Panasonic KX-TG6074B 5.8 GHz Digital Cordless Answering System with 4 Handsets

by Panasonic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 7.6 x 5.7 inches ; 5.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000LY8BBA
• Item model number: KX-TG6074B
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (157 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com

Panasonic introduces the KX-TG6074B 5.8 GHz Digital Cordless Answering System with 4 Handsets

The Phone That Talks
When a call comes in, this phone doesn't just let you see who's calling, it actually tells you who's calling with Talking Caller ID^1,2. Using text-to-speech technology, the caller's name is announced between rings if name/number Caller ID¹ information is available.

Can You Repeat That?
With SlowTalk message playback, you'll never miss important information again. You can slow down the playback speed of recorded messages by 30 percent at the touch of a button. And with this system's all-digital answering system, those messages will already be crystal clear and easy to retrieve, with up to 18 minutes of recording time.

Voices Come Through Loud and Clear
By simulating a band signal above and below the normal bandwidth limitations, Voice Enhancer Technology helps clarify and improve sound reception creating a natural-sounding voice that is easy to hear and understand.

Turn the Ringer Off...
Don't miss important calls when the ringer is off. The Light-Up Indicator at the base of the antenna will flash quickly to show that you have an incoming call, and it will flash slowly to let you know you have a new message. You can also choose up to three different light-up indicator colors to link to your pre-programmed phonebook data. Light-Up ID^1,4 requires corresponding Caller ID information to be received from an incoming call.

...Or Keep the Ringer On
With Ringer ID¹, you can choose from a downloaded or selectable ringer to link to your pre-programmed phonebook data, which also requires corresponding Caller ID information to be received from an incoming call.

Let the Kids Join the Conversation
With a Digital Duplex Speakerphone on the back of each handset, you can enjoy convenient, high-quality, hands-free conversations from any room in the house. So let the kids join in on the conversation with Grandma and Grandpa, or paint your nails while you chat with your best friend. The base unit also features a dual keypad, which lets you dial without having to use the handset.

Features of the KX-TG6072B include:

• Talking Caller ID¹
• White Backlit Display
• SlowTalk
• Voice Enhancer Technology
• Light-Up Indicator with Ringer (3 colors)/ Message Alert
• Voice Enhancer Technology
• Dual Keypads and Digital Speakerphone on Base Unit and Handset
• Ringer ID
• Light-Up ID
• Intercom between Handsets³
• Spanish LCD and Voice Prompt
• Expandable Up to 4 Handsets³
• Up to 4-Way Conference Capability³
• Pure 5.8 GHz Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) Digital Technology
• Wireless Network Friendly
• Phonebook Sharing³
• Built-In Clock with Alarm on Handset
• Ni-MH Battery Included⁵
• Call Waiting Caller ID¹
• 50-Station Phonebook and Dialer
• 18-Minute All-Digital Answering System
• Headset Jack
• Wall-Mountable
• Four Handsets Included (One Base and Three Chargers)

<sup>1. Requires subscription to name-and-number Caller ID, call waiting and/or voice mail services offered by certain local telephone companies for a fee.
2. Name pronunciation may vary. Name pronunciation quality is based on names most commonly used in the United States.
3. Requires optional accessory handset sold separately.
4. Requires name registration in phonebook function.
5. Ni-MH batteries have an advantage over Ni-Cd batteries in that they have high resistance to memory effect and are cadmium-free.</sup>

What's in the box
Four handsets (one base and three chargers), AC adaptor for base unit, telephone line cord, wall mounting adaptor, four batteries, four handset covers, three charger, AC adaptors for chargers

Product Description

The Phone That Talks When a call comes in, this phone doesn't just let you see who's calling, it actually tells you who's calling with Talking Caller ID1,2. Using text-to-speech technology, the caller's name is announced between rings if name/number Caller ID1 information is available. Can You Repeat That? With SlowTalk message playback, you'll never miss important information again. You can slow down the playback speed of recorded messages by 30 percent at the touch of a button. And with this system's all-digital answering system, those messages will already be crystal clear and easy to retrieve, with up to 18 minutes of recording time. Voices Come Through Loud and Clear By simulating a band signal above and below the normal bandwidth limitations, Voice Enhancer Technology helps clarify and improve sound reception creating a natural-sounding voice that is easy to hear and understand. Turn the Ringer Off... Don't miss important calls when the ringer is off. The Light-Up Indicator at the base of the antenna will flash quickly to show that you have an incoming call, and it will flash slowly to let you know you have a new message.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

168 of 169 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good 4.5 star phone, June 9, 2007

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L. Harris "skytag" (Winter Haven, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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My previous phone was also a Panasonic, a 2.4GHz model whose speakerphone feature had gotten to where it was pretty much unusable. Note that I use the phone company's voice mail instead of this phone's message system, so I can't comment on any aspect of that feature.

