RE: Intercom recommendations please

["Martin Howell" <martin.howell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How about a pair of those cheap two way radios?  Each of you carries
one
at all times and they work over long enough distances for you to radio
the kitchen for a cuppa when you are in the garage/garden/outside loo

Martin



-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Tim Hawes
Sent: 24 August 2011 14:46
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Intercom recommendations please

Hi Erik,

Just a quick reply but would these suit?
http://www.wireless-intercom.co.uk/2%20way%20wireless%20intercom%20wire%
20free.htm

There seems to be a 4-unit kit - it's not clear whether it can be
further
expanded by just adding more units.

Alternatively, I think the Comfort alarm system has an intercom facility
via
keypads, and if you have / are planning a home VoIP system you could
probably do it via that too i.e. ring all phones on a combination of key
presses.

HTH,

Tim.
p.s. I've no connection with the seller/mnfr. of the kits in the link
:-)

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Erik Carlson <erik@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am looking for intercom recommendations, preferably wall mountable,
> though
> this may not take place on day 1.
>
> We have recently moved from living in a flat to our first house with 3
> levels and lots of stairs. My wife, who is pregnant, has taken to
shouting
> across the house at the top of her voice rather than going up and down
the
> stairs all the time. Understandable if you ask me, but not ideal.
>
> I have considered using our DECT phones to call each other, however
this
> doesn't seem to be workable, the phones get lost around the house and
any
> given phone could be in any given room at any time and there is no
paging
> function on our system. She would not have the patience to keep
dialing
> through all the possible extensions to try to reach me.
>
> Years ago (10 years +) i used to have some plug in intercoms that sent
> radio
> around the mains, but these are long gone and I can't seem to find a
> replacement any more. searches for intercoms seem to turn up door
entry
> phones which is not what I want.
>
> I am looking for a system that would allow me to put multiple units
> (probably 4) around the house, be wall mountable (eventually) and
allow any
> room to announce a message around the rest of the house. I don't care
about
> addressing an individual room, only broadcasting to the whole house.
>
> Do you have any recommendations for wireless intercoms that would do
the
> job? if they could do video that would be awesome, but just for geek
value,
> it's only really audio that's important.
>
> Similarly if there is anything I should avoid please say so.
>
> Most of the house has cat 6 wiring providing Gig Ethernet , there is
also
> 802.11N.
>
> I have searched through archives of this list before posting , but
most
> conversations seemed to center around using software on PCs which is
rather
> outside of the scope of this requirement.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Erik
>
> --
> Erik Carlson (erik@xxxxxxx) http://www.erik.co.uk
>
>


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