On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:30:25 -0400, Bob wrote:

Hi,

For anyone pretty sharp with cordless phone systems.

We have a several year old V-Tech cordless phone with the answering
machine in the base. Has one handset, only, that sits in the base.

Hooked up to our land line phone.

Wife has medical issues, and is in love with the base unit's
construction, sound quality, push button shape and size, etc.
Doesn't want to part with it.

We now need a bunch of hansets all over the house. The V-Tech is very
old now, and new
handsets for it are not available.

So buy used. Was the base station capable of having more than one
wireless phone to begin with? Or maybe you'll come a cross a used
phone witha better base station she'll love even more.

I boutght from Buy.com (which I don't recommend but it was okay
thistime,** A Uniden phone with a cordless base phone and one other
cordless phone. That was my upsstiais office and muy kitchen. I wanted
more so I bought another whole phone syste, entirely wireless with 2
extensions. I was able to learn in advance, maybe by reading the owners
manual or a a mnaualfactuer's webpage (meant to encourage people to buy
compatible phones) that those two extensions would work with the same
bases station. So now I hae a phone also in my bedroom and the
workshop in the basement. 4 phones altoghether. I can tell if I've
gotten a message from any phone. I can play them from any phone.

**One phone came with dead batteries. I wanted friesh. they said, We
dont see thise batteries alone. But they did. But I had to buy my
own. The phones themselves work fine now.


I can change each phone's settings from the phone itself and somet of
the base station settings from each phone.

I can call in remotely, get my messages, toll save, but i haven't
written down the numbes to do that yet. I've done it with other
phones, so I'm sure its simple.

I'm suring the wired based, but if it evefy doesn't work, I'll switch to
the wireless base.


So, what happens if I buy, e.g. one of the new Panasonic ones, that
comes with 4 handsets, and also has the answering
machine in the base.

What happens if I hook both systems up in parallel to the same line ?

An incoming call would trigger both system's handsets. True ?

If not answered, they both would record the call. True ?

Probaby not. One owuld asnwer first, the phone would stop riinging and
there'd be no more reason for the second machne to anser. Perhaps by
a fluke they would both asnwer at the same time. How does that help
you.

If I pick up a handset on the new Panasonic system, the old V-Tech
answering machine would (then) do nothing. True ?

Probably, if they run on different frequencies or other differences are
presen.

Guess I'm asking your opinions if having both is practical, and what
happens for the different incoming call
scenerios before any purchasing.

For your special need, mabye. Youd ge to keep the V-Tech base adn you'd
have extensions in most room.


Much thanks,
Bob

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