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| Grace Digital XLink ITC-BTTN Bluetooth Device | 
 enlarge | Brand: Grace Digital
Category: CE
List Price: $246.84
Buy New: $129.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: ITC-BTTN
UPC: 765410000711
EAN: 0765410000711
ASIN: B000WM811G
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 Helps Use Cell Phones Like Land Lines - With Some Flaws November 16, 2008
Grace Digital XLink Bluetooth Device comes in two versions: ITC-BTTN with which you can use a land line in addition to Bluetooth cell phone; and ITC-BT whcih pairs with only Bluetooth cell phones and has no provision for land line.
They both can make cell phones work just like land lines. Once your Bluetooth cell phone is paired to Xlink, your other phones work just like land line handsets and you can use your cell phones in multiple rooms with multiple cordless handsets. You can pair up to 3 cell phones with each Xlink unit; and one land line in addition on BTTN. Xlink finds a new use for old landline handsets.
Although it works, Xlink is not flawless. Once your cell phone is paired, you cannot receive the call on cell phone itself because you do not hear the audio, you have to pick up the call on other non-cell paired handset; but there are no audio problems with outgoing calls from cellular handset.
There is also a second or two delay in hearing sound on incoming and outgoing calls. Cell phone pairing does not take place automatically each time after the initial pairing. Caller ID does not show up on the cordless handsets although it shows whether the call is on cell phone or land line.
My original purpose in ordering this unit was to see if I can replace 3 business land lines with 3 cheaper cell phone lines but after using it for a month I am not sure if it works like good old reliable land lines. There are other new Bluetooth cordless units that pair with cell phones but as of November 2008, Xlink is the only device of its kind that lets you use your old land line handsets with cell phone.
Just what I needed and works great with my iPhone August 8, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I paired it with my iPhone and it works great. Now I can use my 3 Uniden DECT cordless handsets at home, and keep the iPhone in the charger. It seems to auto-pair without any problem after I come back home. (It's an original model iPhone with current 2.0.1 version software).
I would have given it 5 stars, but the software update program was only available for WIndows, not my Mac. I had to borrow my work windows laptop just to update to the latest ROM version, kind of a pain.
I got this model for $10 more with it's land-line capability than the one without. It seemed to work fine with both connections I had, but I actually gave up my land-line after a week of using this, and am just using my iPhone for all my calls now.
 Finally I can talk on a real phone! August 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased the Grace Digital XLink ITC-BTTN Bluetooth Device about a week ago. It was so easy to set up...it was up and working in about 5 minutes. I have 2 cell phones and I love that since this device is bluetooth, I can leave the house with my cells (1 personal, 1 business)and when I come home and get back in range....my home phones will ring. I have read other reviews that say you need to be close to the device, but mine picks up as soon as I pull into the driveway. Ever since I read the report a couple weeks ago about cell phone radiation, I am so glad I got this. Why take a chance with your health when you can get one of these devices and use a regular phone...and all of your cell phone features will work.
Disappointing August 2, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I guess this product does what it says, but if you want it for more than one cell phone, forget it. It claims to have different rings for each cell phone and your landline, but it is really impossible to tell them apart. So this won't work for a house full of kids with their own cell phones.
And turning on bluetooth on your cell kills the battery much faster than without. This means to use this without killing your cell battery, you have to turn bluetooth on and off. (At least this is true for my Motorola KRZR. Your bluetooth might not do that.)
Great solution for person with pacemaker! June 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Last year I added a line to my Verizon cell phone service (in California) so that my elderly mother's caregiver (in Hawaii) could call me on my cell without charge at any time. My mother has a pacemaker, and cell phone use is discouraged as the cell signal could confuse the pacemaker. After researching options to porting a cell signal to a regular phone handset, I purchased the XLNK Gateway along with an inexpensive AT&T Trimline handset.
I was pleasantly surprised that the Gateway is a lot smaller than I thought it would be! The unit paired easily with the cell phone's bluetooth, and the sound through the AT&T handset was good. The only problem I encountered was in programming the handset for speed dialing through XLNK using the speed dial numbers in the cell phone. The process required multiple tries to get each number working, possibly due more to the AT&T handset than Gateway. Indeed, when I discovered that the programming would be erased when the handset was disconnected from power, I decided it would be easier to program each speed dial number directly into the handset's memory than try to get it to access the cell phone's programming.
Before I had a chance to take Gateway to Hawaii to install in a home with landline service, my mother moved into an assisted living facility on a trial basis. Rather than have the telephone company install a landline, I quickly set up the cell-to-Gateway-to-AT&T handset system. Mom was set up with phone service on her first day in her new home! Gateway performed flawlessly!
Mom is comfortable using the traditional AT&T handset without danger to her pacemaker, and the cell service gives her needed access to family and friends. If Mom decides to move back home, we'll be able to set up the system with her landline.
After one month in service, the setup is still working well. The cell phone remains connected to the charger at all times. I did make sure to label all power cord plugs "Do not disconnect" at the wall outlet so that someone wouldn't inadvertently shut down the whole system. I also left all of the instruction manuals and speed dial programming list so that someone else could redo the setup again if needed. And I made copies of all docs for myself so that I could remotely guide someone through the setup if all else fails!
The XLNK Gateway was a great solution to address the pacemaker concern in an ever-changing living environment.
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