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Worked ok for one year, but then battery would not recharge. I bought a new set of battery, sames story, so I guess the handset are mal functioning. Now for the last 6 months (1.5 year after purchase) the communication drops after 5mins which is really really anoying. I would not recommend buying this phone. I would not recommend buying V-Tech at all, as I think the design of the phones and the quality are really poor.

not great phones...lots of static & the battery life is rubbish!

im getting new ones!

My sister bought this phone set and had problems with the battery after about 1 year. I also purchased it and have encountered the same problem with the "check battery" warning. Very annoying when you go to pick up the phone and the handset won't work. When I pull the battery and put it back in the base charger the problem clears up, but not for long, within an hour or two the same warning will appear.

Time to try a Panasonic...

Purchase phone on Amazon to replace Vtech 2.4 Ghz Model, we had for 3 years. Phone works like old one including PhoneBook bug that forces you to re-enter the whole phone number to add a "1" to front of long distance numbers captured by Caller ID. Main issues are the green night light that makes the display hard to read. Compared to the orange-amber light of the 2.4 Ghz model was a step backwards with it's bold face display. The satellite phone only worked for a year before getting a Warning!! Check Battery message on the display and the battery with no charge. The model I have uses a single battery pack and not the new rechargable AAA version. I followed the troubleshooting guide and even bought a new battery and still have the Warning message. Contacted Vtech and they said I need a new phone. I'll get a new phone but not from Vtech. This phone is bearly a year old and lightly used. I can use the phone but I need to pull the battery out and reinsert it (reboot) to temperarily fix the problem and charge the battery. To have two different battery pack versions means there was a redesign and I got Version 1.0. Otherwise, the phone works fine.

I brought this phone in 2006 but in between one year one of the phones started showing low battery sign.If i reinsert battery phone works for some time. So far, i dont see any problems with phone other than previous one.I have no complain regarding functioning of handsets but to configure answering machine i had to go through number of steps.