AT&T TL86103 User Manual page 150

Appendix
Troubleshooting
I experience poor sound quality when using the cordless handset
speakerphone.
• For increased sound quality while using the cordless handset speakerphone,
place the handset on a flat surface with the dial pad facing up.
• When using the cordless handset speakerphone, controlling background noise
in your environment is essential. While you are listening to your party, press
MUTE/
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speak, remember to press MUTE/
• Excessive background noise will cause a speakerphone to fade in and out.
Try controlling the background noise by turning off and audio devices near
the speakerphone. Also, try to avoid interrupting the person at the other
end of the conversation while they are speaking. If background noise cannot
be controlled, you should terminate speakerphone operation and return to
normal handset mode.
My cordless handset does not ring when I receive a call.
• Make sure that the ringer is not off. Refer to Ringer volume on page 35 in
this user's manual.
• Make sure you plug in the telephone line cord securely into the telephone
base and the telephone jack. Make sure you plug in the power cord securely.
• The cordless handset may be too far from the telephone base.
• Charge the battery in the cordless handset for at least 10 hours. For
optimum daily performance, return the cordless handset to charger when not
in use.
• You may have too many extension phones on your telephone line to
allow all of them to ring simultaneously. Try unplugging some of the
other phones.
• The layout of your home or office may be limiting the operating range. Try
moving the telephone base to another location, preferably to a
higher location.
• If other phones in your home are having the same problem, contact your
telephone service provider (charges may apply).
• Test a working phone at the phone jack. If another phone has the same
problem, contact your telephone service provider (charges may apply).
• Other electronic products can cause interference with your cordless phone.
Try installing your phone as far away as possible from electronic devices
such as television sets, VCRs, or other cordless telephones.
• Remove the battery. Install the battery again and place the cordless handset
into charger. Wait for the cordless handset to re-establish its connection with
the telephone base. Allow up to one minute for this to take place.
• Your line cord may be defective. Try installing a new line cord.
to temporarily turn your microphone off. When it is your turn to
again to turn the microphone on.
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