Uniden TRU 446-2 2.4 GHz Digital Spread Spectrum Caller ID Cordless Phone

by Uniden

Product Details

Product Manual [2.34mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000063KDV
• Item model number: TRU446-2
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 13, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Uniden TRU 446-2 2.4 GHz digital spread spectrum cordless phone optimizes your communications at home or in a small office with dual handsets, call transfer, and phone book memory, among many other features.

The two sleekly designed handsets store in a charging cradle. You can transfer calls between handsets in different locations and note the handset status with an LED indicator. The caller ID displays menus in Spanish, English, and French (with service subscription for call waiting or caller ID). Also included is convenient dialing with dynamic caller ID memory and last-three-number redial.

Uniden digital technology ensures clarity and security with features to provide all the basic benefits you look for in a phone. Set your preference with distinctive rings: four melody ringers and six ring tones. You can scroll through caller ID and memory while on a call. An indicating light lets you know when you have voicemail waiting. The phone comes ready for a headset with a built-in jack, and the NiMH battery has a long life with 10 days on standby and six hours of talk time.

Product Description

2.4GHz with Caller ID/CW includes 2 Handsets 2.4GHz Digital Spread Spectrum cordless includes additional handset, Caller ID/Call Waiting Caller ID, handset-to-handset call transfer, 100 dynamic CID/memory location, headset jack, last 3 number redial.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't play nice with Wireless internet, December 9, 2002

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Matthew Hunter "Technology Geek" (Blacksburg, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniden TRU 446-2 2.4 GHz Digital Spread Spectrum Caller ID Cordless Phone (Office Product)

I've got mixed feelings about this phone. When we first got it, the sound quality was great, but over the last few months it seems to be getting steadily worse, even if you change channels on the phone. I do, however, like the large phonebook you can store, making it just as easy as my cell phone to find friend's phone numbers.

The biggest problem I have with the phone is what it does with my wireless network. If you have a wireless router for your DSL or cable modem internet connection, then I'd advise skipping this phone. As you might know, popular wireless networking uses 2.4ghz as well. Theoretically, digital spread spectrum technology should keep the phone from interfering with the wireless signal. This phone, however, created two problems. If someone is talking on the phone close to someone using a laptop wirelessly, the phone becomes quite noisy, and the laptop's wireless signal vanishes, coming back intermittently. I've taken my phone to a friends house, who has a different brand of wireless router to find out if the problem was with my router, but again the same thing happened. Next, we took his panisonic 2.4ghz cordless phone to my house and tried the same thing - but the laptop stayed connected, and we never had a static problem.

Another thing you should know about almost all 2.4ghz phones is that they are prone to noise from your mircrowave. Microwaves emit a 2.4ghz signal that will fill your phone with static. If you want a 2.4ghz phone, move your base station as far away from your microwave as possible.

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent volume and big directory!, July 23, 2002

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Stephen B. Daniels "curly" (Overland Park, KS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniden TRU 446-2 2.4 GHz Digital Spread Spectrum Caller ID Cordless Phone (Office Product)

If your looking for a phone with clarity, volume and the ability to hold up to 100 names and numbers in the directory, look no more!

Advantages:

* The caller ID and directory share the same memory so let's say if you have 75 names in the directory you have 25 memory slots left for caller ID info. As your directory grows your caller ID slots grow shorter.
* Lots of clear volume.
* Easy to read display

Disadvantages:

* Cannot send directories to other phones
* Cannot add any more phones to system (2 phone limit)
* No speaker phone in base
* Wish phone had caller ID and directory matching. When someone calls thats in your directory it would come up on the display as it is shown in the directory
* END button is really to small. I wish Uniden would have just used the TALK button made to also end the call.

With everything considered these phones work well and should be considered when looking for a 2.4GHz cordless phone.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great sound and range - missing 2 key features though..., September 5, 2002

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Jason Ferguson (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uniden TRU 446-2 2.4 GHz Digital Spread Spectrum Caller ID Cordless Phone (Office Product)

I've owned a variety of multi-handset 2.4Ghz phones, the last pair being Siemens. This one (in my environment) provides greater range than other models and good clarity.

Beware two shortcomings compared to a Siemens: (a) You cannot use both handsets simultaneously. Although you can transfer a call between handsets you can't pick up on a call in progress from the unused handset. (b) There is no visual indication of remaining battery life. If you are like me and don't like to charge the phone until it is almost dead - you have to guess.

I still like the phone, though, and would recommend it to anyone who needs superior range and wall-penetration.