GE Work Shop / Heavy Duty Cordless Phone

Product Description

This GE 900 MHz Cordless Telephone is durable enough to use in the garage or workshop plus it features a unique no-jack technology that allows for placement in an area that lacks a phone jack. 900 MHz Technology with 40-Channel Auto Scan automatically selects the clearest channel, provides cordless convenience with clear reception and excellent range. For added sound quality improvement, this shop phone includes Crystal Clear Sound with Compandor Technology which helps to reduce background noise. With Call Waiting Caller ID you will know exactly who is on the phone before you drop what you are doing to answer it. For added battery life, the phone includes a second battery. This GE Shop Phone is ready to compete with the other power tools on the workbench!

Amazon.com Product Description

With a durable outer shell, the GE 26989GE9 is specially designed for placement in those annoying places where you need access to a phone but don't have access to a phone jack. Ideal for warehouses, shops, factory floors, or toolsheds, this cordless 900 MHz phone includes a base with a signal receiver that transmits calls directly to where you need them to go.

This convenience doesn't come at a sacrifice--you'll still have the features you expect from a quality cordless phone, including caller ID/call waiting (with subscription to local service) with a 40-station memory, speed dial with a ten-number memory, and a fully adjustable volume control. The base includes a spare battery compartment, and the phone includes two NiCD batteries, so you'll never run out of energy for conversation. GE includes a one-year warranty covering parts and service.

Customer Reviews:

slight problems.......2007-05-16

Right away the little part on the base broke off. Bugs me, even though the repalcement battery seems to still charge. And, for some reason, even the charge on the other side does not seem to hold.
I have the Craftsman which is the same item and I really like it. It seems that they were not made as well as production went forward.

I got this as a gift and I feel bad that they wasted $$$.......2005-12-14

Phone broke after minimal use. Not a good shop phone. The other reviews say it all. Stay away.

Bad Design, Poor Reception .......2005-01-18

I value the Amazon Product Reviews and have purchased many items based on customer feedback. I purchased this phone from Home Depot for $69.95. I am returning it today. It is to large for comfort, the reception is bad, the letters too small for those of us who need reading glasses... I could go on.

Not loud enough for a shop phone.......2004-08-01

I got one of these (the Sears Craftsman version) as a gift, so the price was right- otherwise I'd say it's overpriced.

The maximum volume is much too low to be used in a noisy environment. The handset is thick, so if you hang it from your belt, (upside down because of how the belt clip is attached)then you're going to scrape it off and have it fall to the floor. The keypad numbers are sealed, but the buttons themselves are very small.

If this is really a shop phone, then why isn't there some sort of bright flashing light that lets you know visually when a call is coming in? If you're wearing ear plugs, or running a noisy tool you'll never hear the ring.

I haven't found the extra battery to be necessary or usefull. I think it's just a gimmick to appeal to the "cordless tool" crowd. I'm sure that the "spare" battery won't last any longer than the one you leave permanently attached to the phone.

One supposed selling point for this phone is that you can put in a garage or shop where you have no phone line installed. You can do this because it comes with a transmitter/receiver unit that you can plug in anywhere in the house there's a phone jack. Don't try to use this phone very far from the trans./receiver unit because its range is pretty low.

I'm giving this phone only one star because it has some useless features, is missing several other necessary features, costs too much for what you get, and doesn't perform very well, ESPECIALLY considering it's billed as a specialized shop phone.

Good idea poorly executed.......2004-07-06

Sears sells this phone as a Craftsman model for $80. Circuit City for $50. I bought two (one for me, one for dad) and discovered, to my horror, that the base station is a GIANT wall-wart (no power cord) that takes up all of a duplex outlet. The wall-wart is as big as the base of the phone. REALLY stupid, idiotic design. Also, the one I bought was defective in that it would not ring. Worked to call out, but no indication of incoming calls. Took it back. My dad's example works.

Handset is also large and not comfortable to hold - sharp edges. It's supposed to have a load ringer, but judging from the test settings I tried, it's not very load at all at its loadest.

I'd buy it at a close-out price of under $40, but not for a cent more.

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With this Philips 18" LCD Flat Panel Display, you can experience the advantages of a true digital monitor while still maintaining support for traditional analog signals. It offers Automatic Adjustment, which means that a perfect picture is always just three seconds away. Philips auto adjustment provides optimal screen position and performance by pressing a single button.

