AT&T Dect 6 Owners Manual

Appendix
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Troubleshooting
The layout of your home or office may be limiting the 
operating range. Try moving the telephone base to another 
location, preferably on an upper floor.
If other phones in your home are having the same problem, 
contact your telephone service provider (charges may apply).
Test a working phone at the phone jack. If another phone has 
the same problem, contact your telephone service provider 
(charges may apply).
Other electronic products such as HAM radios and other DECT...

Appendix
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Troubleshooting
Disconnect the telephone base from the telephone wall jack 
and plug in a working telephone. If the other phones in your 
home are having the same problem, the problem is in your 
wiring or telephone service. Contact your telephone service 
provider (charges may apply).
Excessive background noise will cause a speakerphone to fade 
in and out. Try controlling the background noise by turning off 
any audio devices near the speakerphone. Also, try to avoid 
interrupting the...

Appendix
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Troubleshooting
System does not receive caller ID when on a call.
Make sure you subscribe to caller ID with call waiting features 
from your telephone service provider. Caller ID features work 
only if both you and the caller are in areas offering caller  
ID service, and if both telephone service providers use 
compatible equipment.
I subscribe to a nontraditional telephone service that uses  
my computer to establish connections, and my telephone  
doesn’t work.
Make sure your computer is...

Appendix
20

Troubleshooting
Common cure for electronic equipment.
If the telephone does not seem to be responding normally, try 
putting the cordless handset in the charger. If it does not fix the 
problem, do the following (in the order listed):
1. Disconnect the power to the telephone base.
2. Disconnect the cordless handset battery.
3. Wait a few minutes.
4. Connect power to the telephone base.
5. Completely remove the battery. Replace the battery and place 
the cordless handset into the telephone...

Appendix
21

Maintenance
Taking care of your telephone
Your cordless telephone contains sophisticated electronic 
parts, so it must be treated with care.
Avoid rough treatment.
Place the handset down gently.
Save the original packing materials to protect your telephone 
if you ever need to ship it.
Avoid water
Your telephone can be damaged if it gets wet. Do not use the 
handset in the rain, or handle it with wet hands. Do not install 
the telephone base near a sink, bathtub or shower.
Electrical...

Appendix
22

Important safety information
Safety information
Read and understand all instructions in the user’s manual. Observe all markings on the product.
Avoid using a telephone during a thunderstorm. There might be a slight chance of electric shock from lightning.
Do not use a telephone in the vicinity of a gas leak. Under certain circumstances, a spark may be created when the adapter is plugged into the power outlet, or when the handset is replaced in its cradle. This is a common event associated...

Appendix
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Important safety information
Especially about cordless telephones
Privacy: The same features that make a cordless telephone convenient create some limitations. Telephone calls are transmitted between the telephone base and the handset by radio waves, so there is a possibility that your cordless telephone conversations could be intercepted by radio receiving equipment within range of the cordless handset. For this reason, you should not think of cordless telephone conversations as being as...

Appendix
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Precautions for users of implanted cardiac pacemakers
Cardiac pacemakers (applies only to digital cordless telephones): Wireless Technology Research, LLC (WTR), an independent research entity, led a multidisciplinary evaluation of the interference between portable wireless telephones and implanted cardiac pacemakers. Supported by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, WTR recommends to physicians that:
Pacemaker patients
Should keep wireless telephones at least six inches from the...

Appendix
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FCC Part 68 and ACTA
This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC rules and with technical requirements adopted by the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments (ACTA). The label on the back or bottom of this equipment contains, among other things, a product identifier in the format US:AAAEQ##TXXXX. This identifier must be provided to your telephone service provider upon request.
The plug and jack used to connect this equipment to premises wiring and the telephone network must...

Appendix
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FCC Part 68 and ACTA
Industry Canada
Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
The term ‘’IC:‘’ before the certification/registration number only signifies that the Industry Canada technical specifications were met.
The Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) for this terminal equipment is 0.1. The REN is an indication of the...