Customer Reviews

Motorola SD4561 Digital Cordless System Phone with Answering Machine, SD4500 Series

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This seems like a nice idea, but Motorola's excution is terrible. The phones now have a battery life that can barely last one reasonabley long call. The sound quality is average, at best, and they drop calls willy-nilly. I would never have bought these phones knowing this, and I will be avoiding Motorola for a long time to come.

I'd have to agree with the jazz guy's review. There are some design flaws here. I did find out how to change the # of rings on the answering machine when I called the service line. You go to devices under menu and choose answer base, then there is an option to change it there.

As stated above, there is no way to turn off or change the volume on the base ringer. This defeats the volume control on the handset.

They state on the box that 15 ringtones can be used to identify incoming callers. This really means you can choose 1 ringtone for everyone in your phone book and another for everyone else. I expected to set a ringtone for each person. Not possible.

Lastly, there is no speed dial. Just an option to choose from your phonebook which often takes more effort than dialing the number. For these reasons, I will be heading back to the store today to exchange. I should have stuck with Uniden. Had a great one for 5+ years.

its really nice phone...i wanted a phone with everything ..I got it at 55 $ which has Answering machine,caller id,speaker phone ..I also got free handset with it..Sound quality is good... no intereference with wireless devices.. I have my router just after the phone..Satisfied with it as expected

This phone has issues. Some perhaps a quirk in the actual item I received others just a design flaw. Based on what I understand about this item (It's possible I misunderstood some things. )I returned it based on the following problems:
1-The day and time stamp could not be set to the current day and there was absolutely no way to reset this. Either by returning to factory settings or simply trying to "trick" the machine.
2-The ring of the handset could not be controlled (substantially)in terms of ring volume or muted.
3-The base and the handset have separate ring tones. There is no way to shut either up. So if you program one of the alternate ring tones to a musical one you still get the blaring base tone.
4-I found the menu system and the phone book cumbersome. I am also convinced that it nuked one of my entries to the phone book. Some of this might be due to the expandable options on here necessitating private/shared phone numbers
5-The manual indicated there was toll saver switch on the back of the phone. There isn't.
6-Very little outgoing call memory (3 calls?)
7-Redial. It remembers everything, including the pins. Making a straight redial impossible--because it enters the extra numbers w/o you being able to control it.
8-Couldn't find the speed dial options. Is there any? Didn't find it in the manual
9-Motorola Customer service for phone. Only available bus hours m-f. Impossible for working people.

The only thing I really liked about the phone was the speakerphone on handset options and easy access to the base functions with handset as remote.
In short. When will they make cordless phones up to the same standard as their cell phone counterparts?

This WAS a good phone for a while so I gave it 2 stars instead of 1. It was clear and had good range. The intercom feature was nice. About 9 months after purchase though the screens on some of the handsets started to lose pixels. Eventually some screens were almost totaly blank and others were half blank. Then there was nothing to do but recycle the batteries and throw the rest in the garbage. I was very disappointed. Don't make the same mistake. I hope my new Panasonic system lasts longer than this one did.

I bought this phone because my Uniden with ROOM MONITORING will no longer hold a charge, but the room monitoring and speakerphone and answering machine work fine. This Motorola does NOT have true room monitoring where you can call in remotely and hear what's going on in the room the phone is. The room monitoring they refer to means if you have more than one handset you can listen from one room to another, NOT THE SAME THING. When talking on the phone the clarity is very poor. Also the "speakerphone" is actually only handsfree on the handset, NOT the base which is also what I was looking for.

I absolutely love my phone. I have 2 extension handsets with it. It's my favorite "toy" in the whole house. You can change the ringtone, use the phone or handset as a walkie talkie, or intercom! Best of all the speaker phone is clear and loud as if you had the phone on your ear. I'll never go back to an ordinary cordless phone.

I do not recommend this phone. Bulky, hard to use, push a button here and there and it switches to spanish mode. god knows how to get it back to english. but most importantly, the battery life sucks. it dies really fast without warning. i bought a brand new battery too and after couples months it sucked it dry too.

This phone will not give the correct date and time from incoming messages. I set the time and everything by the book but it will not give the correct date and time for messages.

motorola great phone work perfect and the answer machine works clear recording the price was even better and I got it right away