Anyone know about digital phone systems?

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:03 pm

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.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:35 pm

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.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:49 pm

What I have here is an analog phone with a digital jack.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:09 pm

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.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:14 pm

That is what the adapter is supposedly for.

http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?lev ... 4&&An=text

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:33 pm

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.