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Panasonic KX-TG6500B 5.8 GHz DSS Expandable 2-Line Cordless Phone (Black) | List Price: $179.99
Discount Price: $219.99
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Brand: Panasonic
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - 5.8 GHz digital spread spectrum signal
- Expandable to 4 handsets, 1 included, with integrated speakerphone
- 60-minute integrated digital answering system; 4 ring tones
- Caller ID/wall waiting with 50-call memory
- Supports 2 lines; flash, redial, hold functions
Top notch product [Posted on 2006-08-31]
As usual, the Panasonic phone is a superb product:well designed, excellent feastures, solid quality, crystal clear sound and long battery life. This is the second Panasonic 2-line phone we have owned and have no complaints.
The answering machine works well on both lines and all set-up requirments were easy and clear.
All product's should be designed, manufactured and operate to this product's standard.
Poor sound quality [Posted on 2007-01-06]
After purchasing this system with a total of four cordless handsets, I thought I had finally solved the problem of getting phones in all the bedrooms of my big old house. Unfortunately, I constantly get complaints from the people I am calling. "I can't hear you very well" "We must have a bad connection" and so on. I don't have time and can't afford to replace the whole system, so we are just putting up with it. NOT RECOMMENDED
Cordless phones [Posted on 2007-01-10]
I was afraid I could face problems with its funcionallity in Brazil, but it's working very well.
Great until today, hopefully don't have to replace AGAIN [Posted on 2007-04-06]
Overall, this phone system does what I need it to do, and I won't go over many of the general positives and negatives here. Here are my specifics:
1) No caller-ID on the base unit. My previous Panasonic 2740 had this...why did they get rid of it? (more on the 2740 later)
2) Doesn't remember your caller-ID redial settings. i.e. all my calls show the full area code, but when I want to dial, I have to press call, then edit, to get it to dial without the area code. My 2740 system remembered my edit settings (or maybe it's just the way called ID comes in now with Vonage).
So why did I upgrade from the 2740 I liked so much? Because of an annoying popping noise when both lines were in use. It was a great system for 3 years...I had 5 phones with it and it worked perfectly. Then one day, line 2 got a popping noise on the line whenever line 1 was also in use. This simply would not go away no matter what I tried (unplugging, pulling phone batteries to reset them, checking the lines, etc.) I tried another 2-line system and confirmed it was the phone itself, not the lines.
So after almost 2 more years, my new TG6502 system (same as 6500 but with an extra handset included), the same thing starts happening a couple days ago. It's fixed for now, but for how long I don't know. I pulled the batteries from every handset, unplugged the base for a couple minutes, and all seems to be good for now. Only time will tell...and my wife...when she tries to use her line to talk with people. Hopefully this is the end of my ordeal, but I absolutely long for the day when someone other than Panasonic has a decent 2-line phone system that doesn't die after a couple years. I'm not looking forward to another $300-400 system in my house.
UPDATE: Well, long story short, the Vonage adapter I was using for my 2 phone lines was the culprit. When this came up, I was also in progress of finding a new VOIP provider. Switched to SunRocket, plugged in their adapters to run two phone lines, and voila...no problem! I'm betting my old system was fine too. Fortunately found someone on Craigslist to finally take that off my hands and get it out of my closet for $100.
Small biz loves it [Posted on 2007-06-29]
My small, growing business loves this phone. The ability to page, and talk to each other anywhere in the building makes life easier. Clear reception throughout parking lot, and out to first intersection.
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