Anne, Like Ed I use the Uniden. Been a great system! I have the model listed:
http://www.unidendirect.com/itemdetail.cfm?item=B-TRU9466&tabid=1 The base station is downstairs in my office (where it should not be). This is in the corner of the downstairs. This is a 3 story home and even on the top floor back in the opposite corner you can still get reception even though it is a 5.8 GHz phone. I didn't know that the 5.8 ghz did NOT have near the range of the 2.4 but they are suppose to be more secure. I have 4 extensions in the house besides the base. It has been going strong for many years and if my wife would allow the base to be in a more central location we would have coverage in the garage and outside. When our home was being built we had another home a huge distance from this one and the construction crew used it as their base of operations. Each morning the foreman would go to that home and pick up the 2.4 ghz phone and bring it to the house under construction and use it all day. The distance was unbelievably far from the home under construction and once inside the one being built he had connections even downstairs. Unreal! You can imagine my disappointment when I found the 5.8 didn't have near the range. Other than that the Uniden has been wonderful. John On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > Does anyone have a recommendation for a cordless phone. I'm returning > the second one I've bought this year. Problem is that it is very > difficult, sometimes impossible to hear over it. And I am standing > right by its base station. The old one i had from Radio Shack was > perfect. Easy to hear over, able to hold nine or ten numbers in memory > for quick dialing. And you could plug in headphone for handless use > which is what I want a cordless phone for. I use it when I call > computer tech for help. > > I'm not looking for any bells and whistles, just want to be able to > hear the person on the other end. Both of my failures had a dial to > increase the volume. And it worked: to increase the volume of my voice > (even get reverberations my husband could hear on the floor above), > but did nothing to increase the volume of the incoming voice. > > Any suggestions greatly appreciated. > > Anne Cartwright > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
