anyone have success right out of the box?

louie37 · Post by **louie37** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:33 pm

Just wondering if anyone in this forum had success with MJ right out of the box with no issues what soever, can anyone be this lucky lol?

lymon · Post by **lymon** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:45 pm

Close. Everything worked correctly except Caller ID info was not being sent to the phone handset. Even that resolved when I unplugged my laptop from the charger.

Moving it to a thin client was a little more challenging, but not bad.

samba · Post by **samba** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:32 pm

I ordered the MJ in May. Received 5 days after ordered it online (regular shipping). Plugged in and worked nicely without any problem. So far, so good.

HendersonMike · Post by **HendersonMike** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:06 pm

Have had a 99.9% success rate with my MJ since day one. Save for a few times that they were working on the servers, it would be 100%.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:52 pm

Got mine three months ago, and the only thing I had to do was adjust the volume and mic settings.

The biggest quibble I've had is not at all due to the MJ, but my ISP -- this summer Bellsouth (at least where I live, SE KY) went through several weeks during which it seemed that if the weather forecast said there was even the possibility of thunderstorms, DSL would become erratic or even go off the air entirely for several hours.

There are a couple of "acceptable annoyances" which I haven't been able to fix (haven't even tried to) because there are easy workarounds -- softphone pops up whether you want it to or not (my solution: push it off to the side of the screen); numbers entered from the phone to an automated phone menu (e.g., "please enter your PIN number now") are sometimes "doubled" (my solution: use the softphone to enter such numbers); etc. Nothing to get stressed out about; or maybe I'm just to lazy to try to fix them.

So, no real problems here.

Phil

Darkman90808 · Post by **Darkman90808** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:56 pm

I've had ZERO problems with both of my MJ's...

except for the one's I created myself. I like to play, so fooling around with the CID spoofer and some of the other add-ons have given me a few fits but nothing I couldn't resolve (eventually).

StrobeWylan · Post by **StrobeWylan** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:15 pm

Worked for me right out of the box. Had a problem with my ISP that distorted the sound quality of the MJ but can't blame that on the MJ. It works with all my computers.

louie37 · Post by **louie37** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:41 pm

Thanks for all your replies, mine should be here this week, i do have a great pc etc....so i should be ok although i did save some of the links to fix many issues just incase.

diamond45 · Post by **diamond45** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:01 pm

Most of the time it works OK. Once in a while I get choppy audio. I blame that on my computer and not the MJ itself.

But overall it does work as advertised, and with caller ID spoofing

it is a pretty great device.

$40 for the first year, $20 each additional year - you can't beat the price!

stealthbob · Post by **stealthbob** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:10 pm

5 Mins and I was on the phone...now wired h whole house and no issues

louie37 · Post by **louie37** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:43 pm

diamond45 wrote:Most of the time it works OK. Once in a while I get choppy audio. I blame that on my computer and not the MJ itself.

But overall it does work as advertised, and with caller ID spoofing it is a pretty great device.

$40 for the first year, $20 each additional year - you can't beat the price!

ok i dont understand the "spoofing" can you explain ty.

joevv · Post by **joevv** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:53 pm

The first 2 MJ's I purchased worked right out of the box with no issues. Since then I have become a reseller and sold over 100 units with only one deffective unit so far.

Joe,
Magicjack reseller

hawkeyenfo · Post by **hawkeyenfo** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:36 pm

The only issues I had were due to the phone itself, not the MJ, which worked great within 3 minutes of plugging it in. Currently I am using a using a Panasonic DECT 6.0 with about a 9" cord between the MJ and phone base, and it outstanding. Works great with GrandCentral as well.

