Webinars using phone & MJ, instead of buying a headset?

dz20854 · Post by **dz20854** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:47 am

My regular telephone is already plugged into my MJ, which is plugged into my computer USB. If I go to a webinar on the internet, can I use my regular telephone to listen and talk during the webinar? Can this be done instead of buying a headset?

If not through the MJ, is their another adapter, using USB (preferably) or mini-plugs, to adapt a regular telephone to become a computer's microphone and speaker?

az2008 · Post by **az2008** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:33 pm

The telephone attached to the MJ device doesn't replace your computer mic and speakers. If the webinar communicates using a conference-call telephone number, then you'd use the telephone. If it communicates using a computer's mic and speakers, you'd need a headphone.

Mark

dz20854 · Post by **dz20854** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:28 pm

Kids can be rough on the headsets. I've gone through two already. I bet there would be demand for a simple adapter to let any ordinary telephone be a computer's microphone and speaker.

az2008 · Post by **az2008** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:30 pm

dz20854 wrote:Kids can be rough on the headsets. I've gone through two already. I bet there would be demand for a simple adapter to let any ordinary telephone be a computer's microphone and speaker.

A $2 plank of wood, with holes drilled in it, was a better solution back when I was a kid.

Mark

Darkman90808 · Post by **Darkman90808** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:14 pm

If I go to a webinar on the internet, can I use my regular telephone to listen and talk during the webinar?

This was the original reason I bought my MJ and it works great! I use a Plantronics headset that plugs into a Uniden DECT 6.0 with great results. The headset was cannibalized from a Plantronics 2.4 but I don't think the headset is much more than $19.95 at Office Depot.

wipeout97 · Post by **wipeout97** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:27 pm

depending on the length of the webinar you could be disconnected for hitting the limit on per call length which would really screw everything up for you. I hit the limit last week at an hour and a half. A day later it was 2 hours so just to be safe make sure the call will not be over 1 1/2 hours in length.

az2008 · Post by **az2008** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:35 pm

wipeout97 wrote:depending on the length of the webinar you could be disconnected for hitting the limit on per call length which would really screw everything up for you. I hit the limit last week at an hour and a half. A day later it was 2 hours so just to be safe make sure the call will not be over 1 1/2 hours in length.

I haven't heard of MJ havng a per-call limit. If they did, I don't think it would vary from 1.5 to 2 hours. Maybe it was just random instability? I've had dropped calls at 15-30 minutes.

Mark

arcadia2uk · Post by **arcadia2uk** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:07 pm

I just filedumped this from magicjack.exe

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[MagicJackOptions.CallDurationControl]
MaxOutboundCallDuration=3600

so I guess they have a limit set on 3600 periods (whatever that is)