VTech 2421 2.4 GHz DSS Expandable Cordless Speakerphone with Caller ID (Silver/Black)

by VTech

Product Details

Product Manual [632kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00005OQN1
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 28, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The VTech VT 2421 offers essential features plus optimizes your communication quality with Digital Spread Spectrum technology. 2.4 GHz operation and a digital signal offer greater clarity and longer range than older analog phones operating on a lower band. The phone also changes channels multiple times every second, spreading the digital data over a range of frequencies, resulting in clearer conversations and improved privacy. 65,000 automatic digital security codes also protect your line from intrusion.

Caller ID is on display even when you are on the line (provided you have a subscription from your local provider). The backlit LCD shows the names and numbers of incoming callers, even in low light. The VT 2421 provides a speakerphone and a headset jack in the handset for a totally hands-free conversation.

Additional features include a flash button to access incoming calls on Call Waiting without accidental disconnection of either party, three-way conferencing to connect two other callers in a group conversation, and a pager to track down a misplaced handset. Under normal use the standby battery lasts up to seven days between charges.

Product Description

This state of the art 2.4GHz, Digital Spread Spectrum telephone offers Call Waiting Caller ID, 50 Name & Number Phone Book Directory, Handset Speakerphone, and Headset Compatibility. The best news of all is that it is expandable, allowing you to place cordless extensions in rooms without the need for a phone jack! Each VT2421 system accepts up to 4 VT2420 accessory Handsets, giving you a total of 4. The ergonomic design makes it a hit in both form and function.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Phone with Great Features, January 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: VTech 2421 2.4 GHz DSS Expandable Cordless Speakerphone with Caller ID (Silver/Black) (Office Product)

I bought two of the VTECH 24XX series phones and love them. I bought the 2421 and a 2420. The two phones get excellent reception and offer several unique features like intercom dialing, line use status and handsfree. The intercom dialing is very handy especially if you have a large family or home. The intercom dialing does not prevent outside callers from getting through while you are on an intercom call. The line use status allows you to see if someone is on the line without barging in on someone elses call. The handsfree feature is great because it is on each handset. You just push the handfree button, put the phone down and start talking while you cook, clean, work or whatever. I recommend the phone highly.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This product has ups and downs, December 15, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: VTech 2421 2.4 GHz DSS Expandable Cordless Speakerphone with Caller ID (Silver/Black) (Office Product)

I was very excited at buying the feature-rich phone because it had everything I could want. I like the adaptability, the caller ID function, the keypad on the base unit, the speaker phone in both the base unit and on the phone. It shows me when I have voicemail, has a great belt clip, a long battery life, etc.

One big "but" here, though, is that it doesn't have the clarity I want if I am any distance from the base unit. This is quite disappointing since I "upgraded" from a Panasonic 900 mhz phone which I could take across the street into the neighbors house and have clear reception.

If I am outside, and my body comes between the phone and the base unit, I get interference. If there are too many walls between me and the base unit, I get interference. So it makes me house-bound while I am on the phone. It is important to me to be able to garden and do other work outside while on the phone.

Other than that, it is great. But I will probably give it to my husband (who wouldn't dream of working outside).

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Three months in and two extensions dead. Get the Siemens, December 28, 2001

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DC Parent 101 "DC Parent 101" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VTech 2421 2.4 GHz DSS Expandable Cordless Speakerphone with Caller ID (Silver/Black) (Office Product)

Previously reviewed as: Easy expandability + affordable pricing = adequate solution

New take: Half of effort wasted. Siemens a much better product. Do not buy this phone. Two unexplainable dead extensions, other two still quite lively. Sadly, that doesn't make for a good product.

Previous review:
Best features: good reception, very easy to add extra phones, phones stand up on their own [flat bottomed], hands free/speaker phone, caller ID, small base, sleek lines, redial gives options of adding 1 for long distance, headset compatible, belt clip.

Worst features: adequate [but not exceptional] battery life, unclear whether volume control is adjusting speaker volume or ringer volume, no locking feature [to keep out children], programmable phone book is for specific handset and not chain of four associated phones.

Overall - a good solution that results in fewer phone cables. I bet the Siemens product is better, but probably not better enough to justify the price for most consumers.

New conclusion: Get the Siemens. Not a glitch there. V-tech bad, Siemens good.