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ATandT TL76108 5 8GHz TWO LINE Digital Corded Cordless Answering System Titanium and Metallic Charcoal

The AT&T TL76108 5.8 GHz Digital Corded/Cordless Phone with Dual Handsets and Answering System has many value-added features that make it an ideal choice for busy homes. By employing Digital Spread Spectrum Frequency Hopping technology on the 5.8 GHz spectrum, the TL76108 offers better sound quality, enhanced range, and increased security compared to phones that operate on a lower bandwidth, such as 2.4 GHz phones. The TL76108’s cordless and corded handsets provide both flexibility and security, all from a single phone jack.

Both the base and the handset feature speaker phones and the system is expandable allowing use of up to eight handsets through a single phone jack. The phone also features 2-line operation. An intercom allows you to talk between handset and base, and you can transfer calls between them, as well as hold a conference with up to seven parties. The phonebook can hold up to 50 entries and the phone features lighted keypads and displays. Users can choose between 10 selectable ringer melodies, and the system has a battery backup for power failure operation. A 2.5mm jack on the handset allows for hands-free use when connected to a headset.

A built-in digital answering machine system records messages on microchips for reliable performance, instant access to messages, and the ability to selectively save and delete messages. The phone supports caller ID and call waiting, with a 50 name/number caller ID history and the option to set personalized ringers. The phone system is both table- and wall-mountable.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Good choice for home and small office
I purchased this phone as a replacement for the older AT&T EP5962. Like its predecessor, the TL76108 is easy to set up and performs well. It does have a battery backup, but you must purchase an additional battery separately to utilize this feature. I wish I could have more than fifty entries in the speed dial, but that is not a major concern. Clarity and loudness are good but not excellent. For the money, I think it’s a good choice. My EP5962 was still working after over three years of moderate use but had some wear issues. I’m hoping the replacement will do as well. I would definitely recommend the phone and handsets.

One battery is included for the handset. The base unit has a slot on the side to insert a battery for backup in case of power outage, but no battery is included for that purpose. The backup takes the same type of battery as the handset, so you can purchase an additional one and use the two batteries interchangably.

4 Stars Are we asking too much from our phones?

5/9/09 UPDATE: The phone system is terrific! Excellent sound quality, easy to use, handset never a problem. Still wish screen had a digital clock and calendar…..

ORIGINAL REVIEW: Why must buying a new phone be as complicated as buying a new car? Can’t we go back to the good old days of Ma Bell? When all phones were black and only made and received voice calls.

The search for a new, two line phone was about as painful and confusing as anything I have gone through (except a recent coffee grinder debacle Breville BCG450XL Conical Burr Grinder).

From past experience, I identified two manufacturers that make phones worthy of owning: Panasonic and AT&T. Serious phones, built to last. The rest, V-Tech and Uniden are, in my opinion, at the “disposable” level. A lot of features for not very much money but after 2 years they are ready for the trash. I am also not interested in anything made by Siemens because after spending a fortune on one of their phone “systems” several years ago, the damn thing started to disintigrate about 5 minutes after the warranty expired.

I wanted a corded base phone because after several blackouts and 9/11, at least one corded phone per household is de rigeur. I wanted at least one cordless handset because thats the only way I can get a working phone in my livingroom. I needed an answering machine that would answer both lines. I wanted a speaker phone option for those dark times when you are on hold with tech support for 5 hours. I chose 5.8 GHz because the DECT 2 line phones don’t seem to have their bugs worked out and who needs to be a pioneer/early adaptor for something that you absolutely positively need for work?

I chose the AT&T TL76108 5.8GHz TWO-LINE Digital phone AT&T 5.8 GHz TL76108 Digital Expandable 2-Line Corded/Cordless Phone w/ Caller ID and Answering System

because:

1) The price was relatively reasonable…$150 deliverd.

2) It included one cordless handset in the price. Panasonic makes you buy each handset for $89 in addition to the base station. Gee wiz!

