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Panasonic KXTG7875S DECT 6.0 5-Handset High Quality Phone System with Answering Capability
- All-Digital Answering System Included
- One-Touch dialer with memory buttons
- Speakerphone
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| 297 of 301 people found the following review helpful  Two Great Features, By Anthony R. Pagano (Bethlehem, PA USA) - See all my reviews Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Panasonic KXTG7875S DECT 6.0 5-Handset High Quality Phone System with Answering Capability (Electronics) Notwithstanding the complaints of others this phone works great out of the box. The handsets are easy to hold, easy to read, and the volume is more than adequate for those whose hearing isn't as good as it used to be (like me). And while this phone system does have a large number of features the paper manual has a well laid out matrix for locating the features you need to set up or access. Now for the two great features I've never had: 0 1. When you let the answering machine pickup an incoming phone call you don't have to jog to the base station to monitor the message being left by the calling party. You can set up things up so that all remote handsets can monitor the message being left as well. 2. And the most important feature in a world of unwanted, unsolicited and mostly unstoppable robo calls is the BLOCK CALLS feature of this phone system. I've found that the "Do Not Call" list mechanisms provided by the gov't a re almost universally ignored by telecall centers. And complaining to the government agencies is even more useless. Before I dropped my Verizon Landline service I could only block 5 telephone numbers and when I switched to my cable provider's phone service I could only block 20. Luckily this phone system allows you to block up to 250 different phone numbers. You can also set the phone to "no ring" when a blocked number is received. My home phone has been blissfully quiet. I only have to add a few new annoying numbers each week. This feature alone is worth the price of the phone. 120 of 123 people found the following review helpful The crucial missing link when going completely wireless, By Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Panasonic KXTG7873S DECT 6.0 3-Handset High Quality Phone System with Answering Capability (Office Product) I have had this latest incarnation (2013 model) of the Panasonic wireless phone system with three handsets and link-to-cell feature for about two weeks now and am quite pleased with its overall functionality.After ditching my standard land line telephone and going to Vonage in 2004, I finally (June 2013) also dropped this broadband VOIP service provider since the rate plans being offered were completely unrealistic and simply did not meet my usage needs. Why spend nearly .00 per month for the cheapest Vonage offering which includes several hundred or even unlimited monthly minutes when my home phone line hardly got used at all? No truly low-use plans were available, so bye bye Vonage! I have now gone completely wireless with two different cell phone lines and this Panasonic phone system has proven to be the crucial missing link in optimizing the use of my cell phones when I am at home. Both my cell phones pair easily via Bluetooth with the ba se unit of the Panasonic system which can link up to two cell phone lines. If possible place the main base of the phone system in a location where you have the best cell phone reception to optimize your results. At least for me, cell phone pairing seems to work better when the cell phone(s) are near the base. Once this is done, I can essentially completely forget that I have cell phones when I am home. Everything with regard to making and receiving telephone calls is accomplished using the Panasonic phone system. NOTE: The link-to-cell pairing functionality (as do many other functions on this telephone system) require that non-intuitive numerical codes be entered via any handset (not via the base!) at the appropriate time (e.g., for link-to-cell Enter [MENU]#6241 or [MENU]#6242 for cell phone lines 1 or 2 respectively). Therefore, always be sure to keep the detailed Operating Instructions, which truly do cover everything you need to know, readily availa ble. I simply keep mine near the base of the phone system. If you should lose them, have no fear. They are more than likely downloadable from the Panasonic Web Site or available elsewhere on the Internet. Receiving a phone call on either cell line works seamlessly; just answer the phone using any handset. When making an outgoing going call you can easily select which cell phone to use on the bright paper white display on any one of the Panasonic handsets. A land line of any sort is NOT needed to use this Panasonic phone system. You can use one if you like; the capability for doing so is there if you need it. If like me you are going completely wireless (1 or 2 cell phones only!), then be sure to select the appropriate set up menu option for doing so (see the detailed instructions provided) and not only will you get rid of the annoying constant reminder on the handset displays to check you land line when you don't have one, but you will also a ctivate some additional time-saving features specifically pertinent to cell phone use when pressing the various buttons on the Panasonic phones (e.g., you can directly hit the green phone button to answer instead of first having to select cell phone mode when you also happen to have a land line). What I especially notice and like when using my cell phones at home in combination with this Pansonic phone system is the greatly improved audio quality available through the Panasonic handsets. There is a day and night difference in clarity when using either of my cell phones directly versus first processing the pertinent audio signals via Panasonic's DECT 6.0 technology. A noise reduction feature is also available when needed. It's also pretty nifty to have what essentially amounts to spoken caller ID included with the Panasonic phone system as it not only displays the incoming number on its big, bright and clear display, but also