AT&T SL81208, SL81108 user manual Layout of your home or office might be limiting

Appendix K

Troubleshooting

	•	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 phones in your home are having the same
		problem, the problem is in your wiring or local service.
		Contact your local telephone company (charges may
		apply).
	•	Test a working phone at the phone jack. If another
		phone 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 phone. Try installing your phone as
		far away as possible from electronic devices such as
		television sets, VCRs, or other cordless
		telephones.
	•	Re-install the battery, and place the cordless handset in
		the telephone base. Wait for the cordless handset to re-
		establish its connection with the telephone base. Allow
		up to one minute for this to take place.
	•	Your line cord might be malfunctioning. Try installing a
		new line cord.
My calls cut	•	Other electronic products can cause interference with
in and out		your cordless phone. Try installing your phone as far
while I’m using		away from the following electronic devices as possible:
my cordless		television sets, VCRs, or other cordless
handset.		telephones.
	•	Do not install this phone near a microwave oven or
		on the same electrical outlet. You may experience
		decreased performance while the microwave oven is
		operating.
	•	If your phone is plugged in with a modem or surge pro-
		tector, plug the phone (or modem/surge protector) into
		a different location. If this solves the problem, re-locate
		your phone or modem farther apart from one another,
		or use a different surge protector.

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