Appendix

Troubleshooting

If you have difficulty with your phone, please try the suggestions below. For Customer Service, visit our website at www.telephones.att.com or call 1 (800) 222-3111. In Canada dial 1 (866) 288-4268.

My phone

Make sure the power cord is securely plugged in.

doesn’t work

Make sure that the battery pack connector is securely

at all

 

plugged into the cordless handset.

 

 

 

Make sure the telephone line cord is securely and firmly

 

 

plugged into the telephone base and the telephone wall

 

 

jack.

 

Charge the battery pack in the cordless handset for at

 

 

least 16 hours. For optimum daily performance, return

 

 

the cordless handset to its base when not in use.

 

Reset the telephone base. Unplug the unit’s electrical

 

 

power. Wait for approximately 15 seconds, then plug it

 

 

back in. Allow up to one minute for the cordless handset

 

 

and telephone base to reset.

 

You may need to purchase a new battery pack, please

 

 

refer to page 6 of this user’s manual.

 

 

 

I cannot get a

First try all the suggestions above.

dial tone

Move the cordless handset closer to the telephone base.

 

 

 

You might have moved out of range.

 

If the previous suggestions don’t work, disconnect the

 

 

telephone base from the telephone jack and connect to

 

 

a different phone. If there is no dial tone on that phone

 

 

either, the problem is in your wiring or local service.

 

 

Contact your local telephone company.

 

Your line cord might be malfunctioning. Try installing a

 

 

new line cord.

 

 

 

I cannot dial

First try all the suggestions above.

out

Make sure you have a dial tone before dialing. The cordless

 

 

 

handset may take a second or two to find the telephone

 

 

base and produce a dial tone. This is normal. Wait an extra

 

 

second before dialing.

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