reads out the numbers indivi dually in an easy to understand female voice. If the incoming call/number is for an entry already found in the phone book (can hold 3,000 entries) of the phone system, the voice will also identify the caller by name, if appropriate. Speed dial capabilities are also available on this phone system, as is the capability of setting a time of day when you would like the Panasonic KXTG7873S not to ring/answer incoming calls such as when you are sleeping. This is definitely a feature that I am using; who needs a wrong number at 3:00 am! Ditto for the call block feature that lets you eliminate up to 250 annoying, repetitive callers permanently from your life! It also includes the ability to block all callers who do not display a phone number such as "Out of area" calls, etc. You can obtain very effective additional assistance in blocking telemarketing and similar unwanted phone calls by subscribing to the free Internet service called NOMOROBO which is not yet a vailable for all telephone service providers... Read more 96 of 109 people found the following review helpful  Great idea, mediocre realization, gets better with use, By Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Panasonic KXTG7874S DECT 6.0 4-Handset High Quality Phone System with Answering Capability (Office Product) Edited May 30, 2013. Pushing up to 4 stars, simply because it's a great product once you get the hang of it, but there are still issues you may encounter that aren't intuitively obvious without having the manual at hand and/or playing with it for a few days. Also, the audible caller ID feature is proving to be both annoying and fun, and it may help in your decision.OLD: I'd give 3 or higher stars if I'd never used a Panasonic phone product. I'd give it 2 stars if this product was something I had no experience with. It's very good overall, but it sucks in the details. EDIT: I'd now call it 4 stars after some experience with it, but still, the instructions and all the possible programming problems you may encounter are concerns. Some reviewers and commenters have cast aspersions upon other reviewers and commenters who have pointed out issues, as if those with the issues are somehow not very bright. That being said, if you've read this because you're not t hat bright, you aren't the only one. Basically, what the unit tells you it will do out of the box isn't what it will necessarily do FOR YOU until you set it up. I bought the 4 handset version to replace an older Panasonic cordless array, based on the specs and the very few reviews I could find. For the most part, I'm happy with the units after a week, but caveat emptor: some of the claims in the advertising are a bit exaggerated and some of the instructions in the manual are either unclear or unhelpful, and I haven't been able to contact Panasonic during their help center hours to figure out if my solutions are the recommended ones (and you may want to consider this: I've tried to contact the help phone line and the online help more than an hour before they officially close at 9:00 PM Eastern--I get nothing). At this point, I think I'd be very happy with this product if I'd never used a previous version of Panasonic phone products, and I'm a bit irate with them since I have used those previous products. I'd still recommend it. EDIT: I did get through to Panasonic's help line, just to see if I could. They are slow, somewhat helpful, but seem to be reading from the manual, so if a lack of clarity in the manual is an issue for you, talking to them may not help. On the plus side: the sound quality of each unit is great; changing phonebook settings on one unit changes all the others; pairing with an iPhone is easy but with some funny issues not covered in the manual nor on the Panasonic website. This unit also doesn't have a problem with WiFi or microwaves for sound quality. The speaker phone is fantastic. The handset has no protruding antenna, and is fairly small. The keys are also large. After a few days, the basic operation will be obvious, and you'll probably love it. EDIT: This part is why I've rated it higher, and modified my review. The sound quality and inter-unit communication is great. Notificatio ns on the units for an incoming call on a paired cell is fantastic, though takes some getting used to. Calling from the unit via hardwired landline OR cell is easy and works great with the paired cell nearby. And, recognition of the cell after pairing is very quick: the unit recognizes my cell when I walk into the house. On the minus side: there are quite a few things I'm annoyed with, the first being that the manual is required for doing anything beyond just shoving the cords in; some of the features and programming require you to reference the manual for either handsets OR the base unit; and some of the simple descriptions in the printed manual as well as what I see on the Panasonic website as of 5/10/13 don't help with the problems you may encounter. This product somehow combines user-friendly setup with arcane and tortuous fine-tuning. EDIT: nothing different here. FIrst: don't throw the manual away. There are many programmable functions th at you'll only find by reading the manual, and its index is adequate but sparse. The Panasonic website information for this product is horrible at this point (5/10/13). Second: if you have an iPhone 5 (not sure if this is true for earlier versions): pairing via Bluetooth is easy (scarily so), and sending contacts from the IP5 to this unit MANUALLY can't be done. What I found is the following, which will probably only make sense once you get the thing: 1. On your iPhone, if you want to transfer phone numbers to the Panasonic with MOST of the information, set up those numbers in your Favorites list on the iPhone. 2. Set up the contact transfer on the Panasonic once the pairing is done; select AUTO for the phonebook transfer (since MANUAL doesn't work, or didn't for me as of this writing): allow a few items to transfer, then CANCEL it. Then, go back to your iPhone, and look under SETTINGS and BLUETOOTH. Find the pairing for the Panasonic unit. 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