Uniden TRU9485-2 5.8 GHz Digital Cordless Answering System with Dual Keypad and Extra Handset | 
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Rating:  238 reviews
Color: Silver and Black
Media: Electronics
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Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.3
Dimensions (in): 10 x 5 x 9
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Warranty: 1 year
MPN: TRU9485-2
Model: TRU9485-2
UPC: 050633260517
EAN: 0050633260517
ASIN: B000E60HJO
Release Date: April 1, 2006
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| Features:
| • | 5.8 GHz Digital Spread Spectrum cordless system | | • | Call Waiting Caller ID with 100-station memory | | • | IntegriSound digital answering system with memo recording | | • | DirectLink 2-way radio; 10 programmable ring tones | | • | Package includes two handsets; One-year warranty |
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Amazon.com
With a complete set of high performance features and expandable functionality, the Uniden TRU9485-2 offers a full set of convenient options for busy homes. Call Waiting Caller ID includes a 100-station memory (with subscription to local service) that allows names and numbers to be transferred between handsets or moved into the permanent 100-station speed dial. DirectLink two-way radio communication is built into each handset, allowing them to function as an in-home intercom system or baby monitor. Redial any of the last three numbers at the touch of a button, activate three-way calls or just enjoy the consistent, clear 5.8 GHz digital signal transmission. This set includes two handsets; the system is expandable to a total of ten. You can transfer incoming calls between each handset, and make use of the convenient hands-free design by using the included belt clip and built-in headset jack (headsets available separately). Easily adjust handset and ringer volume levels to your comfort, and set the handset LCD menu to one of three menu languages (English, French, or Spanish). A page button lets you quickly locate the handset if it's strayed under the couch cushions. A digital answering system is built into the base; call screening and recording are available from the handset as well. The base is wall mountable or sits sturdily on a countertop, giving you plenty of display options, and a total of 20 different ring tones (10 tones, 10 melodies) give you a variety of choices. Uniden provides a one-year warranty covering parts and service. What's in the Box:
Two cordless handsets, base, handset charger, two belt clips, two batteries, two AC adapters, telephone line cord, user's manual, warranty card
Product Description
The Uniden TRU9485 5.8GHz Expandable Cordless Phone is the perfect fit for almost any living situation. This cordless telephone has a single handset that utilizes 5.8 GHz technology, for clear and crisp reception. It reduces interference and allows you to talk a long way from the base. It also includes a digital Answering machine that's built into the base. The digital display to show the number of messages you have -- you can even use the handset to access them. Dual duplex speakerphone (Handset & Base) 100 station phone directory/dialer Store up to 2 numbers per name 100 station caller ID memory Message waiting indicator Personalized ringers Alphabetical search Light-Up or Alert Tone Expandable up to 10 handsets Toll saver Remote access Voice memo 10 station speed dial on base 2-Way radio communication between handsets -- without base intercom Up to 4-way conferencing 20 selectable ringtones (10 melodies/10 tones) Dual 3-line backlit LCD display Memory location transfer between handsets Room/baby monitoring Banner display Clock display Tone/pulse dialing Adjustable ringer/volume control Trilingual menu support - English, French, Spanish 2.5mm headset jack Belt clip Wall-mountable Color - Black
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 Superb, extensible 5.8 GHz cordless phone system July 10, 2006
redtunictroll (Earth, USA)
308 out of 321 found this review helpful
The introduction of 2.4GHz-based 802.11b/g wireless computer networks will spell the end of many 2.4GHz-based cordless phone systems. Though one can continue to use the phones, the interference they cause with wireless computer networks is a nagging problem. The solution is to either upgrade your cordless phones or your wireless computer network to 5.8GHz. For most, upgrading the phone will be simpler and cheaper than upgrading the network.
But selecting a new cordless phone is no simple proposition. There are dozens of variables to consider, and a wide range of brands, models and prices. Rather than searching primarily by price, many will find it easier to search by the specifics of their functional needs, narrow the results by reviews and brand reputation, and then narrow further by price.
My search began with these technical requirements:
5.8GHz in both directions (some manufacturers extend handset battery by using 5.8Ghz base-to-handset, and 2.4GHz handset-to-base).
Digital handset-to-base transmission, and with some form of frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology for security.
System extendable to at least three cordless handsets.
Handsets must include headphone jack and speakerphone.
Base unit must include digital answering machine.
Excellent audio (listening and speaking from handset and headphone jacks.
Useable audio (listening and speaking) from speakerphone.
Ergonomic handset with positive-touch buttons of reasonable size.
I'm particularly uninterested in cordless phones that attempt to mimic the size, weight and ergonomics of cellular handsets. I do not carry my cordless phone in my pocket, and I have no need to trade ergonomics for portability.
