Radio Shack 43-327 User Manual page 49

for 15 seconds, then plug in the power adapter and re-install the battery.
Place the handset in the telephone base and allow up to one minute for
the handset and telephone base to synchronize.
• Other electronic products might prevent your handset and telephone
base from communicating with each other. Install your telephone base
as far away from these electronic devices as possible: wireless routers,
radios, cellular telephones, intercoms, room monitors, televisions,
personal computers, kitchen appliances and other cordless telephones.
The answering system does not answer after the correct number of
rings.
• Make sure the answering system is on. When the answering system is
on, the ANS ON/OFF light on the telephone base should be lit and ANS
ON should show on the handset.
• If toll saver is selected, the number of rings changes to two when there
are new messages waiting (page 15).
• If the memory is full or if the answering system is off, the answering
system answers after 10 rings.
• In some cases, the answering system is affected by the ringing system
used by the local telephone company.
The outgoing announcement is not clear.
• When recording the announcement, make sure you speak in a normal
tone of voice towards the microphone of the handset.
• Make sure there is no background noise when recording.
The messages on the answering system are very difficult to hear.
• Press VOL  on the telephone base or handset to increase the speaker
volume.
The answering system does not record messages.
• Make sure the answering system is on.
• When the answering machine memory is full, it does not record new
messages until some old messages are deleted.
• If you subscribe to voicemail service, change the number of rings so that
your answering system answers before your voicemail answers (page 57).
To determine how many rings will activate your voicemail, please contact
your local telephone service provider.
• If there is a fax machine connected to the same telephone line, try
disconnecting the fax machine. If that solves the problem, consult
your fax machine documentation for information on compatibility with
answering systems.
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