VTech DS6151 Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
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Appendix
Troubleshooting
The CHARGE light is off.
Clean the charging contacts on the handset and telephone base each month with a
pencil eraser or a dry non-abrasive fabric.
Make sure the power adapter and telephone line cord are plugged in correctly
and securely.
Unplug the power adapter. Wait for 15 seconds before plugging it back in. Allow up to
one minute for the handset and telephone base to reset.
The telephone does not ring when there is an incoming call.
Make sure the handset ringer volume is not set to off or the lowest level (page 15)
and the telephone base ringer volume is not set to off or the lowest level (page 20).
Make sure the telephone line cord and power adapter are plugged in properly
(pages 2 and 3).
The handset may be too far from the telephone base. Move it closer to the telephone
base.
There may be too many extension phones on the telephone line to allow all of them to
ring simultaneously. Unplug some of them.
If the other telephones in your home are having the same problem, the problem is in
the wiring or telephone service. Contact your telephone service provider (charges
may apply).
Other electronic products such as HAM radios and other DECT phones can cause
interference with your cordless phone. Try installing your phone as far away as
possible from these types of electronic devices.
Test a working telephone at the telephone wall jack. If another telephone has the
same problem, the problem is in the telephone wall jack. Contact your telephone
service provider (charges may apply).
The telephone line cord may be defective. Install a new telephone line cord.
Remove and install the battery again and place the handset in the telephone base.
Wait for the handset to synchronize with the telephone base. Allow up to one minute
for this to take place.
My handset beeps and is not performing normally.
Make sure the power cord is securely plugged into the telephone base. Plug the
telephone base into a different working electrical outlet not controlled by a wall switch.
Move the handset closer to the telephone base. It may be out of range.
Reset the telephone base by unplugging the electrical power to the base. Wait for 15
seconds and plug it back in again. Allow up to one minute for the cordless handset
and the telephone base to synchronize.
Other electronic products such as HAM radios and other DECT phones can cause
interference with your cordless phone. Try installing your phone as far away as
possible from these types of electronic devices.