AT&T CL82257 DECT 6.0 2-Handset Cordless Phone for Home with Answering Machine, Call Blocking, Caller ID Announcer, Intercom and Long Range, Rose Gold

Prior to this phone, I had the Vtech version for a few years (& it's terrible!! Don't do it just to save a few bucks, buy anything else). So this AT&T one I settled on after looking at one by Panasonic, this one had better reviews. I ordered it from the Amazon Warehouse "Very Good" and it arrived in the box, with all the parts and plastic protectors. It works perfectly. Only small issues, the number 8 is a bit wonky, like it's got a small rock under the button, so just need to be deliberate when pressing it. The other issue was the handset battery cover occasionally fell off, but after really looking into it, if anything it's a design flaw. I made sure all the little hooks were aligned, and so far it's fine. There are lots of reviews that people mentioned the directions being complicated, I did not find that true. The machine walks you through setup (so you don't need the manuel, tho it does help clarify things if you want to know more detailed things about the phone). This phone works with out power, at least for in and out going calls (the Vtech version did not, only allowed outgoing). When power returns, this phone does start over with its tutorial setup. I thought it had erased everything, but if you have already set it up and the power goes out, even if it prompts you, you do not have to reset up everything. You can skip it, and your presets are all still saved. The main thing you need to do, if youre using the smart blocker, is to make sure to add anyone you actually want calling you without hassle, to the directory (basically save their number). You can manually enter them or if they call, you can add the number from caller ID. You can also block people who made it through from the directory or when they call. Anyways, add the people you want to just ring through like normal, and anyone else, when they are announced, you pick up and still get to choose if you want to talk, save, block, or send them to the machine, without them even knowing you are on the line. Each one of these options has an assigned number (1-4). So most important, add to the directory & remember the functions of numbers (tho the phone will tell u each time, it's faster if you just know: "1=answer 4=send to the machine"). Saving or blocking can be done afterwards, if you can't remember the other numbers. I say faster because the person on the line, after announcing themselves to the smart blocker, gets put on hold. They don't hear a ringing, they hear a long beep or buzzing (which if you didn't know what smart blocker is, you may think there's been an error on the connection). I'm making this sound more complicated than it is, it's really simple and the phone prompts you for everything. There's even different smart block options, where u "screen/block"everyone except directory numbers, or only unlisted numbers get the smart blocker, or everything comes through. There's a fair amount of customization. I have not figured out how to use the intercom from the base (not sure it's even an option), but the handheld has a button on the side and you have to pick the receiving device (ex. "Base" or if you have other wireless phones), and hit the "select" button, then the intercom goes through. The sound is clear, the volume is great. I haven't tried adjusting the tone. The setting screen is a bit weird, seems like it skips categories sometimes, but it all functions. I love the way the phone looks. The buttons are big and light up orange on the handheld. As long as the base is plugged in you can add several wireless sets to your home. You only need an electrical outlet for the wireless base, not a phone line, so you can put a wireless phone anywhere in your home, which is awesome. I don't think the phone has a customizable ring tone, the default one it has is classic ring, but still kinda digital sounding (not like an old school metal ringing). I like it, it's loud without being jarring or sharp. Only had the phone for a week, but I really like the look and the functions so far. The power went out, day after I put it up, so I did get to test it in that scenario (which is basically why I have a landline). It worked as expected. I do not regret buying a used version, though if I do buy used it's always "like new", but I took a gamble on this, and I'm glad I did! I would totally recommend this phone, and the discounted ones from the warehouse (I have gotten bad things from the warehouse, but 95% of the time the items are fantastic and don't look used at all). With "Very Good" I was expecting it to have scratches somewhere noticable, or missing manual, but nope! I am happy with this purchase. Paid as much as I did for the vTech nightmare phone, and this one is SOOOO much nicer!

