How exactly does this thing work??? Is it like a phone or an intercom? Also, how is it at going through walls and floors? Could it reach from the third floor of a regular house to the basement?
790609
It is sort of like a phone. You program phone numbers to auto dial when the person presses the 'emergency' button. If the 1st number does not answer, it will auto dial the next number. Then the last phone number is 911. You can use the device to answer the phone wherever you are in the house. I don't know but I would guess if you put it on the 2nd floor, it might reach the 1st & 3rd floors. It has a 300 ft range & will go through some walls & floors. My Mom lives on a single floor but I also have one for my Mother-in law & she uses it on 1st & 2nd floor of her home. Good luck
2104849
These are designed to be mounted on the ceiling and radiate downward. If you mount this in the basement most of your signal will go down to the floor and be blocked by your foundation. You might get a signal in the back yard, but it probably won't be very good. Similarly, your signal on the upper floors won't be great. Suggestion: mount it on the ceiling of the first floor or check out EnGenius' line of outdoor Wireless Access Points.
200480
No problem - It works all over the house, I would guess it is good for about 100-300 ft easy. We use it for a call button for my 99 1/2 year old mother in law and it works fine.
130302
It is designed for one telephone line coming into your house. It connects to that one line by plugging into the wall jack. You can then connect two devises to the one line. I.E. a computer modem and a telephone or two telephones etc. Both cannot be used at the same time.
592342
I have the transmitter upstairs and the receiver about 90 feet away in a basement. In that environment it is flawless. This is a 1954 house built by a major contractor for himself. The floors are thick sit on steel beams and the walls are plasterboard on top of lathe.
308455
I could never get mine to work even in the room I was trying in. And I never saw where the money was credited back to my card once I sent mine back. So I can't say if it will work through walls . I couldn't even get it to work in the same room.
1339537
I live in a basement apartment and my intercom works great. We have a rather long hall connecting the kitchen to the living room (that's where we placed ours) and the reception is great. Hope this helps.
34310
All I can say is that I have two of these and in each room they get different channels. I don't get all that one does in the other room. Being in a basement, The signal may be a bit weak. Best that I can answer.
654911
I would say the range is about 10 ft or less and it does not go through walls. Mine actually acted up (main unit and remote needed re-syncing every few hours) and I ended up returning it. Otherwise, it seems to be useful if used in a small space.
24078
Honestly, it depends. Im leaning towards no, or low signal. I bought this to use in my university's club, which is in the basement ( surrounded by concrete, pipes, heavy flooring etc.). It can reach some wifi a floor or 2 above (some PS3s, and weird mobile wifis), but it cant reach the normal campus wifi. If you mean standard apartment/house floors, i'd say probably. Its not at all a bad router, but its also not a DC outlet, power hungry, giant radio receiver or anything. So.. i dont actually have a definite answer for you, other than "possibly", leaning slightly towards "probably". Honestly, it depends. Im leaning towards no, or low signal. I bought this to use in my university's club, which is in the basement ( surrounded by concrete, pipes, heavy flooring etc.). It can reach some wifi a floor or 2 above (some PS3s, and weird mobile wifis), but it cant reach the normal campus wifi. If you mean standard apartment/house floors, i'd say probably. Its not at all a bad router, but its also not a DC outlet, power hungry, giant radio receiver or anything. So.. i dont actually have a definite answer for you, other than "possibly", leaning slightly towards... » Read More Honestly, it depends. Im leaning towards no, or low signal. I bought this to use in my university's club, which is in the basement ( surrounded by concrete, pipes, heavy flooring etc.). It can reach some wifi a floor or 2 above (some PS3s, and weird mobile wifis), but it cant reach the normal campus wifi. If you mean standard apartment/house floors, i'd say probably. Its not at all a bad router, but its also not a DC outlet, power hungry, giant radio receiver or anything. So.. i dont actually have a definite answer for you, other than "possibly", leaning slightly towards "probably". « Show Less
1164737
It depends on the ceiling construction, but the range is pretty good. I have two of these in an old plaster house and the receiver unit is completely above the plaster ceiling and they both work anywhere within the room, and anywhere in the adjacent room that is within line of site of the doorway. They do not reliably function through a plaster wall.
1288406
Mine works but not very well - it dings with the door bell. I have it in my basement when someone goes to the front door it seems to work ok. Don't believe I could recommend it though.
580102
I use the intercom when I am in one building and want to to talk DH in another building. Yes, we have 3 phones on this and you can direct call to each other phone as needed. It does ring differently. My system is hooked up to phone line and works as regular phone too, I have been very happy with this phone. :)
1419542
It works pretty well!!!I have it setup in the basement and it works even from the second floor.
1123429
For that issue,I purchased this VTech CS6409 DECT 6.0 Accessory Handset Cordless Phone. It has 3 handsets or you can purchase more handsets if you want. I use it just to communicate from room to room, not to make phone calls.The intertalk, is wired, and you would have to bring the wire from upstairs to downstairs, not pretty. I hope this helps.
1848035
Sorry I have not tested haw far it goes. My son has a play room in the basement. We use them to communicate while he is down stairs and they work great for that.
1913669
It doesn't need line of sight to be able to respond, however, it does need to be on the same floor. We live in a three storied house and my wife keys could be anywhere. We have to go to each floor to discover her keys. It has worked well when we needed it.