MOTOROLA MD491 2.4GHz Cordless Phone Answering System

by Motorola

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 13.2 x 10 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007YJ4LK
• Item model number: MD491
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 1, 2005

Product Description

The Motorola MD491 provides a base unit with corded handset plus 1 cordless handset with their own chargers. You'll enjoy speakerphone capability, 3-way conferencing and a digital answering system with 15 minutes of record time. System is expandable letting you add one more handset for a total of four. Dual Speakerphone (Handset & Base) 3-Way Conferencing For optional handsets, see MOT MD41 Color - Silver

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible phone and a total waste of $$$, September 28, 2005

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eam (Hilo, HI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MOTOROLA MD491 2.4GHz Cordless Phone Answering System (Office Product)

I thought the Motorola name meant quality products--but after using this phone I now know better. The following are a few of the problems I had with this phone:

1. What's the point of having a Caller ID phone if the caller ID information DISAPPEARS after the SECOND ring...and just says "Ïncoming Call"?

2. Sometimes the phone just does NOT ring on the cordless handset when a call is coming in...it just lights up. I can't tell you how many times I'd hear the corded base phone located in another part of my home ringing--and the handset next to me doesn't.

3. You cannot turn OFF or LOWER the volume on the ringing cordless handset or corded base if you don't want to answer a call. This is extremely annoying...and definetly NOT a phone for a home with sleeping babies or those who do not want to be disturbed.

4. You cannot listen to messages from the corded base phone PRIVATELY. It only works with the speaker phone.

5. If you want to call a name from your saved phonebook list...you have to scroll through ALL 100+ names to get to the one you want. On my previous phone all you had to do was hit the keypad number to the corresponding alphabet letter (example: #2 once for "a", twice for "b", etc) and it would automatically go to the beginning alphabet letter of the name you want to call.

If I hadn't tossed out all the packaging--I would have sent it back and gotten a refund. But now I am so fed up with it that it is going into the GARBAGE!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Sound Quality, October 4, 2005

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bz (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MOTOROLA MD491 2.4GHz Cordless Phone Answering System (Office Product)

I have this phone system for about 1 month now. I have to say this phone is crystal clear. It is loud and I can really hear the call clearly. There is no comparsion to my previous Uniden and Panasonic. They are simply bad. No one can hear nothing from either the Uniden or the Panasonic in my house.

Some of the things I like about this Motorola is that I can set the ring volumn for different time of the day. So, it won't ring too loud at night. The speaker phone on the cordless handset is awesome! It is easy to use than any of my Uniden or my Panasonic.

One thing I don't like is the corded handset. It keeps falling off the base. The cord is just too close to the table making the handset hard to seat on the base.

I usually make call with my cell phone. So, I haven't had a chance to try out the answering machine or the phone book. But I don't use the phone for these much anyway.

I like this phone very much. I am planning to add a second MD41. Although I haven't had any problem with the phone. The reviews that mentioned bad keypad and dead battery are keeping me from getting the second MD41 unit.

But so far it is working very very well. And the price is pretty reasonable compared to the Uniden or the Panasonic.

If this can last for at least a year, I will definately buy another Motorola.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good value, October 21, 2005

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MWms. "MWms." (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: MOTOROLA MD491 2.4GHz Cordless Phone Answering System (Office Product)

The phone system was easy to install and setup. It also provides you with a corded phone that has a battery backup (4 AAs)in case of a power outage, which was my main objective. It also gives the flexiblility of additinal extenstions which have many features, i.e. message indicators on the extentions, so you don't have to be at the base to receive or be alerted to a new message. The orange backlighted panel is good in all lighting conditions.