We chose the CL82307 as it was the best value, three sets of phones and the base, to replace a 17 year old AT&T cordless. The old three piece set that had batteries going out and those were $52.00 for EACH phone (ouch!). Time for a new cordless phone. The CL82307 batteries are currently $8.00 per phone. So yes, checked that! Speaking of batteries, this phone's talk time is measure in HOURS where the old phone was more like MINUTES. New stuff is way more efficient, and the frequency (~ 1.921-1.928 GGHz) for DECT 6.0 compliant phone has been moved to not intefere with wi-fi or have your micro-wave knoock off your phone call. The phone's OS was pretty much the same as the old phone, but with caller I.D. (annouinces very clearly) and a far superior directory (1,000 entries). The set-up for that was easy, as you just use the blue tooth connectivity to download your CELL phone address book with phone numbers. I down loaded mine, and my wife's CELL phone, and presto all our typical calls are available. But 1,000 entries seems like a lot to scroll through one at a time, yes? But it isn't too bad if you use the jump feature. Jump uses the number key to quickly jump to letters. If you press #3 once for example, you jump to "D" adddress book listing. Press #3 twice you jump tp "E" listings so on and so fourth for each number pads alphanumeric entry. You only need to then scross within that letter's entries. All the base phone's setting go to the satellite phone automatically, where the older phone had a hidden "broadcaste" feature to do that operation, this new phone does it automatically. So once and done as they say. Voice quality is really clear and crisp, so no complaints on that. The voice mail (at your provider's cloud) versus phone mail (in the phone's receiver station) was a problem, however, as the instructions are not proper to use BOTH at the same time. Here is the catch, you need to set the rings to be FEWER than the VOICE mail needs to answer in order for the PHONE mail to answer the call. For example, if I set the rings to six, only VOICE mail answers, If I set the rings to three, the PHONE mail and the VOICE mail both answer. Or, you can turn either or "off". I like PHONE mail as it is displayed in the satellite LED base with the number of missed calls and also allows a 1.5 second interval BEEP to be heard if you turn that feature on to audibly let you know a call was missed. VOICE mail does show a missed call in the handset display, but that's it, you need to go look at the phone's display, then dial the prvider's voice mail to retrieve missed calls. All in all this is a great phone in the initial use and set-up. Will it last seventeen years and going for the old phone? Not sure. It isn't built as well as the old phone but what is. For ~$65.00 for three phones I can't complain. It has the features I use and want and not the exotic satellite base we don't use. We opted for the basic feature set that is still a luxury compared to the old phone. The phone rates really well and so far I agree with the ratings. OK, it has fewer base features, but that's not going to bother me at all. I never use them. Maybe you won't need the exotic base features either, and if not check out this phone.

UPDATE BELOW...I purchased this set because my local phone service offers me TEN (that's one zero) "blocks" on unwanted calls. That fills up in about 2 days - so, I have to delete my 'log' and start over. OMG. I looked into purchasing a plug in blocker box but this was actually less expensive - so I dived in. It was easy to hook up, but... it is a rather complicated and not very intuitive install on pretty much all the settings. It's a LOT of reading.. a lot of doing. But I have it set up. We shall see how it goes. I have high hopes. I did purchase one additional handset because we needed 2, but not 3 and it was still cheaper than purchasing the plug in boxes (that didn't have super great recent reviews). I believe you can purchase up to 12 (?) additional receivers if you need them with this unit - but I am not certain. The base unit is a corded phone - and the screen is large and easy to read. You can sit on a desk, or hang on a wall. The two cordless units have fairly large screens too - pretty easy to use with nice large numbers - however, they do NOT like to stay in their charging units - a slight nudge and the fall over. Eh. I am really just hoping for less spam calls. We rarely use the landline -but where we live it is necessary to get the DSL we need - so any calls coming to the landline are 99.9% spam. Says you can block up to 1000 numbers. That seems like a miracle after just 10. Fingers crossed. Having said all of this, I never hesitate to update my reviews should new info seem useful. UPDATE: 4/6/2021... So after a few weeks...I have to say that all of sudden - it' s the sweet sound of silence. I have literally not had a single call of any kind, let alone SPAM (which is actually the only calls I get on my landline) I did activate the option to have callers "announced" (caller must say their name and be announced before call goes through) - maybe that's it.. but whatever it is - I am very much appreciating the huge reduction of spam calls. I haven't had to push the "call block" button once. In all honesty, we keep the landline only because it's the only way we can get the DSL we do - as crappy as it is. In a very small rural area, we sadly have little choice. So a system like this - stopping the long lists of SPAM calls is real relief. I do wish the system was a bit easier to use - it's a bit complicated - thus I still stand on the 4 star review. If you have reasonable ability to read a bit of lengthy and boring instructions, you can get through it. And if you're overwhelmed with SPAM calls, I would definitely recommend it. I will continue to update if new info would be helpful.

Just got the phone today and I'm serious, we were getting over 50 robo calls a day. We were even getting them weekends and up till 9 or later at night. My wife for some reason doesn't like to use her cell phone and even though I'm partially retired I still get a few calls on my landline. I wanted to keep my number as it was my parent's number from back in the mid 1960's. I was close to doing away with my landline. This phone is wonderful, no robo calls and it tells you who's called and it's already blocked over 10 in just a couple hours. Setting it up was a pain but once I figured it out it works just like it's susposed to. I highly recommend it to everyone if you want to stop robo calls.

