Troubleshooting

If your XCA4500A Integrated Telephone Answering Device is not performing to your expectations, please try these simple steps. If you are still unable to resolve the problems, contact Uniden Customer Service at

(800) 297-1023, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central, Monday through Friday.

Telephone Troubleshooting Chart

Problem

Suggestion

 

 

Charge light won’t come on when

Make sure AC Adapter is plugged

Handset is placed in Base Unit.

into the Base Unit and wall outlet.

 

Make sure Handset is properly

 

seated in Base Unit.

 

Make sure that the charging contacts

 

on the Handset and Base Unit are

 

clean.

Audio sounds weak and/or scratchy.

Make sure that the Base Unit

 

antenna is fully extended and vertical.

 

Move the Handset and/or Base Unit

 

to different locations and try again.

 

Press the CHAN Button to select

 

another channel.

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, and then reconnect it.

Handset doesn’t ring or receive a page.

Nickel-Cadmium battery pack may

 

be weak. Charge the battery on the

 

Base Unit for 15–20 hours.

 

Set the RING ON/BATT SAVE switch on

 

the Handset to RING ON.

 

Extend the Base Unit antenna

 

vertically.

 

The Handset may be too far away

 

from the Base Unit.

 

Place the Base Unit away from noise

 

sources.

 

The Digital Security Code may be

 

erased. Set the Digital Code.

Base Unit doesn’t ring or receive a

Set the Base Unit Ringer switch to

page.

LO or HI.

 

 

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Uniden XCA4500 important safety instructions Telephone Troubleshooting Chart, Problem Suggestion