I am looking for corded phone with caller id that does not require electrical outlet, batteries only. Could this be the one?
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The telephone itself will function w/o external power. The phone part is powered by the phone line. The answering machine part will not function if there is no external power. The phone does not use any batteries at all. So yes, it will work as a phone w/o external AC power, but just as a basic phone with no messaging function.
883062
Yes, this is the phone you are looking for. I uses batteries, no electrical outlet, and it has caller ID. The phone works great for me.
283269
I have not had trouble with cordless phones, but you must have land line not satelite phone hook up.you also need power to the ringer
1336907
I think that this phone plugs into a regular phone jack. It should work without AC electric power.
515926
Yes, Bob, you do. FYI This caller id did not last very long. My phone quit working and the phone people realized that it was a faulty caller id.I junked it and ordered a Bellsouth product. I have always had good results from their products.
1826964
I have caller id with my phone company...so I am not sure if it would work if you did not have that option.
2196114
Yes, you connect it to your landline and it does require an outlet for the base unit. This is a elegant cordless phone, not "crap" like another reviewer said. If you like the clean styling that Apple products have, you might really like it. However, its features may or may not suit everyone. I like it, although its range is not quite what I expected.
215197
Any corded phone will work. I used a bottom-of-the-line 5.00 phone from WalMart. It worked very well.
1486763
No, this is an accessory handset only-requires a CS6419, CS6428 or CS6429 series phone to operate. This unit comes with a base unit with its own AC Power cord. For further FYI got to http://www.vetch.com and check out the accessory link.
1826250
Yes you must plug in a wired phone line either a regular land line from a phone company or a VOIP phone line from a VOIP company to make this alarm call phone numbers. There is no cordless-phone-type feature with this unit.
1046103
Yeah. It's a piece of cake to install. You just plug the cord that it comes with into your phone jack and take the cord from your non-caller id phone and plug it into your caller id. You can plug in the electric jack into a wall outlet or just use batteries...your call.
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I didn't know it did need batteries.I have it on the wall, plugged into the telephone line.It works just fine...no batteries that I know of.As another reviewer said, it is a wall phone. The "od fashioned kind".My grandkids didn't even know what it was, hanging on the wall. :)
2259342
Batteries are needed for the caller ID to light up. No power cord is needed.
1794384
no it is not a cordless phone but I absolutely love the phone, I got it as a birthday gift for my sister, the color is wonderful and every single time someone comes over they threatened to steal it lol , I give this 5 stars!!!
134037
Linda, order replacement batteries from the numbers found on the old batteries. I started my search by using the brand and model number of the cordless phone and didn't get anywhere.
1597979
the caller id is not battery operated, it requires the ac adapter. the only other connections are to the wall jack and to the phone.
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Hi! You can hook up the BASE of this phone to a regular land line (with normal telephone jack), and then the VOIP841 handset can be used to make normal landline calls. You can switch between land line and Skype Internet calling.If you are asking if you can use another cordless phone with this product instead of the supplied cordless phone, the answer is NO.If you are already subscribing to caller ID on your landline service, then YES this phone will show you the caller ID. But not if you are not subscribing to caller ID.
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It requires batteries only if you want to use ALL features of the phone. Without batteries the phone works fine (you can make and receive calls), the speakerphone works great and the display works for making and receiving calls (you see the number you are dialing, but it is not backlit). Without batteries you can't use Caller ID, and the display is never backlit. It also briefly displays a "check batteries" message each time you use the phone. I don't care about the battery-dependent functions because I just wanted a phone that would make and receive calls during a power outage, and the screen works sufficiently to do that during an outage. I hate using batteries if I don't have to so I haven't ever put them in. I'm sure it can do other things too that would work if I used the batteries, but I've never tried. If you are looking for a basic phone you can keep plugged into a phone jack without the need for AC power OR batteries -- this is it. It will ring for incoming calls, show the number you are dialing for outgoing calls and the sound is great. As a bonus the speakerphone works without batteries, Call Waiting still works fine (if you have it) and so do the MUTE and FLASH buttons on the phone. I haven't tried Audio Assist so I don't know if it's battery dependent. It's a real cost-saver that you DON'T have to put in any batteries to get all the basic phone functions. This makes it a truly great backup phone -- but because the sound and speakerphone are so great I use mine daily in my home office. (However I still use it without batteries because I already have an answering machine and call log on the main house phone). One more thing...if you're just keeping it in a closet until the power fails...you won't have to find batteries for the phone. Save those for your flashlight ;) Show