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18185 automatic dialer?

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Andy_WSM
Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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Hi,

Does anyone know where I can buy an automatic dialer to prefix my calls with 18185?

There used to be a device available called "Orchid Dialer" for about £10- but it seems the company no longer sells them.

Anyone have one no longer in use that they'd sell me perhaps?

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  • davetrousers
    davetrousers Posts: 5,862 Forumite
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    Have you tried ebay?
    .....

  • Heinz
    Heinz Posts: 11,191 Forumite
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    edited 15 April 2010 at 4:36PM
    There are no new Orchid V2 or V4 diallers available now - Orchid no longer sell them).

    There used to be a DECT version called the Ranger 400 and that is remarkably similar in design to the low-radiation DECT telephones sold by THIS COMPANY. However, I see they are sold at a premium price.

    It might be worth asking them if their DECT base stations incorporate an Orchid dialler. If they do, it should be possible to make use of Kevin Lawry's clever MS Excel spreadsheet for programming.

    http://208.56.23.24/mse/Auto_Routing_Table_v1_9.zip
    Time has moved on (much quicker than it used to - or so it seems at my age) and my previous advice on residential telephony has been or is now gradually being overtaken by changes in the retail market. Hence, I have now deleted links to my previous 'pearls of wisdom'. I sincerely hope they helped save some of you money.
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    Have you tried ebay?

    Yep, first port of call ;)
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    Heinz wrote: »

    It might be worth asking them if their DECT base stations incorporate an Orchid dialler.

    Not what I am after as I need to plug in my existing telephones to the dialer. I suffer partial deafness and changing all the phones is not an option.
  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
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    I have reprogrammed my phones so that all the persons in the phone memory have two numbers against their name. One with the "normal" number and one prefixed with 18185.
    I put "18" after the name to identify them.
    So I have "Fred" to use evenings & w/e. "Fred18" to use during the day.
    I just have to remember what the time is - works well !
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