Items that do not concern me include:
Caller ID.
Phone book.
Cordless range longer than 25-feet.
With that, I researched dozens of products that met some or all of my basic criteria, including models from Motorola, AT&T, Uniden, Panasonic, VTech and several others. All but the Uniden TRU9485 (which is available in the base single-handset package, as well as 2- and 3-handset packages) failed one or more criteria -- typically ergonomics. The TCX905 handset (supplied with the TRU9485 system) could still use slightly larger number buttons, but compared to all the other models I inspected in person, it was the easiest to dial.
The TRU9485 has all the basics I listed above, plus many extras that are very handy:
Two handsets can participate in a call simultaneously.
Room/baby monitoring that allows any handset to monitor any other handset.
Handset-to-handset communication, either as an intercom, or directly without engaging the base.
System time and date set from any handset.
Single touch "do not disturb" button on base unit silences all ringers.
Phonebook entries can be sent from any station to any other station.
Remote answering machine control from any handset.
3 number redial list.
100 number caller ID list.
Separate mute and hold functions.
Detailed, easy-to-follow instructions.
And lots more. The system is compatible with a number of Uniden handsets, including TCX805, TCX400, TCX440, TWX977, ELX 500) and the TCX905 included with base. Everything you need is included, including batteries, belt clips, and even a phone line for the base unit.
The TX905 handset has a nice weight, and the buttons have a positive feel that lets you know when they've been pressed. The display is easy to read, and the internalized antenna is a plus.
There are very few things I dislike about this system, all of which are drawbacks with nearly every cordless system out there:
Limited ring tones/tunes.
Only three ring volume levels (off, low, high).
Short answering machine record time (12 minutes).
Answering machine security code is only 2 digits.
Always-on lights on handset base units waste power.
Overall this system is a terrific improvement over the 2.4 GHz system that it replaced, and other than the typical cheesy, electronic ringtones, there's really no major improvements I could think of. [ 2006 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]
Works like a dream ! May 9, 2006
Han32some (Burlington, MA)
148 out of 151 found this review helpful
I did not experiece the two problems mentioned below by previous reviewers:
1. I have comcast phoneline & this Uniden system works great.
2. It comes with all Cordless batteries. It doesn't come with a 9V battery, how difficult is it find one at walmart/target. This comes with all the accessories needed.
I added 6 handsets. The entire house is co-ordinated so well:
Best features I love are:
1. Monitor any room you want in a flash
2. Privacy option prevents your guests monitoring you
3. Do not disturb button keeps all units quiet.
4. Global settings. Awesome - you set the settings in base, it applies automatically to all other units.
5. you can label each handset.
6. registering the handset to the base was a dream, put the handset in the base for 5 sec & you are done.
7. walkie-talkie feature
8. check messages from any handset.
9. all handsets have a red blinking light if there is a message. so, no need to run to base to check messages.
10. you can record a conversation.
11. you can enter your local area code, so when you dial local #s, no need to dial area code.
I just got it a week ago & it works like a dream. I will provide an update in a month or so.
Solid value and great performance November 11, 2006
M. Donnelly (San Jose, CA)
78 out of 79 found this review helpful
I bought this phone after returning an AT&T 5.8 GHz cordless set. I was a little wary because of the poor quality of the AT&T phone, but the reviews on Amazon gave me the confidence to try this Uniden model.
The reviews here are spot-on. The phone has excellent range and voice quality, and its minor detractors are just that--minor. Here are my observations:
PROs:
- This system is expandable to 10 handsets (including the handset on the base). This gives maximum flexibility in deploying in your home or small office. DON'T BE CONFUSED. Get the TCX905 handset ($29.99 MSRP). This is the one that is recommended for/provided with this phone--I believe Amazon recommends some other handset.
- Very good voice quality. Clear signal, no interference. This was a major detractor for the AT&T phone.
- 20 ring tones (10 musical, 10 ringers). You also have the ability to set personal ringtones for people in your address book. You can set different ring tones on each handset.
- Up to 100 numbers in your address book. HOWEVER, the phone book and CID system share memory, so it's a TOTAL of 100 numbers. Hm. But each phone book entry can have 2 numbers--so you don't have to have multiple name entries for person (e.g. Mom home, Mom work). However, the multiple entries are not delimited by text, so you have to remember which is home and which is work.
- DirectLink "walkie talkie" mode. You can set two phones into direct mode and do a walkie talkie system. However, you also have an intercom capability as well.
- Multiple handset "conference" call capabilities. If you pick up a call on one handset, someone else can join in just by turning on a second handset. Dropping off is easy...just turn off the phone. There's also a privacy mode in each handset that enables you to turn off this function.
