Panasonic KX-TGM450S Amplified Phone with (2) extra handsets

WHEN THE PHONE RINGS U CAN HEAR IT JUST LUV IT GETS TEN STARS FROM ME

This is a great phone for the hearing impaired.

The last time I used a Panasonic cordless phone, though it wasn't this model but a different one, was in the summer of 2012, when I was at my American Dad's house. Unfortunately, that was the last time I ever saw him alive, as my ex-stepmother murdered him seven months later in the early morning hours of February 11, 2013. Then decided to cover up her tracks when she spread the rumor that he died of a heart attack! I just purchased this phone on August 1 of this year, as I needed a replacement landline phone, since the previous setup of separate phone and answering machine I had was starting to fail and fall apart. I love the idea that this phone is cordless, as my sighted friend, Markus thought it would be good for me to have a setup where I'm not always tethered to a phone cord. Now it will be easier to have him help with my music machines, as I can take the phone into my recording studio, which is actually in my bedroom. The phone base even takes up less counter space than my previous setup, as it's just slightly larger than my old answering machine. Better yet, I even have the ability to add more phone numbers to the phone! The previous phone I had only let you add 10 phone numbers to the "Memory Dials" 0-9, and 3 to the "One-Touch Emergency Dials" (Fire, Hospital, and Police). The one-touch dials (M1, M2, and M3) are located on the base of this phone (M2 has a raised dot on it), with a few other keys for what I believe is the answering machine. It took me a while to figure out how to add phone numbers to the phone book, as you have to press the left arrow on the square-shaped Navigation key, press "Menu" twice, slowly enter the name, as it takes 5 seconds for a character to appear, then enter the phone number, then press the Right Arrow, which is like the "OK", "Save", and "Select" key three times until you hear a long beep. The keypad even talks to you, which is especially helpful when you're sight challenged. Too bad it doesn't announce the letters you type when entering names. However, one thing I wish they could do is add more talking features to the phone, like audible instructions that can tell you which setting you're pointing to on the screen, especially when adding, deleting, and reviewing phone numbers in the Block List. Better yet, they should make it so the pronunciation can be customized, as I wouldn't want my name mispronounced! Also, the character limit is 16, which is not enough if you have a company name you want to enter (I've had to shorten the names of a couple companies I entered in the phone book). I got the surprise of my life when I pressed what I thought was the "Pause" key below the "Star" key, and it actually turned on the Speakerphone! Whoa, I didn't see that comin'! Even more interesting, the "Talk" key, which turns the phone on, is also the "Flash" key. Another surprise! I even found out there's not a dedicated Redial key, you have to press one of the Arrow keys until you hear the first phone number in the "Caller List" (I think there's up to 5 recently dialed numbers). That's kinda confusing, as I thought "Redial" was supposed to let you dial the most recent number. I especially love the clarity of this phone, as there's no crackling audio like my previous phone. I sure wish they could add more ringtones to this phone, as I'd like to assign ringtones to individual callers instead of just groups of callers. Every time I use this phone to make calls, I always get excited to hear clear audio with no crackles or electrical issues! I'd like to give this phone a solid 5 stars! Or better yet, how about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars! To paraphrase the words of Louis Armstrong, I say to myself, "What a wonderful phone!".

Crystal clear on both phone calls and answering machine playback.

Pros: Loud ringer; loud boost feature; the red parts of phone blink when there is a call or a voice mail message; setup is easy if you are technology inclined; the phone book can save many phone numbers, has speed dial, buttons are big, phone has long battery life. Cons: Speakerphone without boost is not loud like a speakerphone should be; the backlight does not shine through the dial pad adequately; the screen does not lightup, not enough speed dial numbers (only 9 phone numbers can be stored for speed dial). Summary: I bought this for my mom who is visually impaired. Her good vision comes and goes. When her vision is not so good, the dial pad backlight and screen are not bright enough for her. She loves the boost feature, caller id and loud ringer. She wishes there were more than 9 speed dial numbers.

My mother who is very hard of hearing. loves the phone... She can hear now.. Thank-you so much..