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No one can hear me on the phone. I have to cup my hands and yell into the mic for anyone to hear me. When I call the house, I can't hear them. I'm in the process of replacing my these phones after 2 months.
Phones perform very well. Slightly small body is sometimes slippery.Programing format ok, but could be simpler. Clarity on phone is terrific.
However, if the next Panny I buy to replace this one is bad too. In fact, my 5.8 hadn't failed, even after 3-4 years of usage. it might be time to abandon the brand loyalty. It just literally stopped working.
Both were very clear and the 5.8 even allowed you to simply click talk with the inactive handset to join a conversation on the other handset. After retiring my ancient 900 MHz single handset cordless several years ago, I moved to a 5.8 GHz 2 handset cordless. Rather than simply picking up an additional handset for a fading technology, I figured I'd just spend a little more and invest in the new DECT 6.0 technology. Caller ID, phone book, settings menu.
You have to press "Talk" button AGAIN to conference in on the call.- No lighted keypad or buttons. I just moved into a bigger home and needed more handsets. Huge mistake.I won't bore you with every detail, so here are my biggest gripes:- Sound quality dropped a bit. It sounds more choppy and digital. I've owned Panasonic cordless phones for the past ten or so years.
everything is unusable. It simply says "Line in Use" when you press a button.- When you attempt to join an active conversation with another handset, it initially says "Line in Use" when you press talk (see above). Only LCD is lit.- And my biggest gripe. It just stopped working today, completely out of the blue for no reason, less than a year after purchase.There are a few pros, such as good battery life, AA style rechargeable batteries (so you can swap standard AAA in a pinch), shareable phone book, loud clear speakerphone, and a clear LCD with good dot matrix display and clear useful information.I can't believe this thing is kaput after less than a year of use. It was almost like talking on a cell phone at times. Reliability was top notch. It appears to be the base unit.
Sometimes the sound would completely drop briefly for no reason at all. I verified it's the model, not a defective phone, because I exchanged it the first time it happened, and it happened on the subsequent phone.- When you answer a call on one handset, all of the other handsets become unusable for anything other than conferencing in with the current call. I realize even the best manufacturers can spit out a lemon or two (or even an entire bad line), so I'm not ready to give up on over a decade of good reliable Panasonic products for one dud. In the meantime, steer clear of this phone.
Keypads are not back lit, so hard to use in a darkened room. No plug for external headset. Units aren't very secure in their cradles and can fall out easily if bumped. Otherwise, works well enough and the price was reasonable.
These phones were very easy to set up and I have been happy with them.
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