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I'm using it for last 3 months and it's cheap and good phone.
It has a nice color display.
Base speaker is very loud and clear.
Handset is speaker is bit noisy when you put it in loud.
The base has a simple mute button but if you want to mute the handset you need go to phone menu to mute it.
Battery life is okay.
Answering machine is good and setup is very easy.
Overall a good phone at a good price.
after having this phone for a couple of months, the screen went completely blank, so I didn't have my caller id. Then, one day 6 months later, I dropped the phone really hard to the floor, adn the caller id and screen started working again. Also, this phone is uncomfortable to hold between your ear and shoulder with out using your hands.
This phone really isn't anything special, but it does the job. The ring tones are kind of cheesy & I've owned phones that were a lot more user friendly, but for $30, you can't beat it. A previous post stated that there was only a speakerphone on the base. That's incorrect. There's a speakerphone on the base & the handset. It does have a ton of features for a $30 phone.
Great phone with good features, but its the first one I ever bought that could not be wall-mounted. I had to re-arrange my desk to accomodate it. I Love the speakerphone on the handset though!
1. The handset speaker phone is broken after 2 months. It even lost its ringing function. Now it only works like a simple handset with caller ID.
2. The number pad on the base and handset are too tiny. It's very difficult to press the numbers, and requires you to press hard and hold down.
3. This is a 2.4GHz cordless phone, but it has bad reception. There is disturbing loud background hiss.
The rest of the functions are still okay. This is the 4th GE phone I owned, and this is the worst.
For everyone who has this phone and was having trouble with adding the area code - I found the solution. When your looking at your caller id and it's a long distance number you can hit the # button to add the area code (if it isn't there already) and you can add the "1" before the area code and number by hitting *(tone) *woohoo* no more editing and redoing all the numbers before you add them to caller id!
this small size home phones works great, are good looking a has all the features you need, dont hesitate in purchasing. Not a good thing is the range!!
We got this phone a couple of months ago and are still not able to use it at all. Originally, we could not hear anything from this phone at all. Now only faint voice can be heard, but the only end still has no sound at all.
I spend hours reading the manual, but still can not make it work for us. Maybe it is a malfunctioning one. I would definitly NOT buy any Uniden products in the future.
When we first received these phones they were pretty good - the range is short but we could deal with that. After a few weeks the sound quality started to really decline (echos, breaking up, and static.). After 8 months the caller ID does not function on one handset and the sound quality on the other handset is so bad as to make it unusable.
The small size at first was cute but after awhile is very annoying and uncomfortable. I just ordered a panasonic set and can't wait to trash this set. I have been a loyal fan of uniden for many years but this product has shaken my confidence in there recent quality or lack there of.
This is a really good phone! Love the size and the handsfree features on each phone AND the base. Our last phone did not have that feature on the base and if the phone rang and we could not locate the handsets we could not answer the phone. Now we can! The reception is great and the volume features are easy to operate. We also got a killer price and prompt delivery. We are happy customers!
i few years back i wanted to buy a good quality cordless phone. I went to the store and purchased a motorola for over 100 dollars. You dont always get what you pay for because that phone was a peice of crap. it never held the time correctly and i had to buy replacement baterries twice within only 3 years. Then the number pad wore out and the phone was not even usuable.
Today I received my uniden phone. it was about 1/4 the price of my previous motorola. the phone is very nice looking, comfortable, and very easy to setup. Probably the best instruction manual i have ever read for an electronic, and it is in english only. Thanks Uniden
The best feature of this answering machine? It doesn't record junk phone calls. Otherwise, it is your run-of-the-mill answering machine. It answers calls and records messages. That is exactly what we wanted it to do and it does it.
We've used two high-end Panasonic phones over the last few years and they have been fantastic from a feature-set and quality viewpoint, but their reliability has been suspect. This Uniden phone is cheap, but is a great budget phone that we wholeheartedly recommend. It works well with a VOIP set-up.
The first week, I have put this phone to the test! And, it still works great! Great product for a reasonable price!
I have had NO problems with this unit whatsoever! The phone works great, with no static or other audio problems. People's voices come through loud and clear, with excellent audio quality, on both the phone itself and the answering machine/base unit. Range is excellent as well, and I have NO issues using the phone everywhere inside our 3 level house, and outside on the patio and in the driveway. Perhaps Uniden has made the latest version of this model to perform better than the older ones, given the one bad review below. Or maybe the reviewer was recieving external interference from other electronics in his house. In any case, this is a feature-rich, quality unit for an unheard of low price brand new! Buy this one with confidence.
muy buena opcion, tiene buena memoria y esta muy bonito, tiene buena fidelidad y cobertura.
Bought this one a couple of weeks back. It is a decent phone, with standard features. There is a slight noise in the cordless handset sometimes, but that is not very often. The speaker is quite good, and so is the mic.
Neither the base unit nor the cordless phone were satisfactory in terms of sound quality. The answering machine was often unintelligible. I would take note of the fact that Amazon's current price is approximately 50% of the list. I like bargains, but in this case I suspect it is a matter of not being able to sell the stock on hand -- for a good reason.
I purchased this phone and got a great deal. I'm very happy with my phone and its excellent quality.
I found the directions for programming this machine to be almost incomprehensible. Using trial and error and blessed with a little luck , I made it happen. The machine is far too complex for my tastes. It tries to do all things for all users and not too well. Another complaint is that when you have the speaker -phone on , and you dial a number using the directoory, there is no way to lower the sound volume. I complained to Tech Services and they promised me an answer. That was several weeks ago. I think I hit a nerve here.
Although this cordless phone is only 2.4GHz, it works very good and the price is incredible. I bought six and gave them as gift to friends and relatives.
