Appendix
Troubleshooting
I hear noise in the • Make sure the power cord is plugged in securely. cordless handset,
and none of the keys works.
My cordless handset does not ring when I receive a call.
•Make sure that the ringer is not turned off. Refer to the section(s) on ringer selection in this user’s manual.
•Make sure the telephone line cord is plugged securely into the tele- phone base and the telephone jack. Make sure the power cord is securely plugged in.
•The cordless handset may be too far from the telephone base.
•Charge the battery in the cordless handset for at least 16 hours the first time. For optimum daily performance, return the cordless hand- set to the telephone base or charger when not in use. When the bat- tery becomes completely depleted, make sure to charge it for at least 15 minutes before making a call.
•You may have too many extension telephones on your telephone line to allow all of them to ring simultaneously. Try unplugging some of the other telephones.
•The layout of your home or office might be limiting the operating range. Try moving the telephone base to another location, preferably on an upper floor.
•If the other telephones in your home are having the same problem, the problem is in your wiring or local service. Contact your local tele- phone company (charges may apply).
•Test a working telephone at the phone jack. If another telephone has the same problem, the problem is the phone jack. Contact your local telephone company (charges may apply).
•Other electronic products can cause interference with your cordless telephone. Try installing your telephone as far away as possible from electronic devices such as wireless routers, radios, radio towers, pager towers, cellular telephones, intercoms, room monitors, televi- sions, personal computers, kitchen appliances and other cordless telephones.
•Your telephone line cord might be malfunctioning. Try installing a new telephone line cord.
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•Wait for the cordless handset to synchronize with the telephone base. To be safe, allow up to one minute for this to take place.
My calls fade in | • Press the CHAN button while on a call until the interference has been | |
and out while | eliminated. | |
I’m using my | • Other electronic products can cause interference with your cordless | |
cordless hand- | telephone. Try installing your telephone as far away from the follow- | |
ing electronic devices as possible: wireless routers, radios, radio | ||
set. | ||
towers, pager towers, cellular telephones, intercoms, room monitors, | ||
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| televisions, personal computers, kitchen appliances and other cord- | |
| less telephones. | |
| • Microwaves operate on the same frequency as your telephone. It is | |
| normal to experience static on your telephone while the microwave | |
| oven is operating. Do not install this telephone in the same outlet or | |
| near the microwave oven. |
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