Panasonic KX-TG5776S 5.8 GHz FHSS GigaRange Expandable Digital Cordless Phone System

Excellent

There is no ID Caller rest all ok

The range is not much and no voice clarity

Excellent product

Looks repacked , why extra charger and battery found , is it a defective product

The display is not clear and defective

The base keypad and the base speaker not working since inception!!! It has to be taken to the service centre even before it has rendered any service !!!!!!

Volume is very less cannot hear what the person is saying from the other side

Knowing I would be starting to work from home soon and needing a new cordless phone, I bought this with high hopes about the good reviews. I've been using it the past week as my primary office phone, and I'm really disappointed.It sits right on my desk, so the handset usually sits in the cradle. However, I take part in plenty of long conference calls. I thought it was a fluke when the battery charge lasted about an hour after the first few long calls. But it seems to be a consistent problem.I tried putting the handset on the cradle once during a call when I got the low battery warning. The call was cut off. Very bad design. If you're going to offer weak battery life, you should have some option for those of us who use headsets to continue the call when we're required to recharge the bad battery.Which leads to my second complaint... if you have phone with a a weak battery, you should have a headset port on the base unit as well as on the phone. That way, I'd be able to use my base unit as a fully functioning desk unit. No such luck.So if I'm on a very long conference call, taking notes while speaking (not wanting the others to hear my typing on the speakerphone), I am completely out of luck with this bad phone. It's probably too late to return it.I too am annoyed by the "missed call" indicator showing even when I didn't miss the call.*Update March 2008*This phone doesn't play well with my wireless network. It started out OK, next to the router in my kitchen. But then the speakerphone stopped working and the handset had a loud crackling noise on the line, making it useless. Still, I decided to test it in another room. I moved it there and it works OK now. Of course, this is the guest room, fairly inconvenient.In the meantime, I've moved an old cordless phone to the kitchen for the time being. It works fine next to the router, as before. I'd replaced it because the buttons don't work that well anymore. Now I'm in the market again for a (cheaper) cordless with caller ID and a speakerphone. Sigh.

I'm on the phone a lot for business, so I wanted something that was pleasant to use.The good:- Clear, color screen on handset- Lots of features- Answering machine if you're still not in to voicemail- Good range- Plug in a headsetThe bad:- Buttons a bit mushy- Adjusting ring volume requires going in to a menu. Volume control should be right on the handset with simple up/down buttons- Phone feels light and flimsy, not like the heavy old-school phones that could take a beating- My refurbished model's handset broke pretty quickly, so I bought another handset- Caller ID doesn't match callers' numbers to those you already have stored in the phone's directoryYou would think by now manufacturers would know how to make a truly stellar cordless phone--the device is what, 25 years old?I bought this phone mainly because it allows you to upload your own ring tones via USB (I use WAV files). It's a simple feature, but this is one of the very few cordless models that allows it. Most phone rings are extremely annoying, jarring. I like to substitute an old-fashioned bell ring, or something pleasant like chimes.Note: Called ID stops working periodically. To fix this, unplug but the power and phone cords for a few seconds, then plug in again.

I purchased the base unit and two additional phones to go with it in July 2007. Last week the base unit stopped functioning properly and none of the buttons work.The three hand held units still function and I am able to use the answering system from the handsets only.I called Panasonic about the problem and they told me that they would repair or replace it if I sent the base unit back to them along with proof of purchase.I called Amazon and they are sending me a copy of the original invoice with the unit serial number on it so I can send it back to Panasonic.The problem is this: When I send the base unit back to Panasonic I will not have the use of three phones for I do not know how long.Panasonic says they will not send me a replacement base unit unless I send them the broken one first so they can check it out.My recommendation is this: If you must buy a Panasonic phone, buy two. One will be your back up in case the first one breaks within the warranty period. If you do not buy two base units you will be without a phone while they try to fix the phone that breaks.Needless to say I will be reporting this situation to the better business bureau and the attorney general of New York State.I also will probably be buying another base unit to use before I send the other base unit back for replacement or repair.Isn't this great?

I've been through three other multi-handset cordless phone systems within the last couple of years, searching for one that everyone in my family likes. I think I finally found one in this Panasonic model. My kids like that you can use the included computer software to download images into the handsets for display on the color screen using the supplied USB cable. The program is really easy to use and we were able to get some family pics loaded up within a few minutes. You can also use the computer to download different ringtones or songs into the handsets, which is a nice feature since I think that most standard ringtones are annoying. My son has the handsets configured so that when he calls on his cell phone, his picture will appear on the screen. We also appreciate the lighted keypad on the handsets. As others have said, sound quality is excellent and I have not found any dead spots anywhere in my house. There is no buzzing or distortion, and voice quality sounds like a corded phone. I am very pleased with this phone and will be purchasing an additional handset in the near future.

Panasonic actually emailed me to let me know that there is a way to do what I was complaining about, albeit a bit buried in a menu. So yes, if it were possible I would remake this as four stars. You can assign ringtones like your cell phone so you will always know if it's a friend calling from across the room. You can choose not to screen calls (the silent mode I was looking for) and turn the ringer off to watch movies in peace, yet still be able to see if there's a call that you want to take, since you are able to ascribe colors to friends in the address book (the LED on the phone glows one color for incoming choose another for friends) for the least intrusive phone possible.The only niggling complaint I can think of is that there is no way to have a friend or two override the other ring settings, and that the handset isn't designed the be held between shoulder and face (it slips)That and it would be nice if it had bluetooth. But I am ashamed that it took me about a year of ownership to get that it's near to perfect. Geesh, and I work in the internets!I don't know about you, but sometimes I want to be able to get messages, but not have to listen to them as they are being left. Like if I am watching a movie, taking a nap or even just don;t feel like being disturbed. The brain-trust at Panasonic, unlike every other manufacturer on Earth does not take this into account, You can turn the ringer off and you can turn the volume down somewhat but you cannot turn it off meaning that you can either shut the machine off completely or just suffer through those six AM messages from Jo Blo's Carpet Cleaning Company.Too bad, 'cause there are a lot of admirable features on this