at&t review | AT&T 1856 Corded Speakerphone with Digital Answering System (White)

Good, basic answering machine/phone | AT&T 1856 Corded Speakerphone with Digital Answering System (White)

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	• AT&T 1856 Corded Speakerphone with Digital Answering System (White) Vtech Vtech average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Memory Guard

This is a great little phone, and for the price -- well, it's unbeatable, and trust me, I compared a LOT of models.

But (there's always a but, isn't there?) the bad news is that although this phone has "Memory Guard," it's NOT the same as a battery backup. Even tho' the Amazon Product Description says "Power Failure Operation Memory Loss Protection (battery required)" there's no place to put batteries. You can get and make calls when the power is out, but the phone will not ring, so you need another corded phone that will ring to let you know you've got a call. The answering machine will not work during a power outage, and the clock needs to be reset (easy to do) if the power goes out for even a second. But the good news is you will NOT lose messages that came in before the power went out (or after it comes back on, although the time stamp for those calls will not be right unless the power went out for only a few seconds). You also will not lose stored numbers, your recorded announcement, and other settings.

The good news is it's got a lot of features not found on other phones in this price range, notably (for me, anyway) a mute button with indicator that you're in mute mode, volume control for the speakerphone, ability to dial out while in speakerphone mode (no need to take the handset off the hook), and an audible message alert.

I found this easy to set up, but maybe only because I had a cordless AT&T phone that worked much the same way, so I'm used to the procedures for setting it up.

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Overall the phone is what I expected.It could however benefit from some upgrades.
The face could be lighted so that you can see who is calling you without turning the light on.

Good, basic answering machine/phone

This phone works as expected, although I have a minor complaint about usability. On most answering machines I've had, the "Listen to messages" button is large and easily identifiable.
On this phone, however, the large lighted button actually turns the answering function on and off.
You have to press the South quadrant of the ring surrounding this button to actually listen to messages (similar in use to a cell phone 4-way button.)
Not very intuitive...

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Good Phone for the price but some issues

For the price, this is a great phone. Two issues however,

1. the mic for the speakephone function is not very good, you need to be very close to it and speak loudly for it to work properly

2. the display screen is not backlighted so it can be difficult to see during daylight and you need a light on to read the display at night.

full featured phone

A few problems: Headset is uncomfortable for long calls but speaker option is there. Recovery from power outage is awkward. Voice prompts are nice.

1-Line Corded Telephone / Speakerphone Select on Phone Base / Caller ID Type 2 Display Screen / Misty White Finish Caller ID/Call Waiting ID with 50-entry call log (Caller ID requires special service from your phone carrier) Hook/Flash Button Display Dial Last Number Redial Power Failure Operation Memory Loss Protection (battery required) AC powered

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