AT&T - DECT 6.0 Expandable Cordless Phone with Bluetooth Capability

I'm liking this phone. The ability to walk into my house, plug my cell phone in to recharge and then walk away knowing that I won't miss a cell call when I'm in the other room (because this home phone system rings with any cell or land-line call) is awesome. The phone works fine, the range is fine, the handsets and base unit are easy to use and understand. Setup was easy, linking my cell phone to this system was fast and simple. A few things I learned... If you're like most folks, you put your base unit in your kitchen, which is where home builders install that big flat plate for home phones. If you install your base for this phone there, you are committed to recharge your cell phone within 30 feet of that. And that distance is significantly less if you have any obstructions (like walls) between the base unit and your normal cell phone charging location. This isn't a PHONE system limitation, it's a Bluetooth limitation, and it's normal. Charging your phone in the kitchen is not a problem for calls, as you can answer and make any call on your land-line or cellular phone from any handset in your house. But you will miss your text messages if you're not hearing your cell phone right next to you. This phone system doesn't alert you to text messages, only to calls. The solution for me was to install my base unit in my bedroom next to where I charge my cell phone. If I'm not in that room, I can answer and make calls on my cell phone using any handset I have set up throughout the house. If I'm sleeping or in the bedroom, I can use my cell or I can still use the AT&T hanset to answer or make the calls, and I can hear and deal with text messages on my cell. It works great! If I were King, I'd make this system have customizable ringers (they give you 10 programmed ones), I'd have installed a color screen that is programmable, I'd give it a headset port and a clip to hook on your belt for long phone calls, and I'd let the base speak the caller ID info like many other cordless phone systems do. But then again, the cost of this phone would be double for all those goodies. The bottom line is that I'm happy to use this system due to its ability to use Bluetooth!

Bought this phone and found one of the handset phone not working (ear speaker not working). Exchanged for the same phone. Had the phone for a week, sound is good, range is good, and battery is good. Bluetooth works fine and easy to set up, but can only pair one phone at a time. Return the phone due to the cheap materials used, this made the phone feel unsturdy.

Since some of the other reviews had problems with the battery I'll start there. My set came with 3 phones. Out of the package all of the batteries were discharged but within an hour or two of charging they were usable to setup and test. They were completely charged by the next morning. The manual says 16 hours and that seems about right. It has some features that I really like. The fact that it was blue tooth enabled was one of the reasons I wanted this phone but I mistakenly thought I could use my wireless ear piece with it. Still I have found it useful when I am around the house. Once my cell phone is paired with it I can still answer calls to it anywhere without having to remember to drag the cell phone with me or run scrambling when I forget. You can also make calls as if from your cell. Another nice feature is the fact that each handset is updated when you perform certain tasks on any one of them. If you add a name to the directory it appears on all phones. If you check your missed calls the indicator goes away on all phones or if you answer a call it does not appear as missed on the ones that you didn't. That is something I've never had on a phone before. The main reason I was prompted to look for a new phone was that my wife was complaining about not being able to hear conversations on the ones we had. With this system she appears more than satisfied. My sister - in - law said I sounded loud so I guess it works good both ways. Conversations on the intercom are very crisp. Which leads me to my one and only complaint thus far and it is a small one. Their is no button on the handset to intercom to another handset. You must go to the phone's menu and scroll to intercom then put in the number of the phone you want to call. That's not a big deal but it could be easier. It has an answering machine which I didn't want but it is getting harder to find one without it so I just turned it off since I have voice mail. Overall, I am very pleased with the phone. In addition to what I have already stated it is sleek and stylish. It looks good in the room.

First of all before buying this product I reviewed everyone's reviews on the web page, and my experience was much better. This phone is stylish and easy to use within minutes of opening the box you will have it setup and running on your home system. The new and improved DECT 6.0 has excellent vocal qualities and it won't interfere with your wireless network. If volume is a concern for you this phone answers that problem--you can adjust the volume from loud to dim, and loud is great. The handsets also have a speaker phone which is great! The bluetooth works with my Blackberry perfectly. A features that would be nice to see in future phones would be the ability to connect with bluetooth to multiple phones at one time, and connect to your headset the same time as you connect to your cell phone. Another negative aspect is the 50 phone number address book, it would be nice to have a lot more contacts then that. We are using this phone with our TMobile@Home service.

The quality of the product is great. The voice quality with my home line is crystal clear and am able to take calls several 100 feet from the base station without any noticable drop in voice quality. The bluetooth feature is really easy to setup but the voice quality isnt the best. I have it setup with an iPhone and can notice some static. However the caller on the other end doesn't seem to notice any difference. I am not quite sure if its the iPhone or the cordless that is having these problems. Also the handset do not display the clock. You can see when calls were placed by reviewing the call history but I couldnt find a way to get the handset to show the current time. The directory is stored on the base station and makes it easy to add/delete numbers. Overall I am pretty satisfied with the product so far.

