Uniden TRU9488 Expandable Corded/Cordless Combination System Review from Frequent Amazon Shopper. Perhaps the best of its kind — at this price, I would have rated 4 1/2 stars, just for the minor Cons below, but couldn’t, so rated the full 5. Can’t attest to the interference with a wireless network, because I’m not there yet but….

Pros:

1. Renaming handsets to location, e.g., Bedroom, Cellar, 1st Floor.

2. Can turn main ringer off on base or handset (in the bedroom, for instance), but still use Transfer Call and Intercom features to that hanset. VERY HANDY FOR LARGE OR MULTIFLOOR HOMES. (Ring is also adjustable.)

3. Phone book. Set it up on the base and send to all the handsets.

4. Adds a “1″ to long distance numbers from Caller ID just by pushing the */tone key.

5. Listen to messages from any handset.

6. Audible “Message Indicator.” Can turn on or off.

7. Lighted keys (on handsets) and displays.

8. Easy to find the instructions for all the features in the manual. (The PDF manual from Uniden has hyperlinks from the Table of Contents and Index.)

9. Can set handset to “Answer” when picked up from charge base. Handy for the “transfer call” feature so there is only one button to push when you pick up. (Otherwise you have to push green button twice if it’s a transferred call, not just an Intercom call–kind of clumsy for the technophobes in the house–see Cons.)

10. Range is excellent (just under .1 mile at my house in the country), great for those with large yards.

11. Two or more handsets can be used at one time. You don’t have to “Transfer” the call, you can pick up and join the call, just like in the old days. (Some systems don’t allow this!)

12. Corded (for power outages) and cordless combination.

Cons (non deal-breakers, in my opinion):

1. Ringers could be louder on “high” setting. If you listen to your stereo on the loud side the phone is difficult to hear.

2. No different ring tones on the base.

3. If you have any technophobes in the house it may be difficult to get them to utilize all the features with you, because of the menus and such. (That is probably more of a personal con than that of the phone!)

4. One or two too many buttons to push to delete a Caller ID number. (Do you really need an “Are you sure?” message for such a simple decision?)

5. Can’t delete the Caller ID numbers from all the phones at once. (Although before I got this system that was the case anyway.)

6. Not wall mountable. (Not an issue for me, but I wouldn’t let it be a deal-breaker. Why does the corded base HAVE to be on the kitchen wall, for instance.)

I have already recommended this system to friends. Wish I had gotten to my mother before she got the VTech IA5874, which doesn’t allow multiple handset use and calls have to be transferred from one handset to the next (plus, no corded base).

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