Caller ID with Phone Ring Control - A Computer to Stop Unwanted Calls - Completed IT System to Control Phone Ring

by JF Teck

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 4 x 2 inches ; 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• ASIN: B0007R5TQ6
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: RC002W
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #13 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Telephone Accessories > Caller ID Displays
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 22, 2005

Product Description

A MINI COMPUTER FOR YOUR PHONE______ Normal caller ID only can display incoming phone number and telephone company will charge you $5/month to BLOCK unwanted caller____The Phone Ring Controller is a completed IT system, It does normal caller ID work: keeping track of up to 100 phone numbers. It has database: You can store 100 names and phone numbers into your important A-list, which is anyone you want to talk to any time. You can also store 150 phone numbers into your B-list, which is you only want to talk to at certain times. Which phone only ring at certain times, the time you allow them to call. Finally, you've got the R-List (20 names and numbers), which stands for reject callers. ____visit www.jfteck.com____ Over a 24 hour day, you can set up "Ring List A only", "Ring List A and B only" or "Ring all except List R" hour by hour.____ You are absolutely in control of your phone now! ____The result: No more annoying interruptions! You do not have to know which calls are unwanted, you only need to know who you want to talk to and the machine will handle the rest! ___jfteck.com for detail___Stop junk faxes save your money and protect your Fax Machine.

Customer Reviews

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I got my phone back, January 15, 2010

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A. KUTCH - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caller ID with Phone Ring Control - A Computer to Stop Unwanted Calls - Completed IT System to Control Phone Ring (Electronics)

Unsolicited callers had pretty much rendered our land line useless. Now, when the phone rings, we don't mind walking over to the phone to answer it. This little device plugs in between the wall jack and phone and only permits callers on a list that you have input into the device's memory to get through. There are a couple things you need to be aware of before purchasing. The device only filters the phone/answering machine that it is connected to. I handle that situation in my household by disabling the ringers on all other phones in the house. Also, you can no longer see the caller ID number on the filtered handset. Instead, you have to look at the display on the device. Alternately, you can also elect to ignore numbers that you have input into the reject list. Unknown callers are dealt with by adding "000-000-0000" to the reject list. Ideally, 1-800 numbers could be rejected categorically by adding "800-___-____", but unfortunately, the designers of the device only let you wildcard the last four digits only. For this reason, along with the fact that it is a bit awkard to program, I can't give it a full 5 stars.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Caller ID with Ring/Blocking Control, March 29, 2010

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Tacitus "Annals of Imperial Rome" - See all my reviews

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I have version 2 of this device which is improved with up to 70 Reject-list entries and up to
7 wildcard digits (which will cover almost all ranges you need to cover). I bought it because I got
sick and tired of my land-line being clogged with nuisance voice mails and I kept getting
calls from collection agencies for a person with a quasi-similar name but whom I didn't know.
Many of these were left by robo-dialers and when I called the 888/866 number to try to tell
them the person didn't live here I was typically put on hold for 30 minutes and then dropped.
Now I just put such callers in the Reject list and set it up (you have several options for
setup) so that when they call the phone doesn't even ring and they can't leave any messages.
But, the device is also useful to catalog your callers. Put friends in List-A (unrestricted) and
put business associates in List-B (you can regulate calling times). When the phone rings
the LED will light red for List-A, green for List-B, and orange for Reject-list. You can
just look across the room to see what type of call you are getting. The manual might be a
little cryptic but just read it carefully and you will see that everything works ok.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Close but No Cigar!, May 4, 2010

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JPSilver (Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Caller ID with Phone Ring Control - A Computer to Stop Unwanted Calls - Completed IT System to Control Phone Ring (Electronics)

Mine was wired in between the wall jack and the Answering Machine/Base Station. The device receives calls and displays the caller id info but does not pass Caller ID information downstream to the Answer Machine/Base Station. So all the wireless handheld phones show is 'Incoming Call' and no Caller ID info even though all the info is on the Phone Ring Control device. I loved the interface, but I needed the caller id info to be passed on to the Answer Machine/Base Station for this to be useful.

I also tried it on a different jack by itself (no phone). I wish it would hang-up rather than filter the R list numbers to stop the call from still ringing on the Answering Machine/Base Station and other phones when installed on a dedicated jack. I had an old Radio Shack one that got fried in a power surge so I have been looking for a new one. This will not work unless there are some undocumented features in the microcode.