3) It had more options/feature than I would probably use or probably be able to figure out when sometime in the future, it occurred to me to use them.

4) The base set can be wall mounted!

5) It was offered for sale by Amazon. This is extremely important in case you need to return the phone because it turns out to be a worthless piece of junk.

I received the phone a few days ago and I am pretty pleased with it. It is very easy to set up and the hand set registered immediately. The sound clarity is very good and there is an easily accessable volume control to make things louder or softer when necessary. The base phone is tilted up so that you can read the display screen easily. The buttons are big and clearly marked. The hand set is not as flimsy as some and the sound is clear and even, with very little, if any, static or interference.

Things I don’t like are basically minor irritants.

-The hold button is a soft key feature that only appears on the screen when on a call. There is no actual “hold” button.

-The screen is only lighted when the receiver is lifted.

-The dark screen issue is not that much of a problem as it does not even display the date and time of day…..this has always been a nice feature of phones with LED screens. Especially if you have time/space/continuum issues. Was this an oversight? Is my screen malfunctioning? No. What the screen displays when the phone is “at rest” is “BASE”. How helpful! I had no idea it was my base phone! I can go in and name it something else, like “Useless” or “My Office Phone” but why bother? I do know that if I use the intercom to reach one of the other cordless handsets, that handset will know that “Base” is calling. But really, why no time and date?

-The screen does not display the time elapsed while on a call. Also a nice feature.

-There is no way to program the use of the “1″ into the phone’s memory. You can set up your directory of #s with the “1″ as part of the # but when a call comes in and you see it in caller id…..even if you have already entered it in your directory with the “1″, when you hit the “RDL” soft key to return the call, there is no “1″ inserted. This is very disappointing! AT&T’s solution is to have you hit the “#” key after you hit “RDL” to get a list of possible # variations (with/without 1, area code, etc). This is not quite intuitive but I will probably get used to the drill or go mad in the process.

-There are three separate pairs of “Line 1″, “Line 2″ buttons on the base set (and no hold button, but I already mentioned that). There are the two “On/Off” buttons where you can, you know, turn the line on or off. There are two “Mailbox” buttons for listening to your messages. And there are the “Line 1″ and “Line 2″ buttons for actually answering the phone. Very confusing and yes, I have already pushed the mailbox button accidently when I thought I was making a call. Lord knows what my husband, who never reads the instruction book, is going to do when he tries to use the phone. Hah!

I do recommend the phone. There will be an update after I have had a chance to kick the tires a bit longer.

5 Stars Excellent solution for a less mobile person
This product turned out to be a wonderful aid for my Mother who is not able to get around that well. Remote access of phone messages means that she does not have to walk slowly upstairs to get her messages. She is now able to see the message light on the handset and recieve and return messages from the handset. The speakerphone helps her because she does not have to hold the phone with her arthritic hands. Also the operation of the phone is simple enough that the technical operation of the phone was not a problem for her.

I highly recommend this product for these reasons.

5 Stars great replacement
Purchased this phone as a replacement for an out of date AT&T model. Haven’t had any problems with it, reception is clear, cordless phone works – what more can you ask, for the price that was paid??

4 Stars so far so good
My wife and I needed a two line phone system for our home office. We’d had

an older Seimans 2420 2.4 ghz. After a few years, the hand held phones

started to be unresponsive when pushing the bottons, then the hand helds

started breaking up badly because of the Airport ( like wi-fi for you non

Apple users). I had read some reviews that wern’t very positive, but I

decide to take the leap anyway because it was the only choice that had all

of the features I wanted. Well, all I have to say is……so far so good.

All of the features work good and I’m basically very happy.

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5 Stars Does what we need and does it well.
In our part of Southern California the power is unreliable and goes out often. We have a back-up generator for the times the power is out for hours (or occasionally days). When the power first goes out we need to call the electric company and of course our cordless phones do not work. That’s why we have this phone. It does the trick. My wife calls the power company while I get the portable generator started.

4 Stars Recommended
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