Customer Reviews

Panasonic KX-TGA510M 5.8GHz Accessory Handset for KX-TG5100M Series

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

good features but... after 1 year of use, batteries in 2 of these phones have extremely short life. Note that there is a class action suit pending against panasonic for this series of phones for this and other quality problems.

First of all, this handset will not work alone. You must have the base unit, either the Panasonic KX-TG5100M or Panasonic KX-TG5110M 5.8 GHz DSS Expandable Cordless Phone. I have reviewed that phone elsewhere. This review is for this handset. We purchased this particular handset to go with the Panasonic KX-TG5110M. I knew that this handset had to be "registered" with the base phone. I thought that it would be complicated or that I would have to dig out the manual, whatever. Not at all. We charged the new handset. The instructions appeared in the LCD screen of the new handset, saying exactly how to register the handset. We followed the very simple instructions, it worked, and we were ready to go. We put the new handset in the basement. I was very happy with the whole deal, including the great price. Highly recommended.

I have tried every cordless phones with my last batch (Siemens) being thrown away.

Good
Great sound
Great range, basement, front and back yard, no singal loss
Easy setup, just plug in, generally I have had problems with this.

Bad
Heavier than normal, but great battery life
No clock on the LCD?, They get an F on this one
Have to delete each caller ID one-by-one, haven't read the manual might be an easier way.

Overall, this is probably my favorite phone ever.

I own one base unit with four cordless units.

I have tried LOTS of phones for my home office recently... this is THE BEST so far. There is absolutely no interference with my computer network... the extension phones work great all over my home/office and all the features are easy to use and work flawlessly. Highly recommend! Just ordered more supplemental handsets! Thanks Panasonic!

I have one base system and 4 additional headset in different rooms. We had no problem at all with the system inside or outside of the house (single level). That covers around 20,000 sq ft area. Caller ID works great. Answering system is OK (we only use one in-box and didn't even bother with recording our own outgoing message). No problem with 802.11b/g wireless computer network. Works with filtered DSL telephone line. Handset substained multiple drops by the kids and myself on hardwood floor.

Some minor things that I think can be better:
- make the handset lighter
- have a clock on the handset
- have a mode that distribute the phone list to all the handset automatically. Right now I need to add a new number, then manually send the new phone list to each remote handset one at a time.
- have more colorful handsets

I bought a couple of these units to expand my KX-TG5100 base unit. Setup was a snap as was synchronizing phone books.

The handsets are identical with the one that comes with the base unit. I've found the speakerphone on the handsets to be a great feature. I also love the simplicity of the interface.

The batteries that come with the units out of the box are terrible and could not hold a charge after six months; however, I've found that the Energizer ER-P511 is a great replacement battery for the Panasonic P-P511 that comes out of the box, and is fairly cheap at anywhere between 10 and 20 bucks.

As for the class action suit, most of the phones listed are Panasonic's 2.4GHz models in the KX-TG22 through KX-TG27 range; you've probably seen these phones stacked up in droves at Costco or Walmart. I've had my KX-TG5100 5.8GHz unit for almost two years and have never had any problems with interference, contact loss or keypad failure.

I agree with all the positive reviews. My wireless network is unaffected by these phones and having a speaker-phone built into the handsets just floored me. The only gotcha which I haven't seen mentioned is the way numbers are stored in the phones. The maximum number of digits is 32 which isn't enough when using my calling card. You can't use multiple memory locations to store everything either since once the phone is dialed the phonebook isn't accessible. It's a nit but an annoying one on an otherwise fine phone.

I bought the base and two handsets 2 yrs ago, and one of the handset completely stopped working after 1.5 yrs. After a year, we replaced the rechargable battery in every handsets, but one of the handsets started loosing it's power very quickly (we charge for 6 hrs and it lasted for 10 minutes), and then stopped working.
There's an ongoing class action lawsuit against the series KXTG and KXTC in NJ, and the law firm encourages every consumer, regardless of state, who had any problems with these models to fill out a questionaire at their website (they only ask for your name, email address, state, and comment). http://www.sheller.com/Practice.asp?PracticeID=140

I've had the base unit and 4 remote handsets for the past year and a half, but have had to replace the batteries on 4 of the units in the past year. Even thou the battery indicator shows a fully charged battery they have a habit of dying after a few seconds removal from the charging unit. Other than that the handsets are used up to a hundred feet from the base unit and is used as an in-house and house to shop communicator.

In general, I have found that whatever you can do from the base phone you can do at the handset also, including erasing all caller id at once, rather than one by one. This particular issue on how to erase either one or all the caller id's is on page 33 of the manual. The manual can be found on Amazon.com's web page for either of the base phones that are required for this handset.