Panasonic 2 Handset Expandable Cordless Phone System with Answering Machine, Amber Backlit Display and Call Block - KX-TGC362B (Black)

The phone I received was not like what was pictured, but it will do. The model I had before is what is pictured, it worked great for many years until it wore out, I am sure this one will fo just the same

Easy to setup, user friendly. Clear speaker.

The phone work great....no problem...

Cell service knocked out by fires. We have magicjack but old cordless phone not working. So, I was without any phone for several days. Very impressed by prompt delivery despite heavy smoke everywhere.We've owned MANY cordless phones over the past 25+ years. The better ones were always Panasonic. A lot of these phones had more features than these new ones, but it turns out that I rarely used all the fancy features. And, I absolutely don't want the answering machine because Magicjack comes with excellent voice mail system.Some of the old phones cost upwards of $200, which would be around $400 in today's dollars -- and they had expensive proprietary batteries. Besides, the old ones only had one handset. We usually had two cordless phones in the house. The KX-TGC352 cost is next to nothing in comparison to the old ones.Since I use a variety of devices that use AA or AAA batteries, I have a good battery charger and a stash of rechargeable batteries. I replaced the provided 300 mAh batteries in one handset with 1000 mAh. I charged both handsets overnight and they still show full after an hour or so use this morning. Just to see how it goes, I won't put them back on the bases until they run low. I suspect I'll get 2 - 3 days with the stock batteries and at least a week with the 1000 mAh. I have no worries at all about batteries running low since, if necessary, I could easily switch handsets and I also have plenty of freshly charged AAA NiMH batteries I could swap. You can switch in the middle of the conversation by picking up the other phone and then turning off the first one.One problem was easily solved. DTMF tones were not recognized (while pressing number in response to voice prompts). Opened chat with magicjack and the tech knew exactly what to do... changed some setting on their end and it works fine now.I set up VM detect on the phone (menu #332). Now if VM is waiting, the screen says "New Voice Mail Press VM" with VM button appearing on screen. Pressing VM takes me straight to magicjack VM (set up number with menu#331).Set ringer tone (menu #161). There are 5 tones and 10 melodies to choose from. You can also choose to be silent (menu #238) or to be silent for a specific duration (menu #237) like maybe you don't want to hear the ring while you sleep from say 11pm to 6am.Another adjustment: the time displayed on the phone will automatically be set with an incoming call. This could be alright if you're in the Eastern zone in US, but I didn't like it shifting like that. So, manual set (menu #226) keeps it on Pacific time.I used to like having a headphone jack on the old phones, which I used some for conference calls. This phone doesn't have a headphone jack, but, frankly, if it had one, I would probably never use it. We generally use skype, Zoom, go-to-meeting, or other Internet application for conference calls.With the first handset, I setup speed dialing keys exactly the same as I have them on my cell phone. I haven't set any speed dialing on the second one, but it's there if I need it. The phone book is shared between the two handsets (if you add/change/delete an entry on one handset, it will show on the other one).There is a place for "handset name" but I don't know what that would be for. Each handset has a number (1 or 2) next to the charge indicator, so it's easy to tell which is which. The handsets appear identical except for these numbers.Some features like hold, call waiting, redial, and such are there and work like they have on previous models -- plus some useful newer features. In summary, this system is basic but has every feature I would ever use or want, and not a bunch of stuff I would never use.

LOVE IT!!!

Very basic phone for the money. I had a higher level Panasonic group that just deteriorated over the years and I didn't want to spend a lot for a land line. Unlike the old one, this one does not verbally announce who or the number calling so you have to look at the receiver to see the number calling. This is only acceptable because most people I want to talk to do call my cell phone number.

Great product for fantastic price. In our current economy every cent counts, these cordless phone were life savers! I could afford to get them.

This is my second time buying this phone, first time was about 5 years ago. The base unit no longer charged the phones and one of the handsets would no longer ring. So decided to go with same phone which would give me a spare phone and a second charging unit (and the one phone that doesn't ring but will work other wise).Connected up the new phone and the old ones wouldn't connect... some how I thought it would be automatic with it suppose to handle up to 6 phones but no.Alright, so have to go into the phone's menu. In the bottom right of the display where it says "menu" there is a little button, press that and will be in menu, use the big round button and press down until reach "initial setup", select that with that small button. Now using the gig button again scroll down to "registration", select that. Now press the locator button on the base unit for at least 5 seconds. It will beep or something or maybe nothing, didn't seem consistent. Turn hand set off (hang up) and back on, check for a dial tone and if there is it worked. If not try again. I think it's a matter of timing between selecting "register" and pressing the locate button on the base station.It's a relatively cheap phone price wise but it's functionable. I really don't use any of the features like call block, speed dial or voice mail or such. I have an internet phone line and all of those features are handled that way. The caller ID function works and I do use the speaker phone function to increase the volume of the phone otherwise I think it's not usually loud enough, I just hold it a little further away from my ear and if I need to do something using both hands I can set it down on the table and still hear it and be heard.All in all figure on needing to replace parts of it in 5 years or so. My base unit stopped charging a couple of months ago but the handset charging unit still work, just needed to keep swapping out phones on the charger. One of the phones stop ringing a few weeks ago was a bigger problem, if I had the phone that does ring on the handset charger in the bedroom then couldn't hear it ring. If I did hear the good phone ring and had the non ringer near me I could answer the call with it. Oh well, now I have 3 good phones and can stop using that non ringing phone.Nice thing is the phones do use two standard AAA NiMH Batteries, one of the phones batteries stopped holding a charge and I bought a few of those through Amazon and replaced the old Panasonic batteries. I prefer that over stuff with built in lithium batteries. I have NiMH Batteries that are over 10 years old I still use, just use a slow charger and the batteries last longer. A fast charger can cut battery life by 50%.