Southwestern Bell FM2572 owner manual Event of another power outage

Trouble Shooting Guide (Cont.)

PROBLEM	POSSIBLE CAUSE	CORRECTIVE ACTION
You cannot	Your local area code is not	Reprogram the local area code.
redial a call	programmed.
record.
	The number displayed is	Verify the number displayed
	incorrect.	during redial. Data received were
		possibly corrupted during the
		transmission through the
		telephone lines. Dial the
		telephone number manually on
		your telephone.
"Error" appears	Bad data may have been	Pick up the phone after the second
on the display.	received.	ring.
You can't	This service is not available.	You must subscribe to this service
receive call		from your local phone company.
waiting		The phone must be off-hook to hear
messages.		the call waiting Caller ID alert
		signal.
Answering	You may have had a power	Proceed with a unit reset (page 19).
system will	failure.
not operate.
No answer	Unit is in the "OFF" mode.	Check to verify message counter
		is lit. Press ANSWER ON/OFF/
		ERASE control to turn unit on.
	AC adaptor is disconnected	Reconnect AC adaptor into wall
	from wall outlet or back of unit.	outlet and back of unit.
	Power to electrical outlet	Check to see if electrical outlet is
	may be off.	controlled by a light switch and
		power is on. Wall outlet may not
		be functioning. Try connecting to
		a different wall outlet.
	Telephone line is not	Connect telephone line into wall
	connected to wall jack.	jack. Telephone wall jack may not
		be functioning; try connecting unit
		into a different telephone wall jack.
After a power	A 9 volt battery has not been	Install a fresh, alkaline 9 volt
outage, outgoing	installed or needs to be	battery to maintain your
greeting and	replaced.	personalized outgoing greeting
incoming		and incoming messages in the
messages are lost.		event of another power outage.

Trouble Shooting Guide (Cont.)

PROBLEM	POSSIBLE CAUSE	CORRECTIVE ACTION
No incoming	Unit is in the "ANSWER OFF"	Check to verify message counter indica-
messages	mode.	tor is lit with the message number dis-
recorded.		played. If not (or if the display shows
		"F"), press ANSWER ON/OFF/ERASE
		control to turn unit on.
	AC adaptor is disconnected	Reconnect unit into wall outlet or
	from wall outlet or back of	back of unit. Try connecting to a
	unit.	different wall outlet.
	Power to electrical outlet	Check to see if electrical outlet is con-
	may be off.	trolled by a light switch and power is on.
	Telephone line is not	Connect telephone line into wall jack.
	connected to wall jack.	Try connecting unit into a different
		telephone wall jack.
No remote	Unit is in the ANSWER OFF	Check to verify message counter is lit
operation.	mode.	with the message number displayed.
	AC adaptor is disconnected	Reconnect unit to wall outlet or
	from wall outlet or back of	back of unit. Try connecting to a
	unit.	different wall outlet.
	Power to electrical outlet	Check to see if electrical outlet is con-
	may be off.	trollet by a light switch and power is on.
	The telephone you are calling	Try calling from a different
	from is not a standard touch-tone.	location (e.g. pay phone).
	Telephone line is not connected	Connect telephone line into wall jack.
	to wall jack.	Try connecting into a different
		telephone wall jack.
	Security code not entered	3 digit remote secrity code must be
	correctly.	entered within ten seconds of the beep
		at the end of your outgoing greeting.
		Press and hold each digit for 2 seconds,
		allowing a minimum of 2 seconds
		between digits.
	Remote security code being	Look at the bottom of the FM2572
	used differs from the code	base for the correct 3 digit security
	on the unit.	code.
The machine	The outgoing greeting you are	Record a shorter greeting
beeps during	recording is too long.	(between 2 and 30 seconds).
the recording
of my outgo-
ing greeting.
The machine	Incoming or memo messages	Maximum recording time for incoming
is cutting off	are too long.	or memo messages is 60 seconds.
incoming
	Caller may be pausing for more	Caller must speak continuously
messages.
	than 7 seconds.	without any long pauses.

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