F3000
Created by: dischord,Last modification on Tue 14 of Oct, 2008 [20:40 UTC] by coryandrews
UTstarcom F3000 Wireless IP Phone
Color LCD Screen (65000k)
802.11b/g Compatible
Protocols: SIP
Product Description
The UTstarcom F3000 is a clam shell style wireless IP phone that combines the power of Voice Over IP technology with the mobility of wireless networking. Wireless Voice Over IP is a revolutionary step for VoIP technology because it extends the reach and capabilities of your VoIP network. UTstarcom has become a respected leader the mobile VoIP industry by releasing quality handsets that use the flexible SIP protocol at an affordable cost. UTstarcom gained an innovative reputation in the marketplace by being one of the first manufacturers to release a 802.11g wireless IP phone which drastically increased sound quality and compatibility with modern wireless (WiFi) networks.
KEY FEATURES
- Clamshell Type Design
- 65K CSTN 1.8�, 128x160 pixels
- 802.11b/g
- VoIP Protocols Supported
- SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
- SDP (Session Description Protocol)
- RTP/RTCP
- RFC 2833/Inband DTMF
- Network Protocols Supported
- DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
- TFTP/HTTP
- NTP
- Powerful Personal Information Management
- Earphone supported
- Polyphonic ringtones
- Voicemail indication
- Local Log/System Log
TECHNICAL PROFILE
- Frequency: 2.4 GHz, Channel 1-14
- Effective Range Indoor: 70m Outdoor: 110m
- LCD: 65K CSTN Color LCD, 128×160
- Dimension: 85 x 43 x 22 mm
- Weight: 90g (Approx.)
- Battery: Li-ion DC 3.7V 1100 mAh
- Charger: Input 100~240 VAC 50~60Hz 120mA
- Output: 5.2V DC 600mA
- Charging Time: 2.5 hrs
- Standby Time: Up to 75 hrs (Approx.)
- Talking Time: Up to 3 hrs (Approx.)
CERTIFICATION
- FCC ID:06Y-F3000
- IC and CE
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- 802.11b/g
- WEP (64 and 128 bit )/WPA
- Call Features*
- Three-way calling/Call waiting
- Call rejection/redial/mute
- Call transfer/Call forwarding
- Caller ID blocking
- Repeat dial
- Reject anonymous callsv
- Call hold/resume
- Voice Processing*
- Codec G.711, G.729av
- Comfort noise generation (CNG)
- Voice activity detection (VAD)
- Adaptive jitter buffer
- Echo suppression
- Advanced Features*
- Handover/Roaming between different AP and SSID
- Net search
- Auto scan
- TFTP/HTTP provisioning
- TFTP/HTTP firmware upgrade
- Web configuration interface
- STUN support, DNS SRV
- AES encrypted provisioning
- SIP server failover
* Requires network support
F3000 Specsheet
F3000 Instruction Manual
F3000 Quick Start Guide
Support Forum (requires free registration)
Firmware
- Default Login
- username "admin" password "psw"
LIST IN ABC ORDER OR BE REMOVED!
- America - 8774e4VoIP.com - Asterisk Focus - Free Support to all...
- America - RockBottomVoIP.com - Best prices for VoIP Hardware!
- Belgium - NOVACOM Shop Delivery all over Europe. Very competitive prices.
- Europe - MyPhoneCall Europe's largest distributor of VoIP products. (payment in GBP or EUR)
- France - MyPhoneCall Europe's largest distributor of VoIP products.
- France - NOVACOM Shop Delivery all over Europe. Very competitive prices.
- Germany - MyPhoneCall Europe's largest distributor of VoIP products.
- Italy - MyPhoneCall Europe's largest distributor of VoIP products.
- Luxemburg - NOVACOM Shop Delivery all over Europe. Very competitive prices.
- Netherlands - MyPhoneCall Europe's largest distributor of VoIP products.
- Portugal - MyPhoneCall Europe's largest distributor of VoIP products.
- Spain - MyPhoneCall Europe's largest distributor of VoIP products.
- Switzerland - MyPhoneCall Europe's largest distributor of VoIP products.
- UK - MyPhoneCall Europe's largest distributor of VoIP products.
- UK & Worldwide - VoIPon
- USA - .e4 Technologies FREE SHIPPING US
- USA - VoipSupply.com
- Ukraine Wildix in Ukraine
See Also
Reviews
Page Hits: 18288
Comments
333Still angry with it !
The second *BIG* problem with the F3000 is that the phone unconnects itself from the IPBX (or from the AP, I don't know) when I close the clamshell (and it stays unreachable, even I re-open it !) : when I attempt to call the F3000 when the clamshell is closed, my Asterisk switches automatically to the voicemail, and when the clamshell is kept open after the registering stage, it works fine : it can be called until I close the clamshell, for instance, to put it in my pocket. Do I have missed any configuration somewhere ?
