Yeah I know but the general view is that AM radio today let alone FM in
a portable is an afterthought so make em cheap and who gives a stuff
about quality, sensitivity, selectivity or anything else as most people
just won't pay the price, they want to listen, for as little money as
possible and couldn't give much of a damn about anything else, naturally
there are exceptions on this list for example <smile>.
On 7/06/2011 3:54 AM, André van Deventer wrote:
I once paid much more than that for a handy little portable which gave me a
huge frequency range together with 2 different fm modes, AM, two single
sideband modes and CW. And that was more than 200$ I can assure you!!
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Yep that's the way company's work I'm afraid, research which looks more like
so-called assumptsion, people with hearing aids? Well they're likely to be
older people wanting a phone with bigger buttons, just like the garbage that
radio companies come out with that says that no will buy a portable radio
over $200.00.
On 7/06/2011 3:21 AM, André van Deventer wrote:
Thanx. I was just curious.
I always wonder though when companies advertise phones as hearing aid
compatible why you will always find that they tend to be more basic
phones.
That is to some extent understandable for older people especially but
I wonder if they ever consider that people using hearing aids would
also like to have the more complicated functions sometimes?
Just something I have noticed now that I am also working in the
assistive devices for hearing impaired persons industry.
Andre
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Actually I just went back to the catalogue of where I bought the phone
and yep, Siemens make a cordless phone which is branded hearing aid
compatible so I'm guessing from this that it would have an induction
loop facility though it doesn't seem to have some of the features that
mine has.
Seems to be a bigger phone with larger buttons, a larger display with
variable contrast and other settings so this particular model may be
more suited to some people.
Anyway as I said in my original post models seem to vary from country
to country, I've found a site for Siemens phones if you're a U.S.
resident, go to<http://www.gigaset.com>
On 07/06/2011, at 12:44 AM, André van Deventer wrote:
Pity especially if you consider that Siemens also manufactures
hearing
aids.
It costs almost nothing to add the extra coil in the handset and it
takes up almost no space at all.
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Ah no, the handset isn't compatible with a induction look.
Yep, I hear the handset through both ears with the Tek Connect and my
hearing aids.
On 06/06/2011, at 8:39 PM, André van Deventer wrote:
Dane
Just curious. So the sound through the tech controller is good then?
And you get your telephone through both ears?
Wonder if the handset is "hearing aid compatible" and will work with
the loop induction coil in a hearing aid?
Andre
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Subject: Siemens bluetooth Cordless Phone System
Hi everyone!
Got my new Siemens cordless phone late last week, it has quite a few
features which may interest some so thought I’d give it a mini
review
here.
The first thing which sets this phone apart from most other cordless
phones is its size and looks, one could be forgiven for mistaking
the handset as a mobile phone its that small and yet the base is
just a big black box with a single button on it.
I bought this phone not because of the size so much but because it
can be used with a Bluetooth headset, actually it can be used with
many bluetooth devices including your mobile phone so this alone
makes the system very flexible as you can transfer items from your
mobile to the Siemens phone such as contacts etc.
You can purchase an optional accessaries cable which allows
synchronisation of your contacts and such from your computer to the
phone, you can also use the phone’s bluetooth to do this.
So back to the phone itself, hands free is amongst the best I’ve
heard, its not harsh sounding but yet is quite loud. Those who have
heard the hands free from the Siemens report that it sounds crisp
and
clear.
The model I have has an answering service built-in, again the
answering service itself seems to be in the handset. When calls
arrive and the answering machine is triggered you can hear the
caller leaving a message through the loudspeaker on the handset,
“Call Screening”, I suspect that this feature can be disabled should
you wish to do so, haven’t fully read the manual yet and believe me
its going to take quite a bit of time to read as its damn thick.
There’s a “Record” button on the handset so I suspect that you can
record voice memos, maybe even record phone calls in some countries
which allow that sort of thing.
We’re all familiar with the control one has over just about every
aspect of a mobile phone? The same applies to this cordless phone
system, custom ring tones, distinctive ringing, SMS tones, alarm
tones, calendar tones and even a vibrating alert.
I was first made aware of the Siemens cordless phone range thanks to
a tipoff from some friends of mine in the U.K. who recently bought
themselves one. The model range over there is different to what it
is in Australia and may be different again in the U.S.
I have a fondness for bluetooth devices as they can connect through
the Tek Controller which I’ve mentioned previously to my hearing aids.
I had a Uniden cordless phone which had bluetooth audio and it
wasn’t too bad at all.
There don’t seem to be too many places in Australia who stock the
Siemens range so you may have to do a little searching.
Siemens in Australia have a web site for their cordless phones which
contains much information including downloads of owners manuals.
Be warned however that some of the models featured have touch
screens and thus would be next to useless I would think to totally
blind people though if you have someone set up the Bluetooth
facility then you may get around it that way.
In Australia the model you may wish to look at is the Siemens SL375,
that’s the one I have.
I’ll be posting more details about this phone as I familiarise
myself with it on my blog.
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