The Call Blocker system these phones use is the ONLY one that actually works. I've tried the CPR Call Blocker and a couple of others that use Block Lists and they have all been made obsolete now that the Telemarketers have figured out how to Spoof local area codes and change the numbers slightly for each call. With THIS system you will stop ALL unwanted calls. Period. I set mine up to have everyone I don't know press the # key before if rings though. The default is to make them say their name and then press #, but I felt like that was too much hassle for people and it's really not needed to stop Spammers. And yes, you have the choice and it's very easy to set up. You can also use your own outgoing message or you can use theirs. I opted to use the one my daughter made when she was 8 years old (SO CUTE!) and I accomplished this by playing it back on my old phone's speakerphone directly into the new phones microphone. I felt like after people hear a Professional sounding "This Phone screens all calls," message and then have to hear ANOTHER professionally recorded message they might think they got a wrong number. So instead my daughter says "Hi! You've reached the Jones (not my real name) residence, please leave a message" and that lets them know that indeed they got the right number. Overall... GREAT phone. Love the form factor and the looks. Sound quality is better than my Panasonic and this one has zero static. Range is more than we need and it was easy to set up. Notes: The only thing missing from this is the "Connect to Cell" feature that top end VTech has, but that system is kind of hinky in that it doesn't screen the incoming calls from your cellphone, and it doesn't record a message. Also if you have an iPhone, it disables 'handoff" which allows you to answer your cellphone from your laptop of iPad. But still if that's a feature you want, search for the "VTech IS8151-5 Super Long Range 5 Handset DECT 6.0 Cordless Phone" and you can check it for yourself.

I have had this phone for a month now and it has been working great. I previously had an older model AT&T phone that did not have built-in call screening or call blocking and I had added an external call blocker. This one has all of that build in and it works great! In fact, the call screening works so great that I have not yet added a single phone number into the block list because all of the telemarketer calls are hanging up at the call screening! The old external call blocker would ring the phone one time and then it would hang up on the blocked calls. This one NEVER even rings! It is wonderfully quiet again! You can add your family and friends to your caller ID list to allow them to bypass the call screening and you can add special callers like the electric company or codered messages for important calls that you don't know the phone numbers by just entering the name and they will also be allowed to get through. I go through the Caller ID list to see who called every day and if I see someone I missed or one of the emergency or utility numbers I want, I add them to my list. I have read some reviews saying the sound is bad, but it is fine to me. It did sound somewhat distorted when I first got it, but I found that the volume was turned way up and when I turned it down, it sounds OK. I have been trying to use them on battery instead of always having them on the charging stand in order to get the batteries to get a workout. They have a long life on the batteries. I generally plug them in on Sunday and unplug them on Monday not because they needed charging yet on Sunday, but it is just convenient for me. They still had plenty of charge. The display is clear to read and lights up brightly when a call comes in or you make a call. After you finish doing anything on the phone it turns the backlight off after a few seconds to help conserve battery power. The keys are backlit in red, which doesn't show up very much in the daytime, but in the dark at night they are fine. I have the set with four phones. One is in another building in an art studio over the detached garage and it works fine from there. It was easy to set up after reading the manual. I went online and found the full user manual and the callblocker overview and saved them to my computer for easy future reference.

I purchased this set to replace one that was probably 5 years old. I specifically selected this grouping because I need a phone for hearing impaired since my husband wears hearing aids but when downstairs after his shower at night he does not have his hearing aids in so phone calls become harder for him to enjoy. This phone is amazing when it comes to stopping robo calls and nuisance calls from people we don't know or want to know. There is also a simple process for adding calls from numbers you know vs. a simple process to block calls from numbers that keep trying over and over. We have noticed a huge difference in the number of calls that even make it to the first ring. We switched to TMobile 2 years ago when they ran a fantastic special so we were able to transfer our cell phones and internet to them - they paid off our cell phone balances and we were able to purchase a couple of services to give us local channels and special channels we love and still saved more than $100 a month. The only thing that TMobile did not offer was home phone, so we stayed with Comcast for that. Recently TMobile began offing Ooma home phone service for less than $20 a month, which saves us $33 a month. The problem we are experiencing is that when we receive a call we want to take there seems to be a significant delay from the time we pick up the handset and say "hello" until the caller is able to hear us and we are in tune with each other. We are also hearing scratchiness on almost every call and our family members are all saying they are experiencing the same issues with our calls, so now I have to determine whether it is these phones or the Ooma service causing the static on the line. We suspect that possibly the delay at the start of calls is due to the system screening the incoming phone numbers and I don't see anything in the instruction manual to address how to correct this issue. I may have to purchase another AT&T phone with amplification to see if it is the phones in this set or Ooma. We hate to give up this set because of all the great features that come built in to the base station so hopefully I will find an easy resolution.

