Uniden DECT 6.0 Silver Cordless Digital Answering System with Caller ID and Two Handsets (DECT1580-2)

by Uniden

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 6.6 x 7.5 inches ; 1.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001GGJF1C
• Item model number: DECT1580-2
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 1, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Uniden DECT 6.0 Silver Cordless Digital Answering System with Caller ID and Two Handsets (DECT1580-2) The DECT1580-2 cordless phone by Uniden is packed with time-saving features that help you better manage your calls. It features a large display screen and orange backlit keys which make it a snap to dial the correct number or access features, even in low-light conditions. The phonebook feature stores up to 70 names with an alphabetical search, unique ringers you can assign to specific calling parties and an option to transfer either a single listing or the entire phonebook. The trilingual menus come in English, Spanish or French and guide you through every step so you can take full advantage of the up to 10 full hours of talk time per battery charge. Never miss a call with the digital answering system that has up to 14-minutes of recording time. The DECT1580-2 includes two handsets. DECT 6.0 technology operates on the newly released 1.9 GHz frequency band that was allocated to support cordless telephony. Uniden DECT 6.0 incorporates unique "listen before transmit" technology that avoids interference with many household products, such as baby monitors, microwaves and WiFi (which operate on frequencies like 2.4 GHz). As a result, DECT phones offer consumers enhanced voice clarity and crystal clear digital sound quality. DECT 6.0 technology also offers higher security and voice protection, as well as a longer battery and battery standby life than existing 2.4 GHZ or 5.8 GHz phones.

Features:

		DECT6.0 Digital DECT 6.0 Technology means you have superior clarity, security and range
		Digital Answering System Digital recording with remote message retrieval
		Reduced Magnetic Noise Interference This phone has reduced magnetic noise interference with hearing aids and cochlear implants providing a louder and clearer signal
		RoHS Lead-Free The promote a clearer environment, this product was manufactured accordance with the RoHS standard which limits the use of substances such as lead, mercury and cadmium
		ENERGY STAR Product Products that earn the ENERGY STAR prevent green house gas emissions by meeting strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Dept. of Energy

Additional Features:

Digital answering system that records up to 14 minutes English, Spanish and French voice prompt and handset menu options Handset speakerphones for easy hands-free talking from either phone Orange backlit crystal keys are easy to see and use 70 number transferable phonebook that you can search alphabetically 30 name and number Caller ID connection with a subscription from your local phone company Voicemail waiting light on handsets shows you when you have a new voicemail

One touch access to messages from the cordless handsets It's interference FREE from all devices You can expand the phone up to six handsets for every one base using DCX150 accessory phones 3 way conference calling You can intercom or call transfer other phones within the system Personal ring tones lets you show off your personality Phones last up to 10 hours of talk time or seven days on standby before needing to be recharged

What's in the box: One cordless handset with answering machine recharging base One cordless handset with recharging base User manual

Product Description

Advanced DECT 6.0 technology operates on the newly released 1.9GHz frequency bnd. Uniden DECT incorporated unique "listen before transmit" technology that avoids interference with many household products, such as baby monitors, microwaves and Wi-Fi. As a result, these phones offer enhanced voice clarity and crystal clear digital sound quality. DECT also offers high security and voice protection as well as longer batter and battery standby life.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

58 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than other DECT phones, November 29, 2008

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Fixup (North West Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uniden DECT 6.0 Silver Cordless Digital Answering System with Caller ID and Two Handsets (DECT1580-2) (Office Product)

It shows up CID right after the first ring, while the Panasonic does it after two rings. The Uniden 2080 does not show caller's name even if the CID is already in the phone book, while my Uniden 1560-2 does! Panasonic is the worst, it scrolls the name and then the phone #; plus, as I just said, it takes one more ring to get CID. When you finally see the caller's #, it is too late, the answering machine is activated.

Although I like the idea of normal AAA NiMH batteries, Panasonic stupidly force them to be charged in the stock charger only. If you put a pair of fully charged batteries into the Panasonic, it keeps saying (via voice) "charge it for 7 hours", until you put the handset into the charger for a while. This defeats quite the point, you still cannot charge the batteries and swap them.

This Uniden uses a battery pack, but the battery chamber is huge (designed for AA). I bought an AAA battery holder from RadioShack and, after some modifications, put it into the handset. Now I can swap NiMH batteries and never have to put the handset back into the charger. Love it. You cannot do this with Uniden 2080 that has a very small battery chamber.

Sound is loud and clear. The Panasonic has annoying background noise. Oh, you'll love the big transparent back-lit keys with superb tic arc feel and the letters are printed underneath - they won't wear out. The rubber key bars on 2080 are garbage.

Some other features worth of mentioning: you can copy phone book entries from one handset to other handsets. You can inte'com or page any or all other handsets and transfer or conference a call. You can make calls private to other handsets. You can assign 8 personal rings for different callers. Voicemail indicator and button, pause button, mute button, speakerphone button and redial 5 numbers.

If you don't need the answering machine, the Uniden 1560-2 sold for $29.99 from your local HomeDepot stores is a steal. If you need more than 2 handsets, you can buy two 1560-2. You can also use any DCX150, DCX200 and DCX300 handsets, but each cost $30. Although you can use 2080's handsets on 1560, they still won't show caller's name that's already in phone book. You can register a handset to multiple bases; so there is no problem to use two or more 1560-2 for a single line (i.e, extra bases are used as chargers only). If you like, you can use them like multi-line phones which are very expensive.

The only thing missing is headset jack, which I don't care but may turn down some people. One other concern is durability. My 900MHz Uniden just died after a year of light use. That's why I'm in this market and this time I looked at the Panasonic first.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Two strikes it's out, January 10, 2010

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jjgraves (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uniden DECT 6.0 Silver Cordless Digital Answering System with Caller ID and Two Handsets (DECT1580-2) (Office Product)

I have owned 2 of these. One was a gift and started getting horrible static on 1 handset within 6 months. The company said that even though I had registered this phone tha without original receipt there was nothing they could do. Buy a new one. The second set is only 5 months old and I'm having the same problem with both handsets and it searches sometimes for 10 minutes before I can make a call. I won't be suckered into buying a third one.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We're Very Pleased., November 22, 2009

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Gary Peterson (San Diego, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniden DECT 6.0 Silver Cordless Digital Answering System with Caller ID and Two Handsets (DECT1580-2) (Office Product)

Electronic items never cease to amaze me. Our widescreen TV is only four years old and a better model of the same size now lists for about half of our original cost. Likewise with phones. We bought a two-station Vtech cordless phone about 4 years ago for 80 bucks. When the batteries needed replacement after two years, they cost over a third of what the original phone (with batteries) had cost! Well, the batteries needed replacement again. This time we looked around and found this new Uniden Phone System (DECT1580-2) for only a little more than what new batteries for the old Vtech phone would cost. Simply amazing! Well, we tossed the old phone, of course, although it would probably still work well given new batteries. Now the next question might be whether this was the right thing to do.

This Uniden phone works fine. Everything about it seems better than our old Vtech wireless phone. Plus, it has an answering machine and the old one didn't. It clearly seems to be a superior phone in every way and the cost was markedly less. Now, the next test will be to see how it holds up on a long-term basis. So far, we're very pleased with our new wireless phone.

Gary Peterson