Uniden TRU9485-3 5.8 GHz Digital Cordless Answering System with Dual Keypad and 2 Extra Handsets

List Price: $129.99 Discount Price: $106.96

Features:

• IntegriSound life-like audio and natural sounding answering system.
• 100-name phonebook with 2 phone numbers per name and up to 100-number Caller ID memory
• 4-way conferencing and DirectLink 2-way radio feature
• Transfer phonebook memory between handsets along with intercom feature
• Trilingual voice prompts

Accessories:

Home Phone Tunes HPT001 Ringboxx

Customer Reviews:

Dead after only a year... [Posted on 2008-01-07]
We received this phone Christmas 2006 as a gift. Within the first month we had to return one of the handsets to Uniden for a replacement since the volume level kept going out. The phone has worked fine until January 4, 2008, when we had a power outage (living in a mountainous area, we've had them before with this phone). When the power was restored 22 hours later, the base handset only displayed an E4 code. After contacting Uniden, they said they would replace it (they don't do repairs) if it was within the one-year warranty and with a receipt but since it was just over the one year and I don't have a receipt (it was a gift) this phone is now basically trash. I will not buy another Uniden.

Terrific Speaker Phone [Posted on 2008-01-23]
I purchased this phone for one reason - it has a fantastic speaker phone capability in terms of the sound quality hear on both ends of the phone. It is loud and clear.

Issues I have encountered:
1. Caller ID - Phone numbers appear in 10 digit format (XXX)-XXX-XXXX, however they can only be dialed with a 1 in front of the area code. Therefore storing a caller ID number is a pain because it doesn't automatically put the 1 in for you and there isn't a way to move your cursor to the begging of the number to add the 1. You must delete the entire number and then add the 1.

2. The phone book is not transmitted to all phones - it must be entered individually on each phone.

3. If someone from your address book calls - despite the fact that their name and phone number is already stored - the phone will not display their name.

4. The phone no longer comes with belt clips.

-- if anyone has a remedy to the issues I have described then please respond to my post and let us all know how to resolve them. Thanks

A Great Chat [Posted on 2008-02-08]
We love these phones. We can talk from room to room and now my husband doesn't shout to me from another floor! I love the extended memory, I love picking up messages from any handset, I love hearing a song when the phone rings, I love selected rings so I know who's calling before I even look at the caller ID. I just think these phones are great...

Great phone for PARENTS!!!! [Posted on 2008-02-14]
I searched long and hard for a cordless phone that would provide me with everything I needed. Thankfully, many of the existing reviews were very helpful. I've had this phone now for 6 months and there are many features I love, but the ones that I really appreciate are the ones that most parents will enjoy. There is a DO NOT DISTURB button that has been a life saver when I put my kids to sleep. It instantly turns off all phones with a push of the button. Secondly, the speaker phone is AMAZING! The sound quality is great and doesn't even sound as if you are on speaker. I have left the phone in my kitchen and walked 10 feet into the living room and was still able to have a very audible conversation. I use this feature a lot with kids since I can't constantly hold the phone. Lastly, I love that if I'm upstairs with the kids that I can check a message on the machine from any of the satellite phones. Very convenient if you can't be where the main base is.

I'm very pleased with this phone and would highly recommend it!

Great,, but is 5.8 GHz safe? [Posted on 2008-04-08]
Functionally this is a great phone. I put one accessory handset/base set in my mother's bedroom and use the room monitor function at night instaed of buying a separate baby monitor. It is easy to turn on at night.

Then I read at [...] not to use anything over 900 mhz because all the Gigaherz phone stay on continuously, bombarding you with radiation around the clock.

But 900 mgz are obsolete and not so easy to find. I ended up buying a corded phone with digital answering machine, phonebook etc. as a compromise. As far as the room monitoring, I asked, does it make sense to fry our brains trying to save our lives?

Obviously, this is a provocative question because the evidence is controversial. If you don't believe the evidence that the 24/7 radiation is harmful or must have a state of the art cordless phone, this one seems to be the best buy, based on my experience and word of mouth from a highly tech-savvy relative who--like most tech pro's dismisses the risks.

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