I bought this phone about a year ago as it was the right price for what I wanted. The sound has never been good (lots of static) and has got worse over the year. It is now totally broken, I cannot dial out and there is no ring when calling in. Very dissapointing, I thought Motorola would be a safe bet, but I won't be buying this brand again.
In the almost three years of having owned this phone it's only been solid 2 months. The answering machine function is reliable - hence the two stars. Motorola did send a (free) replacement battery which lasted as long as the first: 6 months. You'll get 30 seconds of use from your phone for every 30 minutes it's charged. (So make sure your phone calls are short so it doesn't cut you off)
Look elsewhere.
This baby has come down in price and is easy to find sales on. The phone works well. I have yet to get a message to test the answering machine as I just got it on June 22nd. Set up was easy enough. The booklet was rather easy to follow. My one complaint with it is that the display text is very small. Other than that, no complaints.
As always I have bought this phone since It was under very nice deal. I was lucky that I bought it from the store atleast I could return it and got my money back without paying shipping charges.
The phone really stinks. We always heard complains from both way, My parents could not hear the voice of the other person, and the others replied the same. They often end up calling on cell phone.
One other weired thing was you will hear the "whistling" sound from the headset. If you know how a Mic provides a sund during testing, the similar sound it provided. It was so annoying that you can not even speak few words.
It did not take a long time for me to realize that the phone was not even worth paying that much amount.
One more thing the phone lacked was a speakerphone.
Also the functionality of the phone was very poor. Some times I wanted to dial any number I would see channel 6, sometimes I would see channel 30, every time diffrent numbers. I spent quite a while figuring out the logic behind it, but I couldn't.
The over all sound quality is very poor, the functionality is very poor and the look is also not at all attractive.
I ordered this phone several months ago and we've liked it for the most part. The only minor criticisms I have of the phone are these:
1. The buttons are a bit small.
2. The batteries don't hold a charge for long.
I'm not old enough to need bifocals, but I can imagine that folks with poor vision might have trouble pushing the correct buttons. Also, with two phones, the short charge period isn't a big deal. You can easily switch to the other phone if the one you're using runs out of a charge.
This was a gift for friends and they have been completely satisfied with it. My one friend has a severe hearing problem, but by adjusting the volume of the speaker and the ringtone he has had no problems. The phone book is very convenient, and it has many other handy features and settings. I have a similar model by Panasonic and am very pleased with mine.
Replaced a Uniden BCT648-3 with this Panasonic when my parents' Siemens cordless system failed (which I had given to them) and they needed a new cordless pronto. The Uniden was easy to use and performed v well in all aspects.
This particular Panasonic model is a let down from the Uniden. The handset is not user friendly; "talk" and "end" buttons are tiny on either side of a big silver cursor control. Changing settings (like turning the ringer off or changing volume) involve a labyrithine menu system not available while you're using the phone. If someone is unaccustomed to the phone, I have to dial it for them as it is just not intuitive.
The sound quality varies greatly, sometimes sounding as if you are underwater and this is unpredictable and not curable (even with "voice enhancement" which usually makes it worse).
The range is good (if it's not doing the aforementioned) and the answering machine easy to use and the base/answerer has a small footprint.
However, this is not an expandable phone; you get two handsets and that's it. I needed three in my current housing situation so I bought a cheap GE 27851 with three handsets for less money. It doesn't have a speakerphone or other features, but is simple to use and performs adequately.
i've owned panasonic cordless phones for quite some time now. this one has all the features i wanted, and performs nicely for the most part.
the only complaint i have is that one day the phone sound quality degraded a bit (tinny quality) -- i contacted tech support and they had me 'reset' the phone (unplug it, basically). fixes it for a while, but the problem returns.
I like this phone good range good battery and no noise would highly recommend it and the only thing was that it was a bit difficult to navigate through the menu and you may have to refer to manual to use all the options
I feel lucky after reading the other reviews regarding the life of this headset's battery. When I purchased my third battery thru Amazon, it lasted about 50 weeks under light use. Not bad in comparison to other reports on the same headset... At a 75 yard distance; my conversations were as clear as a bell. During its last 3 months of life, the battery could barely hold a charge for 8 minutes and the charge indicator showed full charge just before cutoff.
The main set is a very good unit. Voice calls and messages are routinely very clear. The display date and time, constantly blinks; making for an annoying and difficult to read experience.
The KX-TG2548S phone is a sign of the times. Design something for two years life and/or make products with proprietary replacement parts. Companies think they can control customer loyalty rather than support good will. Panasonic is selling their name off, at a high premium and to their customers dismay. Doesn't have to be like this, you know. Move Panasonic down your list of acceptable vendors and give another company a chance for your loyalty. You young folks don't realize how expensive cutting engineering and quality control can be, and how the 'latest and greatest' does not mean better.
After past success with Panasonic cordless phones I felt that it was worthwhile to spend the extra money and purchase this 'deluxe' unit. One thing that put me over the top was the $50 mail-in rebate at the time. In the end I paid about $100 for this phone.
Before I go over the problems I will give credit where credit is due.
-The volume on the base unit is good.
-The speaker phone is clear and as loud as you want it.
-The cordless unit has a plug in for a headset.
-There are other base unit features that somebody might have a use for. I am not sure who.
OK, now the bad parts.
-The first battery for cordless unit was toast after 10 months of relatively light use.
-The base unit is CORDED, so it has limited uses.
-You can't scan your calls from the cordless unit.
-The base unit does not work well when wall mounted. Hard to see, hard to use.
-Battery for cordless unit is impossible to find and expensive.
-Volume on cordless unit is too low when you use a headset.
-Second battery has lasted only three months after regular use.
