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product_id: 4088110
title: "- Hamilton CapTel 840i Captioned Telephone, Hearing Impaired Phones, Auto/Assisted Captions & Volume Control up to 40dB, Conventional Button Menu Navigation, Wi-Fi, Answering Machine & Speakerphone"
brand: "hamilton"
price: "74912 Ft"
currency: HUF
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reviews_count: 4
url: https://www.desertcart.hu/products/4088110-hamilton-captel-840i-captioned-telephone-hearing-impaired-phones-auto-assisted
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# 10 Hours Talk Time 40dB Amplification 18 Min Recording - Hamilton CapTel 840i Captioned Telephone, Hearing Impaired Phones, Auto/Assisted Captions & Volume Control up to 40dB, Conventional Button Menu Navigation, Wi-Fi, Answering Machine & Speakerphone

**Brand:** hamilton
**Price:** 74912 Ft
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 📞 Elevate Your Conversations with Clarity and Confidence!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** - Hamilton CapTel 840i Captioned Telephone, Hearing Impaired Phones, Auto/Assisted Captions & Volume Control up to 40dB, Conventional Button Menu Navigation, Wi-Fi, Answering Machine & Speakerphone by hamilton
- **How much does it cost?** 74912 Ft with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hu](https://www.desertcart.hu/products/4088110-hamilton-captel-840i-captioned-telephone-hearing-impaired-phones-auto-assisted)

## Best For

- hamilton enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted hamilton brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Stay Connected Effortlessly:** Enjoy a user-friendly interface with intuitive button navigation for seamless interaction.
- • **Integrated Answering Machine:** Review voice messages with captions, making it easy to stay in touch.
- • **Transform Your Conversations:** Experience crystal-clear calls with captions that empower your communication.
- • **Personalized Listening Experience:** Adjust volume up to 40dB for maximum comfort tailored to your needs.
- • **24/7 Nationwide Captioning Service:** Access real-time captions anytime, ensuring you never miss a moment.

## Overview

The CapTel 840i Captioned Telephone is designed for individuals with hearing impairments, offering up to 40dB amplification, a user-friendly button menu, and a large display for captions. With a built-in answering machine and 24/7 nationwide captioning service, it ensures that every call is clear and accessible. Perfect for maintaining connections with loved ones, this phone combines convenience and independence in one powerful device.

## Description

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## Features

- Unmatched Accessibility and Convenience: Hamilton CapTel empowers people with hearing loss by transforming everyday calls into clear conversations. Effortlessly listen while reading captions on the large screen display with button menu navigation, ensuring every word is captured perfectly. Stay connected with your loved ones through the no-cost service. Store 95+ contacts. Experience a sense of independence and confidence on every call.
- REQUIREMENTS: 1) High-Speed internet (Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi). 2) Telephone Service - Can be analog, digital cable, DSL, VoIP, FIOS. 3) Standard electrical power. NOTE: Product and service are ONLY available in the U.S. Do not buy if in another country. This is an FCC-certified offering for U.S. residents with hearing loss. Users must register for an account and certify their hearing loss before the product can be used.
- Customized Communication for people who are Hard of Hearing: Enjoy the intuitive interface that makes it easy to stay in touch. The adjustable volume control offers up to 40dB Amplification Gain, allowing you to personalize your listening experience for maximum comfort. Never miss out on important family calls again. All conversations are clearly conveyed through captions displayed on a large, easy-to-read screen.
- 24/7 Nationwide Captioning Service, available at no cost. Experience the freedom of connecting all day, every day. Instant access to a nationwide captioning service available around the clock means your conversations aren't put on hold when hearing assistance is needed. This phone for people who are hearing impaired, young or elderly, offers peace of mind that support is always available.
- For those wanting enhanced understanding, the Assisted Captions feature provides the highest accuracy captions with the assistance of a live operator on the call. For those wanting greater privacy and the fastest captions, the Auto Captions feature provides automated captions without an operator on the call. An ideal captioned telephone for people who are hard of hearing to embrace the clarity and joy of understanding every call, outgoing and incoming, without the frustration of missed words.
- Integrated Answering Machine for Complete Clarity: The built-in answering machine with captions feature ensures you never miss a message again. Captions of voice messages play directly on the screen, so you can review and respond at your convenience.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Recording Capacity | 18 minutes |
| Conference Call Capability | Closed Front |
| Phone Talk Time | 10 Hours |
| Is there Caller ID | No |
| Multiline Operation | Multi-Line Operation |
| Dialer Type | Single Keypad |
| Answering System Type | Digital |
| Power Source | Corded Electric |
| Item Weight | 4 Pounds |
| Color | White |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Hamilton
- **Color:** White
- **Telephone Type:** Corded
- **Material:** Plastic
- **Power Source:** Corded Electric
- **Dialer Type:** Single Keypad
- **Answering System Type:** Digital
- **Item Weight:** 4 Pounds
- **Compatible Devices:** Analog, Digital Cable, DSL, VoIP, FIOS, High-Speed Internet, Answering Machines
- **Phone Talk Time:** 10 Hours

