BT Advanced Cordless Home Phone with 100 Percent Nuisance
BT Advanced Cordless Home Phone with 100 Percent Nuisance Call Blocking and Answering Machine, Quad Handset Pack
| Dimensions: | 5.1 x 3.5 x 17.6 cm; 120 Grams |
| Model: | 90641 |
| Batteries Included: | 8 AAA batteries required. (included) |
| Manufacture: | BT |
| Dimensions: | 5.1 x 3.5 x 17.6 cm; 120 Grams |
| Origin: | China |
My Wi-Fi became faulty and was replaced by the new digital system currently being installed. My landline is now plugged into the router so I need an answerphone with several slaves this one fits my needs well. I’m 90.
My old phone voice message used to make a noise when a message was left. This phone just flashes, which can missed if you keep the base on a shelf.
I have got these phones myself and knew they would perfect for my parents. Stops all scam calls. They have not had one since I put these in for them. Highly recommend
Easy to order, prompt delivery, competitive price and easy to set up and use. Thank you!
This phone has stopped all the nuisance calls. Just make sure you put in the numbers who you want to call you.
Arrived on time. Easy to set up. I bought them to replace the old one which were starting to play up. I usually use my mobile, but some older friends and relatives still use the landline number. It blocks all nuisance calls 100% which is another reason I purchased this model. Very happy with the phones.
Purchased from Toronto Canada because the Panasonic KX-TGH720E Cordless Phone is not available in the USA or Canada. Am really interested in the function of blocking all calls except those in my Contacts which is not available on any unit in Canada. Have on issue with the cable from the phone to the Canadian wall receptacle. It is totally different (UK) opposed to the Canadian wall receptacle. Need to change the cable end which goes into the wall but can’t find anyone to do it or a converter. Will continue setup before attaching to the Canadian wall receptacle.
The majority of the Canadian latest Panasonic phones have better and easier customer handling features,
the Panasonic KX-TGH720E not so much. Just my opinion.
Ir was a replacement for an outdated system in the house. It was easy to choose what I wanted and I was able to put the new system in my house. Delivery from Amazon was quick and instructions easy to follow given that I am an 82 year old lady and disabled. Thank you Amazon and BT.
Really good phones. They do everything as described and easy to use.
Does everything the BT8600 did, but doesn’t have a colour screen, but it does have easier to change batteries which may have been part of the problem we had with the 8600’s
Easy to use phones, bought for the block feature as the person who it was bought for is elderly and was getting so many scam calls. Programmed all her contacts in so she knows who is calling and not to answer numbers not recognised.
Work well but the phones easily fall from the base, could do with being angled more
I’m used to gathering contact information as immediate. With this handset there is a slight delay. Sound quality not as good as my last phone.
It suits my needs but no more
Very good phone for preventing unwanted calls. Any number not programmed into phone will be intercepted and caller asked to identify themselves. Would like a louder ring tone on the phone and answerphone only flashes when message left, previous phone bleeped as well.
This didnt work out bad as most of those seperate devices are knocking around 50 quid mark for decent features. Once the phones were setup and phone numbers entered (thats the painful part), it at least shares any updates to numbers with each handset.
Good news is now when I’ve checked the phone occassoinally, I see its done the job and blocked calls with not even a murmur, so no more pesky scam calls with witheld numbers or whatever. If the number is in the phone, it goes straight through and if not, it asks them to name themselves before ringing and gives you the choice of answering, voicemail or simply blocking.
I reckon if you have older relatives who get stressed with these nuisance calls, this would be a great investment in making their day calmer!
Overall good features, and usability. Sound is fine (slightly hissing sometimes, but you get that with even the best dect phones), so happy I got them.
Bought to replace an older BT model with Truecall, the Truecall call blocking system is truly superb and has prevented many dozens of unwanted calls. We can see on the handset any calls that did not connect and the system has screened out callers who were generally scammers or unsolicited sales people. Only very minor downside is that friends who are Ex Directory (even with their number programed in to the handset) cannot be identified by the system and they have to go through the screening process each time they call. Very small price to pay which is outweighed by the dozens of calls screened out.
Everything is included in the box to use it straight away.
