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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Disappionting performance
By A Customer
The 1703 is a comfortable phone with good voice clarity and some nice features, but can't seem to maintain a reasonably consistent signal. For the first couple days I liked this phone a lot and thought I had found the ideal cordless, but after I got a chance to use it more and really see how it could (or couldn't) perform, I was soon disillusioned and disappointed.
Features are important but the bottom line of any phone is send/receive clarity with a consistent signal that doesn't drop parts of conversations and cut off words. Send/recieve voice quality of the 1703 is very good with no annoying background hiss, noise or voice echoing. However, when experiencing even the slightest interference, it completely cuts in and out, dropping parts of conversations which requires the other party to repeat what they've said. Pretty annoying! Naturally, this happens more when outside, but has also occured in the house near the base unit. In some cases it got really bad. I tried relocating the base, making sure it wasn't plugged into an outlet shared by other appliances or electronics, but didn't help. Since this has happened with other digital phones I tried including DSS, my guess would be this is a problem with digital based phones. I have two older 900MHz analog phones that have never done this. Their reception can get noisy, but they've never cut off parts of conversations like the 1703. I also have an analog 2.4GHz cordless that never cuts off words or interferes with my conversations, and just got a Sony SPP-N1020 analog 900MHz (same price as the 1703) that's been perfect and probably the best cordless I've owned with the best range of any I've used. Even 3 houses down from ours, I've experienced only very slight interference. Pretty commendable. From here on out, I'm sticking with 900MHz analog until technology that's obviously proven better comes along.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
An excellent clear phone. Kudos Panasonic!!!
By A Customer
After 4 yrs of use, my old Lucent analog started crackling and needed replacing. I initially went to a couple of electronics stores. I received some useful advice from the sales help and some disgruntled customers returning bad cordless phones. Basically the advice was to stay away from V-tech and IBM.I decided to go to Target, because I could experiment and easily return merchandise that I did not like. I started with a real cheap Memorex, which was awful and noisy. Next, I tried a Northwestern Bell 2.4GHZ. It was noisy, you could not hear clearly, and some of the buttons crapped out. Frustrated, and with epinions info under my belt, I decided to go with either a Uniden or a Panasonic. This Panasonic model comes in assorted colors, has a couple of frills(but not too many) and felt comfortable in hand. I brought it home and tried it. It is as clear as a quality corded phone. Also, it has caller ID and you can easily program (like a cell phone) 50 numbers into its memory. Ok, so I spent more than fifty bucks, but its worth it for reliability, simplicity and clarity! And unlike the expensive $130 2.4GHZ DSS phones, you can plug into an answering machine.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
I finally found an excellent phone for a great price
By A Customer
After trying a BUNCH of phones, inlcuding several 2.4GHz DSS models from Panasonic, Sony, Uniden, etc, I was about ready to give up when I came across the 1703B on sale for a price I couldn't pass up. This phone has clear reception, good volume and range, nice features, a comfortable handset, good battery life, and an extremely useful speakerphone integrated into the back of the handset. The speakerphone's duplex sound quality is surprisingly good and has come in handy many times, particularly when on hold for a period of time or for 3-way hands-free conversations between my roommate, her son and myself.
My only real compliant? Everything on the handset is black, including all buttons and keys except for a large gray central navigation/volume button, and a small orange speakerphone button. So dialing or locating some buttons in a darkened room can be a real challenge. The printing on the buttons is bright and legible in normal lighting, but doesn't help much in darker conditions. I'd prefer to have either a lighted keypad or at least lighter, more contrasting keypad and on/off buttons. But considering the overall performance and price, I can deal with it. If you're looking for a lighted keypad and willing to pay $20-$30 more, the 1703 series comes in 3 other colors: green, blue, and pearl white, all of which have lighted keypads.
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