Right now I have two options: (1) Buy another battery for this unit, (2) buy another cordless phone. Most of the negatives that I have stated above are somewhat easy to work around. I just don't expect to have to work around issues on a $170 phone. The real show-stopper is the battery (cost, availability, and life). I purchased a $35 Motorola for my mother about 18 months ago and the battery just ran out, her penchant for yacking notwithstanding. I guess that I am going to cut my losses and get a decent phone.
If you are looking for a deluxe phone, unless you can get this one for about $30, I would avoid it like the plague.
It is not convinient to work with direct dialing through cordless set. There are only 3 direct dialing numbers available - should be at least 10 for our days. THE WORST THING of this phone battery in the cordless set are dying within 5 minutes. In the begining Battery was holing the charge for abt half an our. After about 6 month of using I can not make a call - battery dies as soon as I am starting to dial the number.
This is a very nice base unit coupled with a worthless handset. I have returned the whole system once to Panasonic and replaced the battery three times in one year. It has always been charged according to directions. Apparently, this model is the victim of short sighted engineering. Stay away unless you have a garage full of expensive batteries for the handset!
While Panasonic is consistently the most highly recommended cordless phone by electronics salespeople, this is my THIRD failure with Panasonic. While I have few problems with the corded wall mount unit, the handset has not held a charge for more than a 10 minute conversation after approximately 3 months old (after the store warrantee expired) and I am unable to say more than 'hello' on it now, before it dies out now. I have returned the phone once within the store warrantee and I have replaced the batteries twice in 2 years, which are hard to find and costly. Panasonic customer service has been neither helpful nor sympathetic to my problem. I am now researching a variety of less 'recommended' cordless phones...
We got this phone when we moved to a new house with only three phone jacks. The battery life has been great, as long as we put the cordless phones on the docks. The PhoneBook feature is fantastic. BUT...now I have lost use of the ON and OFF buttons on our most used handset. Making it nearly impossible to answer, or hang up a call. We haven't had any other issues, clear, loud and convenient, until 2 and a half years later.
I thought the quality on my phone was just fine, but the battery didn't last (replaced it in < 1 yr and now, 6 mos. later, the 2nd one is going) and the 2nd handset keep losing contact with the base. IN addition, the base is not what I consider wallmountable...since it juts off the wall a good 8-10 inches (and gets whacked by everyone that walks by). I would have expected more from motorola.
REgarding some other reviews, clearly people did not read their manual s or play with their phone, so I feel a need to clear a few things up:
1. phone not ringing on cordless hand set OR phone ringing too loudly on handset---> you can adjust each handset to high, medium, low, off, or a different ring. Each handset adjusts separately (my bedroom is on low, my family room is on high).
2. No volume control for earpiece --> There is an up/down controller on the side of the headset that allows for earpiece volume control.
We got this phone (base with two handsets) three years ago for close to $150. The reception was good, the base is solid. We love the walkie-talkie feature. But as many reviewers said the phonebook is annoying, no search function at all. That's not the worst, both handsets lost function of quite some buttons. One is impossible to use other than taking a call. I am not sure if Motorola is bad at this or what. I own a simple Motorola cell phone, which also has two keys lost function. In addition, the handsets had very short battery life, talking maximum 20 min. The phone including the base will not ring sometimes, I am not sure it's the problem of the phone or the phone service company (Vonage). Now we are looking to just change the handsets, not sure if other brands' handsets will work with this phone base.
after finally accepting the fact that Uniden phones are worthless, I decided to spend more money and go for a name I trusted, Motorola. But instead of getting a quality phone what I got was one of the worst phones I've ever owned. I don't even know where to start...
Sound quality wasn't great to begin with but after a few months it was mostly bad (echoes, interference, etc.).
The batteries immediately began to indicate that they were losing power as soon as they were removed from the charger. Though I noticed it immediately, I didn't think much of it at first. I assumed the phone software was just calibrated strictly to indicate loss of power. But now I'm looking at this phone that I've owned for over a year and the battery, after getting a full charge, will only last for maybe 10-20 mins!
The phonebook system is ridiculous - why didn't they just make it like a cellphone's? If you have lots of contacts, you must scroll through them all, there are no shortcuts within the phonebook system. The phone has two phonebooks (public and private), but you can't choose a default (the way the phonebook system is designed makes this 'feature' incredibly annoying).
I could go on and on... but why? Terrible reception; bad batteries; moronic phonebook interface should be enough to make anyone say 'NO'.. but believe me, it doesn't stop there.. there are numerous problems with this phone. TOTAL GARBAGE!!
This is absolutely the worst phone we've ever owned. The sound quality is terrible and the battery loses it's charge in just a few hours. Do not buy this phone. We're now looking for new phones to replace these.
I just got it. Only took a few minutes to have the time and date entered and also the outgoing message on the answering machine. Nice clean look. Also easy to set how many rings you want before answering and the volume you want it to play your announcment and messages at. When setting the year it is now, however, I went by it by a year and had to go to 2039 before it started over to get it back to 2007. Still easy to do though. I had my old one 10 years and still had problems setting the time and date on it. I haven't tried any of the other features as I most likely won't use them.
The sound quality is fine, I like being able to use the caller ID and adjust the volume, BUT... the remote unit is staticky (admittedly, I have not tried harder to resolve this issue), and when I cradle the handset between my cheek and shoulder, I often bump the "transfer" button, which I think transfers a call from one handset to the other, but ends up causing the call to be lost. I have retrained myself not to cradle the phone, but it's a minor annoyance.
On the plus side, it's an overall good value for the buck, has all the features you could want, the answering system works fine (although we have since gotten voice mail so we stopped using the answering system), and its look is sleek. If you are not a phone cradler so you can devote both of your hands to another activity, this phone could be the answer to your search. If you are a habitual cradler, however, you may want to look elsewhere.
