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117 of 120 people found the following review helpful.
Solved our WiFi network problems!!!!
By Southern Girl
The battle between WiFi and wireless telephones.We had a mixture of 2.4 gigahertz phones for years that coexisted peacefully with our old wireless G router. Well, the router died and we needed a new one. The newest technology for wireless is "N" with Mimo Technology, which supports both N and G wireless networks. So, of course we buy. After all, now is the future, right?Mimo WiFi uses several different radio frequency channels (in the 2.4 gigahertz range for G networks) at the same time to assure an optimal radio signal to your WiFi laptops (in our case, G). This works great for the WiFi network, BUT......every time our telephones rang...Poof, the WiFi Signal got scrambled and we lost the network. We tried setting different channels on the phones and the router, nothing worked.So being in the market for a major upgrade with our now antiquated phone system, we bought this Dect. 6.0 system that uses the 1.9 gigahertz frequency.First of all..no interference in the WiFi network....NONE!There are also a few features that I like.We can now communicate and transfer calls with each other over 5 acres of land with complete security.Talking Caller ID enables me to save a few steps and decide if I want to answer the call.Since Vonage (my phone service) does not have specific call block, this phone can block certain pesky incoming calls and give the abusive callers a busy signal to listen to. This is a great feature and the only way Panasonic could improve on it, is to give us a choice between the busy signal or tones that indicate that the phone has been disconnected.I can't say anything about the voice mail except that you can turn it off quite easily. We use the Vonage voice mail and are quite happy with it.We are easily adding to the phone book as calls are coming in. I think it is a bit of a hassle to add them in manually.Different ring tones are nice, and sound pretty. All of us have set up different ring tones and it is quite a symphony in the house when all the phones play their distinct melodies.Each phone has a speaker phone and my friends can't tell I am using it.Only the main base need to be plugged into a backup power supply if you want to do that.All in all, I am very satisfied and am going to add 2 more phones to my 4 phone system.12/16/2010 Edited to say that phones are still working, but I did have to replace the rechargeable batteries on one of them. The plus side to this is that they are easily replaceable; two Triple A (AAA), Nickle Metal Hydrides!06/25/2013 Edited to say that the phones are still working perfectly! Had to change out the batteries on all of them. Small price to pay for a great phone system!
172 of 191 people found the following review helpful.
Some What Disappointed
By S. E. Ray
I have owned GE, Uniden, Panasonic, AT&T, Vtech and a number of other models from the outdated 49Mhz to the 5.8GHz range and now DECT 6.0. I had a set of Uniden TRU8860 5.8GHz which were some of the best I had owned, except they did have range drops and often failed around my Wi-Fi office technology. I thought the reviews on this Panasonic KX-TG9334T set was persuasive enough to give them a try. I concluded I have a newer Panasonic KY-FPG391 5.8GHz that has performed well and there would be little risk. However, after setup, I knew I had made a poor choice. If you have never owned recent Uniden technology, I suppose these Panasonics would be pie in the sky perfect as some of the other reviews on here indicate. However, for me as an aficionado of phone technology, I was left sorely frustrated.1) The sound is at least half the quality compared to Uniden earpiece. I inserted my top-of-the-line Plantronic 2.5mm headset and was startled at the loss of decibels, as if a resistor had been installed.2) The Caller ID feature is extremely slow. A call would come in and by the third ring, still nothing was displayed. The answering machine picks up on the 4th ring rendering this feature null and void. On the Uniden, the Caller ID was displayed first ring.3) The CID in memory has a two line display. You see the listing name first, and then the phone number second... as you wait for it to show. Very poor design. On the Uniden, you see everything at once, no delays.4) The CallerID announce is slurred and robotic, which equates to useless in my way of thinking. Some people like the audible announcement. This is the only feature that might be preferred over the Uniden.5) The Panasonic only allows numerical displays for handset locations whereas one review said they had to tape on paper labels. The Uniden allowed for specific labels like "Bedroom" and "Office". I tell you, this does make a difference. When you page another handset, you don't have to try and recall the station number, but can scroll to the name entered on any handset. Panasonic falls short on this feature.6) The Panasonic does not allow privacy calling. On the Uniden, you could press a key, and all the other handsets were denied conversation access. The Panasonic allows access from any handset without prejudice.I packed it back in the box after these observations and returned to Amazon. I proceeded to purchase the back-ordered Uniden 3080-3 DECT 6.0 which from what I read is an immense upgrade over the TRU8860 series. Few retailers can keep them in stock because there is such a high demand. Certainly a visual feast. I can't go wrong twice... I hope. It is my desire that this review will save other buyers from my erroneous presumptions.May 27th, 2008 update: Took delivery and setup the Uniden 3080-3 DECT 6.0 today. WOW is all I can say. Nothing on the market compares! Perfect in every way. Sleek design, features, graphics, and sound. Have vision problems? No issue with this phone, BIG easy to read display. Colorful wallpapers and fanciful tunes for rings. I do have a some loss of hearing, again no problem, these units have great volume in handset and especially through the 2.5mm headset out jack. The Panasonics had almost no volume at all with a headset. Take it from a phone perfectionist, carefully consider the Uniden 3080 and its immense offerings. Yes, they cost a bit more, but you will be very happy and your visitors will marvel at the mere ergonomic sight of them.
