AT&T CD4930 Corded Phone with Digital Answering System and Caller ID, Extra-Large Tilt Display & Buttons, Black

Good Quality, Excellent Sound, Easy to use, Functions Well, No EMF
I wanted a corded answering machine to avoid EMF from cordless phones and cell phones, and after buying several different stand-alone answering machines that had crappy sound quality and features, I bought this corded phone answering machine. I have been very pleased with the quality and features. The large display is easy to read, the function buttons operate and are laid out logically, sound quality of call recordings, the greeting, and on the handset is excellent, and plenty loud, even for those who are hard of hearing. There is a large easy to use volume control button on the phone face, so it’s easy to adjust the ringer, recording, handset, or speaker phone volume on the fly.Initial setup is intuitive enough that I didn’t need the manual to set it up. The screen has amber colored backlighting when a call comes in or when you press any button on the phone. It’s easy to read even from a few feet away, but not sure if color blind people may have a problem with the amber backlighting. The power button is a large red lighted button when on, and the message indicator is a large red flashing button that is easy to see from a distance.The phone does NOT require batteries, and since I have it connected to a hard-wired landline, it uses the land line’s phantom power to keep settings when we have frequent power outages/blips, so I don’t have to reset anything after a power outage. I don’t know if it will do this on a VOIP line. You can make calls during a power outage, at least with a hard land line, but the display won’t work, unless you have the phone’s power supply connected to a UPS.You can record your own custom greeting or use an auto announcement.One caveat, if you pick up a call from an extension, the phone shows it as a missed call on its screen, which I couldn’t care less about since I only care about messages, but you can easily scroll through the call log on screen to see any missed calls.Also annoying, if a call comes in and the answering machine picks up and then you pick up on the phone or an extension, the recorder will not shut off, and broadcast your call through the speaker. The only way to stop this is to unplug the power supply.You can wall mount the phone. I see in other reviews references to the instructions being only in Spanish, this was not the case with my phone.

Fácil de usar para los adultos mayores y super práctico para ellos por los sonidos fuertes y letras y números grandes y a mi mamá le encantó pues el identificador muestra número y nombre de quien te habla (obviamente el nombre si lo tienes guardado en el directorio) y aveces no necesita los lentes para ver la pantalla.El color blanco no me gusta pero cuando vi el teléfono me encantó porque en la parte de abajo y en los lados es color gris claro y se ve padrísimo, lo quería negro pero es más caro y en blanco está super bien por que obvio es más claro y fácil de ver para los adultos mayores.Lo único malo en este teléfono es que tiene poca capacidad para registrar y/o guardar números en el directorio y que cuando se activa la grabadora, se graban los ruidos o voces que hay en casa y si no quieres contestar una llamada pues sabrán que si estás; así que la grabadora funciona perfecto se escucha muy bien la voz de los mensajes.Tengo poco tiempo con el teléfono espero que no empiece a fallar antes o después del año.

I bought one of these phones and my wife liked it so much, I bought another one for her. The phone has lots of features: for instance speaker phone, and very large number buttons that are easy to see. We find it to be a very user friendly phone. It will store lots of phone numbers of friends and family, as well as speed dial stored contacts.