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TROUBLESHOOTING

We do not expect you to have any problems with your phone, but if you do, the fol- lowing suggestions might help.

Problem

 

 

 

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Low volume or unusual sounds.

Someone has picked up at another

 

 

phone on the same line. Hang up

 

 

the other phone.

 

Press

 

to turn up the handset’s

 

 

volume.

 

 

 

 

 

Severe noise interference.

Return the handset to the base for

 

 

a few seconds to reset the internal

 

 

security access protection code,

 

 

then try again.

 

You might be moving out of range

 

 

(see “Out of Range Indications” on

 

 

Page 23). Move the handset closer

 

 

to the base or relocate the base.

 

• 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

Adjust the base’s antenna so it

useful distance from the base

 

stands straight up.

because the signal becomes weak or

Return the handset to the base,

noisy (handset’s range has

 

and recharge the battery.

decreased).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be sure neither antenna is touch-

 

 

ing a metal surface.

 

 

 

 

 

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Radio Shack ET-908 owner manual Troubleshooting, Problem Solution