Acceptable, cheap phone (Philips CD2352S)

Name: Pharmtastic

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Product:	Philips CD2352S
Date:	06/04/08 (80 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to set up

Disadvantages: No linking of address book between handsets

I picked up one of these from Argos - there was a half price offer where it was at just £24.95 - seemed excellent value.

I already have two pairs of Phillips handsets: an Onis Vox 300, and a set so old I don't have the instructions and there's no number on the handsets!
The new set does some things well:

Clear sound
Caller display
50 name memory
Answer machine - can't be accessed from handsets
Looks nice.
Range OK - works all over a 4 bed house with no problems
However, it doesn't have some features that I had got used to with my older sets:

Names stored in one handset don't transfer accross to the other, or the older handsets [being a DECT standard set up, it is poss to use the older handsets with the new base]. This means to store 50 names, you enter 200 numbers [on the four handsets].
Not possible to access answer machine messages from the handset [only from the base unit]

For anyone who doesn't need/want this extra conectivity, the phone is fine, and at £25 is excellent value.

The sound has started to get a bit fuzzy, but this may be because the boradband filters may be packing up.

There's already a detailed review here which gives more info on tech spechs, I just thought I'd add a few comments on what I noticed was missing.

This is an updated version of a review I put on Ciao

Summary: Fine, especially for £25!!

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