In this respect, the following observations are, of course only for the hardware and software used - information that can be read in the way the Fritz menu Fon.
Phone: 1:02:44, 7270: 74.05.05, DECT base: 3.34. For use as DECT station came a FRITZ! Box 7270 v3 [1]. For older hardware versions considerable differences may arise on the site of AVM is a list of new features. A new firmware is actually easy from the phone einzuspielen in a few minutes.
DIMENSIONS 14.7 cm x 4.8 cm x 14 mm, weight 103 g.
REGISTRATION If the DECT Password the box has not changed, the Fon logs on automatically - you just need the DECT button on the box and hold until the phone logs ready.
ANSWERING Instead of annoying voice-controlled menu can be used with the Fritz Fon menu on the screen to control the answering machine - an enormous comfort gain.
Is battery supplies the Fon with a rechargeable Li-ion Battery 3.7 V 750 mAh 2.78 Wh.
Learn OPERATION Instead cryptic keyboard shortcuts, you can use the extensive functionality even without a manual by the clear and easily understandable cursor menu guidance of Fons.
LIGHTING The white interior lighting of the keys ensures excellent readability under all lighting conditions. On news makes a flashing red alert. Very nice, I also find that the display in the charger still displays discreet.
RECEPTION Compared to our Gigaset A24 the Fon in the reception is frugal. Also on the top floor I can still turn the box below to decreased transmission power - the Gigaset remains as already muted. The good coverage is not necessarily true for older versions of the FRITZ! Box 7270 - probably because a lot has been changed in terms of hardware in the DECT range.
Sound of the speakers has Höröffnungen in ear position and as a kind of "bass reflex" on the rear panel. Therefore, it sounds much better when the device is not on the table or otherwise the back is covered. A provisional impression of the "sound" can be found in the attached video gain: Even a little more than a "Lachsack" but open to improvement.
SPEAKER The visually beautiful confines of the housing dimensions limit unfortunately also for the sound - but the tone of a phone's all right. Who wants to listen to music, but should rather rely on other equipment. Better music quality or even stereo leaves the DECT standard that is not to. [2] a provisional impression of the tone should convey the attached video.
Legibility The color LCD with 240 x 320 pixels is razor sharp and beats everything else looks in phones - several times more expensive SmartPhones course excluded. In the Internet services you can rotate the screen content by 90 °.
Record a conversation is also possible in conjunction with the newer versions of the FRITZ! Box 7270. All it takes is for accepting a call, a tip on the menu button and a confirmation asking if the caller has agreed to the recording. The recording is later as a message on the answering machine intercepted or can also be configured in the FRITZ! Box so that it is delivered as mail.
Picture CLIP This nice gimmick works now - you donated a USB stick as a memory and simply invites standard jpg files in the directory of the Fritz! Box. However, the photos must be cut into squares and comply filename conventions. When ringing and when you will even like the picture then deposited. The lower Bildbereicht incidentally lightened so that the participant text is easier to read. (See uploaded photo examples)
KEYS The keys have a comparatively final pressure point, so that the otherwise so annoying operating errors when making calls (with the jaw ...) are probably not to be feared.
Phone number, the MT-F you can use reasonable phonebook entries with last and first names and read - 25 characters fit standing in one line, only then is scrolled. Since you can cultivate the FRITZ! Box phonebook on the PC, messages are quickly created and modified. It would be desirable way to note also addresses or to enter more than 3 numbers to an entry - as my cheap mobile phone can do more. If you want to enter text on the handset itself, helps a selection of alternative key assignments in the upper screen bar.
CLOCK / DATE Since V3 leads the FRITZ! Box 7270 is a query of NTP servers by. To date and time are always seconds exactly correct - which also notes the answering machine in the call list or on the screen of the FRITZ! Fon MT-F are always on the cutting edge.
SUMMARY
Compared with the competition, the Fritz boxes offers! Fon MT-F in combination with DECT FRITZ! Meaningful additional ways to send better comfort and an unrivaled good display quality in a neutral style. But of course it can not compete with smartphones still beyond the historical boundaries of the DECT standard. Since you probably can currently find a better handset for operation with a DECT FRITZ! Box and the technical limitations are determined by the type and the DECT standard, a maximum number of points is certainly appropriate.
! As you DECT telephones probably does not drive away from home, the next FRITZ Fon for my taste could be a bit larger and heavier, with larger speakers and an even larger display - maybe even in a noble light metal design. If you would then run the base a little less shaky ...
Engineering jury 5 * A0857 30.1.2012
[1] Review: R3ZHJQS6IZMRT
[2] See also c't 6/2010 Page 80
