Appendix
Troubleshooting
| • | Disconnect the telephone base from the modular jack and | |
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| plug in a corded telephone. If calls are still not clear, the | |
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| problem is probably in the wiring or local service. Contact | |
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| your local service company (charges may apply). | |
| • | Other cordless telephones and 802.11 wireless routers that | |
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| are used for home computer networks both use internal | |
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| radios to communicate. The radios may interfere with one | |
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| another. You can improve the performance of your cordless | |
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| telephones and your router by: | |
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| a. Positioning your new telephone as far away from any | |
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| other already installed cordless telephone in your home | |
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| as possible. This will hinder the interference of the two | |
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| systems with one another. | |
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| b. Positioning your telephone base as far as possible from | |
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| your router, computer or any other computer devices. | |
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| c. Selecting channels 4 through 10 for your router (refer to | |
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| your router’s user manual for more information). | |
| • | Do you have DSL service? If yes, you need to have a DSL | |
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| filter installed at every telephone jack that has a telephone | |
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| connected to it. Contact your DSL service provider for filter | |
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| information | |
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I hear other calls | • | Disconnect the telephone base from the telephone jack. | |
when using the |
| Plug in a different telephone. If you still hear other calls, | |
telephone. |
| the problem is probably in the wiring or local service. Call | |
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| your local telephone company. | |
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My caller ID | • | Caller ID is a subscription service. You must subscribe to | |
features are not |
| this service from your local telephone company for this fea- | |
working properly. |
| ture to work on your telephone. | |
| • | The caller may not be calling from an area which supports | |
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| caller ID. | |
| • | Both you and the caller’s telephone companies must use | |
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| equipment which are compatible with caller ID service. | |
| • | If you subscribe to DSL service, install a noise filter to | |
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| the telephone line between the telephone base and the | |
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| telephone line jack. Contact your DSL service provider | |
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| for filter information. |
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