This item is not returnable to Beach Audio for any reasonMODEL- KX-TM100B VENDOR- PANASONIC CONSUMER ELECTRONICS All-Digital Answering System black color This value-oriented phone contains a number of advanced features. Call Waiting Caller ID can let you see who is calling even if you re on another call. If you subscribe to phone company voice mail service this phone will indicate when you have messages in your mailbox. There s also a 10-station speed dialer to make it easy to dial your most important telephone numbers. * All-Digital Answering System Messages are recorded on an advanced microchip for natural high-quality sound. With no tapes to rewind or reset operation is virtually silent and recorded messages are easily accessed. Messages are held in flash memory and are unaffected by power failure or interruptions. The total recording time is 15 minutes. * Advanced Microchip Technology Offers improved voice recording quality over our previous models for more natural-sounding voice messages. * Voice Prompts and Time/Day Stamp A voice synthesizer will prompt callers through the messaging system and will stamp each incoming message with the time and day it was received. * LCD Readout An easy to read display shows the number of messages received. * Call Screening A monitor speaker allows you to hear incoming messages as theyre being recorded. * Tone Remote Control System When checking your messages on a touch tone keypad while away from home you can control the Greeting Message All Message Playback Individual Message Erase and many other functions. * Skip and Repeat Function Lets you selectively review your messages. * Toll Saver When checking your messages from a remote location the system will answer on the first ring if there are any new messages. If not you can hang up to avoid toll charges. * 2-Way Recording * Volume Control * Skip/Repeat * Call Counter * New Message Playback * Individual/All Erase SPECIFICATIONS- * Remote Functions: New/All Message Playback ...
The Panasonic KXTM100B is an all-digital answering machine with 15 minutes of recording time. It uses a microchip to handle messages for quiet, easy operation. It incorporates advanced microchip technology for improved voice recording quality over previous models. It also includes a toll-saver function for when you're checking messages from a remote location--the system will answer on the first ring only if you have new messages. If not, you can hang up and avoid toll charges. Tone remote control lets you control the greeting message, all-message playback, and individual erase using a touch-tone phone.
1 Solid, reliable, easy to use
We have owned this machine for a couple of years now. It has proven to be superior to every answering machine we have previously owned in a very important respect: it still works as well as it did when we first installed it. It is adequate in every respect but one, which is only of interest to rural users: it does not have a battery backup for the time and date settings.
We live in rural Virginia, and the power fails fairly frequently at some times of the year due to ice storms, wind-blown tree limbs, etc. When this happens, the KXTM100B preserves our greeting and our messages, but we have to reset the time and day of the week. Until we do that (it is very easy to do), the unit does not record these with new incoming messages.
That said, the unit is, in every other respect, at the very least adequate, and in most ways excellent and easy to use. We have not had any of the negative experiences reported by others here.
Bottom line: knowing what we know, we'd buy it again.
2 Excellent Machine
I recently recieved and installed this answering machine for home business use. The sound quality appears quite good, but not perfect. My outgoing message is very clear, but has a bit of the "digital" feel to it. Incoming messages are as good as the incoming call. Calls from a cell phone with a poor connection, obviously, are not very good.
The connection and use of the machine is intuitive, and I am confused by earlier reviewers who complained of small buttons. I find them well labeled and easy to use. As you can see in the picture, the "New Message" button, used to play new messages, is in fact the largest button on the unit. Even the small buttons are well separated to make them easily accessed.
Hmmm.. All I can say is that I am quite pleased with the unit.
3 Poor sound quality
I bought this machine to replace a broken AT&T product. I have found the reliability of GE and AT&T answering machines low (none has lasted more than 2 years), and I chose the Panasonic based on Amazon recommendations and the brand name.
It has been a disappointment. The most serious problem is tge poor sound quality: much worse that the one it replaced, so much that I cannot decipher several messages.
The ergonomics are also inferior to my previous answering machines. The most common functions ("play new messages", "erase", etc) use small buttons, lined among other functions; the LED display is very dark; etc.
This product is not worth the price.
4 Great product
I bought this machine over two years ago and have had no problems with it. It was definately worth the money!
5 Junk Machine!
This answering machine is junk. The sound quality is so poor I am embarrassed to use this machine. When an incoming call is received, my recorded greeting will not activate-the phone will ring several times but the greeting will not answer the call. Yes, I have checked the settings or functions on the machine. Moreover, I bought this machine on the Panasonic name alone. It was a mistake. Look elsewhere for an answering machine, my fellow buyers.
6 Not bad, but flawed.
I love panasonic phone stuff but found this answering machine flawed. The voice that indicates time and date is recorded too low compared to the recorded messages. Everything else works as advertised.