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Can I use a cordless phone and this telephone on the same line.  We have VOIP.   I need a captioning telephone but others woudl prefer cordless.**
A: I have a cordless hooked up I n my kitchen and my captel phone is hooked up in my living roombc I do have hearing people in my home all u need is a double outlet phone jack bc where my captel is hooked up at also has the tTV phone line there also but be aware that your captel phone says it's wifi but it doesn't work so u have to have your captel near your router I hope this answers your question I absolutely love my phone and I don't know what i would do with out it.. i also have a vco phone and hated it bc u had to go through someone else to talk to people so this captel phone u don't have it captions your calls automatically. .

**Q: & Do you need separate Phone Jack for this phone? Also we have 2 hand phones with brand name at&t. Have roadrunner with Time Warner.
Any conflict of interest?**
A: That (who provides internet) shouldn't matter. Description says you need phone and internet.

**Q: Does this phone work with cable TV,home phone and Internet services?**
A: Yes it does.  You have to connect the phone to your regular phone line, a power supply (home 115v) and to the internet using either an Ethernet cable or wireless connection.  I use the Ethernet cable connection because my phone is close to my router.  The phone works great but you have to understand that the close captioning comes in over the internet so it will lag behind.  If you are speaking to someone who talks fast it can lag behind quite a ways and you have to tell them to be patient while the captioning catches up.  I love the phone.

**Q: How much does Captel charge a month?**
A: captioning services for the deaf are free and paid for byt the federal government (our taxes)....Captel should not be charging you for any captioning services as I understand it.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It’s a perfect gift for someone with problems hearing.
*by D***Z on May 13, 2025*

New server was necessary but when they were done it was beyond expectations.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing Technology
*by L***I on July 31, 2013*

I had German measles when I was only a year old, and due to the resultant nerve deafness have had to wear hearing aids all my life. I have watched hearing aid technology steadily progress from the old clip-on barrette-type aid to the all-in-the-eyeglass-temple design to the behind-the-ear style that I now wear. Because I need to read lips at the same time I hear a speaking voice (the coordination helps with the understanding), using the telephone has always been a dreadful chore that I preferred to avoid if I could. It was so easy for me to misunderstand spoken words over the telephone and so easy for me to become annoyed at myself and frustrated. When I got a closed-captioned television, it was wonderful, but I have wished for 50 years that someone would invent a closed-captioned telephone that would be advanced enough to work well. I saw an advertisement for this Cap Tel telephone in a science magazine and decided to give it a try. When I got it, I found it to be very well-packaged. The phone was very easy to set up and to use, and the instruction manual that comes with it explains everything in a step-by-step fashion that is easily understandable. I encountered some initial difficulty with the setup because I needed to first register the phone, so had to push the Customer Service button on the phone's face, but these people are right there (the connection is nearly instant) and very willing to help you (even that conversation with them came up in closed captioning, so you will understand that, too). This phone has an answering machine which is capable of translating the spoken message into a written one that will scroll across the screen as you play it back so that you can easily read it instead of having to listen to it. I think it is amazing to be able to READ without misunderstanding what I once had to HEAR and badly decipher. I love this new phone and am so happy that I have finally been able to take advantage of this wonderful technology. I would highly and enthusiastically recommend this product to anyone who needs to read and understand rather than hear and understand.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good product, great support, wifi problems
*by D***2 on February 12, 2013*

