RCA 1104-1BKGA 1-Handset Landline Telephone, Black

Promptly arrived. It took about 3 minutes to install and set up. Works exactly as advertised. I'm not sure why others complained about the caller ID display. It shows up fine, even in low light conditions. Great voice reception, too. For the price, it would be hard to beat. I neat little item that sits by our couch, unobtrusively, so we can easily tell if it's worth our effort to answer the phone! Terrific!By the way, if you have any problems setting it up, simply disconnect the phone, take out the batteries, and try again.

Seems (so far) to be a good phone for its type. It rings, the caller ID works, it stores numbers and the sound is good. However, when a call comes in, the caller ID is very difficult to read even at the high 'contrast' setting-- an option this phone does offer though I don't know why. It doesn't really make the 'readability' any better unless the phone is in a very well lit room. Also the directions for 'set up' are confusing -- they seem to be for a completely different phone as the buttons on the phone don't match up (by name)to the ones given in the directions. I really wish someone would make an exceptional, simple, land line phone. But of all the ones I've tried, this phone does work well and it is comfortable to hold and have against one's ear.

Ever since Hurricane Sandy, I've been glad I kept an old fashioned, corded telephone. It was the ONLY thing that worked after almost two weeks of no electricity! (Shame that so many friends and family members who had cordless or cell phones were totally out of power; I picked the phone up and there was a dial tone that worked! Thanks, Ma Bell!)My old GE wall phone had a problem with the caller ID. I couldn't get it to work, so I purchased this RCA number.It's lightweight, much easier to replace batteries than the GE. It'd be fine except for one thing that isn't spelled out - there is NO dial tone if you don't put batteries in it.I get that you need batteries for the Caller ID, but why would you need them just to get a dial tone? That's definitely not a plus, part. if you forget to replace them and another hurricane comes along!The other thing is, that for all the batteries, the caller ID is VERY hard to see. It's almost as hard to read as the freaking directions; I'm going to sit down with a microscope and see if somewhere it's hidden how you can increase the contrast to make the Caller ID actually visible (if anyone knows, save me 7 hours and post it below.)I'm keeping it, simply because there are so few wall phone choices and it was cheap enough. But it sure seems to kill the point of getting a wall phone if you need batteries just to make it work - and the dim Caller ID is a no-go, too.

For the price, no complaints about this phone. It does what it is supposed to--displays Caller ID, rings loudly, and provides crisp, clear reception. The handset is a bit flat, which doesn't bother me, but could bother some people so I figured I'd point that out. It's a good phone though--wall-mounted easily and provides a clear sound. Yes, it does have volume controls.

I purchased a similar phone by GE. The design of the phone was flawed in that when you put the phone to your ear, you pressed the switch-hook and disconnected the call. All I wanted the RCA phone to do was to have caller ID and not disconnect my calls. This phone works beautifully. The voice you hear is clear and the caller hears a clear voice as well. The ring is adjustable and the other features are easy to use. The slim-line design fits great on my night stand. All this and a great price too.

Good quality and price but hard to read id.

It is a good idea to have a home telephone that will operate without electricity, in case of a power outage, and this telephone was purchased to fulfill that need. We purchased one, with the intention of buying one or two more if it proved to be a good telephone. Unfortunately, the RCA 1104-1BKGA telephone has so many flaws that it will have to be returned. Instead, we have selected the AT&T TR1909B, which is quite satisfactory.The problems with the RCA 1104-1BKGA are as follows:1. The sound of the phone ringing is so startlingly unpleasant that this issue alone would be enough to get rid of it. We tested it on a desk, and when the phone rang unexpectedly it sounded like some kind of alarm. Nobody wants a phone that rings with an obnoxious noise.2. The sound quality of a call is so muffled that it sounds as if the call must be coming from onboard a ship on the other side of the world, if not from the International Space Station. One must strain to listen to the caller, because the sound is not differentiated properly. The high and low tones seem to be eliminated, leaving only muffled middle tones. It is unpleasant to use.3. The handset fits very snugly into the base, which looks good; but this makes the phone somewhat difficult to grab when answering a call quickly. Since this phone is likely to be used in an emergency, during which it may be dark due to a power outage, this is especially problematic.4. The Caller ID display text is so tiny that you may not be able to get to the phone and read what it says before the call goes to voicemail.This telephone makes us wonder if it went directly from drawing-board to production, without prototype testing. The problems above were obvious immediately, and should have been addressed. It gets two stars rather than one, only because it does operate as a telephone.THE RCA 1104-1BKGA IS NOT RECOMMENDED, UNLESS YOU ARE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND IT IS THE ONLY TELEPHONE AVAILABLE.

I would have given this product a 5 Star rating, except the instruction maual is pretty poor. Some of the buttons it says to push don't exist, so I had to figure out which buttons they meant. Otherwise, the phone is great. Few corded phones come with a Caller ID. This one also has an a separate directory of numbers you call that are stored and can be called with one button. The sound quality seems good. Except for the instruction manual, this product does everything it is supposed to do. I am very pleased with it.

love it

too cheap