The only disappointment with the one I purchased, which was advertised as new, is that it was clearly used / refurbished. There was evidence of dust or buffering powder on it, as if it’s been polished up. There were also slight scuff marks on it from use, which match up with the lines of the dock, plus a big scratch on the bottom of the base. Had I wanted a used one, I could have ordered it for half the price.
The ‘do not disturb’ function is very useful as it only allows calls through from numbers you specify.
Setting up is easy once you get the hang of it but some people may struggle to customise the device away from the default settings.
The let-down is the sound quality but I can live with that – I’m old enough to remember telephone calls before the telephone system was digitised! At the end of the day it’s a telephone, not a hi-fi.
The main handset battery finally gave up, lasting only a few minutes before the low charge warning went off, so we looked at what was available and felt that this new more modern set but similar to our old ones in functional menus would be ideal.
The new sets are smart, a little more modern in style, and slightly slippery at first due to the smooth surfaces, but everything else is great so far. The call blocking works well (we are with Sky, not BT), and once you have all your numbers in the phone memory (up to 200 separate names, with 2 numbers for each name, plenty for us), then your own contacts can get through immediately, but numbers not in your phonebook have to announce who they are, and if they don’t you can reject the call and block them. If they do say who they are, then you can choose to take the call (press 1) and also to allow their calls through in future.
Earlys days with this new set, but so far we are very happy with them. Tip: if you have two sets, like we do, it makes sense to interchange them from time to time, so that no one set gets all the battery wear. So, we have one in the lounge, and one in the bedroom, but we are swapping them every week or two to spread the battery load, since the lounge set gets by far the most use!
I was sick and tired of getting unwanted, unsolicited calls every day. Two or three a day was perfectly usual – sometimes it could be five or six. I had tried registering with the call barring service, but pesky, determined companies would always find a way around this. This phone has solved all of those problems and I no longer get any unsolicited calls.
I was so impressed I also got one for my elderly mother, who was worried about scammers calling her. Now she also has peace of mind.
Nuisance calls aside the phone scores well for its other attributes too. There is a good level of capacity on the answering machine and for entries in the phone book. Call clarity is also very good, which is, after all, the key purpose of this piece of equipment, but one that is often overlooked by manufacturers who get carried away with the desire to offer ever increasing amounts of other features.
All in all a very good cordless phone / answering machine combo that does its job well … and most importantly – no more unwanted calls!
We love its call blocking feature, though resent having to pay to stop an invasive nuisance that no phone user wanted, ever.
The build quality is decent as is the sound, and the monochrome screen is fine – the Panasonic set that we had did have colour screens but the definition of the text on the BT phone is crisper. I would have liked an option to change the size of the text.
Some have complained about poor sound quality but the sound on ours are quite acceptable. There is a volume control on the answer machine which can be turned up until it distorts so maybe a play about with the options on the extensive (exhaustive) menus would help.
To get the best from the call blocking technology you have to laboriously enter all your contacts in to the phone, which thankfully syncs with all the other handsets. Its only to do once but it took over an hour swapping them from a mobiles contact list
To sum up, I thinks its an OK phone with the killer feature of configurable call blocking.
I haven’t used the nuisance call blocker or the answer phone as TalkTalk provide both those services.
There is one very annoying thing about these phones though and that is the speed of access to the calls list and phonebook. It seems to take forever for the memory to respond compared to my previous handsets, it’s only seconds but feels longer.
All in all though not bad for the price and cordless phones I am happy to recommended.
I had a perfectly good pair of cordless BT phones – perhaps more expensive than these when purchased – but decided to replace them solely because of this phone’s call-blocking facility. I had tried stand-alone blockers, but struggled to get them to work (maybe my Virgin line, maybe the age of my previous phone) and receiving as many as a dozen nuisance calls daily was really getting me down so much I’d contemplated cancelling my landline (but when you’re on a “package”, it’s often a more expensive option). It’s done everything I wanted it to – easy to set up and allow those calls you want to receive, all others intercepted. You can see the failed calls – and decide whether to block the numbers forever or to allow them in the future. Peace now reigns once more! Just a couple of minor issues. First is using at any significant distance – or at a wall’s separation – from the base, when the phone begins to search, but I’m happy to live with that. Second was that the small blue light on the second unit was unacceptably bright on my bedside table, illuminating the room – easily solved with a small piece of black insulating tape. If you’re wanting to tackle a similar problem, at a reasonable price, I’d recommend.