Philips DECT/VOIP Additional Handset for VOIP841 Series

by Philips

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 5.6 x 2.9 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000ND75FC
• Item model number: VOIP8410B/37
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

10-22-2007 - Brand New Item. Description - PHILIPS VOIP8410B/37 ADDITIONAL HANDSET FOR VOIP841 SERIES (ADDITIONAL HANDSET)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All-in-all, pretty good (but getting worse), August 30, 2007

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Charles Sullivan (Burlington, VT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Philips DECT/VOIP Additional Handset for VOIP841 Series (Personal Computers)

Good audio quality, good range, and it has the headphone jack and a pocket clip (which I need, because I often walk around while talking on the phone). It would be nice if the directions had explained how to add this line to the base station. Apparently, you have to hold the page button down on the base for five full seconds until the lights start blinking, then press the button on the handset to register it. I had to actually call Phillips to find this out.

The main reason I am giving it only four stars is the fact that you can't conference with these two phones (that I can figure out, anyway). With my previous two cordless phones, I would switch when the battery got low. I would just press "Talk" on the second phone, press "Off" on the low-battery phone, and continue my conversation. These phones don't seem to allow that. If you are on a call and press "Talk" on the other phone, it just beeps annoyingly at you. Perhaps the directions...well...perhaps Phillips can help me with this, but at the moment, that takes it down to 4 stars.

UPDATE: Let's take it down to 3 stars. Whenever I power down the base unit, the phones reset all of their settings (time, dialing preferences, etc.). It is extremely annoying to dial a number, press talk, and have the phone stop and ask you whether you want to dial through your land line or through Skype (when you already told it to use your land line by default).

Also, reviewing and calling recent numbers (incoming or outgoing) is pathetically slow. In my previous cordless, it was two fast button presses to call someone back (first button to bring up the incoming call list, second button to dial). In this phone, it takes up to 4 button presses, with up to 2 seconds pause between presses. I can't figure out how to change my stars, but this one is definitely down to 3.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money., August 19, 2007

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Dominic N. Santos "Leaky Diaper" (Mesa, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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The manual sent with my handset mentions that a PIN # needs to be entered before registering with the base unit. This was not the case. I guess and assume since its default PIN is 0000 it doesnt need to be entered unless you go into the settings and change the number (which is a good idea for added security).

So after pressing "reg" on the handset, I than pressed the buttion on the base unit. Two lights lit-up for a bit than went off. I than released the button on the base unit and the handset was than registered.

Other than that, this is a great additional handset. Each handset you register even indicates by a number on the screen which one it is. So they are easy to keep track of.

Extra handset allows you to transfer a call to a specific handset, make 3way calls, make intercom calls between 2 handsets and you can be on Skype and a landline call at the same time!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product!!! Just Read Charle's review to register handset, December 26, 2007

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Vera Czinger "Global Villager" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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I've come a long way before deciding on this phone. I'm glad that I did more research and read online reviews instead of simply buy the one offered on Skype's website. I had read Charle's review prior to buying the phone and read his instructions instead of the manual that it came with. We have three floors in our house so I'm very happy that VOIP phone came in a "system" that I can add additional handset. If anyone has broadband Internet connection, I don't see any reason to have a landline in addition to our mobile phones. It saves a lot of money down the road, provides Skype service w/o the computer, and we can consolidate all the numbers that we call and the numbers are all available in each handset! I wonder if anyone has tried to buy two bases, and have up to 8 handsets in the house, but have both bases logged in the same Skype account?

The clarity for dialing both SkypeOut landline numbers and Skype to Skype is superb, and sometimes better than regular landline phones. We don't have landlines so I cannot attest to the clarity of this phone used as a landline phone.