Re: DoorBell Fon difficulties

["Chub" <w@xxxxx>]

maybe polarity on the phone line.

"Larry Moss" <moss@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have been using my DoorBell Fon for some time now.  All has been well
> with it. There is just one thing I wish I could do that should work.
>
> I am only able to talk on the intercom if the call is initiated from the
> intercom box.  If someone knocks on the door, rather than ring the bell, I
> am not able to speak to them or unlock the door.  The instructions say to
> pick up the phone and hit flash.  That does not work for me.  If it makes
> a
> difference, I'm actually using it on door 2 since that was the only way I
> could get a distinctive ring on my phone. I've tried pushing flash more
> than once with no change. (Supposedly, if connected to D2, you need to hit
> flash twice.  But that doesn't make a difference.)
>
> My usual phone is a cordless phone system.  I had assumed this was part of
> the problem, but I tried plugging in a very simple, corded phone.  I
> unplugged the other phones for this test to make sure there was no
> interference from the system or simply too many phones.
>
> I asked this question of tech support for the DoorBell Fon and it took
> three weeks to get an answer that basically amounts to, "it works. You
> must
> not be hitting flash twice."  Even without this feature working, I love
> the
> product.  I'm not thrilled with tech support.  Since I've seen a number of
> people in this group talking about it, I was hoping someone here would
> have
> a suggestion for me.  the problem I've run into is the large number of
> people that don't want to press the call button because it doesn't look
> like a traditional doorbell.  So they pound on the door.
>
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