Home > Consumer Reviews > Philips CD4453S/05 Digital Cordless Phone With Answer Machine & HD Sound - Triple Handset

Had this triple set for just over a year now and can't fault it. The handsets have a solid weighty feel and the interface is very straightforward. Phonebooks can be transferred easily between handsets so we use one as the master for all updates then replicate it with the other two.
Sound quality is very good even at low volume and the speakerphone is crystal clear. I'd recommend them to anyone.

As has been mentioned the display whilst readable, isn't that clear when viewed in the dark when the blue backlight is on. Changing the contrast doesn't help a great deal but is fine under ambient light. The rubberised buttons themselves also light up very brightly.
I bought the quad handset version yesterday for a good price & set up the remaining fully working older Philips Onis handset as a 5th phone - it looses functions such as answerphone access but can make & receive calls including intercom mode to & from the supplied handsets.
The menu structure is generally OK but to stop the red "Event" LED from flashing on the handsets requires too many button presses through the menu for my liking (one option is to also set a bleep to to alert you but I found the LED was fine on its own).
DECT phones have come along way since I purchased my Philips Onis model back in 2000. The audio quality is very good, the entire phonebook can be sent to the other phones but remember to delete all entries from the target phone 1st or you get duplicates! Phonebook entries can be edited unlike my previous Philips & assigned to 1 of 3 groups that can be given 1 of 10 ringtones. Answerphone messages can be accessed from either the base-station or from any supplied handset. Importantly, if power to the base-station is cut, I could retrieve left messages after power was restored. Handsfree mode works well, remote access to left messages works & if the phone rings 4 times & the Philips has been set to "Economy" mode, you know that no messages have been left then hangup without incurring charges. I have held more comfortable handsets but is adequate. Numbers from the caller list can be added to the phonebook that can hold up 100 named entries.
To sum up: only just adequate display readability in the dark but very good sound quality. The incoming call volume was fine & could be adjusted during the call. You need to read the manual for this model!

I bought this as a Christmas gift for my mum. She had been having problems holding her previous phone still enough and close enough to her face for me to hear what she was saying. She also had difficulty in hearing us. The enhanced sound on this phone has made a huge difference we can now hear her very clearly and she hears us better too. The other criterior was that it should be simple, and the buttens clear and big enough for her to opperate. Whilst not being extra large the phone is easy for her to use and the illumiated buttons help. Lastly she wanted a light coloured or white phone to fit in with her excisting decor and was delighted with the pale silver with blue back light. The quality of the phone set belies it's reasonable cost.

Thankyou for the quick delivery, packed well, exactly as described, very good for the elderly as they are very easy to use, clear screen big numbers.
I would recommend this seller and will use again. A credit to amazon. A+++++
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easy to set up and use. very good wireless coverage outside and in. one of those gadgets that does make life so much easier.