Apr 10, 2001 04:22 AM
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I have got this cordless phone for 9 months now - I got it on sale and thought that with a 900 MHz phone I would not go wrong.
The best part of this phone is the second battery.
The bad in brief:
the batteries have to be charged/ exchanged more often than I like. I keep the phone in the cradle most nights, at least 4 nights a week. However, every 2 days I will find that the signal becomes weak during a phone call. That's when I know that I have to exchange the batteries soon. I have never actually lost a call but the static has been so bad that I promised to call back in a few minutes with the other battery.
when I'm in the garden, about 40 meters (130 foot) away from the base station, then the reception often is bad.
The reception is good if I don't move. But as soon as I turn my head, there'll be static. Once I stop moving, the static usually is gone.
Confirmation:
allthough this is a digital 900 MHz transmission, there is static. That surprised me. I would have thought that once the transmission goes below a certain quality, the connection would just go break. Yes, this phone will show static.
I think that the static did not show up in the first 3 months of ownership.
Another disturbing effect is that when I accidentally have the phone in the car and drive out of the reception area, when I come back to my house, the phone will not automatically make the connection again.
I have to put it into the cradle and mostly even turn off/ on the power. (''Control-Alt-Delete'' for phones ;-)
The phone shows the same effect when it runs out of power. I have to put it back in the cradle in order to have it make the connection between handset and base station.
I would not buy this phone again and better go with a SONY or VTECH. I've used phones of both companies and they did not show these problems.
