Customer Reviews

Panasonic KX-TS600B Integrated Corded Telephone System

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I've had this telephone only a couple of months and wish the return period hadn't passed. First problem was that the Caller ID has stopped functioning ... now it always shows "Private Caller" even though the caller's ID displays perfectly well on a regular caller id device and on my other caller ID telephone. Soon after that failure, the volume in the headset speaker reduced itself to point where I cannot use this telephone for a normal conversation. People can hear me fine, but I can barely hear them. There's a volume control, but on my unit it doesn't affect the volume .. it just fills in little blocks on a bar graph on the display; I can do that and enjoy it more with an Etch-a-Sketch. True, this phone was cheap. Sadly, it performs like the cheapie it is.

I agree with the earlier reviewer who mentioned the lack of a backlit display -- this phone's display is impossible to read unless a bright light is shining right on it. I'd add that the handset comes with a very short cord and the phone is not weighted at all. This telephone will travel all over your table or desk like a Traveocity gnome unless you equip it with an adequately long handset cord.

I'd suggest spending a few dollars more for a quality caller id / address book phone with illuminated display. Panasonic makes some great telephones; this is absolutely not one of them.

Thanks to the reviewer who put the 50 name phone book in their review. It was not listed above in the product description and it was the main reason that I bought this phone. We had a really old phone that we became dependent on because of the fact that it held a lot of phone numbers. It finally wore out and we were looking for another. This phone is still new but we really like it so far. Good sound. Holds phone numbers. Sizable buttons. Very reasonably easy programming although I will keep the instruction book so I don't forget how to get the numbers into the phone book. Yes, I think "anybody" can get the numbers in -- maybe about three buttons or so to push to enter the name & number. Printed instructions are easy to follow.

All works as advertised, but LCD is not backlit and is exceptionally difficult to read under any conditions other than perfect. Probably a deal-breaker if I'd known about this problem.

Phone runs on 3 AA batteries that are supposed to last about 6 months, according to the instruction manual. I've had the phone a couple months. The batteries have to be replaced every 2 weeks. I use alkaline batteries as suggested.

What I like about this telephone is that the numbers are large and it has caller ID. There are two things that I do not like, and I consider to be major defects. One is that the display is not backlit and you cannot see it (even when the telephone is ringing) unless you turn on an overhead light. The other major defect is that whenever anyone in the house hangs up any of our telephones, this telephone emits a dial tone (for a fraction of a second) over the speaker phone. I fail to see any useful purpose for this.

Super phone, wanted a corded phone in case of power failure. (cordless phones won't work during power outage) This phone has caller Id and 50 number phonebook also speaker phone, and it's easy to use and program.

I love everything about this phone except its hunger for batteries. It takes three AA batteries and I have tried multiple brands of alkaline batts but I can't get them to last much more than a month.

I was totally disappointed with this telephone as the LED panel does not light up. I was led to believe that it would but you cannot read the caller ID or any number you enter.I sent it back for a full refund. They were prompt in issuing credit to my account but I need to see what I'm doing. What good is caller ID if you can't read it?

I bought this phone because I needed a speaker phone, and this seemed to fit the bill and indeed, works well. What I didn't realize at the time of purchase was that in order for the Caller ID, messages info, date and time to be visible, required replacing batteries way too often! While I like the features on this phone, the way it eats batteries is unacceptable. Consequently, I am now looking for a similar phone, cheap, that plugs into the electrical outlet, to replace this one.

Bought this phone for my home office. I use the speaker phone all the time and the quality is great. Phone uses batteries, but I have used speaker option for hours and hours and hours and it's still on the first set. Good set of features. No problem reading display in home office type environment. Much better quality than the at&t phone I had before. I am very satisfied.

UPDATE: After nearly a year, using the speaker phone for at least 5 hours a week, I have only had to change the two AA batteries once. No sticking buttons, or any other problems. I like this phone even more!