your DSL service might have left some filters for you; if not, call your DSL provider or look in any electronics store.
Plug the DSL filter into the telephone wall jack and then plug your phone’s base into the filter. Make a test call to make sure the noise is gone.
Resetting and Registering Handsets
If you are having trouble with a cordless handset or if you want to replace one, you need to clear the registration information from the base and the handset:
Do you have the base the handset is registered to?
Yes | No |
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1. Press and hold Flash/exit and Pound | 1. Press and hold Flash/exit and |
(#) until the System Reset menu | Pound (#) until the System Reset |
appears (about 5 seconds). | menu appears (about 5 seconds). |
2. Select Deregister HS. The display | 2. Select Base Unavailable. |
lists all registered handsets. | 3. When the phone asks you to |
3. Select the handset you want to reset. | confirm, select Yes. The handset |
4. When the phone asks you to confirm, | deletes its own link without |
select Yes. The handset clears its | contacting the base. |
information from the base and deletes |
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it own link to the base. |
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When you reset a handset (or if you purchase a new one), that handset displays a Handset Not Registered message. If you see this message on a handset, you need to register it to a base before you can use it.
Registering a handset
) On the base, open the menu and select Register Handset. The display should say Handset Registering.
) On the handset you want to register, press and hold Pound (#) until the handset display says Handset Registering (about 2 seconds).
) In about 30 seconds, the handset display should say Registration Complete. Press Talk and make sure you get a dial tone.
If... | Try... |
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- you don't hear a dial tone | Making sure the handset is fully |
-the display says Registration Failed charged, then start over at step 1.
To register a handset to a different base, see the section "Expanding Your Phone" in the user's guide for the other base.
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