Customer Reviews

Southwestern Bell FM2572BLN Corded Speakerphone with Answering System and Caller ID (Black)

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It works, and it takes messages, but I expected more.

1) You need the manual to use this one - nothing is intuitive.
i.e. There are TWO buttons labeled erase, and they only work in certain modes. huh?
2) To set the time, you cannot use the key pad, you have to use the review side switch to go through minute-by-minute with the annoying/scary son of Dek Talk voice saying every minute... by the time it says minute FORteeFIVE I wished I had waited until 1 AM to set it.
3) It has to tell you the instructions verbally every time you use it - I couldn't figure out how to turn the annoying voice off.
4) Annoying voice.
5) Even with all the audio information it does not have a beep function to signal new messages.

1. Remote operation: You cannot use a cell phone to check messages remotely on this phone (Southwest Bell Help Line) making this service useless for most operators.
2. Limited technical help - required four days to have phone call returned.
3. Poor sound quality on the digital message system.
4. Garbled instructional messages built into the machine which cannot be turned off.

We bought this phone to replace a cordless phone that kept getting intermittent interference. It works great with no interference. We replaced the short cord that came with it with a 25 foot cord. We still don't have the freedom of a cordless, but we don't have the static either.

I really like the look of the phone, stylish without going off the deep end. The automated voice for the instructions and default greeting could be a little more pleasant. Overall, I am really happy with the phone and so is my wife (which is the most important thing).

It does what it's supposed to do, but the remote access doesn't work too well. You can only delete all messages rather that deleting them individually, and you must keep the remote password that comes with the phone - you cannot change it to something you want.

stinks...you turn the answering machine off...if someone calls and you aren't home it defaults the answering machine to a couple rings and you have to deal with it turning on while you answer the phone.

I've had this phone for 5 years or so. The phone itself is OK. But today I wanted to use the remote operation to check messages from 3200 miles away.

It doesn't work. The manual says that the user must press and hold each number of the password for 2 seconds. Another reviewer mentioned that this doesn't work with cell phones--he's right--and I discovered it also does not work with modern cordless phones either. Modern phones send tones for just a brief fraction of a second, no matter how long you press the key.

I don't have a phone around here old enough to check the messages. When I get back home, this phone is going in the garbage.

Need a corded phone that works in power outages? This one does the job for a very good price.

Speakerphone function, digital answering maching, and good basicfeatures as well.

Not a bad phone at all, and at a very good price for sure!