Speakerphone useless
Bought this phone when the batteries in our old one started failing. Why do new batteries for a cordless phone cost almost as much as a new phone?!?
In any case, we're heavy speakerphone users and I was excited that this one had a speakerphone on the base as well as the handsets.
After all the setup, putting in our extensive phone book and charging the handsets overnight, our first use was disappointing. The speakerphone only works if you're head is a foot or two away from the base or handset. Another foot away and your voice cuts in and out. Past that, nothing. Our old at&t 5.8GHz speakerphone would work from 5-6+ feet away before your voice would start fading.
Sending it back. A speakerphone that has to practically be held to your head isnt any good.
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HATE IT!!!!!!!!
I RETURNED THIS PHONE FOR THE PANASONIC DECT 6.0 KX-TG9333T. THE PHONE DOESN'T HAVE THE FEATURE WHEN SOMEONE CALLS IT DON'T RECONIZE THE PHONE BOOK. LIKE, IF DAVID CALLS FROM HIS CELL, IT SAYS CALL FROM WIRELESS CALLER INSTEAD OF SAYING DAVID'S CELL. I RETURNED IT FOR THIS REASON. FOR NOW ON I'LL STICK WITH PANASNIC.
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Upgraded system, downgraded features :(
I've had this system for the last few months. I bought it to upgrade from the 2.4 that I loved, except for the electronic interference. I also have the Uniden 5.8 in my second home, and that one carried over the features from the 2.4.
However, the new 6.0, though it works well strictly from the standpoint of clarity and lack of interference, is very annoying because Uniden has decided to strip it of many of the nice features that the earlier models had. For example, the ringtones. I don't like using all those annoying sounds, but do like having the individual song clips. The 2.4 had about 10 songs to choose from; the 6.0 has a measly three, and one of those is a Christmas song, which doesn't go over big in our Jewish house.
The second annoying oversight is the lack of SPEED DIAL. Who would think even to question that? Doesn't every phone now have it? Even my old corded phone does. Nope, not the Uniden.
The date and time no longer show on the handsets, as it did before. Why?
The messaging system allows the user to allow the caller either one or four minutes to speak. Why not two or three?
Many others have mentioned that caller ID will never display the caller's name as the one that you've already programmed into your phone, instead displaying a generic name, unknown, or the way it's listed in the phone company's directory. There is no reason on earth to not show names that are already programmed into the system.
These annoyances reek as nickel-and-diming from Uniden, which apparently is following the lead of cereal manufacturers, coffee companies, toilet paper manufacturers and seemingly, everyone else, by reducing the size, volume, contents, or features in an effort to fool the consumer into thinking the price hasn't gone up. Would it have cost Uniden a few cents per system to retain the old features?
Shame on you, Uniden. Technology is advancing at Mach 1 speed, but Uniden has taken a big, backward step with this phone system.
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No problems
I've had no problems setting up the phones, setting up the answering machine, activating the system and/or putting the options I prefer into place. The product and sound quality of the phones and the digital answering machine is good and I've had no problems with the battery life. The caller ID display on the phones is larger than most and much easier to read. I am completely satisfied and will buy Uniden products in the future.
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