Anyone know about digital phone systems?

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Anyone know about digital phone systems?

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We recently bought a conference speakerphone (RCA model 25001)at work. The problem is it is analog and we have a PBX digital system. The result is the phone is now an attractive paper weight. Digital conference phones are cost prohibitive. We are thinking of getting a PBX compatible digital/analog adapter so we can use the analog phone on the digital system. My questions are:

1. Will this actually work?
2. Will there be any degradation of phone sound quality by using an adapter?

Your help is appreciated.
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AFAIK here at work, digital phones behave like analogue phonies when using a analogue jack. To get the digital part your drop must be digital.
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What I have here is an analog phone with a digital jack.
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AFAIK, it shouldn't work. The digital lines have 2 numbers on them and the analogue phone can only use 1. But it won't work on a digital drop. If you plug a digital phone into an analogue jack, it will act like an anlogue phone.
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That is what the adapter is supposedly for.

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?lev ... 4&&An=text
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Just say screw it and set everyone up on teamspeak. LOL

You can't return the phone? I can't say whether or not that adapter would work or not.
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