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Panasonic KX-TG6073S 5.8 GHz Expandable Digital Cordless Answering System with 3 Handsets | List Price: $129.95
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Brand: Panasonic
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2007-03-10
Features: - Cordless system includes digital answering machine and 3 handsets for extra convenience
- For less interference, uses 5.8 GHz frequency band and frequency hopping spread spectrum technology
- Digital answering machine with 18 minutes recording time
- Digital duplex speakerphones built into back of both handsets for clear conversations
- Call-waiting caller ID shows who's calling even while you're on call
Wish we bought a different phone [Posted on 2008-03-22]
First you should know that the KX-TG6073S is pretty much the same as the KX-TG6074B and KX-TG6072B. The only difference is that the other ones come with a different number of handsets, and are black instead of silver. Also, the only difference between the KX-TG607xx series and KX-TG605xx series is that the KX-TG607xx series has a keypad/speakerphone on the base, while the KX-TG605xx series does not. And the only difference between the KX-TG605xx series and KX-TG602xx series is that the KX-TG605xx series comes with an answering machine, while the KX-TG602xx does not.
When we bought the KX-TG6073S, I did a test where I used one of the handsets to leave a voicemail on my cellphone. While leaving the voicemail, I talked into the handset and walked all around the house, upstairs and down into the basement. I then listened to my voicemail from the handset, to make sure the sound quality was good. Then I repeated the test using the handset's speakerphone function. The sound quality passed my test, so we ended up keeping the phone. (I had bought a different cordless phone a few years ago and did the same test, and the sound quality was pretty bad, so I returned it.)
But now that we've had the KX-TG6073S for a few months, we have noticed several annoying things that make us wish we had bought a different phone.
1) I have seen another review where someone said that the answering machine will save a blank message if someone calls and hangs up. I actually tested that out when we first got the phone and did not get it to happen. However, it appears to be happening now because we have received several blank messages. Our old answering machine did not save blank messages.
2) The base unit will notify you with a blinking light if there are any messages. But once you listen to the messages, the light will stop blinking. This is a problem if more than one person lives in the house, and you check the messages and find out that there is a message for someone else. On our old answering machine, we could press a SAVE button and it would cause the light to continue blinking. You cannot do that on the KX-TG6073S. A workaround is to record a memo, which will cause the light to blink again, but anyone else who checks the messages has to know to hit the rewind button to hear old messages.
3) Another person in the house told me that the KX-TG6073S did not function at one point. Apparently all the lights on the base unit had turned on, and the handset displayed a message saying that it was too far from the base, even though they were standing right next to the base. They said that they had to unplug the base and plug it back in before it started working again.
4) Our handsets are now displaying a message about how we have a voicemail, even though we have deleted all the messages on the machine. We also do not have any voicemail service from our phone company. We have tried unplugging the phone and plugging it back in, but it still displays the message.
5) This is the most annoying problem. If someone is talking on one of the handsets, then you will hear clicking noises and static-like noises coming from the base unit. It's like the conversation is trying to come through the speakerphone on the base unit even though the speakerphone is off.
Love this phone!!! [Posted on 2008-04-06]
I love everything about this phone! Especially the fact that you can be on all the phones at once!
just great...if you like "rebooting" your phone every day!!! [Posted on 2008-04-14]
THE BASE MAKES RANDOM INTERFERENCE / CLICKING NOISES EVEN WHEN NOT IN USE!!! I can't believe all the positive reviews of this piece of junk. Previously I had owned a Panasonic 900Mhz cordless phone for over 10 years. It had lasted me though over 6 different moves around the city and to 3 other states, always working flawlessly and rarely having any interference problems whatsoever, even with the advent of cell phone mania, MP3 players with FM tuners, bluetooth devices, and of course wireless internet signals all swarming around my apartment. I finally had to replace the 10 year old phone because of a problem with the handset volume becoming inaudible. But other than that, still no problems with interference whatsoever. So I buy this new piece of technology with its "improved 5.8Ghz range" (bypassing the 2.4Ghz generation altogether), and what happens? The base of the phone makes random "clicking" noises when you're not even using the phone!! Then, when you do use it, sometimes from only 3-4 feet away, you press "Talk" and nothing happens...the phone can't communicate with the base. I wanted to make sure it wasn't just defective, so I called my parents for whom this past Christmas I bought the same model (in a different color). They've been having the same exact problems. They live in rural PA and barely use their cell phones at all. Then I called tech support. Their solution? "Unplug the phone, wait 30 seconds, and plug it back in." So i did it, and it fixed the problem. For about a day. Then it starts up again. Their next fix? "Move the phone away from other electronics to a different place in your house." I'm sorry, I actually like to place the objects in my bedroom where they're convenient for me to reach from bed, which incidentally happens to be the same place it's convenient for me to reach my alarm clock, my cell phone, and my lamp. So now I have to get up and run across the room every time the phone rings, or alternatively "reboot" my phone every day!??? So I went ahead and moved every other electronic devices off the nightstand just to see, and in a few days, same problem still returned. I thought the whole reason to "upgrade" to 5.8Ghz or 1.9Ghz was to have LESS interference problems. Funny how I didn't have any interference problem at 900Mhz but I do now. The fact that unplugging it fixes it temporarily proves that it is a SOFTWARE problem, not a hardware problem, that could be fixed. I asked if there was a way to change frequencies manually, like my old 900Mhz phone. Nope, "it's automatic, you can't change it." So just out of curiosity, I went to Staples and bought one of those $10 Trimline corded phone like i used to talk on back in 1989 when i was in junior high. I called my friend and didn't tell him what phone I was on. He said I sounded better than any phone he had ever heard in his life. All this upgraded technology is a joke. I returned this piece of garbage to Amazon for a refund. I'm tempted to go buy a corded phone and just keep it by my bed. Who needs all these wireless technology headaches and brain cancer when we could all hear each other better and have less problems talking on a good old fashioned Trimline phone like we did when we were 14 years old? This product should never have made it through QA testing. It should be recalled.
Panasonic TG 6073 cordless phone [Posted on 2008-04-15]
The phone arrived quicker than promised and was easy to configure for my needs. The phone covers the needed area and provides good voice quality. However I did have a problem with one of the handsets not charging the battery properly after about 3 weeks of ownership. It is a real chore to get assistance over the phone since the website did not have an answer to my questions or problem. Phone contact is difficult because the voice prompts were not relative. When I finally spoke to someone I was cut off two times while waiting for the representative. When I finally reached the representative they were helpful but were hard to understand. They spoke with a thick accent that was difficult for me. I suppose this experience is representative of all major companies today, but is rather exasperating. The set is well built and easy to use and I do not regret purchasing it. If I had not had this problem, I would rate it 5 stars.
Improves on the original [Posted on 2008-04-27]
I have had the single phone version of this product. This updated 3 phone issue improves on something that I was already satisfied with. You can program all 3 receivers by programming only one. Not only does it verbally tell you who is calling but it use the designation for the caller that you have programmed for that phone number. The audio reception is very clear and the controls are just were you would expect them to be. Great Product and lasts a long time, much longer than similar products.
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