Product Description GE Digital Telephone Answerer with 3 Message Mailboxes and 2 Digital Outgoing Announcements, 30 Minute Recording Time, Touch Tone Remote and Message Retrival System. From the Manufacturer Corded 29861GE2 Digital Answering System Ideal for small offices or busy roommates, the GE 29861GE2 is a completely digital answering system containing three mailboxes. The call-screening speaker allows you to answer only the calls you want to; you can even set the precise number of rings before the machine picks up. With 30 minutes of memory, you won't worry about running out of space, and you can easily set a time limit for individual messages. Each incoming message automatically receives a time-date stamp, and simple controls offer the options of listening to only the new messages or listening to every message, along with deleting, saving, or skipping. Remote access allows you to check in while at work or on vacation, and with the addition of a 9-volt battery, the machine is able to save messages even through a power outage. Digital Answerer with up to 30 Minutes Record Time and 2 Digital Outgoing Announcements: Better reliability. No tapes or tape decks to break, jam or wear out. Digital microchip provides instant playback of messages. Three Message Mailboxes: Family members can receive messages in their own mailboxes. No need to listen to messages for others. Digital Message Counter: Displays number of new messages received. Auto Disconnect: Outgoing announcement automatically stops and resets when any phone in the house is answered. Call Screening: Allows user to listen to caller leaving a message. Message Scan: Allows quick review of incoming messages. Plays first five seconds of each message. Ring-Select Switch with Toll Saver (2-8, TS): Gives user a choice of how many rings before answerer takes a call. Toll saver delays answering if there are no messages, so if you are calling long distance to check messages, you can hang up and avoid paying for the call.
J**N
Wonderful Answering Machine
I debated between a three mailbox machine and a four mailbox machine but this one took my vote hands down. It's perfect for us, the set up is easy and we are able to retrieve messages from other locations at the touch of a button. The messages stay on the machine after we retrieve them in case we missed something. When we get home, there they are. It's perfect for families with 3 members, each can have their own security code to retrieve their messages. It works well with our caller id as well. I would recommend this GE Digital Answering Machine to everyone.
S**Y
ouch - loses everything on power failure
I am surprised that the cheap AT&T answering machine we got 4 years ago still outperforms this new machine. GE really didn't get a few things right on this.The biggest problem is that on power failure it loses outgoing message, time, and worst -- all your incoming messages. This is simply unacceptable. They do have a 9v battery backup, but a year later that will be dead and you could lose messages. My older digital (not tape) machine doesn't have this problem, and when I can get a 16GB SDRAM card for my camera for $25, it seems they can solve this problem :)Recorded voice quality of the outgoing message is worse than current machine - a little crackly. No way to rewind a few seconds, just go back to start of message.Aside from that it seems an OK machine, but the memory problem is a real death cookie for us.
Z**E
Versatile machine at a great price
The digital answering machine this machine replaced was a piece of junk compared to it. This one has multiple voice mail boxes and two outgoing messages you can switch between. The quality of the recording is good too. You can set how long a message the caller can leave, number of rings before the machine picks up and a security code if you pick up messages from the answering machine on the road. Now let's see how long it lasts.
J**N
GE 29861GE2 Digital Answering System w/3 Mailboxes
Easy to set up and for people to start using right away.Attractive, rounded design with gray-toned buttons arranged in a circle.Flexible--use one mailbox or up to 3.Works fine with phone/fax (in ths case Brother Personal Fax 275).Also received several comments on how pleasant the female voice is that automatically answers calls until (or unless) you change it.
C**G
Good enough
It does its job. The sound quality is not the very best, but it's good enough. For the price, it's a nice answering machine. What really surprised me is that if you make the outgoing message right, people WILL hit the number for the mailbox they want, so it's pretty much guaranteed that any messages in mailbox one (the default if the caller doesn't specify) will be junk.
T**Y
It worked well when I used it
It worked well for the time I used it, but now it is somewhat outdated. I haven't had it connected for years now as most of it's features are built in to the phone systems I have used recently. If it is something you can use, it is well built and this one still works after over 5 years (tried it before writing this).
D**K
It does what I need it to do.
We needed an old fashion machine that can handle mailboxes. It would have been nice if each mail box could have its own answering message. It only allows a general message to use.Other than that, it is OK.
J**T
Needs a beep
There is no beep, so people leaving messages are often not sure they should start speaking and messages end up not very good.
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