explained how to use your regular phone to dial SKYPE contacts by assigning them a speed dial number.

Other than that it is a great product!

Review date : 2008-06-05
I have used this device for about 2 weeks now. I purchased it at a local store for about $39. The device installed very easy, the instructions were not clear on how to make calls out. You have to press ##, Country Code, area code phone number (ie for us calls ##,01,1-xxx-xxxx). It works with my desktop phone and cordless phone, no problems at all. I have also connected my landline to it, works like a charm.

Pros:
-Do not need to buy new phones to use skype
-You can choose better phones to use with skype that cost less
-Can use your regular phone line in addtion to skype.

Cons:
-Need to understand how to make calls first
-PC needs to be ON for it to work

Review date : 2008-06-02
I have used my Zoom adapter in conjunction with Skype for about 6 months and have had zero problems with the device. Installation was quick and simple and use is intuitive enough that I have never really looked at any instructions.

This unit offers a huge improvement in quality and ease of use over the headset/mike combo usually used with VoIP.

CEH 6/02/08

Review date : 2007-10-03
It provides a USB connection to your computer and allows you to connect one phone for your land-line and Skype phone. Falls short in not having VOIP circuitry built-in that allows you to make Skype calls with your computer off. Still, good value for the price and I will use it when I travel.

Review date : 2007-09-29
I asked for a Zoom electronic interface to mate with the skype phone on my computer. It was supposed to allow me to make skype calls using an ordinary home phone plugged into the interface. I followed the directions that came with an included CD, to the letter. I was able to produce an alarm-like dial tone on the home phone. But there were no instructions that told me what to do next. I tried simply dialing a number but that produced no result. Zoom did not have an 800 number, but one you had to pay for. I dialed it twice with my skype phone, but could not use its tone-activated automatic menus, so had to use a snail phone to reach them. I was put on hold for long periods. Later, I was told to leave my phone number and I would be called later. I never received a call back, nor did was any recorded or live promise to call me back ever fulfilled. I reached a technical support person on one occasion. He somehow got it in his head that I was using dial-up to make phone calls. I was not. I have DSL. Then he told me that he didn’t know how to make Zoom work with a Skype phone, but would put me in contact with someone in the technical shop who did know how. He either put me on hold for a long period after which no one ever picked up, or told me he would have someone call back. I was not called back ever by anyone at Zoom despite several promises. Two other attempts to talk to Zoom technicians, were met with mechanical voice instructions to leave a phone number and I would be called later at that number. I never received a callback from Zoom from leaving those instructions. I tried to google online instructions from users who had encountered zoom-skype phone interface problems and solved them. I found a lot of folks on forums who had problems, but I found NO solutions on any of those forums. The Zoom Skype phone interface is simply a product that is not even being honestly offered in the marketplace. In the end, I sent the product back to Amazon and received a full reimbursement.