AT&T 9450 900 MHz Integrated Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Phone

by AT&T

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00000JB8H
• Item model number: 9450
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Organize your voice mail with the AT&T 9450 cordless phone. Its digital answering system provides three separate voice mailboxes that are conveniently accessed from either the handset or the base.

To set up the 9450, we plugged in the AC outlet and phone jack, and allowed the battery to charge for the recommended initial 14 hours. The sturdy handset and base have intuitive buttons, and we found the functions easy to program without consulting the owner's manual. The base includes controls for the answering system along with a handset locator, indicator lights, and ringer options. The handset keypad includes controls for the answering system along with memory dialing, redial, flash, and mute buttons.

With three mailboxes, the 9450 is equipped to handle phone calls for a busy family or home business. Large, easy-to-read buttons control the answering system from the base or handset. The numbers on the handset keypad double as the controls. Thanks to the clearly marked buttons and voice prompts, we were quickly able to learn the phone's functions and to access its controls--just press the handset's answering system button and then select a function from the keypad. Retrieving your messages from the handset allows you to listen to them in private. You also have the option to repeat, skip, or delete them without returning to the base. Changing the greeting and even screening calls from the handset are performed just as easily. Note that each mailbox provides only four minutes of recording time.

In our tests of the 9450, we were able to use the phone up to 500 feet from the base before detecting significant signal breakup, and we went a total of 1,000 feet before losing the signal completely. We noticed some background static from all distances, but it wasn't overly distracting. The handset also performed well from another floor, outside, and near electronic equipment.

Other features include headset and hearing aid compatibility, selectable ringer options, and number memory. The 9450 stores up to 20 numbers that you can program from the handset and easily dial with the press of a button. --Emily Bakko

Pros:

• Provides 3 separate voice mailboxes
• Access voice mail options with handset
• Sturdy construction and intuitive layout

Cons:

• Provides only 4 minutes of recording time per mailbox

Product Description

900 MHz Digital Spread spectrum cordless, digital answering systems, 3 mailboxes, 14 min record time, spare battery charger, headset jack

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Customer Reviews

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Pleased, February 12, 2000

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Eric Christiansen (Orange, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AT&T 9450 900 MHz Integrated Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Phone (Office Product)

We originally purchased a Sony 900 MHz but were disappointed with the sound quality. This phone sounds great. As mentioned in another review you do hear your own voice when talking but you get used to it in a couple of weeks. I called AT&T and they told me this is characteristic of the DSS phones.

The beeping sound made by the phone when dialing is very loud. There is a small hole on the side of the phone the sound comes through. If you place a finger over the hole when dialing it will mute the beep.

I called AT&T customer service to ask about the voice and beep issues. They first try to get you to listen to a recorded message that is limited to a few issues. I was able to speak to a live person but again their knowledge was limited to what they could read from the manual. When the person I was speaking to could not finally answer my questions she took my number and a trained technician called me the next day. It was wonderful having an intelligent person to deal with. I would buy the phone just for this level of customer service!

Finally, in the several weeks that we have owned the phone it was once "dead" when we tried to use it. We always keep it in the base so I cannot explain why this happened. I called AT&T and listened to a recorded message with a solution that solved the problem.

I highly recommend buying this phone.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good points and bad points, March 16, 2000

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Bart Brashers "Nyckelharpa player" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AT&T 9450 900 MHz Integrated Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Phone (Office Product)

Got this phone, and returned it within 2 days. I did not detect any of the echo that some users complain about with DSS phones, and the overall sound quality was pretty good. There was, however, a faint yet constant hiss. It had pretty good range, 100 paces into the parking lot outside our apartment, but gave no warning when it cut out.

The answering machine part sounded really really bad. Both the outgoing message and the incoming messages were so garbled that they were completely unintelligible. Completely worthless! I don't know if we simply got a faulty unit, but I didn't risk getting another faulty one and switched brands instead.

But the WORST thing about the phone was the beep! Both the beep when you press a number on the handset and the beep when you press the buttons of the answering machine. It was incredibly loud and grating, and although you can change the ringer volume you can't change the beep volume. Another reviewer suggested placing your finger over the little hole in the side where the beeper is, which made it about right -- perhaps a little judicious use of tape or gum would do the trick. But the base unit uses the speaker itself to beep, so there was not workaround for that. The beep alone was reason enough to return it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Phone, June 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: AT&T 9450 900 MHz Integrated Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Phone (Office Product)

This phone is wonderful. The clarity is superb. The answering system is easy to use and unlike another reviewer I found it very clear both making an announcement and playing back messages. The beep that some of the reviewers wrote about is not a big deal. It isn't that loud. I was torn before I bought the phone because of some of the reviews, but I have an AT&T analog phone and was very happy with it so I wanted to try another AT&T product. I gave it a try and am very happy I did. This is positively the best cordless phone I have ever had (and I've had plenty).