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Tally is a global manufacturer and distributor of computer printers for business and industry in a wide variety of technologies. Tally manufactures and distributes an array of proprietary consumables for color, monochrome and impact technologies. Like the premium fuel recommended for a fine automobile, these Tally supplies are OEM quality, specifically calibrated to promote flawless printer performance. In addition to being competitively priced, Tally ink sticks, ribbons, toner, etc., protect the buyer's investment by ensuring superior printer reliability, print quality and lowest possible operating cost. Tally consumables also are compatible with printers from other manufacturers.Tally offers spectra sticks for Phaser 850. You get 2 yellow plus 1 black sticks.

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Since its inception, Acer has evolved from a manufacturing powerhouse to a globally recognized computer brand, marketing world-class IT products and services. Acer's complete range of IT products is designed to enhance work efficiency and quality of life, while granting an easy, hassle-free user experience.

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The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a new and exciting standard that comes with the latest flat screen technology. As KVM switches, users can control 2 DVI enabled computers with a single PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse and DVI-D video monitor. The Digital-Vision switches DVI and USB signals between computers. At the same time they allow users to share USB devices via the 2-port USB hub. Crystal clear digital video resolutions deliver professionals such as designers, engineers, CGI and web-artists the ultimate switching experience. Simply plug your PS/2 peripherals to the switch, connect the USB cables to the computers you want to control and your ready to go to work! Designed for the latest multi-media environments the switch supports audio and comes with dynamic two-level USB switching technology - print from one USB computer while working on another without having to unplug and re-plug USB devices each time.

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The Aiwa FR-CD2500 is built with a vertical design to add more functions in an easy-to-place unit. Dual alarms let you wake to radio, CD, or buzzer.

Features include a top-loading CD player, digital AM/FM tuner with 40 station presets, and stereo speakers. Time and CD/radio information is displayed on a green LED display. Snooze and sleep timers are also included.

Aiwa also includes a weekend skip feature to automatically turn off your alarms during the weekend.

Customer Reviews:

Great quality for its size........2002-06-03

We bought this radio/CD player for the kitchen so we wanted something that wouldn't take up too much space. When we found this one, it was love at first sight, and it has not let us down. It is small, attractive, and most importantly, has beautiful sound quality. We have had no problems with either the radio or CD player functions.

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5 Silent Staff Paging System

Manufacturer: Long Range Systems, Inc.
ProductGroup: CE

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The T9550LCM server paging transmitter is an ideal second transmitter for bars, hostess stations, etc. It is UHF and can page up to 999 rechargeable service pagers with 1, 2 or 3 vibrations. Because this server paging system transmitter is also rechargeable, it can easily be located anywhere and recharged after server shift changes. A single charge will last up to 1 week.

The Service Pager from LRS is the only on-site pager to feature wireless programmability. This enables the user to easily change the number of any pager from the transmitter at their location. This feature is ideal for servers in restaurants eliminating the need for grease pencils and white boards. It is also the only rechargeable pager that utilizes a pager cradle instead of an attached belt clip. The pager cradle minimizes breakage limiting service costs and repair fees.

You get 5 Server Pagers & T9550LCM Transmitter Kit, and 5 slot Charger and power supply.

With 30 day money back no questions asked. 2 Year Warranty through Long Range Systems, Inc.

365-7-24 Tech Support , You Can Add-On to this System

ASIN: B000B62D8U

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Today's advanced fast Ethernet and gigabit computer networks require Enhanced Category 5 high-speed cabling to distribute data, voice and video. Cables To Go's Enhanced Cat5 350Mhz Patch Cables will keep you ahead of the game. These cables will handle bandwidth intensive applications up to 350 Mhz and beyond. Each comes UL verified to meet all Cat 5e TIA/EIA standards, and drastically reduce both impedance and structural return loss (SRL) as compared to standard 100 Mhz wire! This is accomplished by bonding together each of the individual pairs, helping to maintain the twist-spacing throughout the line right up to your termination point. Constructed with high-quality wire and a shortened body plug will keep Near-end Crosstalk (NEXT) levels to a minimum. Cables To Go 350Mhz Patch cables are available in a variety of colors to easily color-code your network installation.

Customer Reviews:

Great Cable, Great Price.......2007-05-12

Exactly as shown, exactly as promised, work perfectly on my Linksys Cable/DSL Router (4port).

