V-Tech VTIA5859 5.8GHz Dual Handset System w/CID & ITAD (Silver/Black)

Get everything you need for your home telecommunication system and talk with confidence with the V-Tech VTI5868 5.8 GHz telephone system, which includes two handsets with a base (featuring a digital answering machine) and a charger for the second handset. This expandable system can handle up to 8 handsets. The 5.8 GHz technology offers you the best available performance when it comes to clarity, range, and security. To be on the 5.8 GHz wavelength means you're on a much less trafficked area of the bandwidth than both the 2.4 GHz and 900 MHz products occupy. This 802.11/Wi-Fi friendly phone will not interfere with your wireless network.

The answering machine offers three separate mailboxes and a 15-minute total record time. The phones feature caller ID with call waiting functionality (with service subscription), a 45 name/number CID memory, and a 20 name/number phonebook directory. Other phone features include:

30 Channel operation
Any key answer
Call transfer
Headset compatible (2.5 mm)
Selectable ring tones
Wall mountable

These handsets both have a 2.5mm jack for use with optional headsets.

What's in the Box
Two handsets, base, extra charger, belt clip, batteries, phone cord, AC power adapter, wall-mounting bracket, printed operating instructions

Includes 2 Handsets with Separate Charger Base / Answer Machine has 15 Minute Storage Capacity and 3 Mail Boxes / Caller ID Display Compatible

Customer Reviews:

DISAPPOINTED
I recently purchased the A5859, and must say that I am disappointed with its performance. It has no back-up, so that when I've had power failures, I've had to reprogram in all my data, including, dates, day, time, etc. The instructions are not easy to understand either, and there are numerous features, that are difficult to figure out.
--2006-02-24

Do not Purchase
This system is of poor quality. At first, I thought it felt cheap then when the battery charged and I strated using the system, it was the worse sound quality I have ever had on a cordless phone. I returned the product after 2 days of use.
--2006-02-23

Range is awful
I have checked the manual to see if there was something I could do to improve the range of the handset. Their suggestion was to move the base unit elsewhere. Its a answering machine and phone charger I don't want it elsewhere. I have had other cordless phones in the same location with no problems. I threw away the extra handset because it was of no use. The range I get is, in the same room or maybe up to 30 feet away. Vtech has lost me as a customer forever.
--2006-01-02

V-Tech VTIA5859 5.8GHz Dual Handset System w/CID & ITAD (Silver/Black)

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