What I like:

- This phone doesn't interfere with my Wi-Fi signal.

- The handset speakerphone feature works really well. Volume is plenty loud and everyone I've asked has said it's very clear, some even being surprised to learn I'm using a speakerphone.

- General interface design is pretty good, which makes it easier to use all those fancy features than products that make you wonder if the person who designed them ever actually used them. ;-)

- Something I've wanted for a long time in a phone: five-number redial history (ten would be better ;-).

- Smaller and lighter than other phones I've used, and no external antenna. Not too small, just more convenient to carry in my pocket when I'm outside.

- Back of handset is flat opposite the keys, so you can use the keypad when it's lying flat, but the speaker is higher up where a curve in the handset puts it off the surface. Nice thinking on their part.

- Handsets have an LED that blinks for an incoming call, glows yellow when charging, and green when handset is fully charged.

- My old Panasonic's power adapter used about 4 watts according to my P3 International Kill-a-Watt Electricity Usage Monitor and was hot to the touch (about 130 degrees), so I was concerned this system would use 16 watts or so to run all of the power adapters. Turns out that all of them combined only use about one watt total, which saves me about $0.25/month on my electric bill over my old single-handset phone. Nice. (Every little bit helps. ;-)

- The Talking Caller ID is nice. It's not perfect, but it's nice if it's taking me a while to get to the phone. Lets me know if I should hurry or not. Of course, with four handsets I never have very far to go anymore. ;-)

- Did I mention there are four handsets? Sooo much more convenient that one.

What I wish were different (why I'd dock it half a star):

- I wish there were lighted keys on the handset keypads. Dialing in low light conditions tends to be a bit challenging.

- In what seems to be a downside of those really energy efficient chargers, these are not rapid-charge systems. If you run a battery down (easier to do on long calls using the speakerphone mode) it will take several hours to recharge fully. This is just a minor quibble, though, as you can always switch to a different handset during a call and you get four of the darned things, and it's a reasonable tradeoff to get the power consumption down to such low levels. I use the speakerphone mode almost exclusively, and it hasn't ever caused a problem, I just noticed that it takes a long time to do a full recharge.

- There's no "master" phonebook. You can add one handset's phonebook to another handset, but you have to do that three times to get it on all handsets and if you add a number to one it doesn't appear on the others. However, I like having separate phonebooks, as I keep business phone numbers on only one handset to speed access to personal numbers on the other handsets.

These are all minor quibbles, though, and overall I'm very happy with this item. Don't know why Amazon doesn't seem to stock it, though. I wonder if it sells out fast. As I write this the description says it ships in one to two months. I had to wait a good while for mine as well.

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice phone system!, July 19, 2007

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So far, it works very well. My husband loves the talking callerID, and always waits for the phone to ring twice so he can hear it. The reception is crystal clear, even on the speaker phones. The batteries seem to last for days, even after the phone is used and left off the charger. They are NiMH, so you can recharge at will, no memory problems. The answering machine is easy to use. The buttons so far seem to be solid. I've not used the intercom feature yet, so no comment there. There are a few features that my old cordless had that I wish these had: battery backup of the base units; the answering machine indicates there are messages, but not how many; you can't assign a name to each phone (den, dining room, etc.); and you can only assign one volume on the ringer. My old phones had a option that would shut off the ringer after whatever nighttime hour you chose until morning. This allowed sleep at night. I have to totally shut off the phone in the bedroom so we're not disturbed at night.

82 of 97 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Records hang-ups, July 9, 2007

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Becki Robins "Mother of Four" (Grass Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This phone had to go back. It had a couple of annoying features that I just didn't feel like I could live with. The first was that it records every single missed call, regardless of whether or not the person left a message. That means if you got 18 calls and three people left messages, you will have to listen to 15 recordings of dead air. Huge waste of time. The other thing I didn't like about this phone is that there is no digital display to tell you how many messages you have, just a little red arrow that flashes when there is one or more message. I can live with that, but not with all the recordings of dead air.