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The 3Com Router 5642 delivers high-performance WAN access routing in a cost-effective, modular platform.This rackmount unit comes equipped with four MIM (Multi-function Interface Modules) slots that hold LAN and WAN interface modules for added flexibility in adapting your network to your immediate and future business needs.Integrated seamlessly with your legacy equipment or as part of a 3Com end-to-end solution, this router offers high-speed processors, advanced QoS, built-in support for converged voice, data, and video as well as the latest security and control features to help ensure efficient and secure network operation.

3COM 3C13755-US Router 5642. Equipped with four MIM

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3COM 3C13755-US Router 5642. Equipped with four MIM

Manufacturer: 3Com
ProductGroup: CE

Original 3Com Equipment; This item is made by 3Com.

ASIN: B000MM3E86

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3COM 3C13755-US Router 5642. Equipped with four MIM

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Awesome addition to a Meade DS mount!

Who wood have thought that there wood b sumthing fun+edu.?

Not as difficult as it's made out to be

Not Optional for Beginners

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Meade 497 Autostar Computer Controller for ETX Telescopes

Manufacturer: Meade
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Product Features:

30,344 celestial oobject database

Finds and Tracks all celestial objects, including the moon, planets, asteroids, comets, and satellites

Celestial event option for eclipses, meteor showers, moon phases, and equinoxes

Built-in eyepiece calculator and options for advanced telescope control

Works with ETX-90EC, ETX-105EC, ETX-125EC Astro telescopes

ASIN: B00000K3RK

Product Description

Observe 30,000 celestial objects at the push of a button! Simply pressing the GO TO button slews the scope to the object and places it in the field of view. You'll see: galaxies, diffuse & planetary nebulae, star clusters (the best objects from the IC, NGC and Caldwell catalogs, as well as all 110 Messier objects); 900 stars (double stars, variable stars, SAO stars); the 8 major planets from Mercury to Pluto; 26 of the brightest asteroids; 15 periodic comets; 50 earth-orbiting satellites; plus user-defined objects and the centroids of all 88 constellations.

Automatic GO TO function to any object of known R.A. and Dec. coordinates.

Digital readouts of telescope position (continuously in R.A. and Dec.), menu options, glossary and utility functions.

Precise sidereal-rate tracking in either altazimuth or equatorial modes. For altazimuth tracking, set the telescope on its drive base and perform a quick, easy alignment.

9-Speed dual-axis operation of the telescope on both axes, simultaneously, at any speed from 2x sidereal to 5°/sec.

RS-232 serial port for operation of the telescope through a personal computer using Meade Epoch 2000 sky software or for Autostar updates from Meade's website. Computer operation and downloads require the addition of the #505 Autostar Connector Cable Kit, sold separately.

Plus over 20 other menu options, including guided tours, major event menus, user-defined terrestrial objects and much more.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome addition to a Meade DS mount!.......2005-10-01

This was by far the best purchase of any astro equipment ever!
The Autostar is worth every penny and then some. Sure, it frustrated me at the beginning until I got it down to a T and it
s been GREAT since then. I added it to my Meade LXD-75 mount and it's accurately provides GOTO functionality for my 8'' 62'' long reflector telescope! Once I downloaded the latest firmware to the hand controller it has been flawless. Using the 3-star alignment feature every object I GOTO is centered in the field of view of the eyepiece at about 60X. Great stuff!

Who wood have thought that there wood b sumthing fun+edu.?.......2003-11-14

easy to use and great for educational purposes June 14, 2000
The Autostar is so decadent! I almost feel guilty for using it. But it is so easy to use and enhances the ETX-90EC scope so much that I use it all the time.

Set-up and locating the reference stars is fairly easy, and it is so much fun to take the tour of the sky. I've used this several times in an educational setting and it is fantastic for quickly pointing out stars and other celestial objects. In addition, it expands on the standard controller, giving you nine variable speeds instead of the standard four.

Once you use the Autostar you will never go back.

Not as difficult as it's made out to be.......2003-09-16

I first grew acquainted with Autostar about 6 months ago (albeit the 494 model) on the ETX-70 AT, and had some accuracy issues the first few times I used it. They were easily fixed, though, with a good drive training (on a power pole about a mile and a half away) and careful motor calibration. That was in May, and except for when the batteries are low, I haven't really had problems since.

In late June, I moved up to the LXD-55 6 inch Shmidt-Newtonian (which uses the same 497 Autostar as the ETX line), and after one repair call for a motor problem it has easily met my expectations for visual work. While the short focus Newtonian may have a wider field of view and a much better sigting scope than the ETX's (as well as significantly more aperture for under $800), keep in mind that it must be POLAR aligned which is MUCH more difficult than an ETX Alt-Az procedure. I usually cheat and use Polaris instead of the true North Pole, but my accuracy is still predictibly within 30-45 arcminutes (1/2-3/4 of a degree or easily within the view of a 26mm eyepiece) on 90-95 percent of the slews with a rough setup.

