Great price for the twin set - can be had for £34.99 (refurbed) direct from BT Shop if preferred.
Great reviews - 4.6/5 (3,211 reviews)
BT8500 Home Phone with Enhanced Call Blocker (Includes BT's Call Guardian to Block up to 100 per cent of Nuisance Calls)
The BT8500 DECT home phone puts you back in control by allowing you to choose the calls you want to take and those you want to block. Call Guardian means that any caller not on your contact list or already blocked is required to announce their name prior to getting through, allowing you to choose which calls to accept or reject.
Quality Built-in
Designed in UK, the BT8500 has an enhanced design that makes this phone an addition to any room whilst only taking up less space. The phone also offers you a 1.8 inch full-graphic seven-line easy-to-read colour screen - see instantly how many voice messages, missed calls or text messages you have. The screen has also been designed to be large enough for easy text messaging. The BT8500 has enhanced sound quality, meaning you won't miss a word of your calls or messages. The durable, backlit buttons are easy to see any time of day.
Easy to Use
With the BT8500 you can save up to 200 contacts. All these contacts are automatically copied to all of your handsets. You can also see a list of who's called you, who has left a voice message, and then choose which message to listen to first. This phone also comes with outgoing call control, allowing you to prevent any surprises on your bill by PIN protecting calls to Mobile, International, Premium Rate numbers, or even all outgoing calls. This can also be useful for elderly relatives who may generate large call costs unknowingly. Never miss a call with the call waiting feature - the BT8500's screen shows you who's trying to get through and, at the press of a button, you can switch to the other call or reject it. We've also made it easy to divert calls to your mobile or other numbers when you are away from home. If you want to have a three way call the BT8500 helps you get it set up in a few simple steps.
Are you sure it was an accident?! :stuck_out_tongue:
sigma to snoopy88
18 Apr 1610#8
Enhanced Call Blocking Features
Block by number, type or Do not Disturb. You can block 1000 individual numbers and you can choose the type of calls you want to block such as mobile, international, withheld, unknown or payphone numbers. You can even block numbers by area code or suffix. For those times when you just want some peace and quiet, switch on Do Not Disturb so that your phone won't ring or light up. If you want key friends and family to still get through they can do, by tagging them as VIPs in your address book.
I've got the quad set of this phone, it's great and you can set up how you want to deal with the various call types :smiley:
Supatramp to Jeezeypeeps
18 Apr 166#53
As you're obviously younger, maybe you could have assisted your elderly relative? Your claim that this is "useless" is simply rubbish!!
Tomb
18 Apr 164#48
Really.........
All comments (172)
adsham
18 Apr 161#1
Quids
18 Apr 16#2
Nice. Just looking for some. Cheers OP.
Troutty_in_the_cloud to Quids
18 Apr 16#32
I have a 3 storey town house so bought the trio set, all I can say iis money well spent
bollybobinson
18 Apr 161#3
These stop unwanted calls dead! I have a set. Brilliant.
Supatramp
18 Apr 162#4
100% recommendation for these, they simply do what it says on the box. One of the best buys I've ever made.
AAB
18 Apr 163#5
You don't realise how good these are, until you get them.
Not a single unwanted call since I got them over a year ago, before I was inundated with junk calls and used to get 4-5 every day.
stedav25
18 Apr 16#6
I take it you can't use on virgin line?
anthony69 to stedav25
18 Apr 161#9
I use mine on my Virgin and have had no issues whatsoever
cicobuff to stedav25
18 Apr 161#18
Yes, you can, but only effectively blocks calls if you have caller ID, essential for proper operation with these. We have a virgin line, managed to get caller ID for free out of Virgin after complaining we were getting so many nuisance calls, and have had a twin pack of these now for the past 8 months and it has blocked all nuisance calls.
AStonedRaichu to stedav25
18 Apr 161#26
I'm with virgin and have these and confirm they work; however virgin charge you £2 a month for caller ID.
Only downside is withheld numbers, my work phone is withheld by default and whenever I call the house I have to speak to a robot. Annoying as hell and no way to resolve it
Dickyboyagain to stedav25
18 Apr 16#49
Yes you can
fishmaster to stedav25
19 Apr 16#100
Even virgins can use this, so no problem.
uksnapper to stedav25
19 Apr 16#115
I use mine and am with virgin.
I don't believe it matters who your supplier is.
