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Easy Jack 2 Wireless Jack Base and Extension Unit | 
 enlarge | Brand: Phonex
Category: CE
List Price: $79.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5 x 3
MPN: PX-211
Model: 2
UPC: 044384004322
EAN: 0044384004322
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Product Description
The Phonex Easy Jack 2 turns any electrical outlet into a phone connection for satellite receivers, digital video recorders, postage-meter machines, dial-up modems and more. Avoid charges associated with not having a phone connection for your satellite receiver. You can order movies by pressing a button on your remote. Download postage, instead of making a call. Add a computer or telephone to a room without an existing phone outlet.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 Began to fail after seven months February 28, 2008
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I bought a Phonex Easy Jack 2 PX-211d Wireless Phone Jack in February, 2007, about one year ago. It's used to provide a phone connection for a Dish satellite HD DVR receiver and was recommended by Dish. It is never used for regular voice communication. The Phonex extension unit is located about two feet from a surge protector which is used to power several items of a home theater system, including a Dish satellite HD DVR receiver, HDTV, DVD, A/V receiver, VCR and a subwoofer. The Phonex extension unit is plugged into the same electrical outlet as the surge protector and is connected to the Dish satellite receiver with a high-quality 4-wire telephone cable.
The product worked very well for seven months. In month eight, Dish charged me $5 for not having a continuous phone hook-up. At this point, the product has failed in four out of the last five months. Dish has charged me $5 each month it has failed to detect a phone hookup. When I test the extension unit for dial tone (by connecting a telephone) the unit does provide an audible dial tone and it does it every time without fail. It seems a bit weak but I can hear it. When I reconnect it to the Dish satellite receiver, the receiver cannot find dial tone about 85% of the time.
The product started to fail after only seven months and is essentially worn out after a year. Phonex tech support admits that electrical interference from devices in the room and particularly from the surge protector may have degraded the product to the point where the dial tone is too weak for the Dish satellite receiver to detect.
The owners manual that came with the unit is fairly comprehensive but does not say anything about locating the unit away from surge protectors. It does warn that neither the base unit nor the extension unit should be plugged directly into a surge protector. On the Phonex website, buried pretty deep in the FAQ section there is a warning about locating the extension unit "near a surge protector or plug strip". When I asked tech support what that meant, they said "4-6 feet away".
With the help of Phonex tech support (very cooperative and helpful) the other possible causes of this problem have been eliminated: faulty phone cord, faulty Dish satellite receiver, bad electrical outlet, worn out surge protector, more distance between the extension unit and surge protector. At this point, the unit is out of warranty by a few weeks and Phonex wants $25 plus S&H to test/repair the unit.
My conclusion is that the product failed due to the cumulative effect of electrical interference from the surge protector and other electrical devices on the same circuit. As such, this product may not be appropriate for a satellite receiver in a home theater setup because a surge protector or plug strip is almost always required in such a multiple box environment.
One last thing. There is another type of wireless jack (RTX Dualjack Wireless Phone Jack) which does not use the electrical wiring in the home. The RTX unit is true wireless and works like a cordless phone, using 2.4 GHz. When reading the customer reviews of the RTX unit, virtually all of the reviews indicated they changed to the RTX unit after Phonex units (or similar units that use the home's electrical wiring) failed. Consider yourself warned.
 Totally satisfied August 7, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I purchased this item to work with my TIVO unit via DirecTV. It was recommended by DirecTV as completely compatible, and it is. This is the only way to use your DVR when there is no telephone jack in the room where the TIVO unit is to be used, unless you want to run telephone wire and a install a jack (which I did not want to do)
Very easy to set-up, install and use, and it works perfectly and flawlessly as described. Your DVR must be hooked up to a phone line 24 hours a day / 7 days a week and it must make periodic phone calls to collect data and/or information. In fact, TIVO service will discontinue to operate correctly if a phone line is not connected after 30 days of interrupted connectivity. It will shut down completely and you will lose all ability to record, schedule, purchase, download, etc.....
The fact that DirecTV recommended this particular model, make and type convinced me to buy it. According to DirecTV, it must be described as a wireless jack for a modem.
 Very Noisy. Did not work for me. September 1, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This device did not work for me. They use the electrical wiring in your home to send and receive the sound signal. That electrical wiring can also carry a lot of noise from electrical appliances and even from light dimmers. In an apartment the noise is increased by all the electrical devices used by the neighbours, so in my case it was very noisy making the RCA adapters a total waist of money. I found a similar device that uses 2.4GHz and it works great for me. But the device called DualJack could potentially interfere with other 2.4GHz signals like a computer wireless land or even wireless phones, so far I have not had any interference. You have to try them and see what works for you. Joaquin Arosemena
Save on your DishNetwork bill May 16, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have been paying the $5 per month penalty to DishNetwork since I first got their service because I had no phone line near my DVR. But when we added a second TV and DVR, I balked at paying $10 a month just because they think I need one-button access to pay per view. So I bought a Phonex base and two extension units so I could hook up the DVR's to the phone line. As described, the installation is quick and easy. The system works fine, even the caller ID. When I am watching TV and the phone rings, a window pops up on the screen telling me who is calling. This allows me to decide if I want to answer the phone without having to hunt for my glasses and pick up the phone.
easy install & works fine June 11, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this so i could move my fax/print/scan machine without running wires. I didn't even read the directions and this wireless jack extension works fine. There's a pic on the box. All i had to do was plug the jacks in and my fax in. We've got a wireless network, wireless phone & intercom, other electronics and use cell phones in our office and no interference problems.
Recommended
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