Panasonic KXTG8321EB Colour DECT Single With Answer Machine - Black

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Editorial reviews

Product Description

Telephone answering system : up to 40 minutes

Large, easy to read 65K colour display

Hands-free speakerphone on handset

Night mode: disable ringtone during selected hours

200 name and number phonebook

Incoming call barring

Telephone conversation recorder

Headset Jack

Up to 6 multiple headsets

Polyphonic ringer 10 melodies/ 6-tone on handset

Up to 15 hour talk-time/ 250 hour standby

Rechargeable batteries (AAA (R03) Ni-MH)

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-11-28 rating:
No ringtone from the handset!
Just bought this phone, after replacing my ten year old faultless Samsung DECT phone. Like the new features but it only rings from the base and not from the handset. Don't know why? The ringtone sound is not loud enough and if the handset is another rooom, then you can't hear the ring. Thinking of returning the item, if panasonic staff can't sort out the problem. Also Don't know how callers can leave messages?

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review by: date: 2008-09-25 rating:
Averate with a big fault - look for alternatives
This works as well as my previous BT Synergy which died after many years. Reason it is marked down is that it has a really stupid design that bugs me everyday. A light is illuminated when a message is left - ok, that's good. When you play the message the light goes out - even if you keep the message. That means that there is no indicator showing that the machine has a message. Maybe that's ok if you live by yourself but if you're in a family, it means whoever plays the message has to remember to tell others. In a busy family with teenagers, that doesn't happen. Result, is that I regret buying this rather than another BT one which showed the number of messages undeleted.


review by: Geoffers date: 2008-07-29 rating:
Does the Job Well
I previously had a portable phone which, after many years, had started to have problems. I wanted something which looked good and did the basic job but also offered up to date features. I did quite a lot of research before buying and selected this Panasonic solution - I bought two handsets together.

There is plenty of information around on the internet and so I'll try and focus on the things which were difficult to find.

As you would expect, the phone works straight out of the box. Being the typical male I didn't read the manual but still managed to get everything to work without much effort - the phone is quite intuitive to use.

The build quality is very good though for some reason home phones never seem to have the same solid feel as the average mobile phone. I guess some people might find the joystick (for navigating around the menus) a little difficult to use.

I originally wanted a phone which would also work with Skype but eventually decided against this I needed an answerphone (which is outside the standard Skype specification). The answerphone works well (maximum 40 mins) which you can also interrogate remotely.

To be honest the colour screen is a bit of a gimmick - I guess it looks quite good but doesn't offer much more than a mono screen (things like being able to change the background colour dependent on caller and set a background image). I wouldn't therefore let the colour screen influence your selection too much.

The phone book is good and stores names alongside numbers and you can group them into categories. I wish there wasn't such a restriction on the number of characters you can use for the name (I think it is about 15 which is normally enough).

The standby time and talk time appear to be very good though I leave the phones in their cradles for most of the time so I know where they are (thought there is a button you can push on the base station to find a phone that might have disappeared).

Here are some other features which I wanted and the phone has but were not detailed in the item description above: call barring, mute button, night mode (ability to stop wrong numbers in the middle of the night while still allowing family to call), speed dial for frequently used contacts.

Hope this helps.

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