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(More customer reviews)One non-working phone might be just my bad luck. Two phones with serious issues and it starts to look like a pattern. Long story short, please learn from my mistake and DO NOT buy this phone. If you're interested in the details, read on. If you just want the summary, my experience with this phone is that it has serious quality control problems and should be avoided.
The handset for the first one of these I received did not work at all. I took it out of the package, plugged the battery into the handset, took out the base unit (which includes the answering machine) and plugged that in, and set the handset into the cradle to charge. The base seemed to work fine. The handset, however, didn't do a thing. No beeping (it's supposed to beep to show that it's charging), it didn't light up, it just kind of sat there like a brick. OK, I thought, maybe it just needs the recommended 12 hours of charging before it does anything. So I waited overnight and gave it a try the next day, and still, it didn't do a thing. At this point, I had something that could maybe be used as a weapon (i.e. thrown at someone breaking into my place), but not so much as a phone.
I contacted the customer service department of the place I ordered this phone from, and they sent me a replacement, which showed up in record time, 2 days after I reported the problem. I went through the set-up again (installed the battery, etc.) and this time when I dropped the handset into the charger, I heard a little "beep". I let it charge, and when I picked it up, I even heard a dial tone. Success!!!! OK, I can't see the information on the little LCD screen, but at least this one works, right?
Well, OK, it works, but sporadically. By that I mean I can drop the phone into the charger and hear the "beep" to say it's charging (and see that the indicator light on the base unit says that it's charging), but when I try to use it, I can just about get through dialing, letting the phone ring, and having the other person pick the phone up before the phone starts frantically beeping at me to tell me there's a "Low Battery".
At this point, I've given up on this phone. The answering machine part of the phone works fine, and the whole setup looks pretty cool, but if you want something that you can use to actually, you know, make calls, you'd probably be better off looking somewhere else.
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TT Systems PMP-3875BK Cordless Analog 2.4GHz Telephone - Enjoy the clarity & superior range that 2.4GHz technology offers you, with the PMP-3875BK from TT Systems. This cordless telephone rests vertically in a stylish black base. The base features a built-in digital answering machine, with 15 minutes of recording time, for the complete communication package.Desk & Wall Mountable
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