Negeltu · Post by **Negeltu** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:36 am

I just received the magic jack from a seller I bought it from on ebay. It worked well right after plugging it in and registering it. The only thing that bothered me a bit was the choppiness of the voice I hear from callers. I fixed that by giving magic jacks process high priority in task manager. Now it is SO much clearer than my Vonage service. My Vonage line has a LOT of static... This Magic Jack line has none at all. It's crystal clear.

louie37 · Post by **louie37** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:00 am

good tip.....you can also download fire daemon and run MJ as a service from what i read.
Should finally get mine this week, looking forward to it:)

steve1975 · Post by **steve1975** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:42 pm

I was using a crappy handset, when i plugged in the computer headseat i once again had a clear signal. piece of crap cordless phone. do NOT, i repeat do NOT purchase Uniden EX18560 it's a piece of shit

louie37 · Post by **louie37** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:19 pm

I use GE 5.8GHz should be ok with it, we'll see when my MJ gets here.

louie37 · Post by **louie37** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:57 pm

Finally got my MJ today and hooked it up out of the box got my number and very sastisfied thus far.

Hooked up the MJ on a powered USB hub(suppose to be better).

Since the canadian numbers are not here yet i had to use a dif area code
and my question is, will the ppl calling me get a longdistance charge?

I did call a few ppl to see if they heard me ok and they said clear as a bell
but just a lil static, any fixes or tips for a lil static?

gary · Post by **gary** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:20 pm

Yes, anyone calling you will have to pay long distance charges unless they live in the local calling area of your MJ number.

steve1975 · Post by **steve1975** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:57 am

yes it's a piece of cake. why does everyone just sit at their computer and look for problems, the problem isn't the computer or the magic jack, it's the end user. derrr

amex202 · Post by **amex202** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:50 am

Got it working on my thin client in under 1 hour.

gnomee2 · Post by **gnomee2** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:50 pm

No problems here. I'm on my second MJ with no issues at all.

My puppy got tangled up with my phone cord and pulled my MJ out the computer and ran with it down the tile while I chased him trying to get it untagled... It was a fun event

Anyhow MJ tech support was great and had me send it back. Only problem was they gave me my money back instead of just sending me a new MJ. I had to place a new order for another MJ and it works great right out of the box.

I'm currently using it on my file server running Windows 2003 server with a cordless phone attached. I never even see the screen or use that machines. Works like a land line for me with absolutly no issues at all.

louie37 · Post by **louie37** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:44 pm

actually the lil bit of static i had at first is gone after i rebooted, wich was wise its been 3 weeks since i rebooted, all it good now.

TheFonz · Post by **TheFonz** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:43 pm

My first MJ was a bad unit; wouldn't dial out on a handest.

Iordered another and it worked fine out of the box; and when a replacement came for the bad unit, it too worked fine out of the box.

If you get a bad one - just be prepared to burn up some time with CS before they give you an RMA number.

magicjackoff · Post by **magicjackoff** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:44 pm

I received it a week a go, took it out package, hooked it up and worked right off the bat. no problems yet. Fingers crossed.

City Builder · Post by **City Builder** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:24 pm

Got mine about 3 days ago, worked flawlessly out of the box on my desktop windows vista computer, with the exception of inbound faxes which refuse to work no matter what.

Call quality however is much better and clearer than our regular landline use to be and far superior to our cell phones in our location.

However it refuses to work on our windows xp laptop, it says it can't connect to the internet. We've tried turning off the wireless connection and plugging in the ethernet cable, however it still says it can't connect to the internet, so all in all, it's worked perfectly out of the box on our vista desktop for voice calls inbound and outbound, works for outbound faxes, but not inbound, and refuses to work on our laptop which is the computer we wish to hook it up to since it's cheaper to run the laptop 24/7 then it is the big desktop with it's 1100 watt power supply all day.

So for voice (in and out) on the desktop yes 100% right out of the box. Took me longer to go to the mailbox and plug it in then it did to get it working.
For faxing (in and out) only 50% works right out of the box
For our laptop 0%, it fails completely.

Update: We tried the laptop again this morning, plugged the MJ in and it connected up to the internet just fine, so for it to work on the laptop now sits at 100% right out of the box.

JohnODon · Post by **JohnODon** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:53 pm

I was up and running in 5 minutes.

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anyone have success right out of the box?

anyone have success right out of the box?

no major issues

handset problem, but not MJ

GE 5.8GHz

MJ has arrived

yeah, i did

Perfecto!