We have had this set for nearly three years now. I even purchased a four-year extended warranty, so the phone is still covered. At best, they might send me a new unit. Worst case scenario is AT&T forcing to return this, that, or the other thing -- most likely at my expense -- plus be without the remote handsets during the weeks or months it takes them to fix anything -- IF they fix anything. My confidence is not running high as I write this. To be totally honest, the last thing I want is another one of these infernal AT&T units in my home. As it is, I'm ready to hurl this one into the nearest wood chipper. Bottom line: I have no intent to use the extended warranty that I paid for and is still active. The two remote handsets have provided us with the most grief (non-stop). They discontinue charging approximately once a week for no known reason. The battery, needless to say, goes dead. When a call comes in, we can hear it ringing at the base unit far away, but we cannot answer with the remote handsets. I decided to start unplugging the internal battery for a few seconds, and then plugging it back in -- a reboot of sorts. Well, it worked, and suddenly the phone showed that it was once again charging the batteries when we put it in the charging cradle. FYI: We NEVER leave the remote handsets off the charger for longer than 15-16 hours at a stretch. One of them we never leave off the charger. So, if you like to have to unplug and replug the batteries every week on both remote handsets so that they will function and not be dead when you go to answer a call, then this phone is for you! Operators are standing by! Since the same exact problem exists in both remote handsets, I came to the common sense conclusion that this is not a lemon that I purchased. I believe that the problems I have experienced are most likely built into every unit of this model that they sell. This begs the question, why would I want a replacement and inherit the same exact problems? Had it only affected one remote handset, I might feel much differently than I do right now, but since the exact same problem has affected BOTH remote handsets from the get-go, this problem is almost sure to be in the product's DNA, so to speak. We've owned at least three other brands over the decades. None of them ever experienced this problem. Plus, the base unit was far superior in that you could answer or make a call via the base unit when the handset was not present -- by simply using the speakerphone feature built into the base unit -- a VERY convenient feature that we found ourselves using much more often than we ever imagined. I assumed it would be featured in this AT&T unit. Well, you know what they say when you wrongly assume something. We will never again buy an AT&T product. Motorola, Panasonic, and VTech have all been vastly superior.

Fue una buena compra, me tardé todo un día en entenderle, mi Papá (los compré por él) no creo que le entienda ni a la mitad de sus funciones. Es una muy buena alternativa que compite con mi celular cuando estoy en casa, a tal grado que compré otro juego para mi oficina. Como el instructivo no viene en español batallé todo ese día para configurarlo y que saliera la primer llamada, pues no me daba línea, creo que debería subir un video explicando todo para su instalación y funcionamiento, pero no alcanza el espacio que dan aquí para los videos.

These phones are aesthetically pleasing, very easy to use, very easy to program and I am loving the call screening to avoid unwanted Robo calls! I also love the announcing feature, the size of the buttons and the screen!! So far- FAR from disappointed! I dreaded the thought of replacing phones and having to reprogram my directory etc. but it was really easy and took no time at all! The speaker phone is loud enough and certainly a vast improvement from my previous phone set! Also- I JUST discovered the intercom feature—- AMAZING- now I can call upstairs for refills! Haha I should’ve bought this year’s ago! Enjoy!!!

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Tras haberlo utilizado por 2 semanas no he tenido ningún inconveniente. La instalación fue muy fácil, pensé que iba a tener problemas para que la extensión de la recámara se conectara (no llega el internet del módem, por ejemplo) pero no tuve que hacer nada adicional y ha funcionado bien. La característica de bloqueo de llamadas y diferentes filtros para poder aceptar alguna llamada desconocida es super útil: recibíamos muchas llamadas buscando a personas desconocidas y ahora eso ya no es problema. PROS: * Bloqueo de llamadas con diferentes niveles para evitar las molestas llamadas de call centers. * Buena recepción * Tiene una contestadora, aunque en estos tiempos ya casi no se utiliza. * Es muy fácil bloquear o aceptar un número de teléfono. * Gran capacidad para la lista de números bloqueados. CONTRAS: * El mensaje de bloqueo de llamadas es en inglés y no puede cambiarse. Tal vez algunas llamadas que sí hubiéramos atendido no hayan sonado porque quien llamó no entendió.

Il en fait beaucoup plus que ce que je m'attendais