Customer Reviews

GE/Jasco TL97600 3 Channel Wireless Intercom

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This product is caled a WIRELESS intercom. Today one would expect that such a device would work by means of radio frequency communication. Well that is not how it actually does work. In the small print you are told that it will only work if each unit is on the same electrical circuit. So it requires the house wiring to communicate between the units. This results in the units only working if they are in the same or posible adjacent rooms. In my house we have an electrical service panel with 36 circuits. This give us one chance out of 36 in being able to contact one unit from another that is randomly / remotely installed in our residence. This item should be withdrawn from sale as it is functionally useless.

I agree and wish I had read the review regarding the use of this product prior to purchasing it. I know of very few homes in my area that run on 1 (ONE) electrical circuit. I have a panel in my basement full of circuits, so this intercom is useless unless I use the two units side by side. Garbage is how I would classify this unit

No need to call a electrician. It's written on the box - will only work with receivers on the same ckt. Bought it and tried it all over the house. It would only work on the same floor with outlets on the same ckt. I could shout to those locations easier than using this.

I bought this item because it was advertised as "wireless". It is in fact dependent upon a wired system. ONE wire to be exact. This/these units work ONLY if plugged into a wall receptical that is wired on the SAME circuit as the other unit/units. If the receptical in your baby room is not on the same circuit as the receptical in your bedroom, IT WILL NOT WORK. There is nothing wireless about this unit. I will not say that it is FRAUD on the part of GE, but the odor is the same.
Mine is going back to Amazon today!

This intercom just doesn't work! I have attempted to use it in many rooms on different circuits, and in different situations. The unit is unreliable (you can not be sure that what worked yesterday will work today), and most of the time doesn't work at all. I don't care what the reasons are, the unit doesn't work. My unit is now in the trash. You can not rate it 0 stars, or I would have done that.

Yes I know that wireless is supposed to mean without wires, however if you think that you have to be on the same circuit breaker to use them you are mistaken. I am trained in electronics and electrical and know that as long you are on the same side of the -transformer- you can use it. I have 20 breakers in my house and it works with even an extension cord outdoors. Please talk to the company that makes the product or an electrician before making comments that are not true.

This product is caled a WIRELESS intercom. Today one would expect that such a device would work by means of radio frequency communication. Well that is not how it actually does work. In the small print you are told that it will only work if each unit is on the same electrical circuit. So it requires the house wiring to communicate between the units. This results in the units only working if they are in the same or posible adjacent rooms. In my house we have an electrical service panel with 36 circuits. This give us one chance out of 36 in being able to contact one unit from another that is randomly / remotely installed in our residence. This item should be withdrawn from sale as it is functionally useless.

I bought these intercoms and as some said they do not work on just any plug in the house. They work great if they are plugged into the same electrical socket or if on the same breaker, but they did not work at all with one in my basement and the other in my kitchen. I sent them back the next day. My electrical system is all three prong sockets. Don't buy unless you can easily send them back if they don't work for you.

I live in a 3 story row home. We bought these so that we could monitor the baby's room and be able to talk to each other between floors. The system works over the electrical system so you don't have to worry about picking up other people's conversations. The monitor feature (at least on our house electrical system) produces a lot of static. However, the static is not bothersome when using the 'talk' feature. The other 'problem' with using the electrical system is that the monitor cannot be plugged into a circut that has a UPS or a surge bar on it.

This product works fine in all the rooms I tried it in, even outside. I have 4 units scattered on 3 floors and they all work great. I have not tried the monitor feature so I can't comment on that.