VTech VS112-17 Cordless Phone for Home with Answering Machine, Call Blocking, Caller ID, Intercom and Connect to Cell

We live in Leland NC which has been growing at a very fast rate . With that being said , Verizon Wireless has been extremely slow to respond to the growth so has all of the other companies which brings me to our dilemma . Even though we installed a Verizon provided extender which did help in the house our service is NOT acceptable , dropped calls & at times poor quality (can you hear me now) . So because of the cellphone issues & not much help other then the extender plus 2 emails to the state agency about bad service did we install a landline . Hence the purchase of these phones . We've had Vtech phones in the past & bought these due to past experience . A big screen because of older eyes plus enough features & an answering machine is all we needed . The sound quality is very good , too plus blue tooth capable .

Works great. Can't complain. Don't spend enough time on the phone to give much more of a review.

This was my original 1 star review: My 90 year old Dad had an earlier VTech phone system that had a problem where periodically the audio would stop working. My Dad would make a call and he could hear the other person but the called person could not hear him. VTech advised us to unplug the main unit and then disconnect the battery in each of the handsets, wait a couple of minutes, and then plug everything back in. That was kind of annoying so we bought a new set of VTech phones for him, this time the VTECH VS112-3. Unfortunately this system periodically does the exact same thing! Every other month or so the audio stops working and we have to unplug the main unit and disconnect the battery in each handset. After plugging everything back in the audio works fine. VTech tech support told us that they have never heard of this problem with this model. They had us send them the system so they could study the problem. They sent us a replacement system and it has the exact same problem! Every couple of months the audio stops working and my 90 year old dad has to go through the reset steps described above. It is really not acceptable. We should have returned them when it first happened. Why did I upgrade it to 4 stars? Vtech customer service escalated the issue and replaced the phone system. So far no problems. hopefully it keeps working.

Before we install this VTech phone, we were getting three to four spam calls a day, sometimes more. We are on the Do Not Call List but the spammers are finding new ways around this. Installation was easy. There's even a voice feature that will walk you through setup. The calls stopped immediately. You will only get calls you add to your white list. Unsolicited callers get a prompt that asks them to press pound and leave a message. Robot spammers can't do this. There was one problem we had initially. I noticed we were getting a call every 30 minutes (which did not ring) but there was no CID information. We tried to resolve this through the very patient VTech support but nothing was working. We were also getting strange readings from our home alarm system. I decided to pack up the phone and send it back. At the 11th hour, before return the phone, we figured out what happened. We recently had a new fiber transceiver installed to the house. Also, we do not have messaging service through our phone provider because this phone has an answering machine. What happened is the new fiber box turned on messaging. The messaging service sends a signal every 30 minutes to your phone. Therefore, the VTech was showing a call every 30 minutes. Problem solved. We kept the phone and it has been blissfully quiet ever since.

I previously owned a Vtech cordless phone system for several years; needed to replace because the phone screen wasn't working correctly on handsets. I bought this model hoping it would be as good. I do connect one cell phone to it. Purchased in August 2025 , some features are good but I continuously have issues where the handset will not call or pickup calls with error message that it's out of range of the base. What's disconcerting is today I was sitting no more than 5 feet from the base.

I can not believe how well the spam blocker works on this answering machine. Couldn't be more pleased with the seller and the shipping.

8/29/23 Update: Now when I have multiple voicemails I can't simply delete the whole lot by hitting the delete key twice. I have to go each message and delete them individually. This was not the case until yesterday. This phone system is absolutely the most regrettable purchase I've ever made! 7/23/23 Update: I would not wish this phone onto my worst enemy!!! It is horrible beyond anything. I am now going to waste money throwing this garbage out and go back to using my old Panasonic set which the only reason I was getting rid of was the short battery life. Unfortunately, this brand new VTech set has even shorter battery life and a host of many, many other issues. The Panasonic set still works perfectly, I just have to recharge the handsets every day. I bought this set to replace our previous Panasonic set that also had the ability to connect cell phones to it. The older set's batteries started to go so I bought this VTech set. At first all was fine but in the last couple of months of using it (I've only been using it for 4 months), the battery life on the handsets is horrible. We barely use the phone and get perhaps 4-6 junk calls daily. Based on that we are recharging the batteries every couple of days. That is pretty bad for a brand new phone. Periodically we will go make a call and the handset will tell us that its not connected to the base, even though we are within 15 feet of the base. For this I usually swap out the handset with the one that is sitting on the base. Today we experienced a new problem. Went to make a call and no dial tone. Tried another handset and same thing. I attached out wired phone and did get dial one so confirmed that the issue was not with the phone service but with the VTech base unit. I unplugged it for 30 seconds, plugged it back in and let it "boot" up. After that we had dialtone. I really would stay clear from this phone set.

come with power supply 100-120v 50hz which is not working in UAE, you need to buy new power supply 220V with same output

Cumple bien su función.

Aime le produit, l'écran et les chiffres sont grande , à l'entoure de la maison peut ajouter ton cellulaire pour prendre l'appelle..j'aime beaucoup

No se lo esperaba pensaba que era para la línea es el otro teléfono que se conecta de segunda voz

I waited a week after I set up my new system before I posted a review. I want to tell you that my wife and I now have peace and quiet from the robo and unsolicited calls. We used to get robo calls at 4:30 in the morning. We had to take our phones off line every night. No more! Things are so much more peaceful. I am very critical of these reviews and do not believe everything I see on them. I have to tell you that I have been looking for something to do this job for several years now, the other call blockers just did not do the job. #1 rave is the ability do down load your phone numbers from your smart phone. You save hours and hours of programing by using this feature. I cleaned up my iphone numbers (long over due) and downloaded them into this system. I must say, it did take more time than I thought but at the end, there they were, all listed as they should be. #2, maybe a bit of a rant BUT this phone does do so much and programing it can be a bit of an issue if you are not tech person. However, this company does give a very good set up procedure, albeit it is a bit complicated. When you are ready to do this, relax, take your time, leave the wine alone and read the directions several times before you start. Do not expect to have everything set up the first time. I did not. I went over everything 3 times before I was satisified. It was well worth it and the system is great. Sorry, for over doing my review but I am so happy I finally found an out to these phone hackers and have peace. Give it a try but be patient. Good luck.