Casio Phonemate MH200 Digital 2-Line Mult. Handset Cordless Phone

Comment: Batteries are here:

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Comment: I have had no trouble with my phones except for the batteries and the problem with hold and tring to pick it up with a corded phone, but I can live with that. I get great range and clarity. I just can not find a replacement battery anywhere. Can any one help me ?

Comment: If you like to repeatedly punch buttons, you have super hearing and love to read manuals then by all means this is the phone for you - otherwise don't waste your money on this P.O.S.

This is by far the worst cordless phone system I have ever bought. I picked this one over others because of the price and because it had the 2 remote cradles and 2 handset - perfect for my home office, but this is greatly overshadowed by the POOR overall quality of these phones.

Overall sound quality of hearing someone speak thru this phone is downright [bad], it needs to be in an absolutely quite environment to hear anyone talk on this phone - then at that it sounds like a walkie talkie.

When you punch number buttons to dial out, most likely you will have to punch the number all over again to work, even though the display shows that you punched it in, it just doesn't make all the tones for each number you punched, so either punch it in all over again (and hope it takes this time) or hit the re-dial button which is lamely disguised as the "LNR" button (last number re-dialed). I thought well maybe it's just the one phone, let's try the other one, well same thing too with the second handset as well. Even when you try to disconnect you sometimes have to hit the button two or three times to disconnect.

If you want to use any other features other than make a phone call - forget it - you have to read the manual to figure it out as the button layout and abbreviations for each are hardly intuitive.

If there was a "zero" for rating products, that is what this product would have gotten but 1 was a low as this review would go.

Comment: I had this setup and returned it; besides the tiny display and uncertain use-time, the setup interferred with the operation of the normal funtioning of my other phones insofar as being able to pick up and talk on any extension after my phonemate 9800 had started its message-you are supposed to be able to pick up any extension and press * to shut off the machine and answer the line. While the 200 was hooked up, it was impossible to stop the answering machine, or talk to the caller...unless you were using one of those two Casio handsets. Since I have three other 2-line phones, this was intolerable.

Comment: Phone systems in built well and works well. Programing is a little time comsuming/difficult, but instructions are excellent.

Intercom between the two enclosed telephones is great. You can call between up to 12 handsets using the intercom feature and not tie up a telephone line.

One drawback. This phone will not allow user to put call on hold and allow call to be answered from another hardline (not cordless) telephone. (Call can be answered, but casio telephone keeps giving you a reminder call is still on hold.)