SONY SPPA2780 2.4 GHz Multi-Handset Cordless Phone with Digital Answering Machine

by Sony

Product Details

Product Manual [1.65mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000DB4DA
• Item model number: SPPA2780-RB
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 15, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The SPPA2780 from Sony is a two-in-one phone with a fully digital answering system and an extra cordless handset with a charging cradle. The SPPA2780 utilizes the 2.4 GHz digital spread spectrum signal, providing clearer reception than traditional 900 MHz phones. Caller ID and call waiting compatible, the SPPA2780 stores up to 70 numbers in its caller ID memory and up to 100 numbers in its jog dial memory.

The all-digital answering machine offers up to 20 minutes of recording time and is accessible from both the base and the extra handset. Users can add up to three handsets (for a total of four cordless plus the corded base handset) to this system, each of which can then be used in walkie-talkie mode to communicate with the others.

The SPPA2780 comes with a speakerphone, although conferencing is not provided, meaning that when one phone is in use, the others are disabled. The NiCad battery for the cordless handset provides up to five hours of talk time and up to six days on standby, while a low battery indicator lets you know when to return the handset to its cradle for charging.

The SPPA 2780 is headset compatible and comes with a belt clip to provide hands-free operation. The base has a 7.01-by-8.27-inch footprint and can be wall mounted, freeing up desktop or counter space completely. A visual voicemail indicator alerts you to messages in your mailbox, while a page/handset locator provides a quick and easy way to locate a lost handset. The SPPA2780 also comes backed with a one-year limited warranty on both parts and labor.

What's in the Box
Corded phone/base with coiled handset cord, cordless handset with charging cradle, user's manual, telephone line phone cord, AC adapter, belt clip

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long-time owner, August 17, 2004

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Alex Krooglik (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SONY SPPA2780 2.4 GHz Multi-Handset Cordless Phone with Digital Answering Machine (Office Product)

I have owned this phone since August 2001 and it has worked on both standard (Verizon) and VoIP (Vonage) networks without any problems at all. In general I like Sony equipment and this phone has not disappointed. Talk-time is, with a fresh battery, around 2 hours and stand-by time around 24 hours, give or take.

I particularly like the speakerphone (base unit only) and the answering machine (base unit only but accessible via handsets), both are easy to use. The 2.4 GHz handset has never let me down, quality always good. To be fair, we live in a 1 br. apartment so dropout has never been an issue. Even so, neither 802.11 nor microwave ovens have posed a hassle to the quality of calls made via the handset.

All in all, I think this is a great phone, it's lasted me three years now and it's still going strong. It gets a LOT of use, I can't think of too many electronics products nowadays that last more than 12 months, in this regard the Sony phone is a standout.

Also, to the other reviewer who was looking for a replacement battery (my original battery died after about 18 months) for the handset, I got one from Radio Shack for about $12.95 in about a week, not a problem. Even better, it is a 1000 mAh battery as opposed to the feeble 700 mAh one that came with the phone, so talk-time is longer.

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sony Cordless Telephone, March 15, 2004

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Joyce (Norridge, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SONY SPPA2780 2.4 GHz Multi-Handset Cordless Phone with Digital Answering Machine (Office Product)

I have this Sony telephone and two expandable handsets. We live in an old house with limited phone jacks, so we have the expandable handsets in places where we could not otherwise have a telephone. We also can take the handset with us when we go to another phoneless room and save running up and down steps to answer a phone. The only problem we have is occasionally forgetting to put one of the cordless handsets in a charger at night and then running down the batteries. My biggest worry is where to buy new batteries as this phone seems to be discontinued.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buttons Don't Work, November 22, 2004

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Lindley Rouse "Amazon Fanatic" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SONY SPPA2780 2.4 GHz Multi-Handset Cordless Phone with Digital Answering Machine (Office Product)

I purchased this phone system in 2001. I really liked all the features and how nicely the whole package was put together. Sony really knows how to design consumer products.

BUT DON'T BUY THIS PHONE! 6 months after I purchased it the cordless handsets starting having problems with the keypads. I purchased the system and 2 additional phones. That's a total of 4 cordless phones. Every single phone, without exception developed problems with the keypad. At first the numbers are hard to press, then over time certain numbers on the keypad stop working all together. If this only happened to one of the cordless phones I would have written it off to a bad one in the bunch. But EVERY cordless phone developed the problem.

Don't even get me started on the Sony's support crappy support. I gave up and purchased aonther phone system.

Up until I purchased this phone system I had been extremely happy with my Sony purchases. This has definately soured me. I'll think twice about buying any Sony product. Last thing I want is to have to deal with some guy in India who doesn't understand me next time I have a problem.