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The Panasonic KX-NT343 is an IP based telephone for Panasonic phone telephones. The KX-NT343 is one of several phones released by Panasonic that offers the ability to connect a Bluetooth headset to the phone.   Unfortunately, the KX-NT343 does not come with this capability in the factory configuration. An optional module is required for Bluetooth operation. The Panasonic KX-NT307 Bluetooth module installs behind the LCD module of the phone.   Once installed, the Panasonic KX-NT343 supports the ability to answer a call, end a call, and voice communications. The module is compatible with the following Panasonic phones: NT343 NT346 NT366...

  Many modern desk phones now include a feature called a navigation key. This technology can be rephrased several different ways including menu driven display, menu key, and navigation cluster. The important part of the navigation key is that it allows you to navigate options on business phones that did not exist even 10 years ago.   The navigation keys are usually combined with a menu button that allow a user or telecom engineer to program some of the phone’s options directly through the handset. This prevents having to use the command line interface or web GUI or the phone...

For those looking to connect room controllers to their Crestron AV2 control processors, there are two options available depending on what you as a customer requires. 8G DM cables and Cresfiber are the two main options for connecting DigialMedia components together.   8G DM Copper: 8G DM is a shielded twist pair Ethernet cable created by Crestron. The cable can come in Plenum or Non-plenum variations. The cables are designed for complete end to end Crestron solutions, but can be substituted for traditional cat 5e or cat 6 wiring. CresFiber: CresFiber, also called DM 8G Fiber is fiber optic cable...

ESI, Estech Systems Inc., has been producing phone systems for years now. Producing both digital and IP based endpoints, their phone systems are as varied and powerful as their telephones. This is a brief introduction into some of their most popular phone systems.     ESI IVX Phone Systems: The ESI IVX series of phone systems come in several classes, the C-Class, E-Class, and S-Class systems. In addition, there is a first and second generation versions of the IVX phone systems. These digital phone systems support several different connections. They can be connected through PRI, ISDN, or analog POTS trunks....

The ShoreTel 230 and 230G are IP phones specially designed for the ShoreGear phone system. These phones operate on the MGCP protocol unlike most traditional SIP phones. Regardless, the phones are full of features such as a graphical display, full duplex speakerphone, and support for the G.722 HD audio codec.   As similar as the ShoreTel 230G is to the ShoreTel 230, they are not the same phone. The ShoreTel 230G is a Gigabit phone. What this means is that the integrated Ethernet switch on a ShoreTel 230G can transfer data at speeds up to 1 Gbps. This ‘Gig’ switch...