Uniden Corded/Cordless Digital Answering System with Cordless Handset (CEZAi2998)

by Uniden

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.6 x 8.9 x 9.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001WMA8SE
• Item model number: CEZAI2998
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (92 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #15 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Telephones & Accessories > Corded-Cordless Combo Telephones
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

The CEZAi2998 Expandable Corded/Cordless Telephone with Digital Answering System from Uniden features DECT6.0 interference free technology, amplified audio boost (+20dB), caller ID announce, visual ringers, handset speakerphones, and large LCD displays. This advanced cordless not only works during a power outage, but allows you to silence all ringers and fwd calls to the answering system with the touch of a button. The telephone also features lighted crystal keypads, voice message waiting indication with message playback directly from the cordless handset, caller ID/call waiting, and 70 phonebook locations which can be transferred to other system handsets.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NICE PHONE, December 10, 2009

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dflarety (Western NYS) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Uniden Corded/Cordless Digital Answering System with Cordless Handset (CEZAi2998) (Office Product)

I agree with most of what "DTFFX" wrote in his 10/27/09 review, he was very thorough, and I can't comment on things like his distance claim or his battery concern for which I don't have any experience. This is a nice phone that has a lot of features, many features that can be turned on or off for that custom set-up. I turned off the speaking feature which I didn't care for.

One Con for me is the Talk Button. On the base unit, it turns the speakerphone on and off. On the handset it connects and disconnects the phone, but has a speaker button for the speakerphone on the handset. This is a little confusing for my 85 year old mother who uses the phone. I think the talk button on the base unit should simply be labeled speaker like the cordless handset. The base connects and disconnects by just picking up or hanging up the corded handset.

I am very pleased with this phone and would recommend it to anybody. I was looking for a corded base that operates during power failures, and this phone looked like the best in this price range.

97 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Takes some getting used to..., April 7, 2010

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Erica Paris (Dallas, TX, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Uniden Corded/Cordless Digital Answering System with Cordless Handset (CEZAi2998) (Office Product)

I am on the phone for several hours every day, and need my hands free to type. Since headsets give me headaches, I use the speakerphone. On my old Uniden 5.8 GHz, I was constantly asking the person on the other line to repeat themselves.

When my old Uniden finally started to crap out on me, I ordered this one to replace it, thinking that I would finally be able to clearly hear the person I was on the phone with. I was disappointed...


Both the base and portable handset have talking caller ID, which announces (in a hilariously mispronounced way), the name of the person calling. Turning the volume down on the ringer turns the volume down on the talking caller ID, so if you have the ringer volume turned down, you can't hear the talking caller ID.

***I wish the volume of the talking caller ID were separate from the ringer volume, and I wish I could turn the ringer off completely, and still have the talking caller ID work.***

On the portable handset, you can choose different ring tones for different people in your phone book (there are 7 choices of ringer). However, that is not the case with the base. On the base, you pick one of 5 ring tones, and all calls have that ring.

***I wish the base had more ring tones and the ability to choose a personal ring tones for the people in your phone book.***

There's not an easy call block feature. What I ended up doing is adding the telemarketer I wanted to block to my phone book, and choosing their personal ring as "silent." The portable handset still lights up when they call, but it doesn't ring on the handset. It does however, still ring on the base, unless I just turn the ringer on the base completely off for all incoming calls.

***I wish this phone had a call block feature.***

The speaker-phone on the base is pretty awesome. It's loud and clear! Unfortunately, the person I'm on the phone with can't hear me.

The "boost" function doesn't work on the portable handset's speaker phone. So... it's not any louder or clearer than my old Uniden phone. This made me very sad, because this is the whole reason I chose this particular phone.

***I wish the speaker-phone on the handset were louder.***

I really like how bright the display, numbers, and talk button is. It's very easy to dial the pizza delivery, when you're sitting in the dark, watching a movie.

The mute button has been improved, to one button now, instead of having to push 2 buttons on the old Uniden handset. It's much easier to hit that button, before you sneeze in someones ear now!

To summarize, there are a lot of features that I like on this phone, but there's an awful lot that I wish they'd improve too.

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for my 86-year old mom..., February 8, 2010

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Sally (Thurmont, Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniden Corded/Cordless Digital Answering System with Cordless Handset (CEZAi2998) (Office Product)

I purchased this for my 86 year-old mother who has trouble whenever she gets on the phone. She is always taking the hearing aids out or putting them in. Finally I can call mom and she can hear who is on the line and doesn't have to fool with her hearing aids! Yeah! I highly recommend this purchase for the hard of hearing and the elderly. Something I wasn't expecting was that the phone actually has a blinking light when the phone is ringing.