Cordless Telephone/Answering System User's Manual

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Appendix L
Troubleshooting
If you have difficulty with your telephone, please try the suggestions below. For
Customer Service, visit our website at www.telephones.att.com, or call
1 (800) 222–3111. In Canada dial 1 [phone].
My phone
doesn’t work
at all
• Make sure the power cord is securely plugged in.
• Make sure that the battery connector is securely plugged
into the cordless handset.
• Make sure the telephone line cord is securely and firmly
plugged into the telephone base and the telephone wall
jack.
• Charge the battery in the cordless handset for at least
16 hours. For optimum daily performance, return the
cordless handset to its base when not in use.
• If the battery is depleted, it may take approximately fourIf the battery is depleted, it may take approximately four
minutes to charge the handset before it can resume
display on the screen.
• Reset the telephone base. Unplug the unit’s electrical
power. Wait for approximately 15 seconds, then plug it
back in. Allow up to one minute for the cordless handset
and telephone base to reset.
• You may need to purchase a new handset battery,
please refer to page 8 of this user’s manual.
I cannot get a
dial tone
• First try all the suggestions above.
• Move the cordless handset closer to the telephone base.
You might have moved out of range.
• If the previous suggestions don’t work, disconnect the
telephone base from the telephone jack and connect to
a different phone. If there is no dial tone on that phone
either, the problem is in your wiring or local service.
Contact your local telephone company.
• Your line cord might be malfunctioning. Try installing a
new line cord.
I cannot dial
out
• First try all the suggestions above.
• Make sure you have a dial tone before dialing. The
cordless handset may take a second or two to find the
telephone base and produce a dial tone. This is normal.
Wait an extra second before dialing.