Panasonic KX-FPG381 Plain-Paper Fax and 2.4 GHz Cordless Phone Combo

Product Description
This fax machine from Panasonic can take care of all of your office needs. Not only does this plain paper fax double as a copier, but it also features a corded Caller ID* capable phone, a digital answering system, and a 2.4GHz digital cordless phone. You'll also love the digital duplex speakerphone on the base and the handset, as well as the 10-sheet automatic document feed and the 50-sheet letter paper capacity. *Requires phone company service.

Product Description:
PANASONIC KX-FPG381 PLAIN-PAPER FAX AND 2.4 GHZ CORDLESS PHONE C

Average customer rating:

Excellent Machine for what I need.
There's better equipment out there
Initial Comments and Review
Great fax machine, great phone - great combo
Panasonic needs to dump this style

Panasonic KX-FPG381 Plain-Paper Fax and 2.4 GHz Cordless Phone Combo

Manufacturer: Panasonic
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Panasonic KX-TGA270S 2.4GHz Extension Cordless Phone (Handset Only)

Accessories:

Curtis SP3200 Surge Protector (6 Outlet)
Monster Cable Ultra-High-Speed RJ11 Internet Phone Cable (10-Feet, White)
Burlington Printer Paper 500 ct. Ream 8 1/2 x 11

Product Features:

Up to 28-page out-of-paper reception
9 seconds per page transmission time
10-page automatic document feeder
Cordless 2.4 GHz phone system, expandable to 8 handsets
Built-in digital answering system

ASIN: B0000AQL6Z

Product Description

With the ability to make multiple copies as well as enlarge, reduce and collate, this unit is not just a fax machine, but a true home/life office command center. That's a mouthful, but what does it mean? The technology "hops" constantly through a range of available channels to reduce interference and to provide improved security against eavesdropping. And since it is all digital technology, you get long range and incredible clarity.You can put handsets all over your house-in your kid's rooms or even in the garage-without all the messy wiring or complicated setup. With 2.4 GHz expandable phone systems, you don't need a phone jack for each additional handset-just one for the base unit. So start expanding and forget about all your wiring worries.This phone system is equipped with an all-digital answering system for quick, easy retrieval of crystal-clear messages. Message operation has never been easier, with up to 15 minutes of recording time and up to 3 mailboxes, plus features like pre-recorded outgoing message, remote operation, Tollsaver, and skip-and-repeat. And don't worry about losing your messages when the power goes out-they're stored in flash memory so they're unaffected by power failure or interruptions.Having a handset speakerphone may not seem like such a big deal - until you have to call an automated phone system. By the time you press "2" and return the phone to your ear, you missed half the next option! And when they put you on hold for ten minutes, do you really need to hold the phone? Not with the handset speakerphone. Just listen along, and press a button or pick up when it's convenient. You'll think up other great uses, like letting Grandma and Grandpa listen to their new grandchild at the same time, painting your nails as you talk to your best friend, or just being able to set the phone down while you talk.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Machine for what I need........2005-03-03

If you have a high volume of faxing, then this is not the machine you want. I only get one or two faxes a week and this works great for me. It distinguishes between phone & fax calls perfectly. The only con is that the battery life in the phone is weak. I thought I had a bad battery so I bought another one (only about $12)and after installing it, realized the problem still existed. The handset obviously uses a lot of juice.

There's better equipment out there.......2004-12-04

Another reviewer noted that the fax uses up its ink-roll quickly --- I agree. I get a couple of junk faxes per week and that makes the machine unneccessarily expensive to own. The batteries in both handsets died after 1 year and it cost me $36 to replace them. One of the handsets seems to have gone quietly insane over the past year. It arbitrarily loses contact with the base (even when sitting next to it) and it now happens so frequently that I have to replace it. Perhaps if I had been paying more attention to it I would have noticed the onset of the handset's dementia and taken it to a doctor in time. Oh well :-(

Initial Comments and Review.......2004-06-24

The Panasonic KX-FPG381 Fax & cordless phone combo appears to have been a good decision.

PROS:
1. It accurately distinguishes between fax calls and voice calls.
2. It allows the phone to ring up to from 2 to 7 times (selectable) before triggering the answering machine.
3. I added an additional telephone and was able to add it without any trouble.
4. Good, clear telephone reception
5. Lots of convenience features that you'll quickly depend upon
6. Selectable tones reduces the irritation of hearing the phone ring
7. Faxing out is simple (just enter the phone number and hit send). An automated message tells you whether it was sent OK or not.
8. Receiving faxes is automatic (do nothing, just read your fax).

CONS:
1. The manual is the only drawback I can see right now. Its obviously written in a foreign language and then translated into
English. If this isn't the case, then Panasonic should have hired professional technical writers to produce the manual (not the engineers - they can't write directions to make pop-corn).

OVERALL
I consider it a good buy and a good price when you consider you're getting a quality cordless phone system and a fax machine at one price.

Well, that's my opinion so far. If it changes, I'll update this.

Great fax machine, great phone - great combo.......2004-06-23

I read the reviews above - who the heck talks 4 hours on their phone??? If you're looking for a cordless phone/fax - then this is a good one

Panasonic needs to dump this style.......2004-04-01

Panasonic needs to dump this style of fax machine - the ones that use that cheesy film - like carbon paper only really really expensive.

I had the older model this unit and I can't really fault much about it except the cost of the film and the way it uses the film. It basically feeds inch by inch film to paper. What his means is when a fax message is blank or has one line it still uses an entire page of film.

When your film is finished you may used 20% of the potential of the roll. You can't rewind so you have are stuck with shelling out another $25 for a roll.

I just took mine out of service in favor of a SHARP unit that uses an inkjet cartridge. It's too soon to tell how long it will last but the starter cartridge has already done more than 300 sheets and still going strong. The entire unit cost me the same price as two rolls of Panasonic film.

The cordless phone is fine and works well, but the battery could stand some improvement.

Panasonic needs to stop making these film based machines or at least re-engineer them to feed film only when printing.

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