Customer Reviews

RCA RC920 Wireless Phone Jack Extension

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I've been using a set of these for over a year, and they are a godsend but not perfect. The good news; I use it to connect my Tivo (Tivo needs to dial in every night to update its program data) and it was the perfect solution for a tough spot, since there's no phone jack anywhere near my television. I have also used it to surf the web with a dial-up connection, with no real problems. Its fine, even through an extension cord! The bad news; I've tried to use for a phone, and that rally didn't cut it. It worked, but its a bad connection. I couldn't tolerate it. So I dispute the earlier comment that it can't be used for data. For me, its only use is for data, not voice! For certain situations, its ideal.

We moved into a condo unit that had only one phone jack for the whole 2 bedroom unit (it was a luxury renovation of an old building). I didn't want to spend on installing extra jacks and with a toddler in the house I didn't want to string wires all over the floor to run to a 3-way Y-jack, so this system looked like a godsend.

It works pretty well with the 3 phones in our house. One older phone which also happens to be the furthest away from the "base unit" near the main phone jack sometimes comes out staticky and occasionally disconnects calls, but not enough for me to complain, even though it shouldn't do this at all. The other phones work fine.

But using the modem is the problem. I normally get about 50K or so with a standard 56K modem, as they warn on the package, plugged directly into this I only get 14.4K or so, not really enough to surf the web. I did a trick where I put a 2-way Y-jack into the lone phone jack in my condo, in one jack goes the wireless jack system, in the other goes a phone wire that goes right to my modem (so already I'm giving in and carefully stringing a wire on the floor, the reason I bought this is NOT to do that). But instead of completely distinguishing the 2, this still causes minor interference. I still get a slight drop in speed (usually 33-40K), but sometimes it will disconnect me from the Web or not connect me at all (I get the infamous "Error 650" that you usually get when the modem itself is starting to die). The only fix I've had is to temporarily unplug the Wireless Phone Jack from the Y-jack in my wall when I want to surf the Web (which I then get at normal dialup speed). The only problem with this is that the way I have things setup, if I forget to plug everything back in when I'm done surfing the Web, incoming calls when I'm out will not go to the answering machine.

So I think it is a great product if you are only using it to add phone jacks without the drilling and expense for the use of additional phones, but not for use with a modem.

I wanted to add an additional extension to my RC 930 wireless modem. This was the only RCA extension unit that I could find so I ordered it. I now know that the RCA wireless phone and modem systems are not compatible. RCA confirmed this over the phone and also said that the modem extensions are not sold separately.

this little gizmo works fine for most phones but it DOES NOT work with phones with caller ID. Keep that in mind when you're considering a purchase. Works great with the others. Overall a nifty little device.

We used our last RCA wireless phone jack for a long time with pleasure and assurance of the product. We used it in our motor home for an extra phone jack and for satellite TV selections. It failed when we moved and something got broken. I am ordering another. IT WORKS.

This extension requires one of the following Wireless Phone Jack Systems: RCA RC 926, GE GE926 or D916. (per packaging). It does NOT work with the RCA RC 930, which Amazon is bundling with it. Don't buy it with the RC 930!

This gizmo certainly solved my problem with not having a phone jack in a room that I needed one in. The only drawback I found was that it's NOT compatible with caller id. Otherwise the unit works great and has a good range from base to extension unit.

We've tried several different outlets and cannot find a combination that doesn't give us a buzzing in the background. The static is great enough that we cannot use it for modem or fax machines. Beware.

It was only when I purchased and received this unit that I understood how it worked and that "phone jack extension" meant it was a receiving unit dependent on a transmitting unit which plugs into an existing phone jack. I was naive in thinking it could be a standalone marvel of advanced circuitry and technology. Shoulda' read the fine print but I don't believe it's explained in the promotional copy that it's part of a two-box "system."

Buyer beware. But I must add that my trust in shopping at Amazon was increased by the no-questions-asked return policy which was so efficiently and swiftly applied. No deceptions there!

This item is promoted by Amazon along with the RC 930 system. Turns out, after reading some very small fine print on the package that they are completely incompatible with each other. I wasted my money and could not return because the package was opened. Buyer beware!