Customer Reviews

Panasonic KX-TGA520M Accessory Handset for KX-TG5200M Series Expandable Phones

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This is a great phone that has great features. Don't listen to the negative hype. There is usually a great rebate offer too. I got 20 bucks and I think they are up to 30 now.

This handheld phone has seven different ringers (on the base unit KX-TG5240M), and can control all the base unit functions. It can also be used to monitor a room (like a baby monitor), check the voice mail, phone to phone conference, multiple (up to 5) conference, and many many more features. If you have multiple handsets, you can use it as a pager for each OR all handsets at a time.

I experience excellent clarity several hundred feet away from the house, and that is through three concrete walls. This model comes equipped with NiMH batteries, which beat the heck out of NiCd in both capacity and long (battery memory free) life, which is a huge bonus, considering how much replacement batteries cost nowadays.

My wife loves the talking caller ID so that see doesn't have to cross the room or even clean her hands while cooking to answer some annoying telemarketer.

Good quality, good clarity, and the longest lasting best batteries!

For about a month, I've been using this system with a total of 3 handsets for VoIP. Sounds great, I like the feel and some of the features like speaker phone and talking caller ID. Here's what I'd add/change:

When one handset answers the phone, the other handsets should not display a missed call.

One handset should be able to erase all the other handsets missed call log.

The handsets should display the time and date.

The handsets should be able to supercede the caller ID. Meaning: when the phonebook is programmed with a friends work number and the handset receives the call from the friend, the company's name displays instead of the friend's name in the phone book.

Single button dialing to the carriers voice mail system. Doesn't make much sense to press the VM button and then the talk button or vice-versa.

Original purchase of base w/handset + charger w/handset, the system was working well and wanted to expand before this model phone was outdated. Research results showed, with incentives, that Amazon was the most competitive. After placing the order, no expedited shipping specified, the product arrived much sooner that the original estimate. Thanks Amazon, we have a phone system which is user friendly and works well for our household.

This phone was added to an existing two extension system. I am very happy with the system. Perfect sound quality and the range is great.

I love these handsets. I have three of them around the house and have had two of the three running for about 6 months and the third handset for a couple of weeks.
The sound quality is great. Never a pop, fade, or problem of any kind. I love that they have a nice usable speakerphone built into each handset. This is an important feature for me that is difficult to find and my experience with this feature in other handsets has been disappointing. One previous reviewer stated discontentment with the fact that each handset has independent caller-id and missed call features. I agree that could have been desinged differently, but a small inconvenience for everything you get with this one! I alos love the flashing light in the antena when there is a message waiting. I tend to get to my messages faster than having to wait until I happen by the base and notice the light there blinking.

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A wonderful phone that works well with my two other units from any where in my three story house.

Good transaction. Got what I wanted at an acceptable price in a timely fashion. What more could you want?

I already had the master unit and one expandable phone. They worked so well that I replaced my last 2 standard phones with these. I couldn't be more pleased with this decision. It makes unit placement much more flexible and sound quality exceptional.

I'm using it with my VoiP service line and I have no problems whatsoever with it, like I've read from others reviews.

Have had this phone for sometime now, and the features and performance are outstanding. We have added the maximum number of phones, which is 4. Now we wished we had purchased the Panasonic model that you can expand to 8 phones, since we could use at least two more.