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TROUBLESHOOTING

We do not expect you to have any problems with your phone, but if you do, the fol- lowing guidelines might help. If you still have problems, take the phone to your local Radio Shack store for assistance.

Problem

 

Remedy

 

 

 

 

Low volume or unusual sounds.

Someone has picked up another phone

 

on the same line. Hang up the other

 

phone.

 

 

 

Severe noise interference.

Press CHANNEL to change the

 

 

channel.

 

• Keep the handset away from com-

 

 

puters, remote control toys, wire-

 

 

less microphones, alarm systems,

 

 

intercoms, room monitors, fluores-

 

 

cent lights, and electrical appli-

 

 

ances.

 

Move to another location or turn off

 

 

the source of interference.

 

 

 

The phone cannot be operated at a

Fully extend the base’s antenna in

useful distance from the base

 

a fully vertical position.

because the signal becomes weak or

Return the handset to the cradle,

noisy (handset’s range has

 

and recharge the battery.

decreased).

 

 

 

 

Be sure neither antenna is touching

 

 

a metal surface.

 

 

The phone does not work or works

• Be sure the base’s phone line cord

poorly.

 

and AC adapter are correctly and

 

 

securely connected, and the bat-

 

 

tery is charged.

 

 

 

The handset battery does not charge.

Check the charging contacts on the

 

 

handset and base. If they are dirty,

 

 

clean them with a pencil eraser.

 

Be sure the battery is connected

 

 

correctly.

 

 

 

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