In conclusion : it seems that the F3000 is designed to be connected to open hotspots (a good idea to have your phone IDs stolen) and to call, but not to be called ! :-(
A better solution consists to invest into a reliable professional hybrid SIP/GSM phone. I have bought a Nokia E61 and it works perfectly !
333Fuctional and happy with it
Have only had to cold start it twice. Audio quality is good. Audio delay is pretty minimal. Hops easily between my AP's.
Haven't tried it in WEP WPA mode.
My only problem is I can't get the DTMF working in asterisk's voicemail, but I need to look around some more for an answer before it annoys me.
333Pretty phone, but a pig to make it work
Well - first the good stuff: It's pretty enough, easy enough to make/receive calls, it even has a couple of daft games, just like a mobile.
Reception is reasonable, from what I can tell; I use this 'phone around my house and somewhat awkwardly the only dead spot is in one corner of the kitchen — maybe the microwave is causing grief.
And now the bad stuff: This phone is a NIGHTMARE to setup. You *must* run an open AP, as far as I can tell: there's just no way to make it talk WEP (haven't tried WPA; my F1000 and elderly laptop don't do WPA). Or, rather... it WILL connect to a WEP-enabled AP, but then it's completely unable to connect to your SIP service (and mine is an Asterisk server running on the same network - it's not like I was trying to make it talk to a remote provider). This leaves you dazed & confused, because it sort of looks like it's working, but doesn't Open the AP up, and everything works as expected.
The phone, as supplied to me (bought off eBay for <1/2 retail price), came with firmware v5.60st - which crashed nastily every time I tried to do anything with the WiFi setup, requiring a battery-off reboot. Downloading the 5.61st firmware brought more pain: Step 2 wouldn't start (which it was supposed to, from 5.60); step 1 also failed with an error *however*, having run step 1 (& got the failure), step 2 then DID work, although the 'phone never did tell the PC it was finished. Sheesh. I daren't try the 5.9 beta firmware.... now the damn thing actually works, I'm not touching it.
Finally, one last gripe (and this applies to the F1000 too) — the web interface is slow, and prone to not working. If it won't respond, dial a number on the 'phone, hang up, then try the web interface again - that usually gets it.
In summary: 2 of 5 stars: it lost 2 because it's a pig to get going, and another one because the web interface is so flakey.
333How to Deal with it?
yea strange. but hopefully they will have an update on the ios.
I never had any problems with the ap issue as others have. I opened it with internet as my ssid and it works, WEP works as well, no problem there either.
333F3000 is a bag of bugs (or how to loose $200)
I only can put this useless item to the trash !!! :-(
I can't understand how Frank, below, may say "Really solid phone" ... I will drop it to see if it is actually solid !
My conclusion : F3000 doesn't do what why it was designed because it was released too early without any really reliable upgrade procedure and a non-existing UTStarcom support ("An issue ? Call your dealer") !
333F3000 Review
If the above would be addressed it seems to be an okay phone. Just not with the above shortcomings
333F3000 wont connect to AP
333F3000 Guinea Pig
Just got my F3000 in. It had 5.60st firmware out of the box. I'm using it with a Cisco 1231 802.11B/G AP, and Asterisk. I've run into the following frustrating issues:
-Cannot get the phone to do WPA1/TKIP for the life of me. After messing with settings on the phone and the AP for quite some time, I gave up and just ended up using WEP. I bought this phone instead of the F1000 specifically for the WPA security. The AP has almost no traffic on it, and it's been tested with a number of different WPA enabled clients, and appears to have no issues with them.
-The phone will not automatically register to the above mentioned AP on startup quickly. It tries to connect to it for a second, then polls through the list of other AP's, then eventually gives up with "Couldn't connect to AP". If I wait around for about 2 minutes, it will eventually associate to the AP.
-Calls made from a station in the office to the F3000 result in it no longer being registered in Asterisk shortly after the call has ended. You can still ping the phone, and the phone claims to be still registered, but Asterisk no longer can "see" it. At this point, you can no longer make outgoing calls with the F3000. The only way that I've found to resolve this issue is to power cycle the phone. The station phone continues to operate normally after this occurs.
-In the short time I've been writing this post, I've noticed yet another bug... the phone just mysteriously disassociated from the AP, now it's going through the same AP scan sequence it does on startup.
-The phone has some of the strangest power saving features I've ever seen in regards to the display turning on and off, seemingly at will.
I've updated to the newest firmware rev (5.61st) as well as a beta firmware offered by tech support and these issues still persist.
After browsing around some of the UTStarcom forum posts, it appears as though more then a few other owners are experiencing these issues as well; with little or no luck in getting them fixed. I will most likely be returning this phone as this product appears to be a "work in progress" and probably shouldn't have been released to the public just yet.
333hot or not?
i was just about to buy a F1000G but after reading that it heats up after 10-15 minutes talktime, i now have second thoughts.
i wonder actually if the F3000 heats up too? since the aerial is not close to the earpiece on the F3000 i imagine that it may not get as hot around the earpiece...
can anybody confirm this please?
cheers,
olaf
333