T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G

If your phone is not performing to your expectations, please try these simple steps first.

Symptom

 

Suggestion

The status LED won’t light

Make sure the AC adapter is plugged into the base unit and wall

when the handset is placed

 

outlet.

in the base unit.

Make sure the handset is properly seated in the base unit.

Make sure the charging contacts on the handset and base unit are clean.

The audio sounds weak

Press

during a call to help eliminate background noise.

and/or scratchy.

Make sure that the base unit antenna is in a vertical position.

 

Move the handset and or base unit to a different location away from

 

 

 

metal objects or appliances and try again.

 

 

Make sure that you are not too far from the base.

 

 

Can’t make or receive calls.

Check both ends of the base unit telephone line cord.

 

 

Make sure the AC adapter is plugged into the base unit and wall

 

 

 

outlet.

 

 

Disconnect the AC adapter for a few minutes, then reconnect it.

 

 

Reset the digital security code (See page 49).

 

 

Make sure talk is pressed.

 

The handset doesn’t ring or

The battery pack may be weak. Charge the battery on the base unit

 

 

receive a page.

 

for more than 15 hours.

 

 

The handset may be too far away from the base unit.

 

 

Place the base unit away from appliances or metal objects.

 

 

Reset the digital security code (See page 49).

 

 

Make sure the ringer switch is on (See page 17).

 

 

The Caller ID/CIDCW does

The handset was picked up before the second ring.

 

not display.

The call was placed through a switch board.

 

 

Call your local telephone company to verify your Caller ID service is

 

 

 

current.

 

 

Make sure that the CIDCW option is set to ON.

 

 

 

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Uniden 248 owner manual Troubleshooting, Symptom Suggestion