If you want cheap (I'm about as Scottish as they get), I've been using NT handsets from Centrex phones, with a converter box. I was busting open defunct handsets and salvaging the 4 bin jack but I found them surplus in Montreal. You use a mini stereo extension cable on the other side of the little black box, cut in half. The wiring is fairly simple: one cable for headset, one for mic, plugged into your notebook sound jacks or whatever sound card. The "hot" leads (not ground) for each are tied together in the box. Trick is to cut out the extra diode on the jack PCB, and watch the polarity of the mic. If it doesn't work try reversing the mic wires. Any handset that I get off of an old fax machine seems to have the opposite polarity so avoid those unless you want to rewire the handset.
You can also plug one of the Plantronics headset amplifiers into one of these if you want. Makes for more wiring though. Peter M. > Any one have a recommendation for a cheap but reasonable quality USB > handset? > I plan on using it with IDEFisk, so any features that were linked would > be nice. > > Chad > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************** Peter MacFarlane, ACP Network Administration & Programming Target Call Center/ Message Centre P.E.I. ********************************************************
