magicJack and magicJack Plus Support, Reviews, FAQs and Tricks

No luck in finding a driver to trick XP into thinking the Olympus C3030 Zoom or the Sharp VL-Z5U are WebCams so I ended up waiting to pickup the below at Circuit City for $22:

"Logitech QuickCam Communicate MP, Model #: LOG 960000240"
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=215378&om ...

I have a C-3030-Z. That's an old camera. I got it when it first came out in mid-2000?

Ya, me too. It kills me to remember what I paid for it too. But it's a good one and I still use it.

Well, I'm off googling and searching for help to make this Sharp VL-Z5 work as a webcam while connected via ...

Not sure why you would want to use MJ for audio....

You know what, I'm not either. I will get it all going with Skype!

Well, when I plug my videocam in and open it's drive, I see myself streaming but after a little while it unplugs and the window closes. To fix it I have to turn off the videocam ...

Great tip!

Lokked into my digicam, an Olympus C-3030 Zoom, no good. Then I thought why not my videocam, a Sharp VL-Z5, I'm trying it out now.

Spoke to the FCC and they said it's pretty much up to the two carriers to decide whether or not they will support it, it other words they are not required to.

But I got to thinking and thought it should not be a problem anyway because MJ would be required to inform it's subscribers that they are ...

Thanks for all the tips!

$10 is great, I was thinking I had to spend more like $70 at http://accessories.us.dell.com for a webcam like the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000. Or do you think that particular one is worth the extra $$$?

So if we connect via MJ for audio we can use Skype (or pretty much any ...

Hmm, that's interesting. I would have thought that the FCC would require them to at least be there to accept requests to port it.

Sorry for my lack of knowledge on this subject.

All those you mentioned above, do they provide this service for free?

I don't have a built-in camera, so aside from having to get an external, are there any more expenses related to setting myself up for this?

I would like to have video abilities with the called party, how would you suggest I get it?

If I have MJ port my AT&T number then if MJ becomes history, couldn't I simply have XY port my MJ number. Isn't porting your number an endless option if supported?