Purchased the TL92278 Answering System and 4 additional TL90078 expansion handsets 5 weeks ago. Very impressed! I was replacing an ATT 5.8 GHZ 5840 Answering system and 5800 wireless expansion handsets after over 6 years of great service. The 5800 expansion handsets were dying and new replacements were over $95.00 each. Replacing the 5840 system with this was an economic no brainer. The hot new feature on the TL92278 system is the BlueTooth feature that allows tying in one cell phone to the system. The cell phone can be answered or used as the source of a call with any system handset. Works great with my i-phone. Only issue I've experienced is that power interruptions cause the bluetooth connection to fail. Easily corrected by resetting the connection. I found that the i-phone must go through "forget device" before it will re-aquire and reconnect. Normally, (absent any loss of power) the cell phone is automatically re-aquired and reconnected when I return within system range after leaving the house. The cell phone ring tone can be set different from the home line on each of the expansion handsets so its easy to know which phone "line" needs answering. The typical features like directory, call logs, and all answering system features work flawlessly. I find it easier to go back and hear old messages on this system over the old 5840 because it provides more options for doing so. This wireless system is a great system. I would expect it will be improved by allowing it to BueTooth multiple cell phones in future models but for now the system permits only one cell phone tie in.

I bought this product as part of a plan to drop my land line phone service. I've had it about 4 days. Setup was easy. Connecting to the cell phone was a matter of pressing the blue tooth button on the AT&T phone, and then telling my cell phone to look for the AT&T phone. This is different than just making the cell phone "visible". The cell phone has remained connected to the AT&T phone. It disconnects when I leave the house, and automatically reconnects when I return. My cell phone sits about 2 feet from the AT&T. On several calls the sound quality has been excellent. I have not had any complaints from people I have called (so far). Making a cell phone call is just like making a land line call. You just enter the number, or select a number from the internal phone book, and press the "celluar" button. You hear a couple of beeps, the handset connects with the cell phone, and the call is dialed. I can now answer and make calls on my cell phone on any of 4 extension phones in my house without having to carry or located my cell phone all the time. The AT&T comes with a base station and one extension. I've purchased 2 additional extensions. The next steps are to add a dedicated cell phone line to my celluar account ($10 a month), transfer my home phone line to the cell phone, connect that cell phone with the AT&T, and then drop my land line service and save $64 a month.

Overall I love this phone and the features it has. I feel that it was well worth the price. I read many reviews on this model before I bought it, and I was a bit worried about the "searching for base" issue that a few people have had. but a friend of mine had been using this model for a few weeks with no problems so I decided to buy it... I'm glad I did. at first I couldn't get it to "auto-reconnect" to my bluetooth cellphone, but quickly figured out that my cellphone settings were the problem. I haven't had any problems with this cordless phone itself. the base is compact and well designed with good button placement. overall the handset is too, with one exception; the cellphone button is located at the bottom of the phone (you use this button to call/answer through your cellphone). the 'home' button (to call/answer landline calls) is well placed like any other cordless, the cellular button should have been right above it (where the redial/pause button is). that is my only real gripe with this phone, but you get used to it. I think AT&T underestimated the number of people who would use that cellphone/bluetooth feature as their primary phone hookup. one thing I love about this phone is that any name/number that you store in the directory will display when that person calls. I have had several caller-ID cordless sets in the past, and none of them would do that. the display would show the caller-ID description and ignore your phonebook/directory entry. for example, if you have a friend named John Smith; the display on most caller-ID phones would display "Smith, J.", with this phone it would display whatever you entered into your phonebook/directory (i.e. it could say "John - Home"), this feature is even better with cellphones (where most cordless phone displays would read "wireless caller", this phone could read "John - Cell"). my only gripe with the directory is that you can only store 50 names/numbers. the built-in answering machine works good, but you can only select the number of rings in even number increments (2, 4, or 6 rings). my landline voicemail picks up on the 4th ring (and my service cannot disable voicemail or change the number of rings). my only option to use the answering machine is to set it to 2 rings, which is fine when I'm not home but no good when I am because caller-ID doesn't show up until the second ring. regarding bluetooth auto-reconnect; if you use more than 1 bluetooth handsfree device with your cellphone, then you need to make sure that the "AT&T DECT 6.0" is set as the default handsfree device in your cellphone's bluetooth settings. also, if your cellphone is already connected to another handsfree device then it will not connect to the DECT base until you disconnect the other device (you can have them both paired at the same time, but you can only connect to one at a time). I read a review that complained about the cellphone needing to be close to the base. this is true with any bluetooth device, it's not a product fault. to keep power consumption to a minimum, [standard direct device-to-device] bluetooth has a maximum effective range of only 10 meters (~32ft). I don't see this as a problem though, unless you live in a mansion then that range should be sufficient. just keep the base where you normally charge your cellphone and it will always be in range. mine is already connected when I pull in my driveway, I walk into my house to see the blue light already lit. overall, I give this phone set 4 stars. it works great, looks great, has a small footprint. it is a good value IMO, sound quality is crystal clear and plenty loud, cordless range is excellent, and the built quality is good. if there was a rating category for functionality then I would have deducted 1 or 2 stars for the poorly placed cellular button. that is the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars. I would however still highly recommend this model to anyone. I hope this review was helpful :)