AT&T SL81108, SL81208 user manual Troubleshooting

Appendix K

Troubleshooting

• Relocate your telephone base to a higher location. The

		phone will have better reception when installed in a high
		area.
	• If the other phones in your home are having the same prob-
		lem, the problem is in your wiring or local service. Contact
		your local telephone company (charges may apply).
The charge	•	Make sure the power and line cords are plugged in cor-
light is off.		rectly and securely.
	•	Unplug the unit’s electrical power. Wait for 15 seconds,
		then plug it back in. Allow up to one minute for the cord-
		less handset and telephone base to reset.
	•	Clean the cordless handset and telephone base charging
		contacts each month using a pencil eraser or cloth.
My caller ID	•	Caller ID is a subscription service. You must subscribe to
isn’t working.		this service from your local telephone company for this
		feature to work on your phone.
	•	Your caller must be calling from an area that supports
		caller ID.
	•	Both you and your caller’s telephone companies must use
		caller ID compatible equipment.
	• If you subscribe to high-speed internet service (Digital
		Subscriber Line - DSL) through your telephone lines, you
		must have a DSL filter between the telephone base and the
		telephone wall jack (see the following page). The filter will
		prevent noise and caller ID problems caused by DSL inter-
		ference. Please contact your DSL service provider for more
		information about DSL filters.
System does	•	Make sure you subscribe to caller ID with call waiting
not receive		features provided by your local telephone company. Caller
caller ID when		ID features will work only if both you and the caller are
on a call.		in areas offering caller ID service, and if both telephone
		companies use compatible equipment.

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