Edit (2013-Feb-22): I ran ethernet from hub to phone, and the system has hiccup'd only once since. Either their wifi is poor or the house had interference problems (other electronics, walls/structure, or etc).Meanwhile, CapTel has been exceptionally good on their response. An email to them describing my problems and the terrible first support response led to a detailed email offering return/swap-out/troubleshooting/etc. Then another person called me before I'd even had a chance to reply, and we discussed the situation. She confirmed that occasionally wifi problems (like a signal that drops repeatedly) will cause the phone to lock up hard. Based on her call, last weekend we ran a dedicated ethernet line to the phone.Monday (a week since first complaint), the CapTel representative called again, wanting again to check if I was satisfied and/or do whatever reasonable to fix things. I told her what I'd done, and that the phone seemed to be working fine.So, there might be problems with the phone's WIFI. Otherwise, it's good stuff. The captioning delay runs from 1.5sec to 5 seconds before text shows up. The screen is active not cheap backlit LCD, so it's crisp, readable, bright even in a dark room, and has a few text color/size customizations possible. The phone UI takes steps to be intuitive: The display has menus and instructions in full sentences to guide users, it has dedicated up/down and Yes/No buttons, the captioning button at lower right gets a bright ring-of-light when Captioning is turned on. There's a dedicated blue 'customer support' button that speed-dials support. There are two different audio volume settings configurable for people using captioning vs when captioning is turned off, so the volume can be cranked to the max for dad, but turning off caption drops it back to tolerable levels.All in all, it's a nice bit of enabling/adaptive technology, and the design shows lots of attention to usability and other features that'll matter to seniors.I'm still docking a star for wifi problems and a design that fails to a telephone without even a dialtone until unplugged/replugged/reconfigured. A telephone for seniors/disabled that doesn't have failsafe design is pretty lame, IMHO.================original review (approx 2013-Feb-11):Bought this for my parents, set it up, and all seemed good for a few hours.Then someone picked up the handset to make a call, and it was dead. Locked up, not even a dialtone.We fidgeted around, finally unplugged the power cord and replugged it in, and the device booted normally again. Then it made us configure network and time again.Another few hours, and again it had locked up. Unplug, plug in, reset network, reset time. Ugh. And so on, for the few days it's been in use. When someone notices it's locked up, we reset it and we've given up on the time setting.Phone is using WiFi, is about 12' from the home router, and is plugged into a surge strip. So, mom hit that nice blue 'cust support' button. They told her that it was the WiFi's fault, that she needed to buy a powerline ethernet adapter pair to route the data signal over powerline, or that she could 'JUST KEEP REBOOTING IT AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE TIME BEING WRONG'! Wow. Just wow.Fundamentally, am not impressed that they've made a phone that fails to dead, as opposed to the networked/text software failing to the device at least still being a dumb POTS phone. As for just rebooting every few hours, that sort of kills the answering machine and/or any ability to use this device to answer unanticipated phone calls, unless one wants to become a slave to the phone and constantly obsessed with whether it has locked up and needs a reboot.I'm no longer in the same city with the phone, but I'm going to try to call and talk to support. Hopefully, what mom reported from her first call was just some sort of misunderstanding. If so, will come back and adjust the review. (edit: much better support on 3 different communications with CapTel since her first phone call.)But at this point: phone seems to have serious problems with basic design, the wifi and/or quality control, and customer support is poor. 1 star. (edit: upgraded to 4 -- what it offers is pretty valuable, and the company will stand behind their product and try to guide you to a working solution)

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