VTech's VT 1970ci 900-MHz digital cordless phone offers cordless convenience, clarity, and quality. The unit also contains a full-featured, all-digital answering machine.
We compliment the VTech designers on their intelligent, intuitive product, as we were able to set up and use the phone's features by guesswork alone. You control the phone with the 12 buttons and one switch on the base and with the 11 buttons on the handset (in addition to the usual 0 through 9, #, and *). After plugging in the phone and inserting the rechargeable ni-cad battery pack, we pressed the Menu, Select, and Time/Set buttons to set the date, time, number of rings, announce mode, audible message alert, and the base-ringer mode. The VTech's voice prompts helped enormously during this process. Setting the greeting was harder, taking us about five minutes to discover that pressing the Memo button records the message. However, we easily discovered the handset's caller-ID functions without consulting the instructions.
The answering-machine functions were as intuitive as the phone itself. In our tests, we found that the time limit is 90 seconds for the outgoing message, four minutes for a single memo or incoming message, and just under 16 minutes for total recording time.
In our distance test, the handset provided excellent clarity with no distortion or buzzing to about 250 feet, at which point the signal began to cut in and out. The handset stopped functioning at about 530 feet, which is normal for phones in this class.
Given the easy setup and the great signal quality within reasonable distance limits, we give the VTech VT 1970ci high praise.
Pros:
- Easy to set up and learn
- Modern styling
- Great feature set
Cons:
- Total record time of less than 16 minutes
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Amazon.com Review
VTech's VT 1970ci 900-MHz digital cordless phone offers cordless convenience, clarity, and quality. The unit also contains a full-featured, all-digital answering machine.We compliment the VTech designers on their intelligent, intuitive product, as we were able to set up and use the phone's features by guesswork alone. You control the phone with the 12 buttons and one switch on the base and with the 11 buttons on the handset (in addition to the usual 0 through 9, #, and *). After plugging in the phone and inserting the rechargeable ni-cad battery pack, we pressed the Menu, Select, and Time/Set buttons to set the date, time, number of rings, announce mode, audible message alert, and the base-ringer mode. The VTech's voice prompts helped enormously during this process. Setting the greeting was harder, taking us about five minutes to discover that pressing the Memo button records the message. However, we easily discovered the handset's caller-ID functions without consulting the instructions.
The answering-machine functions were as intuitive as the phone itself. In our tests, we found that the time limit is 90 seconds for the outgoing message, four minutes for a single memo or incoming message, and just under 16 minutes for total recording time.
In our distance test, the handset provided excellent clarity with no distortion or buzzing to about 250 feet, at which point the signal began to cut in and out. The handset stopped functioning at about 530 feet, which is normal for phones in this class.
Given the easy setup and the great signal quality within reasonable distance limits, we give the VTech VT 1970ci high praise.
Pros:
- Easy to set up and learn
- Modern styling
- Great feature set
Cons:
- Total record time of less than 16 minutes
Customer Reviews:
it was good untill the stick intena broke.......2000-09-16
Lots of Features will not make it dependable!.......2000-08-29
Here is the bad news though folks. This phone is just unreliable. Sometimes my calls will fade in and out, and it seems like there is a great distance between me and the person on the other line. If you do adjust the volume the voice just becomes fuzzy and gargled. I suggest you avoid this V Tech phone, spend about ... more and get a digital 900 Mghz phone from Sony. My Sony I have had at home for two years now has been nothing but fantastic.
good phone, but the signal does cut in and out.......2000-07-20
Not Cool V-Tech.......2000-07-03
Keypad is a problem.......2000-06-28
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