Troubleshooting
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TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Possible cause
Solution
The handset doesn’t switch on
Batteries discharged or not (well)
installed.
Try charging the handset for few minutes, then
remove it from the base. If it still doesn’t switch
on, check the battery installation (ref.
Installing the Batteries on page 89
).
Batteries damaged or not suitable
If you already did the above stated operation
unsuccessfully, try replacing the batteries
Faulty handset
Contact an authorized service centre
Handset works, but doesn’t
access the base unit
No power connection in the base
unit
Check the connection of the AC power adaptor
(ref.
chapter Connections on page 89
Handset not registered to the base
unit or lost of registration
Try registering the handset to the base (ref.
chapter Setting Display on page 127
Handset works and access the
base unit, but no dial tone is
heard.
Wrong connection of the phone line
cord
Check the connection of the line cord (ref.
chapter Connections on page 89
)
Handset works perfectly, but
the number are not dialed to
the line.
You have set the dual tone multi fre-
quency system (DTMF), but your
line doesn’t support it.
Try selecting the pulse dial (ref.
Handset works perfectly, but
you hear a beep during the
phone calls
Batteries near to be fully discharged Check the battery charge and charge it if nec-
essary (ref.
chapter Battery Checking and Han-
and
Noise and audio interferences
on your phone calls
Handset too far from the base
Get closer to the base unit. If you can access
more base units, try selecting a closer one
(
chapter Base Selection on page 136
).
Handset works perfectly, but
doesn’t ring with incoming calls.
Ring volume level set to OFF
Select another ring level (ref.
Handset can only receive calls.
Keypad locked.
You have disabled the keypad lock
function.
Try by keeping pressed the star key (ref.
The phone doesn’t dial certain
numbers
Outgoing calls barring function acti-
vated
Check the call barring function and change it if
necessary (ref.
chapter Barring Outgoing Calls
).
Phone doesn’t work properly
with some special services or if
connected to an exchange
extension (PABX).
Flash time not properly set.
Check the Flash time and set it properly (ref.
chapter Setting the Area Code on page 131
).
Battery duty is very low
You regularly charged the batteries
with more than one bar
Try performing the operation described at
ter Restoring the Battery Duty on page 85
Charging contacts not clean
Clean them as described in
Battery life reached the end
Replace the batteries
Logical malfunctioning in the
handset or base unit
AC power supply noise or electro-
static spikes could temporarily
altered the internal memory
Try resetting the handset or the base (ref.
ter Resetting the Handset or the Base on
page 135
Faulty handset or base unit
Contact an authorized service centre
Cannot send and/or receive
SMS messages, or SMS Mes-
sages are received just as
voice messages.
Call barring is on.
Set it to off (ref
chapter Barring Outgoing Calls
)
Other SMS phones connected to
the line.
Disconnect the other phones.
Service centers are not (properly)
set
Set/check the SMS service centers (ref.
Setting Service Center Number on page 116
)