I am very dissapointed with the transmitting and receiving range of the phone. The reception quality begins to degrade at about 25 feet. I can not use the phone at the opposite end of my small house! The voice quality is fair to good. I have been a die-hard Panasonic fan for years but after this and a seperate purchase of an unrelated Panasonic product (alarm clock) that I am dissapointed with, I am beginning to question all their products.
I bought this a few weeks ago and expected it to provide the same if not better quality than my old 900MHz Panasonic, which started dying prematurely after 3 years of little use, but I was surprised to find this phone to be worse than my old one. There's a constant loud hiss that can be heard when using the phone. I tested it against another 900MHz Panasonic at home and validated that it wasn't the phone line. In addition, the same loud hiss can be heard even with the intercom feature. I really like the built in lcd in the handset, which allows easy access to recently dialed numbers and a phone book but the quality of the call is more important to me than the features however nice they are; after all it is a phone! I'm not sure what to move on to now since it doesn't seem that manufacturers make 900Mhz anymore... oh well, the search continues.
Trust the Seller and buy the product, if anything goes wrong he will refund your full amount!!
Purchased this item after long and satisfactory experience with Uniden products. Good functions and easy to use, but very noisy and poor reception. Not recommended.
This has the WORSE reception of any phone I've ever had and that includes a $5 stationary dial phone! It's cheap plastic and for the price, not worth it! I already have a Uniden that has lasted and done well for quite awhile, but this one is junk. The "second" phone is pointless. Transferring a call from one to the other is a waste of time. I took it back after 3 days and bought an ATT!
DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE BOUGHT ONE FOR MY MOM AND ONE FOR ME. THE RECEPTION IS HORRIBLE AND ALL I CAN HEAR IS STATIC SAME WITH HERS!!!!!
I was skeptical at first because of the cheapy plastic feel to this phone but have had it for a little over a month now and LOVE this phone! I have had NO problems with anything. I get pretty decent range (walking around outside and down the driveway) without ANY reception problems (although I've heard it's not good if you have a WIRELESS INTERNET connection, but I don't, so no problems for me!!), the volume level is perfect (and adjustable from low, med, high), the answering machine works great and the dual handsets was my MAIN REASON for purchasing this. - If you have Voice Over Internet Protocol (or VOIP), such as Vonage, you NEED a phone like this!! You can plug in the main unit to your voip/broadband modem and plug the other set (the power) anywhere in the house( No PHONE JACK required!!) ! When the phone rings you can answer either set. When you need to make a call, you can use EITHER HANDSET! That was the purpose of this design (not to have more than one person chatting on the phone at the same time) and it works great!! A MUST HAVE for VOIP (so you don't have to get another line!)
All in all, for the price and all the features you get I think it's a great little phone!
I am using this phone from past 3 months & not yet faced any problems. It is working fine.
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I purchased this item NEW, had it sent directly to my daughter and although the base works the headset did not. Guess now we know why there are so many refurbished ones out there. I contacted the seller and they want it returned prior to replacing it, which is bull, so I tossed it in the garbage where it belonged, went to Walmart and got a better and cheaper one. This is what I should have done in the first place but I didn't want to bother with shipping it.
The way the original photo of the product was depicted gave me the impresion that an extra (extension) handset was part of the deal. I saw a same product in our local store for $5 dollar less, minus $8.95 shipping cost! Also when I called the dealer for the return of the product (because it is not working) I made responsible for the extra shipping cost for exchange. So, I decided to forget it!
The good: The answering machine is nice, with simple features that are easy to use. It's cheap (in price): we didn't want a fancy phone, just something functional.
The bad, VERY bad: CHEAP (in headset quality). Like some others noted, it is difficult to hear the person on the other end. There have been occasions where we couldn't hear them at all. There is no way to increase the volume further. Even right next to the receiver you often cannot hear anything.
Bottom line: Spend a little bit more and buy another phone....we have to. This one is going in the garbage (would feel guilty selling it at the garage sale...or even giving it away)
The reception of the phone rapidly decreased over distance. Clear phone conversations could only be held in the same room as the base unit.
I have had this phone for three years and the batteries are starting to go, which is really good for three years, but I am not getting it again because it's interfering with our wireless computer network. If that's not an issue, it's been a really good, really reliable phone!
Its good so far. I have gifted it to someone in India. Its working fine, the main motivation of buying this model was the intercom feature -- and that is working fine.
However, there is problem about with Caller ID, it is not working.
GREAT FAETURES , DIRECTIONS EASY TO UNDERSTAND, DOES EVERYTHING IT SAYS IT WILL DO.. GREAT RANGE; MUCH SMALLER AND COMPACT THAN AN OLDER VERSION OF THE SAME MODEL. GOOD BUY! :)
I like the phone but have 2 minor complaints. The buttons are quite small and are a little difficult to punch accurately. Second, the buttons are not backlit, so they cannot be seen in the dark. I need to make calls in the middle of the night, so this is an annoyance for me. The reception and battery life are good.
Dual Handsets from Panasonic are really good and nice looking. Good battery life and very good sound quality.
This phone replaced a crummy GE cordless phone which was a piece of junk from the get go. The battery on my GE phone would literally last 15 min after being in the cradle overnight.
GE's customer service, or lack of it is a disgrace. A total piece of crap.
This Uniden phone on the other hand, is nicely made, clear, and has tons of features. The battery lasts very long as I was on a business call for 3 hours, and it still had a bit of power left. The fact it comes with 3 phones each, with their own cradle and power supply is an extra feature, well worth the money.
