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I have a Panasonic KX-TG2550S 2.4Ghz cordless phone w/ caller ID that
I am getting rid of.  The catch is that if the handset is left
unused out of the base station for about 2 minutes it goes dead.
This doesn't happen if you are actually *using* the phone but it
does mean you can't leave it idle unless it is in the base station,
which is a bit of a pain.

This is a relatively new phenomenon--the phone worked fine for over
a year.  Then, as if by design, after the warranty was up it started
doing this :-)  You may be able to get Panasonic to fix the thing--
I just sent some e-mail to their customer service address and got no
reply.

Other info:
 o This phone interferes with 802.11b wireless networks
 o The phone uses both 900Mhz and 2.4Ghz frequencies (one for voice
   and one for communicating with the base station).  Thus, it has
   two antennas.  Perhaps it is just a problem with one of them
 o Once the handset has gone dead the only way to revive it is to
   place it in the base station or unplug + replug the handset battery.

Panasonic still sells this model for > $100.  Hopefully they've fixed
the problems on the current revision.
Free to the first person who replies and picks it up from me at CU.

 - todd
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Todd C. Miller   Sysadmin--University of Colorado   Todd.Miller@cs.colorado.edu