Do you need a base station for this phone to work?
460159
Yes, this handset is strictly a slave to a base station. The cradle the phone sits in is only a battery charger and has no place to plug in a phone line or Internet connection,
1679687
Yes but you will need a receiver card to install in the phone to make it work.
1914083
Yes, when we ordered ours, it included a charging base station for the handset. In the picture, the handset is resting on the charging station.
779097
They can work with a base station, but it is not required. We used just the two units, but found the volume too soft to be useful.
280187
No, this is just the handset, there is no where to plug the phone line into. You need the base.
1067388
You have to have a land line. They said they are working on the unit to be able to call cell phone. The system works well other than that
900687
You must have the base phone. Then can add several (6?) slave phones to system.
1568202
The phone needs a SIM card to work. You can get one from your cellphone company.
312367
The handset itself will work; the base itself--that is, the device that has the "brains" of the system--is unique. Just try it.
2200911
If you just buy one, it will already be registered to the base station. If you want to register additional handsets to that base station, follow the instructions under "Register new handsets" in the user manual.
1872666
Yes, you do need the base. However, this expensive phone system has not worked well for us. It has some sound quality issues on all three phones we purchased.
466727
Yes. You only need to hooked up the base unit to the phone line. It works well.
47808
No, it is only a portable handset for the base phone and must be activated from the base.
1744388
The base system is used with a landline, but the company web site says you may buy a Bluetooth adapter to work will a cell phone
786558
No base station needed. You just use a web browser with the IP of the camera to view.
881014
You must have one base station which comes with a phone set and you can purchase from 1 to 11 additional phones, total 12. Just order this item and two expansion phones to total 4. If you order two of this item you will have too many base stations. I have one base station and 4 expansion stations for a total of 5 phones in the house.
1154108
The base station would not work upon arrival. I returned the complete system