I also like the record a phone call feature but wish it was longer than 10 min and did not have that annoying beep every 15 seconds.
Panasonic [i]used[/i] to make great cordless phones years ago that would record your phone conversations and allowed you to REMOVE the beep.
I was able to do that and record a phone call that came in handy for a lawsuit. I won it partly because I had the taped phone conversation!
I wish more phone companies had this feature without the beep. Since the creep who I sued did not know I was recording our conversation, he gave me all the help I needed for my lawsuit against him.
Thanks Panasonic for that!
For now, this Uniden phone is worth the money for the features and the 3 phones you get. Not bad ;)
I thought since this was a German product it would be smart and high quality but if Siemen's made cars they would Chrysler K-cars or Yugos at best - NOT BMW's. Aside from the completely unintuitive interface my base station display began to systematically disappear, until now, where I find myself two years down the road shopping for a new phone system because the display only has about 5 working pixels which means I can't change the message since I can't navigate the stupid menus. Yesterday it quit ringing which is sort of the icing on a very stale cake.
If you buy this phone you will be sadly disappointed in time - there's no way this company is German...
This thing has everything: Quality, features, design, performance. Why people have any complaints about this amazing product is beyond me.
As with all products, read the manual. Then, enjoy and explore all you can do with this system.
I've had this phone system for about 4 years now, and I haven't had the majority of the problems others have. The screen on the base phone has a line across it, but i am still able to see who is calling. Also the rechargers cannot recharge the phone unless I put a penny between the back of the phone and the charger.
I have gotten the cordless phones wet, dropped it in water, dropped repeatedly on the ground and never had to replace them. And I bought them refurbished!
It lacks an external antenna and the rounded shape of the ear piece make it extremely comfortable, even after hours of talk time.
The batteries last a long time, and after 4 years I still have the original ones. Since the phone requires AA, they can be changed with any you have around the house in an emergency (but take them out before you put the phone back on the charger unless they are NIMH)
Maybe what Siemens needs is a class action lawsuit. I also owned an 8825, same bad experience as shared by other owners.
I bought this phone system about two years ago at the insistence of my fiance at the time (now wife) so we could combine our phone systems after we moved in together. She loved the style and features of the phone (she works from home) and I had to agree - it was attractive with nice features.
Shortly after we moved in together and combined the system, the problems began. First, one of our two base unit's display failed, then the other base unit line 1 failed (line open - cannot hang up). We used the other one to replace the mother board and it worked fine for about six months, when that mother board (again, line 1) failed again. We purchased another base set on eBay to replace the one we had, and kept some of working parts from the other two base stations just in case. Sure enough, the display began to fail, so we replaced it with the one remaining, then sure enough, the motherboard failed. By this time, we noticed it seemed to fail around the time we had power outages (fairly common in the DC area). We purchased another base station and put it on a surge protector. Maybe four months later, it failed as well, again due to a power surge and despite the fact it was on a surge protector. This unit is unacceptably succeptable to power surges. My wife and I actually had discussed that that was the last base we would purchase, but she forgot and purchased another (yes, our fifth). Died this morning, after a power outage, again.
We've also had problems with the handset. We could never get one of them to synch to a couple of the bases, and the popping & cracking from our wireless LAN is both unbelievable and unacceptable.
Tomorrow my wife is going to go out and get the Panasonic 5.8 - we've read nothing but good stuff about it, have some other Panasonic equipment, and have been very happy (actually the phone I had before the Siemens was a Panasonic, and it worked flawlessly until I accidentally dropped it in the toilet).
Bottom line - this is trash, avoid it at all costs and if anyone has the gumption to file a class-action lawsuit against Siemens under our consumer lemon laws - sign me up.
The most problem I've faced with this phone That the Caller ID not working and if there is missed call there is no any singe about it! really its very weird! Any other Panasonic phone gonna be better.
I absolutely love my phone. I have 2 extension handsets with it. It's my favorite "toy" in the whole house. You can change the ringtone, use the phone or handset as a walkie talkie, or intercom! Best of all the speaker phone is clear and loud as if you had the phone on your ear. I'll never go back to an ordinary cordless phone.
And I loved. I bought in december 2005 and the product still working perfect. I RECOMEND
This seems like a nice idea, but Motorola's excution is terrible. The phones now have a battery life that can barely last one reasonabley long call. The sound quality is average, at best, and they drop calls willy-nilly. I would never have bought these phones knowing this, and I will be avoiding Motorola for a long time to come.
I'd have to agree with the jazz guy's review. There are some design flaws here. I did find out how to change the # of rings on the answering machine when I called the service line. You go to devices under menu and choose answer base, then there is an option to change it there.
As stated above, there is no way to turn off or change the volume on the base ringer. This defeats the volume control on the handset.
They state on the box that 15 ringtones can be used to identify incoming callers. This really means you can choose 1 ringtone for everyone in your phone book and another for everyone else. I expected to set a ringtone for each person. Not possible.
Lastly, there is no speed dial. Just an option to choose from your phonebook which often takes more effort than dialing the number. For these reasons, I will be heading back to the store today to exchange. I should have stuck with Uniden. Had a great one for 5+ years.
I wrote a more detailed review on the 2400 handsets since I don't know if its was the base unit, the expandable handsets or both, but this phone system is nothing but problems after 9 months. Went from great to junk in a very short time the the amount of money I spent on it. Poor sound quality after a while, handsets couldn't find the base, and customer support was very poor. Just about everything fell flat on this system.
The digital answering systems is generic with only 22 minutes and no way to *easily* tell how many calls you received.
