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Problem
Solution
The handset’s range
decreases.
• Fully extend the base’s antenna in a vertical posi-
tion
• Return the handset to the cradle, and recharge
the battery
• Be sure the antenna is not touching a metal sur-
face.
Receiver sound flutters
or fades.
• Be sure the battery is charged.
Can make calls, but
telephone does not
ring.
• Handset’s
POWER
must be set to
ON
to ring.
Can receive calls, but
cannot make calls.
• Set
TONE/PULSE
on the base correctly for your
type of service.
You cannot answer/
make a call and the
handset sounds an
error tone when you lift
it from the base or
press
TALK
.
• The phone might be receiving interference from
another RF signal; or, if the handset is away from
the base during a long period of AC power failure,
the phone might lose its access protection code.
Return the handset to the base for a few sec-
onds.
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