Noise or Static onO The Line
The most common cause of noise or static on a cordless phone is interference. Here are some common household sources of interference:
electrical appliances, especially microwave ovens
computer equipment, especially wireless LAN equipment and DSL modems
Do you have a T-Coil hearing aid?
If you have a hearing aid equipped with a telecoil
Using
shorten the handset’s talk
time; make sure to watch your battery status and keep the battery charged.
large florescent light fixtures (especially if they give off a buzzing noise)
other services that use your phone line, like alarm systems, intercom systems, or broadband Internet service
Here are some hints for when the static is...
on 1 handset or in 1 location: | on all handsets or in all locations: |
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- Check nearby for one of the common | - Check near the base for the |
interference sources. | source of interference. |
- Try moving the handset away from a | - Try moving the base away from |
suspected source, or try moving the | a suspected source, or turn off |
suspected source so it’s not between the | the source if possible. |
handset and the base. | - If the base has an adjustable |
- Try moving closer to the base. There is | antenna, try raising the antenna |
always more noise at the edges of the | so it stands straight up. |
base's range. If the handset displays an | - If you have any service that uses |
Out of Range message, you need to | the phone line, you might need |
move closer to the base. | a filter (see below). |
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Installing a telephone line filter or DSL filter
Sometimes, broadband Internet services that use the telephone line can interfere with phones. One of these services−DSL− often causes static on telephones. A DSL filter or telephone line filter usually solves this problem. The technician who installed
Telephone 
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DSL lter
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