I lived with this system for about a year, and it was a tremendous struggle. The base unit seemed fine, but as many others have noted, the handsets (also sold separately as Gigaset 2400) are really terrible. For very expensive pieces of equipment they are very unreliable, and the company doesn't seem very interested in helping. In other words, the customer service is really bad. I was very interested initially because the handset is one of the few powered by rechargeable AA batteries instead of a proprietary pack, which saves a ton of money and hassles. In the end, this turned out to be one of the few things I could say good about the handset.
I am VERY impressed with the feature set, but the execution is just awful. What a shame- this system had the potential to be a real dominant product instead of simply a pioneer for the multihandset concept
I gave up eventually and went with a Panasonic Multitalk system- MUCH better- see my review
i bought this phone 3 years ago and loved it.wonderful german design.very european.handset comfortable to hold and when touching the ear.(some other phones are painful)the sound is clean and solid.(compared to panasonic)120 name directory.AA batteries is very convenient to replace.then i saw the newer siemens,4015 and 4215.
i loved the 2415 so much that i went and bought both the 4015 and 4215.what i found different!!!
contrary to some,describing those new ones as nice looking,i see them very generic design,even though they are made in germany.the 2415 is made in usa,but has an unmistakeable german look.as german as a mercedes.
the sound of 2415 is far superior and cleaner.the 4015 and 4215 sound definitely cheaper.
the 4215 is meant to be inside your palm.this does not make it more comfortable.please siemens!they even make smaller phones.
speaker phone on the 4215 as well on other brands i tried is a joke.it cuts off when you move the phone around!i will not consider a speaker phone feature at this time.
the 2415 is solid color,the 4015 and 4215 are painted.they will peel through usage and look ugly.not the 2415 the color is solid through.
my advice!!!!
run and buy the 2415 before it's too late.
they are the real german siemens .
and for all who gave this model a bad review.i wonder if they did it just to harm siemens.
for me i just compared 3 different siemens.and the 2415 is a classic.
Siemens is a company with a great reputation for hi end equipment, but this phone system is a bad product. On the positive side, the features and functionality of the whole base station idea are fantastic. On the negative side: 2.4 GHz is notorious for microwave interference (I can attest to this), the range was no more than my old 900MHz, callers would daily complain of my voice "digitizing" or "strobing" to the point where I had to get on a hard line phone, the handset is too thin to attempt to cradle between your head and neck. Customer service is commendable, but I sent back every phone including the base set once and am still having problems. Don't buy this phone system.
I had the same problems as everyone else. Pretty much out of the box, nobody could understand me b/c it was very garbled. I sent the almost new phone back to siemens and they gave me a very used refurbished one that has similar problems. On the other side, the answering machine, once figured out, had very good sound quality. Overall a big waste of money.
I've had this phone and answering machine, plus a few additional handsets and base chargers, and they've worked fine for years. I liked the system so well that when the original phone was dropped one too many times and the buttons stopped working well, I bought a replacement phone on ebay. It's been great for probably five or six years, but now it's finally on its way out, the answering machine charger has stopped charging the phone properly. But I think five or six years is a great lifespan for this system, and I can drag it out another year or so probably by just using the separate base charger to charge the phone rather than the answering machine.
Sound quality on the answering machine is so poor that you can't understand what's being said when people leave a message. User interface is terrible -- the buttons don't respond properly, so you end up dialing the wrong number frequently; if you don't enter information fast enough, it times out and clears the display before you save or dial; if you wait too long after a message to hit the delete button, the phone deletes everything in the mailbox... I HATE these phones and the answering machine!
And trust me, i've had some bad phones. The sounds quality is horrible. It sounds like the person you are talking to is in a tin can about 5000miles away. The answering machine has even worse quality. I have 15 messages and I have no idea who they are from. Save yourself the trouble, never buy this phone.
I used this phone for my VOIP and it only lasted one year... Waste of money
I have read previous reviews before buying. I think this product is great. I have had no problems, I can walk a block away and still have great reception. The sound quality is good but not the greatest. That is rating it with a corded phone. I would recommend this phone.
The phone works well if you are 20 feet away from the base, after that, people cant hear you speak. My advice is get a battery for the base so that if you loose power you do not need to set the clock. This has to be the hardest task, setting the clock! Absolutely amazing how complicated they made it. Oh, and I call it my little airport because it flashes all sorts of lights! Drove me crazy, till I set a few things like the clock. It works well for its intended use.
Bought this rather than another expansion unit ($60 vs. $129) for the basement. Didn't really need the answering machine, but it doesn't hurt anything. The speakerphone works well. Would recommend if you already have the MD6xx system and want to get another handset before you can't find them anymore.
I`ve had this phone for about 2 years now and again on the market for a new phone. And it`s not going to be Motorola.... We bought this phone because it looked rigged and solid, plus I liked the idea of rubbon buttons but then I realized that because of this, the paint is coming off too fast. About 8-10 month after having this phone we noticed battery life shortened significantly. My phone bill is $18-20/month (most of them taxes and fees) because we don`t use phone that much but still we had to recharge battery literally everyday. I had couple times battery die during calls. Very hard to operate: my wife still didn`t learn how to page handset. The other annoying thing is when you listening to messages you can`t delete the message at the end of it because it goes straight to playing next message. You eather have to do it during the playback or just delete entire mailbox. I tried couple of times to delete message at the end but ended up deleting next messages. And the last reason why I wouldn`t buy another Motorola phone because messages playback is totally useless: you can`t understand a word with all the noices it records. We used to have Panasonic 2.4 cordless and quality of message recording was much clearer.
