Bluetooth adapter for office phones

[philnmtl]

Hi Chuck: did you have any success with this. I am looking for a similar solution. I hate holding the phone trying to find the mic in my Oticon Agiles and Bluetooth seems like such a simple solution I already use the streamer for my cel phone. Neither Plantronics, Oticon no Toshiba (office tel manufacturer) were of much help. I am very interested in what you have found. Thanks - Phil

[Don]

I heard back from Plantronics this week from a contact I made last week and they are saying the 510S is discontinued. I think this was the latest model that had bluetooth. The base connects to the landline phone and transmits via bluetooth to your hearing aid bluetooth device. Their advice, and I'm not joking, is to find a dealer that still has inventory. They have no similar replacement device coming out.

The problem is that they are using DECT now instead of bluetooth. The new bases connect to the landline phone and transmit to their proprietary headset using DECT which gives them a much greater range.

Maybe the Jabra device will be the answer.

[founderstelecom]

Originally Posted by Don

I heard back from Plantronics this week from a contact I made last week and they are saying the 510S is discontinued. I think this was the latest model that had bluetooth. The base connects to the landline phone and transmits via bluetooth to your hearing aid bluetooth device. Their advice, and I'm not joking, is to find a dealer that still has inventory. They have no similar replacement device coming out.

The problem is that they are using DECT now instead of bluetooth. The new bases connect to the landline phone and transmit to their proprietary headset using DECT which gives them a much greater range.

Maybe the Jabra device will be the answer.

Hi Don, we are a Plantronics dealer in Austin, TX and I just came upon this forum because I was doing a google search for one of my customers who has the Oticon Streamer. We still have a handful of the discontinued Voyager 500A on the shelf as well as a few of the complete set Voyager 510S (which includes the base and the headset which you probably won't need) as of this moment (6/13/12). If you are still looking for one of these, please feel free to give us a call at (800)333-0020. Thanks!
Denise
Founders Telecom

[Don]

Originally Posted by founderstelecom

Hi Don, we are a Plantronics dealer in Austin, TX and I just came upon this forum because I was doing a google search for one of my customers who has the Oticon Streamer. We still have a handful of the discontinued Voyager 500A on the shelf as well as a few of the complete set Voyager 510S (which includes the base and the headset which you probably won't need) as of this moment (6/13/12). If you are still looking for one of these, please feel free to give us a call at (800)333-0020. Thanks!
Denise
Founders Telecom

Thanks, Denise. They did order one for me at work and it is working fine. I highly recommend the Plantronics 500A base for use with a bluetooth hearing aid device.

We just changed to new phones, the Cisco 7942G and it has a headset port. There is a cable, an electronic switchhook cable, called the APC-4 that connects to the headset port and the Aux port of the phone and then to the 500A. It makes the lifter unnecessary. I should get that in about a week.