poor design misleading company
Customer Rating: 
After a lot of time researching a corded answer phone due to wanting to reduce emr fog, the Doro 916cr came as a disappointment.
The company proports to be forward thinking and to design ergonomically but this proved not to be the case.
Keypad was over sensitive and misdialing is commonplace. Date and time stamp difficult to achieve and the phone does not appear to keep a record of how many messages you have. Keypad is overcomplicated and not well thought out. Not pleasurable to use. Finally the ringer developed an intermittent fault after 3 months and the unit has now been returned for a refund.
Now using an Opticom B400 I suggest you buy one of these if they are still available. Cheaper and better!
Disappointing
Customer Rating: I thought I'd done plenty of research to replace the office answerphone (a tape, pre-digital model) but apparantly not enough.
The phone does not ring loud enough to be heard a room away.
The mute button is in a stupid place and has to be held down - the previous phone you just toggled it.
Incoming messages are too quiet - you have to bend over the phone to hear what they've said.
None of the buttons have sensible engravings - a couple of weeks later the handbook is still beside it on the desk to work out how it works.
When there are messages, the only indication is that a red light flashes. The message counter on the panel says 00 even when there are 5 or 6 messages waiting.
Worst of all, it picks up after 4 rings, maximum. Since the phone cannot be heard from one room away, it nearly always picks up, and then does not say how many calls it has intercepted.
I would not recommend it, and am now in the market for another corded answerphone with a proper and loud ringtone, sensibly engraved buttons, a 6-ring pick-up, and loud playback. I'm not holding my breath. Not all "advanced" technologies are better.
