Refurbished Phone Exchange Blog — digital telephony

The Polycom SoundStation 2 is an analog conference phone built to provide high quality audio conference calls. With Polycom’s Acoustic Clarity Technology and support for dynamic noise reduction, the SoundStation 2 remains one of the most popular conference phones on the market. As an analog conference phone, it uses the G.711 mu-law codec to generate phone conversations, allowing for broad inter-operability. Is the Polycom SoundStation 2 Right For Me? The Polycom SoundStation 2 is directly compatible with traditional phone lines when a phone system is not used. These include digital phone lines from a cable provider such as Comcast or...

The Toshiba DK424i and Toshiba CIX 670 phone systems look identical to the average user, and indeed they are the same physical cabinet with different internal modules. The Toshiba DK424i was released the year prior to the official release of the CIX 670, and was meant to be a stop gap release before the unveiling of the CIX 670. Toshiba DK424i System The Toshiba DK424i has little to do with the original DK424 phone system. The Toshiba Dk424i can use several of the same cards as the original DK series of chassis, including the PIOUS and IMDU cards. The system...

ESI is an American manufacturer of phone systems, which was founded back in 1987.  Over the past 28 years ESI has released several different models of phone systems.  Many of these systems begin with "ESI IVX", IVX standing for "integrated voice exchange".  This brings us back to the topic of our blog... so what's the differences between all the IVX phone systems? ESI IVX Classic: This phone system is not actually called the IVX Classis. Rather, this is the colloquial name given to the system which is simply known as the ESI IVX. The system only works with the EKT-A...

Buying a phone system is an important investment. You must put careful consideration into price, potential for growth, and ability to find replacement parts and accessories. Of course in today's business world, many SMB's are opting for a cloud-based system, but is that the right solution for you? How much should I spend? The first thing customers ask about when searching for the right phone system is price. How much will it cost me? The answer depends on a few factors, number of lines, equipment and more importantly features.­ Features can range from call groups, conference bridging and voicemail transcribing...

  To reset your 3Com 3102 phone, you’ll need to boot the phone up. After the phone boots with the software version, press the programming button in the top right corner of the phone (This is the button with a white circle). You’ll want to scroll down to option 6 and select advanced settings. If prompted for a password, the default password for the 3102 IP phone is 1234#. Once in the phone’s advanced settings, scroll down to option 5, hardware reset. Select this to factory reset the phone’s hardware settings. Once the phone has been rebooted, log into the...