132 of 150 people found the following review helpful.
Decent phone system BUT many bugs and interface issues.
By R. Dangel
EDITED REVIEWI Give this Phone System 2 Stars and would NOT recommend you buy this phone system!******EDITED MAY 22 2008*****Added one ding in the "bad" category (read below)******EDITED JULY 13 2008****I am going to bump this review down now as time goes on, annoyances creep up. Amazon doesnt let us change the star ratingWith this latest revision of cordless phones from Panasonic, it seems they listened (for the most part) to all the complaints of prior generations.All in all this is a decent phone system with a lot of features I have wished for, and some annoyances. It can still be improved, but this system does everything I liked about my 5.8Ghz Uniden, and improves on the things I hated.Its a long winded review, but I tried to be as complete as possible and touch on all the points I wish I got from other reviews.Overall I am still satisfied with this system, but not as impressed as I was in the beginning.The good:Batteries-Gone are the proprietary batteries. YAY!!! These babies use NiMH AAA batteries. You can go buy off the shelf rechargables when these die, so thats a major improvement. The system also will not overcharge the batteries if you leave the handset in the base. This will hopefully help with the battery life and memory effect. Time will tell on this one. Its a very good thing to see.Call blocking-You can block specific numbers that call you so they get a busy signal.Night/DND mode-You can set a specific time block that the phones will not ring. (it would be nice to have an exception list, so that in the event of an emergency, your phone system will ring)Call screening-You can now opt to be able to listen to who is leaving you a message, or you can shut it off. This is essential if you dont want to hear your aunt complaining about her cellulitis while your are trying to focus on the Ace of Cakes marathon.Message retrieval-You can listen to your messages from any handset. (Prior generation panasonics could not do this from what I have read. My uniden did it, and I felt it was a must have)Message waiting indicator-If you subscribe to your provider's voicemail, it will display on the phone that you have messages, negating the need to pick up the phone and listen for the dialtone pattern.Global handset locator-When locating the handsets, picking up one will turn off the locating signal. (from what I have read, prior panasonics required you to go to each handset to shut off the paging)Global address book-Programming a number on one handset, will add it to all the handsets. (which is great)Distinctive ring-You can program per handset a ringtone for your address book callers.Backlighting-All the number keys are backlit, and are individual keys which is great.Answering machine-Doesnt record hang ups which has been a common complaint in the past on PanasonicsWireless networking conflicts-Doesnt conflict, although this isnt new technology. 5.8's dont conflict and I have a vtech 2.4 that doesnt conflict either. Wireless networks (in general) communicate on the 2.4ghz spectrum so this hasnt been an issue for me in a very long time.The Bad:***Addedd May 22 2008** -After using this phone for over a month, a MAJOR complaint on this phone system is a very ANNOYING delay from when you hit TALK to when the microphone on the phones get turned on. There's a good .5 second delay, or let me say, enough time between when you hit talk and when the phone goes to your ear. I find in 9/10 situations where I have to say "hello?....hello?" before the caller can hear me. For this reason I would knock a full star off this phone system as its very annoying. I have now come to live with it but I am not happy about it.***ADDED JULY 13 2008****Paging feature is all but useless. There is no way to page from one handset to all the others. For instance. If I am downstairs and I want to page my wife to pick up the phone upstairs, I have to know which handset she has near her. This is impossible. I cant page all like in my uniden. This is real idiotic on Panasonic's part, and equally idiotic, the lcd of the handset doesnt indicate which handset it is. I have resorted to writing numbers on stickers and sticking it to the phone.Also annoying after 2 months of usage, the handsets will die for no reason, even though the battery indicator will indicate full charge. If I pull 1 battery and reinsert, only then does the phone indicate 1 bar and the "charge for 7hours" indicationErgonomics-The talk keys, speaker phone keys are not backlit and are small. My uniden had a huge TALK button smack dab in the upper middle of the phone which was helpful. With this phone I have to look at the phone to pick up and hang up.Menu system-Very convoluted and not intuitive at allRingers-The number and types of ringers are terrible. Not enough of them and the ones that there are arent very good. Would be nice to be able to upload your own to the system. You also have to set the individual ringer volume on each handset. Would be nice to have a global change ability. The increments of ringer volume adjust arent small enough.Sound Quality-While the quality is good enough, its not nearly as clear as my 5.8 Uniden. Sounds very hissy to me. Also sometimes when I talk on the phone, I cant hear my own voice in my ear. This is a problem cell phones had 5-8 years ago.Answering machine display (or lackthereof)-I hate the fact that I cannot see how many new messages I have unless I start listening to them. All I get is a blinking button? C'mon!!!! My old uniden tells me this info.Speakerphone at base-I guess I should have bought the more expensive model to get a keypad and speakerphone at the base. But, I am going to ding it nonetheless. Keypad and speakerphone shouldn't require a $20-40 premium.System is busy error-The phones will display system is busy if you are modifying settings on one handset. I cant even turn the ringer down on one handset if my wife is listening to messages or doing anything other than talking on any other handset.
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