Does the phone work when the power goes out?
1877371
If you have a standard phone jack...this phone is a standard no frills phone. It has no electrical cord or batteries for functions you do not need for a phone to make a call or receive a call. It is not an alarm. It is not a hands free. It is not a cordless. I was tired of hearing garbled or diminished staticky reception. This phone has beautiful clarity which we have not experienced for YEARS! We had phones in this house which were obviously inferior. NOW to your most important question...keep or make sure you have a true land line. We bundled our cable, home phone, and internet with a cable company. When we first subscribed 10 years ago, it was questionable if the phone would still work during power outages and/or with 911 OR when cable service goes out. We still on occasion will experience a problem when the cable service goes completely dead. Check with your service provider and grill them on your concerns. This phone will more than likely not be the problem. This is a standard old fashioned phone that is still manufactured as a quality product because businesses and hotels/motels need to have these. Cellphones are unreliable and overrated and do not serve the primary purpose RELIABLY to call someone when you NEED to call someone. I hope my observations help.
1877372
That hasn't happened to us since we got the phone. I assume that it will, just because the old phones used to. You can call Cortelco customer service to ask. They are extremely helpful.
1877373
Yes it does that is the we also had when our power goes out we still have a phone.
730829
The cord phone will work with out the power cord incase of a power outage but the answering machine will not work unless it is plugged into a wall outlet, same with the cordless phone.
1002542
Yes, it will work when there is no power. This is the sole reason why I purchased this phone as my previous one was on its way out.
1427664
I would think only if your phone system loses power or the unit had a bad batter.
1054896
I don't believe so - the plus part of the phone is that when the power goes out this phone still has caller ID ans it is corded.
1140593
I wish I could help you, but so far, I have not experienced a power outage where I live since I purchased the set. I still have a plain old plug into the wall telephone outlet phone just in case.
1986274
I have not experienced a power outage since purchasing the phone. However I did program the phone with approximately 20 names and phone numbers. I then unplugged and repacked the the phone in the original box. It remained there for 2 weeks. When I arrived at my father's I opened the box, installed the phones and all the names and phone numbers were as I installed them 2 weeks previous. Because we had call display the time/date sets automatically. Hope this helps.
1393409
This phone need to be plugged in to a phone jack. Sometimes we get a power outage and our phones go dead. This is the reason why we got this phone that goes only to a phone jack. Good phone and we like it
1668158
Yes, the corded base station will still work, but some of the features will not. Having the security of the phone during a power outage gives great peace of mind.
1182819
Kinda lousy engineering, but the answer is, no. Power goes out and the base station is dead.
590350
It will work to receive calls without the power supply plugged in, and if I recall correctly, you can also make outgoing calls. The display is blank without a power supply plugged in. I don't remember if the caller id directory shows the history for the period when the phone was unplugged.Regards, Dan
490568
Only works if the power is on for voip/vonage type phone service. Traditional land line phone service is powered through the phone company and would still work during a power outage.
1288852
If the power goes out it would stop working yes. It has a switch on the side of it so if you left it alone as soon as the power comes back on so will the camera. Hope this helps!
1336907
I think that this phone plugs into a regular phone jack. It should work without AC electric power.
519345
The optional 9 Volt battery does not come with the phone. It has to be purchased separately. If you haven't installed the battery, the display will always read LOW BATT. From the manual: This phone operates during a power failure if a working battery is installed. You are able to answer calls with the handset and dial calls using the dial pad keys and the one-touch or redial features. No other features work until power is restored. All programming is retained during a power failure.
1288855
It will not work when the power goes out. But the on/off is a switch and it remains in the in position, so u won't have to go back in the room
1828920
NO. I have it plugged into my computer battery back up so I can use it when the power goes out.