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Backup batteries installation and use
In the event of a power failure, your telephone can still operate with limited functions if there are backup batteries (purchased separately) installed in the telephone base. If a power failure happens during a call on the corded handset, the call continues (at the lowest volume) until you hang up; while a call on the cordless handset or speakerphone disconnects immediately.
During a power failure, you can still make and answer calls using the corded handset. However, you cannot make or answer calls on the cordless handset or speakerphone.
If power resumes while you are on a call, the call continues and the telephone resets once you hang up.
Follow the steps below to install backup batteries.
1.Make sure the telephone line cord and power adapter cord are not connected to the telephone base.
2.Press the tab on the base battery cover (on the bottom of the telephone base) toward the cover and swing open the battery door.
3.Insert three new AAA alkaline batteries, matching the + and
- signs engraved on the telephone base.
4.Replace the backup battery cover onto the telephone base; the cover clicks into place when it is attached properly.
Battery compartment tab
During a power failure, if the backup batteries are installed, the telephone base displays CHECK AC POWER.
BASE
CHECK AC POWER
NOTES:
1.With backup batteries, the base ringer and the handset listening volume will be at the lowest setting.
2.We recommend changing the batteries every nine months.
