Uniden TRU8880-2 5.8 GHz Digital Expandable Cordless Phone System with Dual Handsets and Answering System (Black/Silver)

by Uniden

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000246Y3G
• Item model number: TRU-8880/2
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 26, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Uniden TRU8880-2 cordless phone system offers an attractive bundle of features with room to grow. A 5.8 GHz digital signal offers increased call clarity and security, while the built-in digital answering system and caller ID capabilities ensure that you won't miss important calls or lose a valuable phone number. The phone system requires just one phone jack--simply plug in the base unit, and the additional handsets will configure themselves to "talk" directly with the base unit without the need for additional jacks. This package includes one additional handset (for a total of two) but lets you add up to eight more (model TCX800) for a total of 10 handsets.

Housed in a sleek, modern-looking silver and black design, this model is ideal for small offices or busy households. It features a 100-name-and-number shared caller ID/memory log, and allows you to transfer stored numbers between handsets. Search for numbers using an alphabetic search tool similar to those found on most cell phones.

The TRU8880-2 base unit houses a digital answering system with remote operation. It has the somewhat unique ability to record phone conversations, so make sure to inform your callers appropriately. Additional features include an LED message counter on the base, an audible message alert tone, and message waiting indicators on each supplemental handset's charging cradle.

Additional features include base and handset speakerphone capability, conferencing, trilingual menu display options, distinctive ring tones, mute, hold, redial, headset compatibility, and more. You can transfer calls between handsets, use the handsets as walkie-talkies, and even use them as an intercom around the house or as a room monitoring system (baby monitor).

What's in the Box
TRU8880-2 base unit and handset plus additional handset and charging cradle, phone line cord, two AC power adapters, two NiMH battery packs, two belt clips, user guide, warranty information

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Amount of Capabilities, January 5, 2005

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Nom De Plume "East Coast Nut" (West Coast Junkie) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uniden TRU8880-2 5.8 GHz Digital Expandable Cordless Phone System with Dual Handsets and Answering System (Black/Silver) (Office Product)

This phone has EVERYTHING including the crucial remote call screen monitoring which many other phone makers have done away with! I can't believe manufacturers don't include this on phones anymore. Well UNIDEN has!

Also amazingly included is: Room monitoring and Walkie-talkie ability, and a handy Do-Not-Disturb feature!

The only thing wrong with the above is it rings your phone too when being activated. This is a no-no! It rings two short ring but it is annoying when in a store or monitoring a sleeping baby. Incredible goof by Uniden! Quite possibly this "ringing" might be for privacy purposes warnings for the other party.

Another thing missing is a "quiet" feature to turn off warning sounds like above or to do adjustments silently. Can be handy sometimes.

The sound is excellent and very clear, both when speaking and listening. The room monitoring is very sensitive and you can pick up amazing sound.

Another annoying thing is that there is a slight delay in the ringing of the extra phones from the base ringer. This delay sometimes is disconcerting.

The walkie-talkie ability is capable of over 1 mile (according to Uniden) but only in line-of-sight. I had mixed results. In some areas I could go deep in a store and still remain in contact. In other areas where this is lots of obstruction I could not get the same reception per distance. All in all, I still think it is better than nothing. You can always move around and see if you can make contact instead of walking back to the car to talk. So it's better than nothing.

I found out if there is a lot of criss-crossing type of obstructions between two phones the reception was non-existence.

Another annoying thing is that when the phone rings it does not light up the keypad and LCD when you pick it up. Gasp! A big oversight by the manufacturer. But hey, most cordless phones don't even have key lights!

This phone covers near all bases and then some! I am giving it 5 stars despite some oversight by the manufacturer because this is the only phone that I know of that has everything I was looking for (and then some)! Did I mention the handsets can even become speakephones!!

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Looks Better Than it Works, September 16, 2004

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Daniel Brewer "3blacklabs" (Spartanburg, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniden TRU8880-2 5.8 GHz Digital Expandable Cordless Phone System with Dual Handsets and Answering System (Black/Silver) (Office Product)

I bought this phone to replace a Uniden 2.4GHz. I figured that it would be an improvement over the 2.4GHz and I've long been a fan of Uniden. Boy was I wrong. It does have some nice features. I especially liked the speaker phone in the handset and the Directlink 2-way radio capability. However, no amount of features can make up for the terribly low range. I positioned the base unit away from all of my other electronics as the instruction booklet suggested. However, I still started to get static in the line a near as 20' from the base and lost the line as close as 30'.

BTW - When I contacted the Uniden customer service, I spoke to a rep and received no help. In fact, they were very "put out" by my questions and I was treated like an idiot. Not pleasant.

I would suggest avoiding this phone.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Features - Know How To Use Them, June 6, 2006

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Kevin Saliga (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniden TRU8880-2 5.8 GHz Digital Expandable Cordless Phone System with Dual Handsets and Answering System (Black/Silver) (Office Product)

While some gripes about this phone are warrented (silent mode, etc), some gripes I've read here are not. One user said you couldn't dial long-distance - but if you press # or * while viewing a number, it will add a 1, or remove an area code - swapping the visible number with alternate modes of dialing - very useful! Also love the fact that I can have one base and one phone line, and have 10 handsets located throughout the house. I can page any room. Now if my wife would put the handset back on the base when done using it, I could page that room without it ringing halfway across the house :)

I do wish the handset you were paging *from* would not ring also. It does make locating phones a problem.