Designed for optimal sound quality, convenience, and security, the VTech i5881 5.8 GHz digital spread spectrum phone system comes loaded with a three-mailbox digital answering system and two-in-one convenience--a fully functional handset and cordless base unit. You get call waiting/caller ID (with paid service from your phone company) on both the handset and base unit, and the i5881 also offers a dial-in-base speakerphone and both analog and digital clocks on the handset.
Use the system's intercom to make conference calls and to transfer calls between the handsets and base. Sound Select lets you personalize the phone's sounds to suit your taste using four different presets. Other key features include any-key answer (which saves time in answering when you're in danger of missing a call), headset compatibility (for hands-free conversations), and a dual-battery charger with power backup (which lets you make and receive calls--even during a power outage).
You can expand the VTech i5881 system to a total of six handsets while still using only one phone jack (five additional handsets not included), and you can station the additional handsets almost anywhere in your home. Each of the handsets communicates through the base, which requires only a single power outlet for operation.
The included handset and any optional handsets can each function as speakerphones and also allow handset-to-handset communication. Each handset offers a choice of a silent or vibrating ringer.
What's in the Box
Main base unit with built-in keypad, speakerphone, and digital answering system; remote charger base; AC power supply; one handset; one rechargeable battery pack; telephone line cord; belt clip; instructions; warranty information
Product Description:
The i5881 is part of the world's first 5.8GHz family cordless system, offering superior sound quality, security and clarity. On top of digital answering system with three separate mailboxes, this system includes a fully functional handset and base unit gives you two-phones-in-one. Features include sound select-an innovative technology that provides personalized audio performance; vibrating Handset ringer-alerting you to incoming calls with or without an audible ring; and an analog and digital clock display on the handset. Expand your i5881 system by adding up to an additional 5 accessory handsets (model VT 5820) without the need of additional phone jacks. Bring telephone service to rooms where it was previously unavailable!
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VTech i5881 5.8 GHz DSS Expandable Cordless Speakerphone with Answering System
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ASIN: B0000995TN Release Date: 2003-05-31 |
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"5.8GHz Expandable Cordless w/ Answering Machine - 5.8 GHz Expandable cordless system with answering machine- 3 Mailboxes - 15 Minutes of record time- Caller ID, call waiting caller ID (on handset and base)- 50# Name & number caller ID memory - 50# Name & number phonebook directory - Any key answer- Backlit keypad and display (on handset and base)- Vibrating handset for ringer notification- Base to handset page - Battery included (8 hours of talk time, 5 days of standby time)- Visual ringer- Conference call capability - Headset jack- Hold/mute- Softkey redial- Intercom - Keypad on base - Handset locator - Page- Programmable ringer types - Wall mountable - System expands up to 6 handsets- Only one phone jack needed- Handset and base speakerphone- Silver with pale blue metallic accentsPackage Contents:- Base Unit (stand alone base unit - no handset included)- 1 Handset and charger- Two wall mount brackets- AC adapter- Belt clips- Battery pack- Line cord- Manual
ADDITIONAL HANDSET: VT5820 or VTi5801BATTERY: BATT-2431 "
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Designed for optimal sound quality, convenience, and security, the VTech i5881 5.8 GHz digital spread spectrum phone system comes loaded with a three-mailbox digital answering system and two-in-one convenience--a fully functional handset and cordless base unit. You get call waiting/caller ID (with paid service from your phone company) on both the handset and base unit, and the i5881 also offers a dial-in-base speakerphone and both analog and digital clocks on the handset.Use the system's intercom to make conference calls and to transfer calls between the handsets and base. Sound Select lets you personalize the phone's sounds to suit your taste using four different presets. Other key features include any-key answer (which saves time in answering when you're in danger of missing a call), headset compatibility (for hands-free conversations), and a dual-battery charger with power backup (which lets you make and receive calls--even during a power outage).
You can expand the VTech i5881 system to a total of six handsets while still using only one phone jack (five additional handsets not included), and you can station the additional handsets almost anywhere in your home. Each of the handsets communicates through the base, which requires only a single power outlet for operation.
The included handset and any optional handsets can each function as speakerphones and also allow handset-to-handset communication. Each handset offers a choice of a silent or vibrating ringer.
What's in the Box
Main base unit with built-in keypad, speakerphone, and digital answering system; remote charger base; AC power supply; one handset; one rechargeable battery pack; telephone line cord; belt clip; instructions; warranty information
Customer Reviews:
Best phone I've ever owned.......2007-06-17
Best phone I have ever had!!!!.......2006-06-21
A bad product.......2006-06-16
Looks better than it works.......2006-06-13
Pros:
* Separate base (w/ speakerphone) and handset units allow you to be flexible with where you place them.
* Blue-lit display and buttons are easy on the eyes while remaining visible.
* Nice, simple, modern look and feel.
* Speakerphone on handset is very convenient.
* Optional backup battery in base allows talk time during a power outage. Comes in handy during storms.
* Handset can be set to vibrate instead of ring... useful for when the baby's sleeping, or when you have cell-phone withdrawals while at home and the cell is charging.
* Range is pretty good (but see interference caveat, below).
Cons:
* Heavy static and interference (other phone conversations, what sounds like a radio station, potential extraterrestrial communications, etc.), though not constant, are common. Using an alternate cordless phone under the same circumstances reveals the problem lies with the VTech.
* Listening to messages on the answering machine is an exercise in patience. At low volumes, the messages are difficult to hear (somewhat obviously), but turning the volume up only makes things worse. Messages sound very electronically distorted... much like a $4 radio shack walkie-talkie from the 80s. I often had to play messages 3 or 4 times to get enough info to call people back and ask them directly what their messages said.
* The call log is nearly impossible to purge... with caller ID, it keeps track of the names/numbers of the last 50 callers (whether or not they leave a message), so that when you get home from work, say, the handset will read "5 new calls." You can then scroll through the call log to see who rang you. Viewing each call listing is supposed to reset the log so that the phone doesn't report any more "new" calls. It rarely works, though, and I've often had to scroll up and down the log several times to reset it. I resolved to just let it be, but it's just annoying, is all, because whenever you look at the phone, it makes you think you missed a call.
* The thing beeps like crazy. And loudly. Every time you try to play a message back, etc., you have to wade through a symphony of beeps and then have your finger on the delete button, ready to go. If you don't hit delete while the person is still talking, the machine moves on to the next message, and you'll have to wait for it to beep all over again to get rid of the first one. Again, annoying.
Overall:
I bought this back when 5.8s were the next big thing in phones, but I think VTech released this one prematurely... without enough bug testing, and without making some of its "features" more user friendly. It has some useful innovations which made me keep it around for awhile, but the static and poor recording quality of the answering machine seemed to increase over time (despite new batteries, new locations for phone, etc.), so I've moved on from this nifty-looking model to something that actually works... and that I don't want to smash into a million beeping pieces.
Do Not Buy this phone..........2005-04-01
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