AT&T E5909B Telephone User Manual


 
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Appendix
Troubleshooting
The CHARGING
light is off.
Clean the cordless handset and charging contacts on the charger
each month using a pencil eraser or cloth.
Make sure the power and line cords are plugged in correctly and
securely.
Unplug the unit’s electrical power. Wait for 15 seconds, then plug it
back in. Allow up to one minute for the cordless handset and tele-
phone base to reset.
Your telephone might be malfunctioning. Please refer to the Warranty
section of this user’s manual for further instruction.
My Caller ID is
not working.
Caller ID is a subscription service. You must subscribe to this service
from your local telephone company for this feature to work on your
phone.
Your caller must be calling from an area that supports caller ID.
Both you and your caller’s telephone companies must use caller ID
compatible equipment.
System does
not receive CID
or system does
not display
CID during Call
Waiting.
Incomplete
messages.
If a caller leaves a very long message, part of it may be lost when the
system disconnects the call after 4 minutes.
If the caller pauses for more than 7 seconds, the system stops
recording and disconnects the call.
If the system’s memory becomes full during a message, the system
stops recording and disconnects the call.
If the the caller's voice is very soft, the system may stop recording
and disconnects the call.
Difficulty hear-
ing messages.
Press VOLUME ^ to increase speaker volume.
Remove any stickers that may have come on your telephone
base and/or handset when you purchased it, they may be
obstructing your messages when you play them.
System does
not answer
after correct
number of
rings.
Make sure that the answering system is on (see page 36).
If Toll Saver is activated, the number of rings changes to 2 when there
are new messages waiting (see page 39).
In some cases, the system may be affected by the ringing system
used by the local telephone company.
If the memory is full or the system is off, the system will answer after
10 rings.