Owner`s manual
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Common Issues
If your phone is not performing to your expectations, please try these simple steps rst. If these steps do not solve 
your problem, please call our Customer Hotline. See back cover page for contact information. 
Symptom Suggestion
The charge LED won’t 
illuminate when the handset is 
placed in the cradle. 
Make sure the AC adapter is plugged  into the base or the charger (if you 
have more than one handset) and wall outlet.
Make sure the handset is properly seated in the cradle.
Make sure the charging contacts on the handset are clean. 
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The audio sounds weak. Move the handset and/or base away from metal objects or appliances and 
try again.
Make sure that you are not too far from the base. 
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Can’t make or receive calls. Make sure that you are not too far from the base. 
Make sure the line is not in use.  If an outside call is already using a line, 
you cannot use that line to make another outside call.
Check both ends of the base telephone line cord.
Make sure the AC adaptor is plugged into the base and wall outlet.
Disconnect the AC adaptor and reconnect.
Change the Digital Security Code (see page 51). 
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The handset doesn’t ring or 
receive a page.
Make sure that you are not too far from the base. 
Charge the battery in the handset for  at  least 15-20 hours by placing the 
handset on the base or charging cradle.
Change the Digital Security Code (see page 51). 
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Severe noise interference. Keep the handset away from microwave ovens, computers, remote control 
toys, wireless  microphones, alarm  systems,  intercoms, room monitors, 
uorescent lights, and electrical appliances.
Move to another location or turn off the source of interference. 
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