I can't stand this phone! The volume level cannot be adjusted... much. And the calls are WAY TOO loud. When I get a buzz to let me know someone is trying to reach me while I'm on the other line, it's so loud it makes my ears ring. It's painful. And I have it set on low (you can only set it to low, medium and high... nothing in between). After using the phone for about a month (I got good at holding it away from my ear), the calls now are too low to hear. The call intereupt noise is still painfully loud, but the voice on the other end of the line is almost too low to hear. Also, when I receive a call, about 1 in 4 times the handset doesn't pick up... instead it makes an awful screeching sound right in my ear... I absolutly despise this phone. Today my 11-month-old daughter tossed it into the dog's water dish... and killed it. I'm so happy.
This phone has useful features and good sound quality (except message playback on the answering machine), but is very hard to use. The button combinations you must push to do simple things like add a number to the phone memory or call a number from the caller ID list baffle me, and I am quite a tech savvy person. I am returning this phone because the display stopped working one day after I set it up, not to mention it's complete user-unfriendliness.
I PURCHASED THIS PHONE AND NOW MY BATTERY IS FAULTY AFTER ONLY HAVING IT FOR THREE MONTHS AND TO MY SURPRIZE I CAN'T FIND A REPLACEMENT BATTERY. IT IS A SHAME BECAUSE I LIKED THE DESIGN.
SO NOW I AM NOT SURE IF BELL SOUTH IS MY NEXT SELECTION FOR MY FUTURE PHONE.
Need I say more? Noise, echo, static. Not user friendly.
This phone is great. The reception is as clear as a bell. The caller id on call waiting is great,let's you know who is calling while you are already on the phone. If it is not an important call you don't have to interupt your call that you are already on. Has alot of extra features that are convenient. There are 4 mailboxes each with thier own ext. #. So everyone in the home can recieve their own messages. Also has remote access to each mailbox. It even tells you if another extension line is in use so you don't have to interupt a family members call,simply wait until they are done to use the phone. Can't say enough you'll have to but it and try it yourself.
Do yourself a favor. Do not buy this piece of JUNK!!!
I had this phone for only a year and a half and the ringer just stopped working. I called GE's customer service and you know what their advice was? "Buy a new phone sir". Well...i surely won't be purchasing another GE phone. Steer clear of GE Phones.
I have had this phone system for over 2 years now and it is still as great as the day I got it. I have not had a single problem with it. It still has the original batteries and it holds a charge forever. The sound is great, it has a great range of ring and sound volumes. I like it so much I just finally ordered 2 new handsets so I can have more than the 2 it came with around the house. I bought several phone systems and returned them before I finally found this one. This was the keeper.
This package provides the base system for up to 4 phones in our home ... now we can conference call, use the speaker phone in each of our primary rooms. It is the second purchase of the same system and has performed very well in another location as well.
I've had this model for over a year now. I'm in the military and got it at my local Exchange. The package I got came with three handsets. About a month ago, one of the handset batteries went bad.. won't hold a charge. Other than that, everything is great! Battery life, range, sound clarity and ringer volume are all fantastic. For the price, it really is hard to beat.
I had my phone for one year now the first two months the phone was great I loved it. Then the trouble starting happening I would be in the middle of talking on the phone and the phone would start searching for no reason I'm sitting right next to the base I just took it off the charger so there was no reason for that. That happenes pretty much all the time now. Then somedays I can't even use my speaker phone the phone just goes blank when I press it nothing happens. The phone doesn't hold a charge either any more. I've wrote the company and they never got back with me. I thought I just got a bad phone and I was going to return it and get the same phone again thinking that just something was wrong with this one. My sister also brought the same phone she had hers maybe three weeks when it starting acting up so she took her's back and tried another one the same thing it was searching all the time going dead no matter how long it was on the charger for. I wouldn't buy any GE phones again because of this problem. I have a cheaper phone that I got for 20 and it is 100 times better then these phones. The answering part of it is great but the phone it self sucks. And the fact that GE didn't even get back with me about this phone makes me even hate there stuff even more. I thought that they would have done something to help with this problem. This phone needs to be pulled off the market it's that bad. No you can go to wal-mart and get this phone for 25 dollars I think the reason is because they where having so many problems with this phone.
I work form a home office and have both my home line and my office line though this phone. It is true that the phone does not stay on the last line used, if you want to use line 2 you must first choose the 'L2' button. It is also true that the battery that came with my remote handset would not hold a charge and require constant charging. I purchased two new batteries (one for the handset and one for the base unit) and thess new batteries hold a charge much longer and the battery in the base unit keeps the phone working even in a power outage. As for the answering system cutting off messages, I don't use the answering machine option I use Voicemail from my provider so I have not experienced that problem. It has a lot of nice features including my personal favorite, call waiting caller id. I use it with a headset and it's really userfriendly (this also eliminates any concern over what line you are using since you have to push buttons anyway). I have been using this phone for over three years and I'm very satisfied.
The single most import feature is call quality and it is exceptional. One thing I don't see in may of these reviews is a comment about the price and that has to be a consideration when shopping for anything. If the phone cost $400.00 it might only get 3 stars but at this price point and with all the features you get who can complain? At this price I have to give it 5 stars.
We had to return this phone because the answering function worked on line 2 but not line 1
I like this phone a lot. I use it for my business.I use a headset, so there is a jack on both the base and cordless unit. The only thing I DON'T like is the manual doesn't exlain things clearly and getting a tech support person is impossible. Its ALL menu's, NO option for a LIVE person, so if you buy this phone and neec tech support or even to help set it up as I had to, click option 1 then option 2 (to purchase a phone) and ask for a tech support person, you are connected right away.
- I woke up one morning to find my two cordless units with message "Searching for Base"
- On the base unit, I hit the DEREGISTER ALL option
- The display unit of the answering base shows the following message:
E 2562
M51 S51 FDXI
May 15, 2002
14:12:06
All keys are totally dysfunctional. I tried plugging into a different location after 5 minute gaps and all other options.
