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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful.
Surely worth [the money] but has some problems
By John H Meyers
PLUSes:
Records and plays back with good sound quality for the price.
Has fast/slow/repeat/skip play modes (but no pause).
Has 3 "mailboxes" if you need to take messagesfor different people, personal vs. business, etc.;the caller can specify which "mailbox" (s)he wantsby pressing "*" then "2" or "3" for mailbox 2 or 3(otherwise by default it goes to mailbox 1),which you have to explain in your one greeting message,if you are going to use that feature.
Can take "voice memos" using local microphone.
Pretty simple to use.
Resists "hacking" of only a 2-digit remote access codeby hanging up on caller after three wrong attempts.
MINUSES:
Long and slow voice menu confirmations slow down operationsand can't be skipped; a minor issue if you get fewmessages, but more problematic if you get many messages,especially when you are dialing in from elsewhereto retrieve messages. The "remote operation codes"are also all at least two keys (e.g. "#" then "4"to repeat a message). When you hang up after checkingmessages remotely, the unit doesn't seem to recognizethat you've hung up; it goes on playing its very longvoice menu instructions for another minute, and thusneither you nor anyone else can quickly call back.
It tends to record excessive "busy tones" aftera caller has hung up (see important next point below).
The worst problem is that when I call remotelyto listen to messages, it seems that the TAM-100"listens" to its own playing of those recorded extra"busy tones," concludes that *I* have hung up,and then hangs up on me! -- and what's worse,in this situation, many times it has also erasedmy *greeting*message* when it's done this!(certainly an engineering flaw there, I would say)
Sometimes it has also responded to otherdigit tones recorded in the messages,as if I had pressed them myself;of course, these problems won't bother youif you primarily check your messages at home,rather than remotely by phone, but for those whoprimarily phone their machine to get messages,this tendency (especially when it hangs up on *you*from hearing other *recorded* hangups, and then alsomay delete your greeting message) could be annoying.
SUMMARY:
Now quite cheap
Good for casual, home use.
Has flaws if you dial in from elsewhere to get messages.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
A Fine Little Machine
By A Customer
John H. Meyers' review pretty much says it all, so I won't go on and on here. I did want to correct another reviewer, however. The beep feature mentioned CAN be turned off completely following simple instructions in the manual. Perhaps the reviewer had a defective item, but I had no trouble at all turning off that beep (and I do agree it is pretty darn annoying if you leave it on!) This is a fine little answering machine at a good price.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Cheap and good
By chicoer2003
Sony's answering machine is a good cheap one. Using mailboxes is annoying since people wont press *(number), but it does its job, and that's what's important.
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