Here's how to get the thing to work the way its supposed to on an ETX when you first get it. Do the first 6 in daylight to make the setup easier:
*Skip Time for now
*Enter Date (if you will observe that night) and nearest city
*Enter your observing site name and adjust your latitude and longitude (use topozone.com or a topomap to find your location to the nearest minute (60th of a degree)) for your site
*Train the drive using a distant (1 mile or more) object. Procedure is in manual. If done well you should not need to do it again for months
*calibrate motors
*turn off telescope
That night (or any night):
*set up and level telescope (use torpedo level and rotate tube to check level). This is only necessary if you know that your site is significantly (5 degrees or more) off or your tripod is set to less than maximum height
*Aim north at Polaris (the North Star). Do NOT use a compass-it is often as much as 14 degrees off from true north. Use the two stars at the end of the big dipper to aim at the first bright-ish star at the tail of the little dipper. Align finder scope if necessary her.
*level tube by bringing it straight down to horizontal
*start alignment (easy at first, two star when you know the sky better). push the down scroll button if the star is behind a tree or other barrier. center in the eyepiece, not just the sighting scope. Press enter. Repeat for other star (preferably far from the first one-the farther the better)
*Enjoy!

For the long term, get a star atlas or astronomy program and a range of good eyepieces/filters.

I deducted a star for the fact that Autostar displays thousands of objects nightly that are below the horizon and that the NGC and IC catalogs are nearly worthless unless you have a comprehensive atlas and know the catalog number of the object(s) you are looking for.

Not Optional for Beginners.......2002-11-15

We just purchased the Meade 90 ETX telescope and decided to get the computer controller too - and man are we glad that we did. We're novices with the telescope, so finding specific objects in the night sky is a challenge.

With the autostart, after taking about 15 minutes to go through the alignment process, we can just tell the Autostar what we want to find and it moves the telescope to the object for us. Without this, the only thing we would probably look at in the sky is the moon.

NOTE: If you're not planning to use your telescope to look at objects in the night sky (i.e. planets, etc), then you don't need the Autostar.

Huge database of Information.......2002-05-24

There are two schools of thought on the use of go-to telescopes. One school believing that it takes away all the skill and fun from astronomy. however, I'm a believer in the other viewpoint. I think go-to capability opens up astronomy to the masses and brings the universe just that little bit closer to everyone. I purchased the Autostar for my ETX about a year ago and it has had extensive use. Out of the many many times I have used the autostar with the scope, I estimate it has performed as desired on 90% of my viewing nights. Unusually, I seem to be able to align my ETX rather easily depsite the fact that many people have difficulty. I think I have had luck on my side as the ETX, while a beautiful scope, can be a little temperamental. Even after doing a quick and rough alignment, like pointing it in the general direction of due North, without using a compass, I still get very accurate results with the autostar. I even changed locations the other day, moving from Auckland to Taupo, (some 3 hrs travel distance by car) and inadvertantly used the Auckland co-ordinates while viewing in Taupo. Suprisingly after alignment, I still got accurate positioning from the autostar. Once you get the hang of the menu system the autostar is really quite simple to navigate around. The amount of data is staggering, but given the size of the playground, it's not suprising. The unit itself is comfortable to hold and the adjustable brightness makes reading the screen simple in the dark. I havn't found the built in red light at the top of the unit very good as it is just too dim to make out charts etc. The trusty old torchlight with red nail polish on the lens is hard to beat on that score. I suggest that if you are operating from a tripod, you attach something to the back of your autostar that lets you hang it up on the tripod when you are not using it. Otherwise it can dangle around and get in the way. On a couple of occassions I have had the unit fail to operate correctly or reset itself. These have been far and few between, and readily fixed itself. Ultimately the Autostar is a computer so an occasional reset is not entirely unexpected. One minor problem I am experiencing at the moment is the scrolling text on the lower line of the display panel is tending to fade a little the faster it scrolls. This has occured since I started using a power adapter for the scope so this will need investigating. This however is only a minor niggle. If you have any concerns about your Autostar consult
the best resource on the net for the autostar, Mike Weasners site. The Autostar is highly recommended and really an essential purchase to go along with your ETX. Clear skies everyone and happy alignments.

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