Panasonic DECT 6.0 cordless phones system has begun dropping calls after first ring also won't take messages

there is always a way to fix, but may out way the price of new phone. I think you may be able to get a replacement hand set resonable.
Panasonic KX TGA101S DECT 6 0 Expansion Handset Silver


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Select the model of your Uniden DECT 6.0 system from the list beginning at http://www.uniden.com/scat/dectphones_mnl to download a copy of the manual.

You have unheard messages on the voicemail system provided by your telephone company. This system records messages when someone calls while you're already on the phone. Please contact your telephone company for instructions on accessing their voicemail system.

Possible that the ringer must be activated on the phone:
please check on the link below for the manual of the model:

http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Phones-Fax/Telephones/DECT-6-0-Plus/model.KX-TG4031B_11002_7000000000000005702

Call your phone while you're away, and when your message starts to play enter your remote code. After that, you use the keypad on the phone to control message playback, record a new greeting, etc.

"DECT 6.0" is a generic term for the cordless phone technology, and not your phone model number. You'd find that on a label on the back or bottom of the base unit. Without a specific model I can't look for a manual and give details, but if you have the model listed you can download the manual from Panasonic here. It gives all the steps to set up your remote code and the commands to use. If you have a different model phone you can look for your manual at Panasonic's support page.

For the model listed above, the default remote code is 111. The list of remote commands is

Key Remote command
{1} Repeat message
(during playback)*1
{2} Skip message (during
playback)
{4} Play new messages
{5} Play all messages
{6} Play greeting message
{7} Record greeting
message
{9} Stop recording
Stop playback*2
Start voice guidance*3
{0} Turn answering system
off
{*}{4} Erase message
currently playing
{*}{5} Erase all messages
{*}{6} Erase greeting
message (during
greeting message
playback)
{*}{#} End remote operation
(or hang up)

Maybe this list works for your phone too.

I had the same problem but couldn't figure it out either ..... UNTIL, I changed the date and time (which was very old, actually Sept/2007) to the current date, year, time, am/pm, etc.

After I changed the date, time, year, etc. my phone went back to its normal default of 3 or 4 rings & then the answering message plays.

Hope this helps!

Setting the Number of Rings (Excerpt from the Uniden Dect 1580 Phone manual

The ring time setting allows you to set the number of rings the caller hears before your answering system plays the outgoing message. You can set the ring time to answer after two, four, or six rings. If you enable the Toll Saver (TS) setting, the answering system picks up after two rings if you have new messages, and after four rings if there are
none. This way, if you make a long distance call to check your messages, you can hang up after the third ring to avoid long distance billing charges.

1. Press Menu/Select.
2. Select the Ans. Setup menu, and then the Ring Time submenu.
3. Move the cursor to select a ring time (Toll Saver, 2 Times, 4 Times, or 6 Times).
4. Press Menu/Select. You will hear a confirmation tone.

Ours behave similarly. The solution is to position the "base" (one connected to the phone lkine physically) in the center of the home so that the limited range can reach the remote phones at the periphery.
These phones operate at 1.9GHz. At that microwave frequency radio signals do not penetrate walls and floors very well. 2.4 GHz phones suffer increased "path loss" and are no better. The solution for any of these microwave phones is more transmitter power, which is illegal.
900 mHz phones actually work better because at 900 MHz nature offers less signal path loss", but try to find them in stores! For the same transmitter power level a 900MHz phones will have noticeably greater range.
The 1.9GHz D.E.C.T. phones also operate differently from other types of cordless phones and I believe that also contributes to dropped calls and the phone's inability to ring when a call arrives. At the fringe of its range you can see how it struggles to establish a link. Once established it will work well and then simply drop the call when you least expect. I am not a fan of the DECT phones, but they do not interfere with 2.4 GHz wireless routers, etc.