AT&T TL96457 User Manual page 191

Appendix
Troubleshooting
I experience poor sound quality when using the speakerphone.
For increased sound quality while using the speakerphone, place the handset
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on a flat surface with the dial pad facing up.
When using a speakerphone, controlling background noise in your
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environment is essential. While you are listening to your party, press
/DELETE to temporarily turn your microphone off. When it is your
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turn to speak, remember to press
microphone on.
Excessive background noise will cause a speakerphone to fade in and out.
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Try controlling the background noise by turning off any 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.
I hear other calls while using my phone.
Disconnect the telephone base from the telephone wall jack and plug
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in a working telephone. If the other phones in your home are having the
same problem, the problem is in your wiring or telephone service. Call your
telephone service provider (charges may apply).
My cordless handset does not ring when I receive a call.
Make sure that the ringer is not turned off. Refer to Ringer volume on
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page 38 in this user's manual.
Make sure the telephone line cord is plugged securely into the telephone base
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and the telephone jack. Make sure the power cord is securely plugged in.
The cordless handset may be too far from the telephone base.
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Charge the battery in the cordless handset for at least 11 hours. For optimum
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daily performance, return the cordless handset to the telephone base or
charger when not in use.
You may have too many extension phones on your telephone line to allow all
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of them to ring simultaneously. Try unplugging some of the other phones.
The layout of your home or office might be limiting the operating range. Try
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moving the telephone base to another location, preferably to a higher location.
/DELETE again to turn the
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