BT Decor 2600 CID TAM: Answer Machine + Call Blocker + Caller Display - Hands-Free Speakerphone (Corded) - Caller ID, TrueCall Advanced Blocking, White

excellent phone arrived safely awaiting the BT engineer who came yesterday. He transferred messages from old Decor [which i now realise was on the blink and not working correctly] to new pristine Decor and it is working perfectly. I phoned my grandson who had originally suggested the phone be changed and to my relief it has a pre-recorded message on the answerphone, and so all good. It was not the Wi-Fi, the new phone from a small business has made the difference. interestingly, you can press out the number and when you pick up the receiver it dials it.

Bought for an older Neighbour who’s been receiving lots of sales and scam calls. It got to the point where she was frightened to pick up the phone. This excellent phone has a good display, clear buttons, a loud ringer and a system to protect from receiving and to block unwanted callers (calls can also be diverted to the answer machine) and other useful facilities - BUT! It is VERY difficult to read the screen as it's not illuminated! So you can't see who is calling due to there being no backlighting. A real design flaw as this is obviously a phone made for older people. If the Block button is used, please pay attention to the details written underneath the handset - else new callers won't be connected and the receiver will be met with silence at the end of the line. This requires a learning curve that might make this phone a little tricky to use. I’ve had to input all the important numbers which took a while, but totally worth it so this Neighbour won’t be harassed anymore.

This is a nice little phone, needed because my cordless ones always seem to die just as I pick one up to answer a call. It is easy to set up, provided you use your imagination a bit. The handbook is reasonably informative but does make a big play of the Guardian feature, which is potentially useful but somewhat overplayed in my view. If you have caller ID the best use of the Big Red Button is to terminate the call instead of allowing it to ring until the caller gives up. You cannot block calls without a number, eg International, Unavailable, which is what most nuisance calls are. I have had caller ID for many years and simply ignore calls I am not sure about. I now have a couple of other ways of dealing with them if I so choose, providing there is a number I can block. The sound quality is excellent both on handset and speaker. The display contrast can be set to be usefully high. it's a very minor point but for me a great relief that all you need to do to make a call is to pick up the receiver and put it down when you've finished. You don't have to remember to press green or red buttons, multiple times or at all. Loading the directory is easy, if a bit time consuming, but in this price range you can't expect to be able to simply stick your SIM card in. You can turn down the ring tone so that it doesn't deafen you. The keys are nice and big. I haven't set up the answer machine yet, preferring to rely on 1571 for the time being. I will probably set it up later if only to remove the rather lugubrious message which is the factory default. You don't have to trawl through your entire address book to find a number, just hit the appropriate letter on the keypad and search on that letter. Sounds obvious but the handbook doesn't tell you. Recommended.

Nice phone l am keeping this thank you

The product was well made and worked well, but the voice indicating the 'Answer was on' was loud but muffled. My programmed 'Answer response' was also muffled and the display is a little dark. Apart from these issues, everything else worked fine. Although I have had the phone a few days I am still wondering whether or not to send it back. I don't engage the Answer Phone very often and as the rest works well, I might just live with the short-comings.

FANTASTIC PRODUCT VERY EASY TO USE AND SET UP WILL WORK WITH AN EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM WILL ALOW YOU TO BLOCK UNWANTED CALLS AND FULLY REMEMBERS WHAT CALLS YOU HAVE MADE AND YOU HAVE RECEIVED AND STORE THEM DIRECTLY INTO YOUR CONTACTS SECTION PRODUCT MADE FROM VERY HIGH QUALITY MATERIAL THAT WILL NOT BREAK AND CRACK AND LOSE COLOUR AND SHINE IN YEARS TO COME

For any seniors who need or just prefer a landline, this is really easy to use. The only annoyance is that the cord keeps tangling.

At 70 years old and an ex-artilleryman, I am a bit deaf, but this is nice and loud, and the built-in answering machine is very useful. I am an old codger so it took a while and a bit of practice to know what the settings are but I know what to do on the settings that I use now and all the buttons are a good size. I don't personally use the call blocking feature or add contact numbers, as I find that a little complex.