Appendix I

Troubleshooting

Eliminate any background noise. Noise from a television, radio or other appliances may cause the phone to not dial out properly. If you cannot eliminate the background noise, first try muting the cordless handset before dialing, or dialing from another room in your home with less background noise.

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).

My cordless

Make sure the power cord is securely plugged into the

handset isn’t

 

telephone base. Plug the unit into a different, working

performing

 

electrical outlet not controlled by a wall switch.

normally.

Move the cordless handset closer to the telephone base.

 

 

 

You might have moved out of range.

 

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

 

 

telephone base to reset.

 

Other electronic products can cause interference to

 

 

your cordless phone. Try installing your phone as far

 

 

away from these types of electronic devices as possible:

 

 

television sets, VCRs, or other cordless telephones.

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displays on my cordless handset.

Ensure that the telephone base is powered up.

Place the cordless handset in the telephone base for one minute to allow the cordless handset and base to resynchronize.

Move the cordless handset closer to the telephone base. You might have moved out of range.

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 telephone base to reset.

Other electronic products can cause interference with your cordless phone. Try installing your phone as far away from these types of electronic devices as possible: television sets, VCRs, or other cordless

telephones.

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