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phone book synchronisation
What is the point to be able to store 200 contacts and to have 2 handsets if you can not synchronize the phone book with the other handset ?
poor design
Mobile-look, mobile reception problems
I purchased this Panasonic DECT twin pack directly from Panasonic in 2004 and initially was very impressed with all the exciting features. However, after several months I was getting increasly annoyed by the amount of callers informing me that the reception was "breaking-up" or "I had gone all metalic" or "was I calling from my mobile?" Panasonic quickly replaced the phones for me without any fuss but the same problem remains and I feel uncomfortable in contacting Panasonic again.
Many people, according to your reviews seem very satisfied with these top-of-the-range phones so I wonder if this is a "faulty batch" problem?
I have tried looking for a similar set of phones but I have not found any that match the specifications of this Panasonic model. However, I do not think that I would trust buying a high spec Panasonic DECT again.
great phone for professional business use and personal
2 phones in pack - one with base including answer machine (no buttons), the other with smaller charger base. The phones have superb clarity, excellent features, and are easy to use. Both phones have a great speakerphone and a 2.5mm headset jack to use with headset (I use Plantronics M170 over the head version and the volume is perfect). Using the phone regularly (to your ear) is quieter even at loudest volume. They are easy to program by following the simple manual step by step. There are lots of excellent features, e.g., the phone will change color, ring differently and even call out who is calling for different callers (you need to program the base and have caller id), and the intercom is very useful. The LCD lights up blue and shows who's called, and if there are messages. Overall the quality of the phone is outstanding and I would recommend this phone set for both professional business use and for personal use.
Generally excellent, a few small niggles
We bought this phone set from Amazon at Xmas 2004, so we've had it nearly a year. We've generally been delighted - having recently "acquired" a new baby, the ability to answer the phone wherever we happen to be has been a real bonus. Battery life is fine, we exercise the batteries by not leaving the phone on the charger, and we get a week on a charge; the address book works, the display's fine, Caller ID works, hands-free speakerphone mode works, range is excellent, certainly all around our garden is fine. There are a few small niggles. As others have noted, the volume is probably the biggest bugbear. We're forty-year-olds with OK hearing, and on full volume it's just loud enough. I would not recommend this phone to anyone who needs (either because of hearing loss or because of a noisy environment) a loud phone. Hands-free is fine, it's just the ear-speaker that has the problem. The address book is probably the other main annoyance. It works fine, but the data is held in the phone, not the base station, so sync'ing is a pain. There's a function to let you transfer all the numbers from one phone to the other - yippee - but it does *exactly* that - transfers all the numbers, even the ones that are already there! So then you get duplicates (or worse) in the second phone, and have to delete them all by hand. Sigh. How hard would it have been to get this right? Now BT provide Caller ID for free, the ability of the phone to (a) let you know who's calling and (b) store incoming numbers in the address book, is really handy.
Perfection
I have lived with a pair of these phones for several months. They are simplicity itself to use and so far have been totally reliable. The seem to have every feature I could possibly wish for. I can't think what the makers could do to make them better! If you are hesitating over whether or not to buy them - hesitate no more!
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