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Summary: Works on my TiVo and Sat box
Review: I haven't used this for my computer but it works flawlessly with my TiVo and Satellite receiver. However, I'm at an extremely close range to the receiver...only about 10 feet so I don't know how it would work through walls. It was very easy to set up.
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Summary: A must for TiVo, Directv
Review: I needed a quick solution for my TiVo and Directv video setup. Both require a phone jack for downloading program data. This was the solution I was looking for. It worked right out of the box with about 5 minutes setup time to find the best connection. There is even some thinking on a major TiVo forum that this product will protect your modem from surges.
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Summary: Too Slow!!
Review: I purchased it on Ebay for 40 bucks and thought I was getting a good deal. My condo doesn't have a phone jack in the spare room so this was better than running a phone line from one room to the next. Unfortunately I haven't been able to connect any faster than 28.8. Yikes!! My place is only 5 years old. Price was right, quality was wrong. I'll stick with the long phone lines.
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Summary: Terrible Track Record
Review: I purchased the cordless phone jack for my DirecTV system, and it worked fine for three months. Then it broke down. I reset the system and it worked great for another two days before breaking down again. I decided I must have gotten a lemon (it happens), and I purchased a new system. The new one lasted all of two weeks. So now I'm running a 25' telephone cord across the living room, and hoping that someday in the near future the bugs will be worked out of this otherwise very handy technology.
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Summary: Works better than I thought
Review: I thought this product was not going to work well in my house, however it turned out to work better than I expected. I have it hooked up to my modem on my laptop. I download web pages at about the same rate as before (long cord to the phone jack) at times even faster. It does disconnect once in a while but this is a small price to pay when it saves me from dealing with long phone cords. Was worth the gamble for me.
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Summary: Going to swith to Phonex PX 441
Review: I was having all the same frustrations as the other reviewers. I had horrible humming and buzzing - it was quite frustrating. I thought it had something to do with the range, but after playing with it for an hour or so, I discovered that this device *needs* to be plugged directly into your wall jacks to work as intended. If you plug it into a surge protector or UPS (like I had done), you get a bunch of noise and really [bad] connections.Now that I've plugged both units directly into wall jacks, my FAX machine is now happily working.
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Summary: Had the same problems, but figured it out...
Review: I was having all the same frustrations as the other reviewers. I had horrible humming and buzzing - it was quite frustrating. I thought it had something to do with the range, but after playing with it for an hour or so, I discovered that this device *needs* to be plugged directly into your wall jacks to work as intended. If you plug it into a surge protector or UPS (like I had done), you get a bunch of noise and really [bad] connections. Now that I've plugged both units directly into wall jacks, my FAX machine is now happily working.
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Summary: Used with DVR
Review: I was quite concerned with buying this based off of the mixed review it has received. However, having used it now for several months, I am totally satisfied with this product. Nightly since I installed it, it has not missed downloading the programming from Panasonic for my Replay TV DVR.
I have it set up all the way on the far end of my kitchen going to the far end of my living room (about 35 feet). I have it plugged in in my kitchen pretty much underneath a flourescent lamp, still with no issues. Recommended.
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Summary: Works like a champ
Review: I wasn't sure if this would work, but it works great. Base unit is upstairs, and the extension jack is downstairs. My Tivo (another great product) uses it to call out every night w/o fail. :)
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Summary: A Poor Man's Wireless Network -- That Works!
Review: I've used the RCA RC930 Wireless Modem Jacks to create a poor man's wireless network in my home. It works! And I love it! I can now sit in any chair of my house, surf the web, and print (across the room) to my wireless HP 995 Bluetooth printer. My system consists of two sets of RCA Wireless Modem Jacks (a sender and receiver unit in each set) -- one set for the upstairs and one set for the downstairs (which appear to be on separate circuits and are not connected); a 3Com Bluetooth PC card for my laptop; and a HP 995 Bluetooth printer. I now use my laptop in the following manner: first, I plug the RCA receiving unit into the wall outlet nearest where I want to sit; then I turn on the printer; and finally, I extend the little blue tooth-shaped antenna (how cute!) on the laptop's PC card -- and I'm all set to go! The RCA Modem Jack is good up to 56k, which is ok since I don't have internet cable or DSL service in my area. But I'll gladly trade-off mobility for speed any day. Here's why. My desktop computers (old and new) are in my upstairs bedrooms -- where I can't use them when my family is sleeping. They are also far away from where my family spends most of its time -- and that's downstairs by the TV's. With the RCA wireless modem jacks, I can now access the internet --- while watching TV with my family; and I can surf the net long after everyone has gone to sleep -- when internet speeds are fastest. The connection is fairly clean (free of static); and the transfer speed is nearly as fast as if I had accessed the phone jack directly. I've gotten very used to sitting in my favorite chair and surfing the net. When cable or DSL eventually come to my neighborhood, I guess I'll have to set up a wireless network in my home (for a lot more money) -- in order to maintain my mobility. Until then, I'll use the next best thing -- RCA's Wireless Modem Jacks. They're great!
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