Panasonic KX TG7743S Bluetooth Cordless Answering
There is one killer feature on this phone that has literally made this phone worth every penny you can pay for it. I was paying $15 a month for a simple land line in my house. Not anymore. The Link-to-Cell feature on this phone is so rock-solid that I killed it. I just set my phone next to the handset and start taking calls on the land line. It even seems that the cellular calls have better stability because the cellular device is not moving around my house that has iffy reception. The setup was a little complicated, I definitely wouldn't consider this if you don't have a lot of patience with manuals or aren't techno-savvy.
This thing is jam-packed with other features. I didn't do so much with the land lines, such as using the voicemail system. Other things I did try though all worked to spec. Speakerphone is great, sound quality is terrific, range on the handsets covers my 1/5 acre lot without issue, I really like the larger dialing buttons. It's a well-designed set that I would recommend to anyone that hasn't completely gotten rid of their land line yet or maybe someone who might think about doing it after linking your cellphone to something like this.
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Price was good and delivery was prompt. The real surprise came when we set the Panasonic system up. The flexibility of the system greatly exceeded the old units we replaced. The features and the voice quality were much better than I expected. I purchased from Amazon because I trust them.
BalasHapusPros: Easy to set up because most of the defaults were appropriate. I have the five handsets scattered around the house with room names in their memory. They will always end up back in the original room and not collect on a coffee table.
BalasHapusThe voice caller ID will be very handy. With the old cordless phones (about 5 years old) we had to get up and look at a hand set to see who was calling. Might as well answer. Many features to tailor ring to source. I like the call blocking. We get repeated calls for donations. I can shut this down now.
The Panasonic connected to our LG Ally (verizon LG VS740) and did the automatic transfer of phone book. One Ally is set about 30 ft from the base unit with 3 walls in between and we still get a blue tooth connection. The Panasonic compatibility list ([...]) did not list this model, but seems to work flawlessly. This will be a real convenience because we had to run to our cell in whatever room we had left it. Now putting it on the charger with Bluetooth on and it rings on all the Panasonic hand sets.
Another great feature is that our old system had to have the phone book copied to each hand set. And I didn't always do it, so each hand set had a different list of names. The Panasonic has one phone book (three groups) accessed by any handset.
Old set was not very good sound quality. This is better. We will try it with conference call to one of our children on Sunday.
Cons: I am in the process of setting up the "Home" phone book. I downloaded our Cell phone book, but it is of limited use. Contacts with multiple phones are shown on the cell with identifying destinations ("Call Mobile", "Call Work"). Each of those downloads to the Panasonic as the same name 2 or 3 times, but with different phone numbers. Caller ID would work fine, but outgoing, I have to remember which phone number is which location. In addition, the cell doesn't need the "1" before the area code. So I can't use these numbers to call out on the land line. I am in the process of editing each entry and saving it in the "Home" group. Better than entering the whole entry, but a bother.
I don't normally write reviews but at the time I bought this item there were several negative reviews from iphone 4 users saying this Panasonic phone system did not connect via bluetooth. There were no reviews from people using iphone 5 with this system. I have an iphone 5 and had no problem connecting via bluetooth with these phones. Panasonic does tell you in the instructions that for best clarity to keep your cell phone fairly close to the base unit and not on the other side of your house when connected via bluetooth. I just wanted to tell those iphone 5 users that it is okay to buy this Panasonis system without worrying about the bluetooth connection. It works great!
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BalasHapusPicked these phones after reading reviews. Very easy to use, set up, sound quality is good. Love the number of phones all working off the same base, same great sound on each; easy to add contacts; wasn't sure I would like the 'speech' caller id, really do like that. We are enjoying them.
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