Karel Uyttendaele wrote:

the persons doing the marketing for the BeoCom 5 f***ed it up! Big time!

I agree!  By the incredibly silly standard they used, they could have said that the BeoCom 5 is a satellite phone, an IMMARSAT phone, a Skype phone, a Bluetooth Gateway phone, etc., when, by all lights, it is simply a two-line phone... you can just plug any sort of interface box into either or even both lines and then by such a broad definition, it can be anything you want it to be!

But this is silly, because any old phone meets the exact same standard.

Instance: By B&O's standard, my BeoCom 1 is a cellular phone! —because on Line 1 we have a good 'ole phone line and on Line 2 we have an xLink BTTN, so that when any of our mobile phones ring while at home, we can pick up Line 2 and chat from our BeoCom 1 house phones while using our cellphones as the connection medium.

XavierItzmann wrote:

The manual and materials for BeoCom 5 make no reference to the US BeoCom 1 and US BeoLine.  Any thoughts?

Not compatible at all (2.4Ghz vs DECT 1.9Ghz).  My US Beoline, unfortunately, is going to be tossed (along with my two Beocom1s) to make room for the new system.  I could keep them I guess but having two wireless phone systems going at once seems to defeats the point of an integrated system.

I might be tempted to pick up some used beocom 6000s to mix in.  Do you think the euro BC6000 handsets would be compatible with the US cradle/charger/battery?

I have a Beo6000 with an extra charging base (and a new battery)  - the phone is hardly used since I went completely cellular a few years back.  Any interest in a trade?

-michael

Michael wrote:

Not compatible at all (2.4Ghz vs DECT 1.9Ghz).  My US Beoline, unfortunately, is going to be tossed (along with my two Beocom1s) to make room for the new system.  I could keep them I guess but having two wireless phone systems going at once seems to defeats the point of an integrated system.

Went to see the dealer tonight.  Agreed with you that Beocom 1/Beoline 1 is incompatible with Beocom 5/Beoline 2 "because Beocom 5 is DECT 6.0".  However he indicated the Beolines, to be installed next to each other in the backwall of a closet behind a bookcase, will not interfere with each other's signal [2.4 vs. 1.9 as you say].

At first I was very put off by the idea of installing yet another box (the Beoline 2).  But our home is small (i.e., no need for the intercom facility) and I enjoy having a range of different B&O phones in each room —I wouldn't consider getting rid of our BC 2400 with A/V remote, BC 3, and BC 1.  

So we ordered the speakerphone base, the BL 2, and one BC 5.  Delivery is expected in mid-December.

Hi hello dear beofans,

Do you know the price for the Beocom5 ?

In Paris, I got different prices like 790 euros, 650 euros, 690 euros...I am wondering what is the best price you have been told ?

Cheers,

Guy

600 euro's

Thanks.

In Paris, price tends to start from 650 to 790 euros.

Need to negociate though.

Guy