GE 29438GE2 User Guide - Page 28

Ppendix, Roubleshooting

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APPENDIX B: TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Problem No dial tone when you pick up handset Solution • You must press a line button to get a dial tone. No dial tone when you press a line button • Make sure AC power is plugged in correctly. • Check hook switch. Does it pop up when handset is picked up? • Make sure phone line cord is connected. Can't hear other party • Check handset or speaker volume. Can't be heard by other party • Make sure handset cord is securely plugged in. • Make sure phone cord is securely plugged in. • Make sure MUTE indicator is off. Will not dial. • Make sureTONE/PULSE is set to correct position. Phone doesn't ring Low handset or speaker volume • Check RINGER VOLUME. • Make sure ringer is turned on. • Make sure Do Not Disturb feature is off. • Could have too many phones on one line. (See FCC registration information regarding REN) • Check the volume settings . Line indicator lights but phone doesn't ring. • Is ringer off? Is Do Not Disturb feature active? Telephone continues to ring after handset is picked up. • You must press the line number to answer a call. LOW Battery Symbol appears • If flashing,-battery is low and needs to be changed. If not flashing - battery is dead or not installed. Memory dialing • Make sure you entered numbers correctly. Busy Redial doesn't redial correctly • Make sure that you have a pause inserted if necessary 28

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A
PPENDIX
B: T
ROUBLESHOOTING
G
UIDE
Problem
Solution
No dial tone when
• You must press a line button to get a dial tone.
you pick up handset
No dial tone when
• Make sure AC power is plugged in correctly.
you press a line button
Check hook switch. Does it pop up when handset
is picked up?
Make sure phone line cord is connected.
Can't hear other party
Check handset or speaker volume.
Can’t be heard by
• Make sure handset cord is securely plugged
in.
other party
• Make sure phone cord is securely plugged in.
Make sure MUTE indicator is off.
Will not dial.
Make sure TONE/PULSE is set to correct position.
Phone doesn’t ring
Check RINGER VOLUME.
• Make sure ringer is turned on.
• Make sure Do Not Disturb feature is off.
• Could have too many phones on one line. (See
FCC registration information regarding REN)
Low handset or
Check the volume settings .
speaker volume
Line indicator lights but
• Is ringer off? Is Do Not Disturb feature active?
phone doesn’t ring.
Telephone continues to
You must press the line number to answer a call.
ring after handset is
picked up.
LOW Battery Symbol appears
If flashing,—battery is low and needs to be
changed.
If not flashing — battery is dead or not installed.
Memory dialing
Make sure you entered numbers correctly.
Busy Redial doesn’t
Make sure that you have a pause inserted if
redial correctly
necessary