Uniden TCX905 Accessory Handset and Charger with Call Waiting and Caller ID
by Uniden
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Customer Review: Intercom limited
Summary: 4 Stars
We purchased the 3 phone/answering machine and then 2 additional phones.
Primary reasons were for the baby room monitor feature, and the other is to communicate with those in the basement.
1. The room monitor feature works well. At night however, the phone we are using to listen in from the master room cannot be sitting in the charger and charging. Rather at night, when the battery in the phone dies, there goes the ability to monitor- usually while we are sleeping. The phone that is in the baby's room, however, can be sitting in the charger. It would be nice to have the listening phone able to charging all the time while it is in the monitoring mode.
2. The intercom system works by sending out a beep - beep page to a specific phone or all the phones in the home. It must be answered before you can speak to the person on the other end. I would like to have been able to bark a generic message to all or one phone that says "come up for dinner please". You cannot send a one way intercom message using this system.
Overall, the phone call quality is excellent. Range is terrific. It has a solid feel. Speakerphone works well. Aside from the 2 issues above, I would highly recommend. We are much happier with these phones than our prior conventional portable phones we used to have.
Customer Review: Works great, directions could be better though
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought 2 of these to have additional handsets for my TRU 8880 phone that I bought a couple of years ago. I charged the handsets like the directions said, and then followed the directions in the owners manual to register the handsets to my phone. I tried each handset at least 10 times and kept getting the "registration failed" message. I decided to call Uniden customer service, which was a challenge in itself as the owners manual states customer service is available from 7a to 7pCST Mon-Fri and 9-6CST on Saturday. I tried to call on a Saturday, and the message says customer service is available 9-6CST Mon-Fri. Go figure. I then tried to call on a weekday at about 5:45p EDT, and received the same message, even though they still should have been open. I finally managed to call in the early afternoon, and after 20 minutes on hold, talked to a representative. She told me to remove the battery cover and then insert the handset in my base phone (the handset would not fit in my base phone with the cover on) I did this and sure enough, the handset registered immediately. I am very happy with the way these items work, but the directions in the owners manual really need to be updated with the correct procedures and the correct hours for customer service availability.Customer Review: Cool Phones!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have the base model TRU9480. I have owned the system for a few weeks now. After some research and review reading, I knew that I wanted Uniden's expandable phones for my house. I found the best deal at Sam's Club. I bought the package that had the base/cordless phone with 3 other cordless phones. You can do so much with these phones, that it's almost overwhelming. I love to program things, it's challenging to me, so I was looking forward to purchasing these phones. They are a lot like cell phones, which is really cool because most people use their cell phones more than their house phone these days (if they even have a house phone anymore). The system has an answering machine, a 'do not disturb' button (when you don't want to hear the phones ring), caller i.d., cool ringtones, 2-way radios, room monitors, intercom, phonebook, a 3 phone # memory redial, and much more. Like I said, it's seems overwhelming for many, but you don't have to utilize all of the features. The phone system is working great so far. I bought this to replace an older Uniden phone set which is still in great working condition. I needed more cordless phones to put around the house. I am impressed with how modern this new set is compared to my old set. It's just cool.Customer Review: Bottom line for buyers who already use the 8866 or this series
Summary: 4 Stars
This handset is layed out differently. I found the orignal function layout better than this "upgrade". There are some features that are improvements and I found the distance it a little farther with the 905. This is a big plus since one area my phone is used was at the limit of the 8866 sets.
My biggest complaint, one you won't have if your read this, is that the manual is wrong about how to activate the handset and you have to call to find out a simple trick to use it. Others in there reviews have shared this same problem BUT THEY NEVER TELL YOU HOW THEY GOT IT SOLVED! So here it is...the handset will not fit in the 8866 base. Slide off the battery cover and place it in the base without it. Then do the normal activate rountine per the manual.
One other thing, I also had one set that would change volume by itself and returned it for an exchange. The new one seems okay. Maybe they have fixed this bug.
I still think this series Uniden it the BEST portable phone out there and we use them in our business putting close to 8 hours day without power down and that is well over a few years of use. New batteries can be had at eBay for a couple of bucks but I did not replace them for about 4 years.
Customer Review: BEST PHONE SYSTEM AVAILABLE
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't want to repeat the other reviews but will say that this is a practically perfect phone system in overall design, user interface, features, and price.
You can choose to screen incoming calls from a softkey on handsets, use as independent walkie talkies, 3 last number redials, large clear backlit LCD and jeypad, great feeling keypad buttons, 4 way controller, sturdy belt clip, loud handset speakerphone, easy to adjust volumes, flasing message indicator, room monitor, up to 10 handsets, large phonebook, and more.
I know that technology always progreses, but I really am curoius how this product can be improved, barring a drastically different phone system technology emerging.
However, I will take this opportunity to to mention some SMALL improvements that could be made: The redial function could be expanded beyonf only the last 3 numbers to 20 or more (other Unidens have 20). The charging stand is mostly empty space inside and the space should be used as excess power cord storage for cleaner looking installations without any hanging bunches of power cord. Finally, an even larger phonebook would be nice but 100/200 numbers is still great.