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They do have a 9v battery backup, but a year later that will be dead and you could lose messages. GE really didn't get a few things right on this. I am surprised that the cheap AT&T answering machine we got 4 years ago still outperforms this new machine. My older digital (not tape) machine doesn't have this problem, and when I can get a 16GB SDRAM card for my camera for $25, it seems they can solve this problem :)Recorded voice quality of the outgoing message is worse than current machine - a little crackly. The biggest problem is that on power failure it loses outgoing message, time, and worst -- all your incoming messages. This is simply unacceptable. No way to rewind a few seconds, just go back to start of message. Aside from that it seems an OK machine, but the memory problem is a real death cookie for us.
Easy to set up and for people to start using right away. Attractive, rounded design with gray-toned buttons arranged in a circle.Flexible--use one mailbox or up to 3.Works fine with phone/fax (in ths case Brother Personal Fax 275). Also received several comments on how pleasant the female voice is that automatically answers calls until (or unless) you change it.
The quality of the recording is good too. The digital answering machine this machine replaced was a piece of junk compared to it. This one has multiple voice mail boxes and two outgoing messages you can switch between. You can set how long a message the caller can leave, number of rings before the machine picks up and a security code if you pick up messages from the answering machine on the road. Now let's see how long it lasts.
I have had numerous answering machines that I need for my business, but I specifically wanted one with 2-3 mailboxes for multiple users. Other ones I purchased were all inclusive with a phone and repeatedly they would all break after about one year. I have this one for only 2 months, but it works great, sound quality is good and if I have trouble with the cordless handsets I don't have to relace the whole unit and interrupt all my phone messages.
It does its job. The sound quality is not the very best, but it's good enough. For the price, it's a nice answering machine. What really surprised me is that if you make the outgoing message right, people WILL hit the number for the mailbox they want, so it's pretty much guaranteed that any messages in mailbox one (the default if the caller doesn't specify) will be junk.
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