Do I have to buy and use a base station, or can I just get the door bell and one phone? Do you need the base station to register the door bell and ph
236940
Yes you have to buy the base and the other phone. Not sure if you can find anyone seeking the base and camera, I caled v tech and they said no.
236941
Yes, as far as I can tell you need the base station to make the entire system work. The satellite stations are only chargers. You need to base station to connect everything together, but it works perfectly.
236942
Yes 1 base station is required to connect to your phone line and to connect to the doorbell function.
236943
You need the base station. I found this unit at Walmart. Since then, I have never found it there again. I needed another doorbell for the back door so I found it at Amazon. The price for the complete unit was the same as Walmart. The reason for my purchase was my husband. He was very ill, and under Hospice care. This worked great. He could communicate with me from any where in our home. Also when visitors came to the door, he could see them and communicate with them without actually going to the door. Hospice thought this was a great tool.
1316393
You need the base unit to operate all the handsets. The handsets are like satellite units that relay the signal from the base unit. They can be added on to or as replacements to the base unit set that usually comes with extra handsets to have handy in other rooms. The handsets come with just a charging stand and do not need a phone line to be plugged into. When you program numbers into the directory they work in all the units and it is simple for one unit to call another.
1057490
Yes. This model has a speaker phone built into the base station. Plus, each handset can also function as a speaker phone independent of the base.
1863949
Yes. I have the base station and two extensions. Each has their own dial pad. The "dial" on the base station has other functions, like fast forwarding through voice mails. I love it.
1786081
Real simple. There is a "pairing" feature which the user's manual walks you through. I have 3 handsets attached to a single base station. They all work great! Have been using them for about 18-months. No issues...
999331
You need to be able to plug the base unit into a power outlet and a phone jack (land line). Once you've done that the unit can call cell phones or land lines in case of emergency. We have ours set to call 1 land line and 3 cell phones with no problems so far.
1984942
correct - stand alone phone. though note that the same phone is being sold without the base station, and these phones are NOT stand alone. You must make sure that you buy the one with the base station, not just the handset.
204352
You had to have Caller ID with your service provider and costs will vary. Other than that there isn't a charge to use it, just plug it into the phone line and let it do it's thing. Everything works as advertised.
958645
Yes, I recently successfully added a Uniden handset to my RadioShack phone system. The bases, however, do not link up. So while you can call all handsets registered to the same base, you cannot 'call' an additional base, or handsets registered to that base. Handsets can also be deregistered by following the instructions at their website so you can register them to the base of your choice.
1653653
Only the base set needs to be connected via phone line (and it's the only one that CAN be connected). The secondary handset and base simply need to be plugged in to an electrical outlet.My only frustration with the phone is that the "ringer" is so terribly quiet--even when cranked up to its loudest. Is hardly audible from another room--and certainly not when the TV is on.
665875
I originally bought the base unit and one additional handset (TGA939T). plugged them in and followed directions--seamless. Later bought another handset; basically "plug and play".
515506
Now that you have the base unit including a handset, yes, you can buy additional handsets without buying another base. What you have expandable, so you can buy extra handsets to add to your phone system. You can buy them at
66690
I really don't know...so sorry...we bought these a while ago. I don't really know what a base station is.
1751443
You need both the door bell push button and the base which has the chime in it. The number and type of ring is set by moving a jumper in the bell. With the base we have one is set to two rings for one door and the other is set to one ring.
198566
As I have just finished talking with technical support on 10-23-2015 please be aware that these range extenders do count as handset. Therefore if you already registered 6 handsets with your base unit, this unit will not register with your base unit. You can have a maximum combination of 6 units (including range extenders and handsets) registered at any one time to your base unit. Prior information in this thread is inaccurate or out of date.
1792282
I just installed this system. Unless you use this brand components you can not connect an already installed setup to this base station.
1760755
Great phone, but requires a base station (sold separately). We have 3 of these extensions hooked up to a single base station. Excellent sound, great battery, an no static. Great phone!