CUSTOMER SERVICE RESPONSE:
They asked me to try plugging the answering machine base into other locations around the house after removing batteries from the cordless units.
Unfortunately I barely ran out of warranty to take advantage of the warranty replacement process.
Please advise if there is a fix for this.
I obviously misspent $199 + $75 for the second cordless unit.
I actually find the sound quality and range pretty good, but I think the system is designed poorly. I can't tell you how many times I have been on the phone and wanted to scroll through my caller ID to get a number for someone I was talking to. No dice, it won't do that. There are a number of issues like that. I can't program it to prefer line 2 to make calls. You may think this is a not a big deal, except I don't like to reveal the line 1 number to my clients via there caller ID. So there went my private line.
Also the belt clip is worthless and after what seemed like hours on the customer support line they want to charge me $5.00 to replace it even though the phone is still under warranty. I'll try a different brand next time.
Not sure why other complains but I won't. Sure it's cheap but it's pretty solid. Crystal clear voice and literally no static at all for me. Digital answering system is easy to config and use.
All in all, no complaints. Good phone for the money!
At least to me, it proved very good phone. It has answering system. Others had voice problems, but I never had such issue. Voice quality was clear. Positive from me.
This inexpensive phone has 2 voicemail boxes and an answering machine. A good phone for a college dorm. If it gets lost,
stolen, or broken it can be easily replaced. The reception
and battery have been fine so far.
This is the worst cordless phone I have ever had! I can't hear anyone that I'm talking to.
I'm glad I am not crazy - I see that others have had the same problem we have had with this phone - I cannot hear the person speaking. I usually have to switch to one of our AT&T handsets to complete a conversation. Forget about anyone on a headset. In addition, for some reason this phone intefers with our wireless router more than the other 2.4g phones we have - had to turn it off to get wireless back.
We did not use the answering machine because we already have one on the AT&T2255, but what would it matter if you cannot hear the person speaking? Maybe the answerer is better - but my mom needed a new cordless answerer, and I wouldn't even give her this one because I would have felt bad for dumping it on her.
I have owned this phone system for 5 months. The battery began failing on one handset (the mainly used one) after about 3 months. It does not hold a charge very long and constantly needs recharching. The "Talk" Button has completely worn off down to the plastic and is no longer readable. The sound is good and have not had reception problems or interference. Mainly I am dissapointed with the battery issue and the build quality.
My three star rating is an average. The answering machine is a four, maybe even a five, but the phones are a two.
Fortunately, we mainly use it for answering, and for that it's just fine. Sound is clear (no garbled messages so far) and both set-up and everyday use are easy. No batteries, and everything stays in memory after power failure. Quite nice, actually.
The phones are another matter. They are uncomfortable and sound is tinny. Fine for short conservations, but over five minutes you'll want to switch to another phone.
But, for the price we're okay with it. We use the phones for the bedrooms (where we keep our answerer anyway) and have a better (discontinued) GE model on the the main living room extension.
Unless you want to have the same kind of setup, look elsewhere.
This phone is going back. We bought it about 4 days ago, and have come to the conclusion, that we'll cuss it everytime we have to use it.<br />
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The sound is awful. Lots of echo. And no matter how high you turn up the handset volume, you still can't hear the other person in the call clearly. You have to press the handset to your ear, and the poor design of the earpiece is very uncomfortable.<br />
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Don't let the cheap price fool you, you get what you pay for with this phone. :(
unless you're confined to one room..this phone is really not that great..
1. horrible reception! once i go downstairs, i start hearing significant amount of static. not only that, there's a very loud and sharp feedback when i move my head/phone.
2. bad receiver. the other person is always complaining that they can never hear me. when i speak at my normal tone on my old cordless phone, or even my cell phone, people never say that they can't hear me.
3. in addition to number 2, the only way i can hear the other person is if i put the volume on maximum. thats fine except when i dial numbers. you can dial like a cell phone, where you push all the numbers in first, then press talk. well when i do that on this phone, the tones are painfully loud! so basically, when i dial, i have to lower the volume so it doesnt hurt my ears. then when the person picks up, i have to raise the volume so i can hear them talking. what a hassle
overall i don't recommend buying this phone. everything about it is just sub par.
Great price, good looks, cool design, nice features.
The only problem is ... I can't hear anything using either handset. Will return to the store for refund...although it was a great deal on BF.
We have had this system for 2 years now. Its going in the trash. Everyone of the chargers (3 and main unit )have quit. We have replaced the batteries but to no avail they won't work. The new batteries worked for about 3 months and now we again get the "Check Battery" message. To be fair, we are beginning to wonder about a lightning issue but nothing else has been affected.
On another note from day one the reception in my studio in the back yard has not been great. I have to step out on to the back porch to get good reception. The prior phone was better.
We won't be buying ATT again.
Real good phone set. Both of them are good and work perfectly. A Steal for 25 $ indeed. I should say 2 for the price of 1.
Well our requirements were just a wireless set with good speakerphone and thats exactly what we got. The battery works fine and speakerphone is loud and clear. Not much to expect with the answering machine but it does solve the purpose as good as it should.
I am fully satisfied with this purchase.
Packaging wasnt so good but the stuff is excellent.
This phone meets the mail. It's handy. The right price. Easy to use and fashionable. I couldn't be happier.
I purchased this phone in June 07 and enjoyed the quality and service until recently. The phone has stopped charging and I have been trying to get the problem resolved for 2 days. At&t said to send it back after a 10 minute hold for customer service.
We have been very happy with the 2 phones we received. delivery was quick and th eproducts are of very high quality. The sound, operation, and programining are all superior.
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