BT Freestyle 130 manual Help

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Help

Telephone problems

Possible cause

Solution

 

 

 

•Base unit does not ring but lights show on base unit.

Telephone is not connected to the telephone line.

The base unit ringer switch is set to OFF.

Line fault or faulty socket.

Plug the telephone into the telephone socket.

Set the base unit ringer switch to HI or LO.

Try the telephone on another socket or another line. If the telephone works, contact BT or your telephone network operator for repairs to the line or socket.

• Base-unit rings too

The ringer switch on the base unit is

loudly / softly

set to HI or LO

Set the ringer switch on the base unit accordingly.

•Neither base unit or handset ring, but lights show on base unit and handset.

The ringer volumes on both the handset and base unit could be set to minimum.

Check the REN (see page 27). If you connect too many telephones or devices to your line they may not all operate correctly.

Increase the ringer volume on the base unit and handset.

If the REN exceeds 4, disconnect one or more telephones or devices.

If your telephone is connected to an extension socket, it may have been connected incorrectly.

Check with your telephone engineer that the extension socket has been installed correctly.

• Callers are faint.

The base unit telescopic aerial is not

Extend the base unit telescopic

• Interference.

extended as high as possible.

aerial as far as possible.

• Buzzing.

You are moving out of range.

Move closer to the base unit.

• Whooshing.

Radio channel interference.

Press the CHANNEL SEEKER button on

 

 

the handset, to select a clearer channel.

• Echoing.

Radio channel interference.

Press the CHANNEL SEEKER button on

 

 

the handset, to select a clearer channel.

• Tinniness.

The base unit or the handset are too

 

close to electrical equipment or

 

metal obstructions.

Relocate the base unit or move around with the handset until reception improves.

• No Quickdial store.

You may be trying to store the

 

number with the TALK light on.

Ensure that the TALK light is off before storing the number.

• No number stored on 1471,

Stored number may have

Press the QUICKDIAL button, press

CALL WAITING and/or CALL MY

inadvertently been overwritten.

the relevant Select Services button,

BILL button.

 

then press the QUICKDIAL button

 

 

again. This will reset the button.

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Contents Freestyle Page At a glance Telephone line Cord socket This guide For your records Electrical storm warning Handset aerial Check your telephone wall socketCharge the handset Plug the power cable into the back of the base unitConnect the base unit three-pin adaptor to a power socket Plug the phone into the BT socket Extend the base unit telescopic aerial To wall mount your productUsing your Freestyle Making and receiving callsLast number redial Using the memory to store and dial numbers To store a number in the memoryTo dial a stored number Using the Secrecy button Using the IntercomTo call the handset from the base unit Changing the telephone settings To insert a pause Call Waiting BT Select ServicesCall Return Other services Call My BillFreestyle 90/130/1200 Additional Handsets Registering your handset Setting the handset number Basic use of Freestyle additional handsets Transferring calls between handsetsTelephone problems Possible cause Solution Help Need more help? To shared service party lines As an extension to a payphone Technical informationTransmission frequencies Connection information Maintenance Event of a power failure Guarantee Setting up IndexWall mounting Wall mounting Squeeze Inwards Offices in Europe, North America, Japan and Asia Pacific
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