Appendix
Troubleshooting
My cordless | • Make sure the power cord is securely plugged into the telephone | |
handset beeps | base. Plug the unit into a different, working electrical outlet not con- | |
five times and | trolled by a wall switch. | |
• Move the cordless handset closer to the telephone base. It might | ||
isn’t performing | ||
normally. | have moved out of range. | |
• Reset the telephone base. Unplug its electrical power. Wait for 15 | ||
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| seconds then plug it back in. Allow up to one minute for the cordless | |
| handset and the telephone base to reset. | |
| • Other electronic products can cause interference to your cordless | |
| telephone. Try installing the telephone as far away from these types | |
| of electronic devices as possible: wireless routers, radios, radio tow- | |
| ers, pager towers, cellular telephones, intercoms, room monitors, | |
| televisions, personal computers, kitchen appliances and other cord- | |
| less telephones. | |
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OTHER | • Only one handset can be used to make or answer a call anytime. | |
If another handset attempts to do so, the screen will display | ||
HANDSET ON | OTHER HANDSET ON and then OR OUT OF RANGE. You might | |
(and then) OR | press PHONE/FLASH again until no other handset is using the | |
OUT OF RANGE | line. Use the call transfer feature (see page 15) to transfer a call to | |
displays on my | another system handset. | |
• Move the cordless handset closer to the telephone base. It might have | ||
cordless hand- | ||
moved out of range. | ||
set. | ||
• Ensure that the telephone base is powered up. | ||
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| • Place the cordless handset in the telephone base for one minute to | |
| allow the cordless handset and telephone base to synchronize. | |
| • If the cordless handset is in the telephone base or charger, and the | |
| charging light does not come on, refer to the charge light is off in this | |
| troubleshooting guide. | |
| • Reset the telephone base. Unplug the unit’s electrical power. Wait for | |
| 15 seconds then plug it back in. Allow up to one minute for the cordless | |
| handset and the telephone base to reset. | |
| • Other electronic products can cause interference with your cordless | |
| telephone. Try installing your telephone as far away from these types of | |
| electronic devices as possible: wireless routers, radios, radio towers, | |
| page towers, cell phones, intercoms, room monitors, televisions, per- | |
| sonal computers, kitchen appliances and cordless phones. | |
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The batteries | • Charge the battery in the cordless handset for at least 16 hours. For | |
will not hold a | optimum daily performance, return the cordless handset to its tele- | |
phone base or charger when not in use. | ||
charge. | ||
• Ensure that the battery is properly installed and charged as | ||
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| described on page 7. | |
| • Ensure that the telephone base and charger units are plugged into | |
| functioning power outlets. | |
| • If the battery is old, it may be necessary to purchase a new one; see | |
| page 7. | |
| • The telephone might be malfunctioning. Please refer to the Warranty | |
| section of this user’s manual for further instruction. | |
| • If the cordless handset is in its telephone base or charger and the | |
| charging light does not come on, refer to The charge light is off in | |
| this troubleshooting guide. |
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