Uniden EXS9980 900 MHz DSS Cordless Phone with Answering System

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The Uniden EXS9980 is a cordless telephone, caller ID box, and a digital answering machine combined into one unit. With 900 MHz transmission and digital spread spectrum technology, the Uniden EXS9980 offers reduced interference, extended range, and superior voice communication security.

The built-in digital answering system records up to 15 minutes of messages and features a message indicator light. Because the answering system is all digital, you never have to fumble with tapes or worry about parts wearing out. The integrated call waiting/caller ID feature displays the name and number of the caller--even if you are already on the phone when the call comes in. In addition, the EXS 9980 can store up to 50 numbers on the caller ID log at a time.

This phone's convenience features include 20-number memory dialing, backlit keys for dialing at night or in low light, and three-number redial memory. When fully charged, the Uniden EXS9980 has an estimated battery life of 10 days, plus you can store an optional battery in the base of your phone. This not only keeps a spare battery charged for extra talk time, but it also lets you use the phone during a power outage. Additional features include a 20-channel autoscan system, AutoTalk and AutoStandby, a handset ringer on/off switch, headset compatibility, a detachable belt clip, and a page/find feature. It's a complete telephone solution--DSS phone, caller ID, and answering system--in one convenient, attractive package.

Product Description
900 MHz digital spread spectrum cordless telephone; Digital answering maching; Caller ID with call waiting; Speaker phone; Headset jack; Second battery compartment charges battery and provides power to phone during power outages; Lighted keypad; Hearing aid compatible volume control; Ringer on/off.

Average customer rating: Worked in the office that made the answering machine chip uniden cordless phone enthusiast from B'ham AL. poor sound quality Better sound... Solid phone, some poorly designed features

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Customer Reviews:

Worked in the office that made the answering machine chip.......2003-06-25

OK, so this is true about the 9800. This model looks similar, but you would have to take it apart to see if there is also a Lucent DSP in the answering machine part of the 9980. I agree that our speech coder quality is sub par. I have owned a few Uniden phones that used our DSP, and I do not like the quality of the recording - you have to play it several times for some calls, and sometimes you still can't make everything out. I don't know if other companies made a better answering machine DSP, but I would rather use an old tape machine. The 900MHz part works very well - I have had no problem. I HAVE had the same experience as others here - this handset design has a Talk button that is very easy to hit with your ear while talking - others in my family were so frustrated with this feature that they stopped using the phone. Since I had a small part in the history of the phone, I continue to use it. The division I worked for disbanded a few years ago, so no more or our answering machine DSPs will be produced (thankfully).

uniden cordless phone enthusiast from B'ham AL........2002-07-26

I own four uniden cordless phones, three of them are 900 mhz. and one is a 2.4 model. You can hardly own a better phone. I never hear any interference, I never have one problem with clarity in either the answering machine or the handset, it never drops calls, or loses volume during use. And I mean any of them. I have the EXS 9800, the EXT. 1965, the EXS 9980, and the TRU 2.4. As it is with all cordless phones you do have to push "talk" to use it, if it is off the base, but in answering it when it rings it does have an "auto-talk" feature which allows you to merely pick it up and begin talking and all of that is clearly explained in the manual, as are all the phone's other features. Not liking to push "talk" before using it is like not liking to start your car before driving it. Come on, we have to put some effort into it. I can recommend using the headset with it, it is a great feature that eliminates neck strain tremendously. I use all of these phones in my business and I spend anywhere from 4 to 6 hrs. a day on the phone. One thing you have to have is a decent phone service, we have Bellsouth in our area, and they provide great phone service, so don't blame an inferior service or bad home wiring on the phone if you hear either static or interference. I live in an area where there is so much radio activity until my son's remote car will just take off across the floor without anyone controlling it, yet this activity never causes problems with any of my Uniden phones,never!! I am construction contractor and I use my EXS 9800 on one of my construction sights without a hitch,--ever!! These phones have an intercom feature which is great for contacting others at the base location and again the sound and clarity is perfect. My sister has an EXS 9800 that she dropped in a sink full of water, but after drying it thoroughly it worked as good as ever! I say if you have a problem with a Uniden phone start checking everything else besides the phone, even yourself!

poor sound quality.......2002-02-12

Nice features, but recorded messages are almost unintelligible, and the sound level of the handset is too low. You can increase the volume, but then it reverts to the low level volume for the next call. I'm now looking for a new phone because I'm tired of playing messages 5 times trying to understand them. A friend of mine has a Uniden and he has the same complaints.

Better sound..........2001-12-03

We bought this phone after my wife insisted that our standard Uniden 900 Mhz sound quality wasn't good enough, so we opted for the digital spread spectrum model. It's definitely an upgrade. We have the 9980 model, which has an excellent digital answering machine and one line. The battery in the phone itself is a bit weak (If you forget to hang it up it dies). My favorite factor with all of the Uniden models is that they have a very tactile feel. When you push a button, you know it, no mush. It's the only brand on the market that seems to have that feel -- sort of the way nothing used to feel like an IBM keyboard, if you know what I mean. It's also a comfortable and lightweight phone, not too small like many phones nowadays (who wants a teensy phone that has a microphone two inches from your mouth?).
It would also be nice if you could just dial numbers and answer the phone without having to push talk first!

All in all, I like it plenty, and it's also the top-rated cordless brand in Consumer Reports.

Enjoy!

Solid phone, some poorly designed features.......2001-11-25

This phone delivers good sound quality and reception in a solid package. I have two design gripes:

1) there isn't any obvious way to adjust the ringer volume

2) the dialing sequence seems to have a timing dependency. Sometimes, I dial a number and press "talk" and the phone dials (as I'd expect). Sometimes I dial the number and press talk, and the number disappears so I have to start over from scratch. Very frustrating. This makes the phone unusable for slow dialers.

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