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New Beocom 5 phone?
Yes, I saw it on Gizmodo a few minutes ago... and then there it was, on the B&O website. Has it been there for a long time?
I believe it was also present at the unveiling of the BV 10-40. As I haven't seen it IRL, I don't know if it's nice, but from what I've seen, I doubt that I'll be bringing out my Gold Card to buy it. It just doesn't seem that nice to me.
Any idea about the price?
Do you need Beoline 2 or can I use my old Beoline base?
/Ola
Do you need Beoline 2 or can I use my old Beoline base?
this has been discussed on other threads - I think it depends how old "old" is .....
Whilst B&O have launched the BeoLine 2 and the Beocom 5 together which will allow up to 8 handsets to be connected and storage for up to 400 names/numbers as well as a two phone line capability. You can have fixed lines or VOIP (Broadband) lines or a combination of both.
You can use the Beocom 5 with existing PSTN or BeoLine bases, but clearly the storage of names/numbers will be limited to 200 listings for those bases.
It is also possible to connect an existing handset either a BeoCom2 and/or a BeoCom 6000 to a BeoLine 2 base, but you would only have a single line functionality.
Location: Hampshire, England
B&O will need to make a correction in their marketing concerning the VoIP aspect of the BeoCom 5.
The BeoCom 5 (or better.. the BeoLine 2) does not do any VoIP out of the box. It just has 2 PSTN lines. If you want to use VoIP on the BeoCom 5 (or any other PSTN phone).. you will need to first buy an ATA (analogue telephone adapter). In this ATA you can configure your VoiP settings and then connect the BeoCom 5.
Eventhough it's stated on the B&O website that you can connect your LAN (Internet connection) directly to the BeoCom 5 I'm pretty sure that this is not the case.
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I'm pretty sure that this is not the case.
Why?
I'm pretty sure that this is not the case.Why?
Because of the fact that there are only RJ11 connectors on the BeoLine 2; and no RJ45 ethernet connectors... and there's NO Voice over IP configuration possible on the BeoCom 5. In my very humble opinion.. the persons doing the marketing for the BeoCom 5 f***ed it up! Big time!
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Keith,
I think you are about the only person (including B&O itself!) who was ever able to make a meaningful and correct distinction between the Euro Mk1s, Mk2s, Beolines, etc., and the US Beocom 1 and its associated US Beoline which was never the Euro Beoline.
The manual and materials for BeoCom 5 make no reference to the US BeoCom 1 and US BeoLine. Any thoughts?
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