Panasonic KX-TS105W Corded Speakerphone
Posted by phone deals staff | Posted in Corded Phones | Posted on 27-08-2010
5
- Single-line corded phone
- 10-station speed dialing
- Hands-free speakerphone with 8-level volume control
- 3-level ringer volume, 4-level handset/headset volume
- Wall mountable; 1-year warranty
Product Description
Do you make frequent calls to the same numbers? If so, this phone will make life easier for you. With 20 one-touch stations available, you can call your most frequent called numbers with the push of a single button. A speakerphone gives you the convenience of fielding your phone calls hands-free. It’s especially useful for group or business situations, such as conference calls, when others in the room can easily join the conversation. Main FeaturesManufact… More >>
Panasonic KX-TS105W Corded Speakerphone
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Nice well designed phone. Very easy to program. Takes 3 AA batteries for memory presets. I purchased two of these phones, one for my grandparents who promptly dropped the phone on the kitchen floor ejecting the batteries thereby erasing all the pre-programmed numbers that I had entered. Battery cover needs to be taped down to prevent this, as battery cover does not close well (Panasonic could have designed a better battery cover into this phone as they have with other models).
Phone has nicely sized buttons, loud ringer and well functioning speakerphone feature as well as a headset jack. Receiver cord is a bit short but can easily be replaced with a longer one. Will review again as the phones age.
Rating: 4 / 5
I bought this as an auxillary phone. We’ve got an answering machine and a fax machine, but I needed an additional phone to be by the computer in my downstairs office and I wanted a speakerphone so when I was telecommuting I could call into meetings and listen to them without holding a receiver up to my ear.
I was convinced to buy this phone by the string (until recently aftet I placed my order) of rave reviews for this phone, combined with the terrible reviews for so many other speakerphones that cost less.
I’ve only had this phone for a few days, but I can say that it is attractive and seems to be built well. I called in to work and tried out the speakerphone and it seemed to work well on both ends. I heard the other party fine and the other party did said I sounded good.
I like the uncluttered controls with big number buttons and big buttons for volume and speakerphone. I didn’t have to pay for a lot of features that I don’t need.
This phone also has the added bonus of a headset input, so if I ever need to talk a whole lot from my home office, I could get a headset and talk while keeping both hands free. So far, so good.
Postscript: It’s September of 2007 and the speaker volume is now impossible to control and the unit seems to be buzzing. I can’t use it for conference calls anymore. I guess I’ll buy another one, but I’ll look around first.
OOPS! I forgot that this phone is powered by three AA batteries. They need to be replaced on occasion. When they start running down, the speakerphone gets squirrely. So, I replaced them and now the phone works fine.
Rating: 5 / 5
Hard to find a quality phone these days. This Panasonic does all the basics required for a home office, including a decent speakerphone. Note that the speakerphone uses AA batteries, not an AC adaptor. Phone does NOT need batteries to work as basic phone. Recommended, but only appears to be sold online.
Rating: 5 / 5
A mild surprise but very happy that an item actually works as advertised. Got this for my parents who have hearing disabilities and needed an alternative to those “hearing impaired” ultra-loud phones.
Very clever design yet simple and easy to operate. The actual microphone is located under the the phone towards the front. It has a little sound-gathering structure around it, so it’s best to have this phone always placed on a hard surface to maximize the little acoustic sound-gathering chamber. Since the speaker is on the top surface under where the hand-set rests, I placed a small piece of duct tape on to the button that disconnects the phone. By doing this, I don’t even connect the hand set and the unit functions as a dedicated speakerphone with one-button operation.
The sound is very natural and easily understandable even for the hearing impaired. There are sound level buttons that control the volume through the generous size speaker. The main problem for speaker phones in general is, the microphone is usually too close to the speaker and feedback squeal makes it hard for both parties communicate(i.e. speakerphone setting on most cell phones). Somehow, Panasonic got around this problem, maybe by where they located the micophone. When my parents called me with this phone, it was very, very, close to the quality of a good corded phone. Because it is a speaker phone, it will pick up a little bit of background sounds of things like,the TV and ambient room noise.
Couple of other features, it’s powered by three AA batteries, which eliminates the AC converter(wall-wart) and the usual tangle of wires that go with it. The input jack for a speaker phone is a really nice touch as well. The proceedure for programming
numbers in the memory for the speed dialer is probably the simplest I’ve seen on a telephone device ever.
We’ve tried other consumer grade speaker phones but we retuned them all because they sucked in general. This Panasonic KX-105 flat-out works. Well worth the money. I may buy a backup unit just in case Panasonic ever discontinues this model.
Rating: 5 / 5
I needed a simple solution for my office. I wanted to be able to use the phone, but not get tied down by the handset, or the headset. Here was my solution, Since the TS105B has the 2.5mm port for a headset, I purchased a Jabra A210 Bluetooth adapter along with this phone and used one of my spare bluetooth headset to stay on conference calls and yet be able to move around my office. So far… WOW!!! its worked out great. The phone is also good by itself, plus it was inexpensive through AMAZON. For anyone interested in going the route I took… you will not be disappointed.
Oh yes… you are limited to about 25 ft, or in my case as I work in a hospital where there are alot of other signals and lead lined walls… 15ft with max length at about 20 before you begin to hear static.
The phone was a great buy, as was the Jabra A210 adapter.
Rating: 4 / 5