BT Diverse Repeater User Manual page 14

Diverse Repeater ~ 4th Edition ~ 25th April '01 ~ 3831
adaptor still connected to the Repeater
carry out the following steps.
•
Locate a suitable position near a
mains socket within the reception
area of the base station and towards
the direction you wish to extend the
range.
If using more than one Repeater on a base
station you should ensure the Repeaters are
placed at least 10 metres apart.
•
Plug the Power Adaptor into the
mains socket.
•
Switch on the mains power. The
Repeater LED should light up then
after about 5 seconds the LED will
flash off and on several times after
which it should remain permanently
on. If the LED still continues
flashing it indicates either a poor
reception from the base station (too
far away) or it was not registered
properly with the base station.
•
Ensure all your handsets have been
registered to the same base station
as the Repeater.
•
Turn the Repeater confidence tones
on/off as required (see page 14).
•
Switch on each of your handsets
(one at a time) within the Repeater
reception area, outside the base
reception area. The handsets should
bring up their idle screen after a few
seconds of searching for a signal.
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If you switch off a handset (or remove its
batteries) or take it out of the reception range
of both Repeater and base station the above
step will need to be repeated for that handset.
This does not apply if using a Diverse ISDN.
If the Repeater is switched off, the above
procedure will need to be repeated for all
handsets.
•
Press the
handset is in communication via the
Repeater.
(a) If the Repeater confidence tone
was switched on during
registration then you should hear
a beep at 2 second intervals.
(b) You should hear dial tone
through the earpiece.
Blind spots (where signal is weak) can
cause loss of signal. Avoiding blind spots
will reduce the risk of losing a call and
the necessity to re-introduce the handset to
the Repeater.
button. If the