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The item was misleading on the web site.I thought it was a complete unit, but when received found out it was an auxiliary until and I required a mother base.I sent the unit back sent bought the right unit locally.
I would definitely recommend it. It has good sound and good range. I have had this phone for over a year with 2 handsets. I use the intercom feature and speakerphone often. I just got the third handset for an outbuilding and so far it works well, no problems at all, just plug it in.
I can tell you the clarity is excellent, if you don't have too many walls or appliances between you and the base unit. Even so, you should recharge the units nightly with moderate use. If you experience call drops--sudden cutoffs in the middle of a call, you're probably too far from the base unit. If you have a 3 floor house, the base unit should be on the second floor.
Other nice features include: easy retrievel of answering machine messages from the handset, a programable alarm clock, a built-in phonebook, caller ID, and a memory that stores your last 50 calls. And at one bar, you should make your calls short and sweet or reach for the other handset--which should be on the recharger ready to go. However, I live in a concrete building with multiple floors--so I don't expect much from any cordless phone. When you do hear the low battery beep, you only have a couple of minutes left, at best. The punch keys are large and easily read. Unobstructed, the range is quite good, about 200+ feet. I do recommend this phone.
Helpful if you forget to jot down an important phone number. So, don't say I didn't warn you. The battery indicator does not kid you at all: it's 3 bars when you're topped off. The factory originals are just adequate at 550 mAh. So too, the view screen is very readable.
If you have concrete walls or the base unit is parked two floors upstairs, this may happen more frequently. A small point, I'll concede, but it cost them one star in my rating. You may need to experiment to get the best range out of this phone. But if you're prone to leaving your phone off the recharger for days and then having lengthy conversations, you'll want to upgrade to high capacity rechargeable AAAs @ 700 to 1000+ mAh. There are nice features included: the speaker phone option on the handset is topnotch. Again, proper base unit placement is essential. One of my handsets was stolen off of my porch one evening, so I needed a replacement.
You can adjust the contrast on the screen to suit. Most people will never know you're on a speakerphone if the handset is placed on a desktop in front of you. These handsets are small and easily misplaced or buried under a cushion or papers. The only reason it didn't get a 5 star rating is the lack of a battery back-up on the base unit to keep the phones working during a power outage. Panasonic used to build cordless phones with that very feature. There it is in a nutshell; this phone does the job if you don't expect too much from it: like stand too close to multiple active appliances or talk under high tension electricity lines across the street. You can flick it on, whenever you're placed on hold, listening to muzak, waiting for your call to go through.
Just remember, this is only a cordless phone, not a walkie talkie.I like the fact that regular rechargeable AAA batteries can be used. The handset locator is your best friend. The one criticism is the quirky nature of occassional dropped calls. So, they do have the technology but they chose not to employ it in this model. I've owned the Panasonic Dect 6.0 expandable cordless phone system for about 8 months now. They will last all day with moderate to heavy use. All in all, the phone does what I expect it to do.
I like this phone system. It's easy to transfer information from phone to phone, and easy to use the intercom feature to find those missing phones. This set I like. I bought extensions for this product up to the maximum of 6. All work well, having that many extensions works with my internet phone connection well. Started with 3 to test it out because I have not gotten phones I like as a general rule.
I have 4 phones and except for the phone on the main base the others work sometimes, but most of the time say the phone is too far from base even when it is only 15 feet away. Volume issues are also a problem. Poor sound quality. By listening to Consumer Reports Magazine I bought this phone, but now which I hadn't.
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