Monday, June 4, 2007

VTech 2.4 GHz Cordless Phone


VTech� 2.4 GHz VT20-2431 Expandable Cordless Phone
(Costco.ca)
120$+tax
Haven't had much experience with this snazzy-looking toy yet. It's more complicated to set up than one would expect-you have to search through the menu on the base unit for the base ID, then program it into the hand set. Not impossible.

Calls can be picked up either with the handset or the base via a speakerphone. Both have caller id menus, which double as options features. There is an overwhelming array of extra buttoms to press, and it isn't always intuitive which one picks up the call and which one ends it. You can have 2 separate phone lines coming through the phone, so the handset accomodates this with separate accept call buttons.

One of the features I like is the built-in intercom. If you have multiple handsets, you can page and communicate walkie-talkie style, presumably. I only had the one handset & base, but I could page the base and someone could pick up via the speaker phone built into the base.

Unfortunately, costco.ca doesn't appear to sell the expandable extra handsets.

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