An excellent phone apart from the loudspeaker function which is poor on all 4 of mine,sound is badly distorted the rest of the functions however are spot on.
snoopy88
18 Apr 16#7
shame you can't block witheld numbers
sigma to snoopy88
18 Apr 1610#8
Enhanced Call Blocking Features
Block by number, type or Do not Disturb. You can block 1000 individual numbers and you can choose the type of calls you want to block such as mobile, international, withheld, unknown or payphone numbers. You can even block numbers by area code or suffix. For those times when you just want some peace and quiet, switch on Do Not Disturb so that your phone won't ring or light up. If you want key friends and family to still get through they can do, by tagging them as VIPs in your address book.
I've got the quad set of this phone, it's great and you can set up how you want to deal with the various call types :smiley:
alaneg to snoopy88
18 Apr 162#10
Yes you can. I've not had a single unwanted call since getting mine a couple of months ago.
MikeLondon to snoopy88
18 Apr 162#12
With any unknown number and you can get the phone to talk to them first and then the phone tells you who is calling so you can decide to answer our hang up.
grtrekkie74656 to snoopy88
18 Apr 16#51
you can with these! I have the quad set, and you can set up custom call guardian settings
Shaydog to snoopy88
19 Apr 16#85
At least you can on an Android phone....love that!
scuzzlebutt to snoopy88
19 Apr 16#127
On the phone I have at the moment you can give withheld numbers a silent ringtone so when the cold callers ring you don't hear it ringing so don't answer. As a result you get removed from cold calling lists because you never answer rather than being added to more when you do.
MikeLondon
18 Apr 161#11
I got my grandparents these, they are great but they have acedently blocked my wife's mobile number.
Colesy81 to MikeLondon
18 Apr 1627#17
Are you sure it was an accident?! :stuck_out_tongue:
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Great reviews - 4.6/5 (3,211 reviews)
BT8500 Home Phone with Enhanced Call Blocker (Includes BT's Call Guardian to Block up to 100 per cent of Nuisance Calls)
The BT8500 DECT home phone puts you back in control by allowing you to choose the calls you want to take and those you want to block. Call Guardian means that any caller not on your contact list or already blocked is required to announce their name prior to getting through, allowing you to choose which calls to accept or reject.
Quality Built-in
Designed in UK, the BT8500 has an enhanced design that makes this phone an addition to any room whilst only taking up less space. The phone also offers you a 1.8 inch full-graphic seven-line easy-to-read colour screen - see instantly how many voice messages, missed calls or text messages you have. The screen has also been designed to be large enough for easy text messaging. The BT8500 has enhanced sound quality, meaning you won't miss a word of your calls or messages. The durable, backlit buttons are easy to see any time of day.
Easy to Use
With the BT8500 you can save up to 200 contacts. All these contacts are automatically copied to all of your handsets. You can also see a list of who's called you, who has left a voice message, and then choose which message to listen to first. This phone also comes with outgoing call control, allowing you to prevent any surprises on your bill by PIN protecting calls to Mobile, International, Premium Rate numbers, or even all outgoing calls. This can also be useful for elderly relatives who may generate large call costs unknowingly. Never miss a call with the call waiting feature - the BT8500's screen shows you who's trying to get through and, at the press of a button, you can switch to the other call or reject it. We've also made it easy to divert calls to your mobile or other numbers when you are away from home. If you want to have a three way call the BT8500 helps you get it set up in a few simple steps.
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Block by number, type or Do not Disturb. You can block 1000 individual numbers and you can choose the type of calls you want to block such as mobile, international, withheld, unknown or payphone numbers. You can even block numbers by area code or suffix. For those times when you just want some peace and quiet, switch on Do Not Disturb so that your phone won't ring or light up. If you want key friends and family to still get through they can do, by tagging them as VIPs in your address book.
I've got the quad set of this phone, it's great and you can set up how you want to deal with the various call types :smiley:
All comments (172)
Not a single unwanted call since I got them over a year ago, before I was inundated with junk calls and used to get 4-5 every day.
Only downside is withheld numbers, my work phone is withheld by default and whenever I call the house I have to speak to a robot. Annoying as hell and no way to resolve it
I don't believe it matters who your supplier is.
An excellent phone apart from the loudspeaker function which is poor on all 4 of mine,sound is badly distorted the rest of the functions however are spot on.
Block by number, type or Do not Disturb. You can block 1000 individual numbers and you can choose the type of calls you want to block such as mobile, international, withheld, unknown or payphone numbers. You can even block numbers by area code or suffix. For those times when you just want some peace and quiet, switch on Do Not Disturb so that your phone won't ring or light up. If you want key friends and family to still get through they can do, by tagging them as VIPs in your address book.
I've got the quad set of this phone, it's great and you can set up how you want to deal with the various call types :smiley: