Appendix

Troubleshooting

 

If the other telephone in your building are having the

 

 

same problem, contact your telephone service provider

 

 

(charges might apply).

 

 

 

My telephone

Make sure you plug the power cord securely into the

base isn’t

 

telephone base. Plug the power adapter into a different

performing

 

working electrical outlet without a wall switch.

normally.

Reset the telephone base. Unplug the electrical power.

 

 

 

Wait for 15 seconds then plug it back in. Allow up to

 

 

one minute for the telephone base to reset.

 

Other electronic products can cause interference to your

 

 

telephone base. Try installing your telephone base as far

 

 

away from these types of electronic devices as possible:

 

 

television sets, VCRs, or other cordless telephones.

 

 

 

I get noise, static,

If you subscribe to high-speed Internet service (digital

or weak signals

 

subscriber line - DSL) through your telephone lines, you

even when

 

must install a DSL filter between the telephone line

I’m near the

 

cord and the telephone wall jack. The filter prevents

telephone base.

 

noise and caller ID problems as a result of DSL

 

 

interference. Please contact your DSL service provider

 

 

for more information about DSL filters.

 

You may be able to improve the performance of your

 

 

telephone base by installing your new telephone

 

 

base as far as possible from any other existing corded

 

 

or cordless telephone system that may already be

 

 

installed.

 

Other electronic products can cause interference to your

 

 

telephone base. Try installing your telephone base as far

 

 

away from the following electronic devices as possible:

 

 

television sets, VCRs, or other cordless telephones.

 

Do not install this telephone base near a microwave

 

 

oven or on the same electrical outlet. You might

 

 

experience decreased performance while the

 

 

microwave oven is operating.

 

If you plug your telephone in with a modem or a

 

 

surge protector, plug the telephone base (or modem/

 

 

surge protector) into a different location. If this does

 

 

not solve the problem, relocate your telephone base

 

 

or modem farther apart from one another, or use a

 

 

different surge protector.

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