Panasonic Cordless Phones

This phone system has allowed me to have the multi-phone convenience of a land line without the expense of a land line. It works effortlessly. We now only have cell phones. I can now receive or initiate cell-phone calls from any phone in the Panasonic system. We have 5 Panasonic phones located at various spots in our home. The Panasonic connects to the cell phones via Bluetooth. Connecting (pairing) the Panasonic to the cell phones was very easy and only needs to be done once for each cell phone. Thereafter, the cell phones automatically connect to the Panasonic whenever they are within range of the Panasonic's base station. After pairing, the Panasonic acts as if it were the cell phones. When a cell-phone call is received, each phone in the Panasonic system will ring. You can answer the cell-phone call from any phone in the Panasonic system. It's not much different from what would happen if you answered the cell phone directly rather than through the Panasonic. It's also not much different from how you would answer a land line if you have one. There seems to be a slight delay between the time you answer the call and the time you hear the caller but the delay is not objectionable. Similarly, you can initiate a cell-phone call from any phone in the Panasonic system You just select which cell phone you want to use and then dial the number you want on the Panasonic unit. You select which cell phone you want to use from a menu on the screen of each Panasonic phone. The call then goes out via your cell phone. As with receiving calls, there seems to be a slight delay between when you dial the number and when the call goes out but the delay is not objectionable. The Panasonic will also allow you to have a land line. So, you can have a land line and two cell phones going through the Panasonic. We don't have a land line so I cannot comment on how the Panasonic works with one. I park my cell phone just a few feet from the Panasonic base station and the reception and call quality is good. It not quite as good as the land line was but it is quite acceptable. I have the base station on the upstairs level of our house. I have discovered that if the cell phone is downstairs, the phone won't connect to the base station. I suppose in this situation, the cell phone is too far from the base station for the Bluetooth to connect the cell phone and base station. You can connect (pair) two cell phones to the base station but you can only use one cell phone at a time. That is, you can't simultaneously receive two calls or make two calls. In summary, the Panasonic is an excellent unit. As mentioned in the Heading, it provides the convenience of having a phone in each room without the expense of a land line. The base station will display which cell phones are connected to it. Each cell phone is identified by a number on the base station (1 or 2). When a cell phone connects to the base station, the number for the phone lights up. You will need to remember which phone is represented by which number but once a number is assigned to a particular phone, it does not change.