User's Manual

Appendix
36
Troubleshooting
If you have difficulty with your phone, please try the suggestions below. For
customer service, visit our website at www.telephones.att.com or call
1 [phone]. In Canada, dial 1 [phone].
For more detailed instructions, please refer to the online Complete user’s
manual at www.telephones.att.com/manuals.
My telephone doesn’t work at all.
Make sure the power cord is securely plugged in.
Make sure you plug the battery connector securely into the cordless handset.
Make sure you plug the telephone line cord securely and firmly into the telephone
base and the telephone wall jack.
Charge the battery in the cordless handset for at least 10 hours. For optimum daily
performance, return the cordless handset to the telephone base or charger when
not in use.
If the battery is depleted, it might take approximately 30 minutes to charge the
handset before it shows Low battery. See
page 6 for details.
Reset the telephone base. Unplug the electrical power. Wait for approximately 15
seconds, then plug it back in. Allow up to one minute for the cordless handset and
telephone base to reset.
You may need to purchase a new battery. Please refer to Battery installation and
charging in this user’s manual on
page 6.
I cannot get a dial tone.
Try all the suggestions above.
Move the cordless handset closer to the telephone base. You might have moved
out of range.
If the previous suggestions do not work, disconnect the telephone line cord from
your telephone and connect the telephone line cord to another telephone. If there
is no dial tone on that other telephone either, then
the telephone line cord may be defective: try installing a new telephone line cord.
If changing the telephone line cord does not help, the wall jack (or the wiring to
this wall jack) may be defective,
try using a different wall jack in your home to connect your CL82104/CL82204/
CL82304/CL82354/CL82404/CL82454/CL82504/CL82554 telephone, or
contact your telephone service provider (charges may apply).
I cannot dial out.
Try all the suggestions above.
Make sure you have a dial tone before dialing. The cordless handset might take a
second or two to find the telephone base and produce a dial tone. This is normal.
Wait an extra second before dialing.
Eliminate any background noise. Noise from a television, radio or other appliances
might cause the phone to not dial out properly. If you cannot eliminate the
background noise, first try muting the cordless handset before dialing, or dialing
from another room with less background noise.
If other phones in your home are having the same problem, contact your telephone
service provider (charges might apply).
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