- Do Not Disturb function: Can be set on the base--it will turn off all the ringers on all the handsets.
- Advanced Caller ID. Capable of normal caller ID, plus Call Waiting caller ID.
- Caller ID to phone book. Can store a caller's info into the directory.
- Room/baby monitor. Can listen to the sounds from any room that has a base/handset.
- Speakerphone on base and handsets. Nice!
- Customizable handset banners. Name them for the room where they belong!
- Remote access. Standard stuff. Only a two-digit security code, though.
- One key speed dial. Set up to 10 speed dial numbers. Press the speed dial number and hold, and it will bring up the corresponding speed dial entry. It doesn't dial until you're ready, just in case you picked the wrong speed dial.
- Normal answering machine features. Call screen, toll saver, etc. I wish it had a dial-out notification.
CONs:
- No dial in/remote room monitoring. This would be nice, to dial into the system and hear what's going on.
- Phone books and CID shared, but not synchronized. You have to copy the phone books from one handset to another instead of it being sync'd across all handsets. You also have to delete CID from each individual handset.
- Base display is a little convoluted and confusing. The only way you can see if the answering machine is on/off is when it's actually off (an icon appears). This was a little confusing. Most machines have a little glow light/button that turns the machine on or off. You have to do this through the UI.
- Shorter answering machine record time. Only 12 minutes, up to 59 messages.
All in all, this is an excellent choice and value.
Excellent so far! July 16, 2006
Jeffrey Picard (Wisconsin)
50 out of 50 found this review helpful
I purchased this phone only a few days ago but already I'm quite impressed with it. Initially, I got the 2-pack and then picked up an extra two handsets. I'll give a quick rundown of my pro's and con's. Many of these things have already been covered by other reviews but here goes anyway:
PROS:
1. Excellent sound quality on both ends of the conversation. This includes the speakerphone which is one of the best I've yet owned.
2. Fairly compact and attractive with no protruding antenna.
3. Extra handsets are very cheap. They cost well under half what the handsets for my VTech phone ran.
4. Very nice menu's. Menu's are well laid out and quite intuitive. I love the "Global Settings" menu which allows you to set the time and date as well as several other basic settings form one handset and apply it to all the others. This is also the case with the phonebook. I was thrilled to find that I didn't have to enter all of my contacts over and over again for each unit. Simply enter them on one handset and it's an easy matter to copy them over to all the others. Speed dial and personalized ringer setting will not transfer, however, so you'll need to set those up at each station.
5. Handset buttons are perfectly sized and have a very distinctive "click" feel when pressed.
6. Registering a new handset is as simple as placing it in the base-station cradle for 5 seconds. That's it.
7. The inter-network capabilities of this phone are great. The intercom works perfectly and I love the Room Monitor function. The phone also has a feature called "Direct Link" which allows the handsets to be used as two-way radios. I haven't played with that feature yet so I can't comment on it but if it works as advertised it would be a very nice function.
8. Everything about the answering machine! I love the ability to completely control the answering machine from any of the handsets. Also, the blinking "Message Waiting" light on each handset is a welcome feature.
CONS:
1. Relatively short answering machine time of 12 minutes. For me this isn't really a problem but if you get a ton of messages then it could be on the short side.
2. As stated above, I like the blinking "Message Waiting" light on each handset but I just wish it would either blink faster or simply stay on constantly.
3. I wish the backlight on the base station would remain on constantly. Seeing as this unit is on constant AC power it would be nice to have the option to let this light remain on. This would make it easier to see the current time or number of messages waiting.
4. Like most expandable phone systems the extra handset bases are light as a feather. I wish manufacturers would simply put a little piece of metal in them to make them a little more stable.
All of my "CONS" I consider to be of very minor significance. I must have owned at least a dozen different phones in the past few years and so far this one is my favorite.
Finally it's my turn to comment on this phone set! Yea! January 30, 2007
J. Donaldson (Camarillo, CA USA)
35 out of 35 found this review helpful
1) Why I bought what I bought
We had a 900MHz cordless Panasonic with voice recorder for about 8 years. We also have had a very simple 900MHz Sony cordless for about 12 years. Both actually worked well but each had issues.
The Panasonic had to be disassembled every three months so we could clean the keypad contacts with alcohol as they had some kind of oily liquid that interfered with the contact. The Panasonic also had a bit of a strange user interface. For example one had to click down then right on the "joystick" button to select the directory before selecting a name to dial. The handset operation of the voice recorder was so cryptic that we always used the base.
The Sony worked quite well except the listening volume, with only two settings, was too low so we only used that phone to answer when in the bedroom. If we had to make a call we would use the Panasonic so we would have good volume.
