I had almost an octopus of telephone wires under my deck connected to my life alert, corded phone and cordless phone, so I decided to buy a combination phone containing one corded phone and a cordless phone and a digital answering machine. The cordless phone has to be plug in of course, so does the corded phone (saves on batteries) but will work without being plug in, except there will be no display the power comes solely from the phone line.
When numbers are inputted on the corded base unit, they are automatically transferred to the cordless phone(s). So they don't have to be programed. Heck, it even comes with call block up to 150 entries, When I am expecting a call, I don't want others calling me saying they're having special deals, they're just a waste of time.
It even came with quiet mode that turns the ringer off and the audio muted, or what I like to call it naptime mode--lol, but it will still receive calls and record messages.
Now if one has to leave important information like a social security number to a legit business (if you have to), it is best to use a non-wireless corded phone. In this case I would temporary unplug the line from my combination unit and plug it into an another non-wireless corded phone, then switch back after the call has ended. Cordless phones use radio signals and may be picked up by other people.
When I hear my cordless phone ringing and cannot find it,or if the batteries go down, I can always go to my base unit to answer, since the base unit is stationary., I know where that is. After the call I would simply press find handset. and follow the beeps.
Maybe they should make a combination cellphone and plug-in landline answering machine unit, with the same number, in case you cannot find your cellphone, just go to your base unit, then press find cellphone, after the call has ended, which is programmed to work even if the cellphone has been turn off.
The unit I have bought does NOT come with speed dial, but it does come with phonebook where a person can store their phone numbers, and all they have to do is use the arrow keys to choose a number, and simply lift the receiver on the base unit, or press talk on the cordless headset, and it will automatically start dialing.
Entering the phone numbers in the phonebook is no problem, if the numbers are local just simply input the 7 digits,However for long distance dialing, you will have to input 1-(area code)-xxx-xxxx, don't forget the '1' in front of it. Those X's of course represents the numbers you are inputting.
The landline phone and cordless has the dial-mode set to the default of tone-dial, but they can also be set to pulse-dial, but what is the difference between the two? When you lift the receiver, or press talk on the cordless, and the keys are beeping, the phone is set to tone-dial, if it clicks like an old 1800 rotary phone then it is set to pulse-dial.
On pulse-dial you can still make local calls, but you may not be able to make long distance calls, even tough you can still receive them.So it is best to leave them on tone-dial.
Yes, I have a cellphone in case something happens to my landline and vice-versa. (end)
