Plantronics CS50-USB Wireless Headset for VoIP Softphones

by Plantronics

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 4.2 inches ; 1.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006DPT5M
• Item model number: CS50USB
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,020 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

From the Manufacturer You've eliminated the phone, now remove the wires. The CS50-USB from Plantronics extends wireless freedom to your softphone. It's the first wireless headset for VoIP applications with remote call detection and answer/end capability via PerSonoCall. Experience superior sound quality, stylish design, four comfortable wearing options and hands-free convenience via your USB port.

VoIP Wireless Freedom
A complete wireless VoIP softphone solution that quickly connects to your USB port, allowing you to take conversations up to 200 feet from your PC with no headset cables.

First with Remote Ring Detection
The CS50-USB is the first wireless headset with remote ring detection and call answer/end at the touch of a button, thanks to Plantronics' PerSonoCall software.

Customizable Comfort
Quickly converts for your choice of four comfortable wearing styles, two that are included--over the head and over the ear; and two that are options -- behind the neck and dual T-pad headband.

One-touch Controls
Streamlined one-touch volume control, mute button, and call answer/end for complete control while you're away from your desk.

Features:

• Wireless freedom up to 200 feet in a typical environment
• Remote ring detection and one-touch call answer/end with PerSonoCall software
• Instant USB connectivity for easy compatibility and quick set-up
• All-day freedom—talk up to 8 hours without recharging
• Clear, private and completely secure conversations with digital 900 MHz technology
• Customizable comfort with four wearing styles
• IntelliStand base unit automatically answers or ends a call

What's in the Box
Headset, base unit, AC adapter, earloop, CD-ROM, user manual

Product Description

Headsets & Mics, Plantronics, CS50-USB VoIP Wireless Headset, CS50USB

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Plantronics CS50-USB wireless headset works extremely well, February 24, 2006

By 

Stu Ater (Houston, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plantronics CS50-USB Wireless Headset for VoIP Softphones (Electronics)

The Plantronics CS50-USB wireless headset works extremely well with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional software! This wireless headset is comfortable and it allows me to travel a considerable distance away from the computer to dictate without significant degradation of signal. The system will accurately transcribe my dictations when I am four rooms away from my computer and even when I'm outside the building. This wireless headset works as well with my system as the microphone originally supplied with the Dragon NaturallySpeaking software (Andrea Antinoise NC91). Both microphones achieved a very high score when training the Dragon NaturallySpeaking software. I use the wireless Plantronics CS50-USB as my primary microphone because it is so much more convenient to work hands-free at a considerable distance from my computer.

This device can easily be transported from my desktop computer to my laptop computer by moving the USB base unit from one computer to the other. Most of the time I use the system my desktop computer because it's faster, and I've done more software training training on the desktop computer.

I usually use the included charger to keep the microphone battery charged even when the computer is turned off. The microphone base unit is plugged into a computer USB port. If the computer is turned on the USB port will charge the microphone and the charger is not necessary. The charger can be optionally plugged into the base unit at the same time as the USB port. The microphone battery maintains its charge well, and has not had problems running out of battery power even on long dictations. In between dictations, I replaced the microphone into its convenient base unit that keeps it charged.

The combination of this headphone and Dragon Naturally-Speaking Professional software has dramatically that improved my ability to produce high-quality transcriptions with very fast turnaround time. After training this software to recognize technical and medical terms, I'm now able to achieve much better accuracy on complex dictated documents than was possible with most medical transcriptionists I have utilized. In addition to better accuracy on technical terms, the system instantaneously transcribes complex documents and allows me to edit my work while I'm still thinking about the content I've just dictated.

This microphone provides the advantage of mobility that allows me to to move from area to area within the office without losing significant signal while I'm away for my computer. This feature is much handier than dictating into a voice recorder and downloading when I return to the computer.

This microphone features a mute switch on the earpiece, and it is also excellent at screening out ambient noise even when not muted. The microphone does not usually transcribe things other people say (the unit apparently uses noise cancellation between the microphone and the earpiece and only records sounds spoken by me). The system is even smart enough that it does not record my nonverbal sounds when I cough or sneeze,

In summary, the Plantronics CS 50-USB wireless headset admirably performs its role as a team member with Dragon naturally speaking professional software when utilized on a fast computer. This is one of the best purchases I've made in the last several years!

Stewart Ater M.D.
Pediatric Neurology P.A.
Houston, Texas

55 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great super fast install, April 5, 2005

By 

John Hillestad (Ft Lauderdale, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Plantronics CS50-USB Wireless Headset for VoIP Softphones (Electronics)

This is a usb wireless headset. just plug it in to your mac or pc and it sees it as another sound device , no drivers needed (xp or os x) I tested it with Skype on the mac and teamspeak on my pc . It comes with a sound api for windows for skype and a few others that allow the buttons on the phone to pickup or hangup calls , I did not try it out because I just like to use apps as is without special add ons ...

The range is great , so if you skype and dont want to be tied to your pc then plug this bad boy in and your free to walk all over the house , same goes for teamspeak for the gamers out there.

It was so pleasing for something to just work out of the box for a change! I tried for hours to do the same thing using bluetooth and it was a mess... This thing just works!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars just what I needed, November 21, 2005

By 

Tiana - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Plantronics CS50-USB Wireless Headset for VoIP Softphones (Electronics)

I'm in a situation right now where I am on skype maybe 3-4 sometimes 6 hours a day. I've been waiting for a USB wireless headset... This is perfect! I hear them (and vice versa) perfectly and am able to walk around my house/office without any issue. The quality is much better than Audio jack headsets I've used in the past, and definately better than bluetooth.