My sister recently bought a Uniden TRU9485-2 and loves it so I started doing some research. I checked Amazon user comments on a lot of cordless phones, including a number of Uniden models, and it was clear that this particular model had the highest user rating so I dug in to learn more. Then made the decision to buy.
Amazon's free shipping is something I always pay attention to and wanted to take advantage of it this time. Strange though that the TRU9485-2 (indicating TWO handsets) is not sold and shipped by Amazon. However the TRU9485 with one handset IS sold and shipped by Amazon as is the TRU9485-3 with three handsets. So I bought a TRU9485 plus an extra handset TCX905 and the total of the two was just $3 more than this two handset model but with free shipping! I even called Amazon about the strange situation that they don't sell and ship the two handset model but they could only give me a standard answer.
I also bought a TWX977 waterproof, floating handset which I will review.
2) My observations
First I really like to read the least flattering comments of users to see what they don't like. Two things stood out. 1) The range isn't as good as they hoped. 2) The volume isn't loud enough (a big concern for me as our Sony is almost useless because of low listening volume). So the first thing I checked was the range and volume.
We live in a standard California tract home of somthing less than 1/4 acre. I walked the phone to every corner of our lot including to the far corner of the garage which has a tent trailer and boat so there is pleanty of metal to block a signal. The phones performed flawlessly to the extend of my property.
The volume is adequate on the earpiece, and loud on the speakerphone in the handset. On a scale of 1-10, where 1 is silent, 10 is too loud and 8 is what I would hope for, I would rate the volume a 6-7. It is fine in a normal home noise environment but if there were more noise it may be hard to hear. Not bad enough to send it back though. The sound quality is tip-top.
Features: When I read through the feature set before the purchase I thought it was a bit overloaded, but you can always ignore features you don't need. The thing that impresses me is how good the user interface is which makes all of the features pretty easy to use. My wife is not a techno person but in this case I think she will use the handset to listen to voice messages because it is very straight forward. There is even a vocal help message available on the handset to walk you through the keys required to operate the voice recorder from the handset. Cool. The orange backlight display and keypad add to the ease of use.
One feature that doesn't seem too useful for us is the phone-to-phone DirectLink option. You must first negotiate with both people holding the handsets that you will go into DirectLink mode before you can use this feature. It just seemed like the intercom would be much more useful. So we will simply ignore that feature.
The speakerphone in the handsets is very functional and already has been used and useful. I was on a 1/2 hour call this morning (just got the phones last night) and was able to switch to speakerphone so I could accomplish a couple of small tasks while listening, then switched back to the regular mode. The speakerphone is clear and loud; very handy to have it on every handset. I also tried the headset from my Panasonic and it worked perfectly on the Uniden.
The backlighted handset keys have a nice sold feel. The layout of the soft keys at the top, and the 4 way rocker switch is logical. The base keys are also backlight and have a logical layout.
Programming the handset phone book is easy, and you can transfer the phone book entries to the other phones either by transfering ALL or the SELECTED number. However it does not transfer the speed dial settings. Also if you enter JACK CELL and transfer it then decide to rename it to just JACK and transfer it to another handset you'll see the second handset now has two entries one named JACK CELL and the other just JACK. It apparently matches up the name and isn't smart enough to delete the old one and replace it with the new one. These handset-to-handset copy irritations could have been done better but certainly not enough to reject the set. I suppose some would find the ability to have different setups on each handset to be a positive feature. For our house it seems best if every phone works exactly the same way. A "Copy Exact" feature would have been nice.
We also purchased the TWX977 waterproof, floating handset for use outside by the pool and spa. I will keep this one in the garage so I can use it with dirty or wet hands, then move to the back yard when needed. We filled the sink and sure enough it floats. It has all the same features as the other handsets except it does not have a headset phone jack. It's built quite well, looks and feels sturdy, floats and can go to 9 foot depth so will be safe around our 8' deep pool. I have a Uniden VHF radio for my Personal Watercraft and the VHF has had a lot of salt water baths and it is still working fine so I think Uniden knows how to design waterproof equipment.
My wife and I were on a 1/2 hour conference call this morning, each with a handset so we could roam the house independently. We were able to be in the same room for the first time because the conversation was "in sync." Previously we used the Sony and Panasonic and there was a noticable delay between the two phones so if we were in the same room it was like hearing double when my wife was speaking - one voice direct from her mouth and the second delayed voice coming through the phone.
All in all I am very pleased with this Uniden TRU9485. Oh yea it looks better than our older phones, and not having an antenna sticking out helps too. I put the belt clip on all three phones and it helps when I jam the phone between my cheek and shoulder for a few moments to have both hands free.
I'm glad my sister recommended this phone. If you are looking at Uniden models this one seems to have a higher user acceptance than the other Uniden models so don't apply my comments to any other than the TRU9485.
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