Troubleshooting

Problem

Suggestion

 

 

 

My handset does not

•

Make sure you have the ringer activated. Refer to the section(s) on ringer selection in this

ring when I receive

 

user’s manual.

a call.

•

Make sure the telephone line cord is plugged firmly into the base unit and the telephone jack.

 

 

Make sure the power cord is plugged in.

 

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

 

•

Charge the battery in the handset for 16 hours. For optimum daily performance, return the

 

 

handset to its base unit when not in use.

 

•

You may have too many extension telephones on your telephone line to allow all of them to

 

 

ring. Try unplugging some of the other telephones.

 

• The layout of your home or office might be limiting the operating range. Try moving the telephone

 

 

base to another location, preferably on an upper floor.

 

• If the other telephones in your home are having the issue, the problem is in your wiring or local

 

 

service. Contact your local telephone company (charges may apply).

 

• Test a working telephone at the telephone jack. If another telephone has the same problem, the

 

 

problem is the telephone jack. Contact your local telephone company (charges may apply).

 

• Other electronic products can cause interference with your cordless telephone. Try installing

 

 

your telephone as far away from these types of electronic devices as possible: wireless routers,

 

 

radios, radio towers, pager towers, cell phones, intercoms, room monitors, televisions, personal

 

 

computers, kitchen appliances and other cordless telephones

 

• Your line cord might be malfunctioning. Try installing a new line cord.

 

 

 

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i5871, 5873 specifications

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