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V-Tech cordless phone mystery
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| digger odell 2008-02-29, 9:25 am |
| Have you ever had a case where you''re dying to figure out why you
can't get something to work any more? I have two V-Tech cordless
phones, both of which are in that category. The charging light blinks
continuously (on BOTH phones) but no dial tone. So I replaced the
battery on ONE phone; did the reset thing; still no dial tone. (using
a phone line that tests OK on other phones)
Refuse to invest in another battery for the 2nd phone until I know for
certain that's the kicker.
Any suggestions?
digger
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| Tony Hwang 2008-02-29, 1:25 pm |
| digger odell wrote:
> Have you ever had a case where you''re dying to figure out why you
> can't get something to work any more? I have two V-Tech cordless
> phones, both of which are in that category. The charging light blinks
> continuously (on BOTH phones) but no dial tone. So I replaced the
> battery on ONE phone; did the reset thing; still no dial tone. (using
> a phone line that tests OK on other phones)
>
> Refuse to invest in another battery for the 2nd phone until I know for
> certain that's the kicker.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> digger
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Hi,
It maybe a problem with base unit not with handsets.
Now latest is DECT cordless phones.
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| digger odell wrote:
> Have you ever had a case where you''re dying to figure out why you
> can't get something to work any more? I have two V-Tech cordless
> phones, both of which are in that category. The charging light blinks
> continuously (on BOTH phones) but no dial tone. So I replaced the
> battery on ONE phone; did the reset thing; still no dial tone. (using
> a phone line that tests OK on other phones)
>
> Refuse to invest in another battery for the 2nd phone until I know for
> certain that's the kicker.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> digger
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Did you measure the battery voltage while it is installed? If it is
much below the rated voltage, you can pretty well be assured that is a
problem.
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| On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:18:08 -0800 (PST), digger odell
<diggerodell@gmail.com> wrote:
>Have you ever had a case where you''re dying to figure out why you
>can't get something to work any more? I have two V-Tech cordless
>phones, both of which are in that category. The charging light blinks
>continuously (on BOTH phones) but no dial tone. So I replaced the
>battery on ONE phone; did the reset thing; still no dial tone. (using
>a phone line that tests OK on other phones)
>
>Refuse to invest in another battery for the 2nd phone until I know for
>certain that's the kicker.
>
>Any suggestions?
The phone could be broken. I have a set of 3 V-tech phones and bases
and chargers which someone sold me for 1 or 2 dollars. All I hoped to
get was one phone and two base stations. I forget the details but if
I had gotten that, I'd be using them now.
Is V-tech thought to be a good brand. My only experience is with
these 3 broken ones.
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>digger
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| digger odell 2008-02-29, 1:25 pm |
| On Feb 29, 10:50 am, Ken <k...@invalid.com> wrote:
> digger odell wrote:
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> Did you measure the battery voltage while it is installed? If it is
> much below the rated voltage, you can pretty well be assured that is a
> problem.
The position of the battery contacts prevent taking a voltage
measurement. However, your suggestion did trigger a thought that
perhaps the battery wasn't pressing securely on the contacts. So on
top of the battery I folded a small strip of toiler paper (symbolizing
my feeling toward the annoyances). thereby forcing the battery to
press more securely. VOILA! The phone is now operational!!!
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO KEEP ME ON TASK !!!
DIGGER
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| ransley 2008-02-29, 1:25 pm |
| On Feb 29, 11:06=A0am, digger odell <diggerod...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 29, 10:50 am, Ken <k...@invalid.com> wrote:
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> The position of the battery contacts prevent taking a voltage
> measurement. =A0However, your suggestion did trigger a thought that
> perhaps the battery wasn't pressing securely on the contacts. =A0So on
> top of the battery I folded a small strip of toiler paper (symbolizing
> my feeling toward the annoyances). thereby forcing the battery to
> press more securely. =A0VOILA! =A0The phone is now operational!!!
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> THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO KEEP ME ON TASK !!!
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> DIGGER- Hide quoted text -
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Use a pencil eraser to clean the contacts
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| DerbyDad03 2008-02-29, 1:25 pm |
| On Feb 29, 12:03=A0pm, mm <NOPSAMmm2...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:18:08 -0800 (PST), digger odell
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> <diggerod...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> The phone could be broken. =A0I have a set of 3 V-tech phones and bases
> and chargers which someone sold me for 1 or 2 dollars. =A0All I hoped to
> get was one phone and two base stations. =A0I forget the details but if
> I had gotten that, I'd be using them now.
>
> Is V-tech thought to be a good brand. =A0My only experience is with
> these 3 broken ones.
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re: Is V-tech thought to be a good brand.
Bought a 4-handset package a year ago. No complaints yet.
BTW - Best Buy charged the same price for the 3-handset package as
BJ's charged for the 4-handset package - Buy 3, get 1 free!
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| On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:37:19 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
<teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:
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>re: Is V-tech thought to be a good brand.
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>Bought a 4-handset package a year ago. No complaints yet.
I don't know how old these are.
>BTW - Best Buy charged the same price for the 3-handset package as
>BJ's charged for the 4-handset package - Buy 3,
Good to know. OTOH Best Buy charges 20 dollars for a 2 Gig Sandisk
flashdrive, and every place else seems to charge 25 to 30. Don't know
abou BJ's.
This one comes with some special flashdrive software, u3, that I don't
understand, but it allows one to run software right off the flashdrive
with no installation to the computer. If I get it working it would be
good to take my pictures and a slideshow program when I visit family
out of town. 2 gig has plenty of room. I unzipped the file that
was in there, but I don't have XP so I can't test any further.
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| On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:03:11 -0500, mm <NOPSAMmm2005@bigfoot.com>
wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:37:19 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
><teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:
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>I don't know how old these are.
I meant: I don't know how old mine are, the broken ones.
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>Good to know. OTOH Best Buy charges 20 dollars for a 2 Gig Sandisk
>flashdrive, and every place else seems to charge 25 to 30. Don't know
>abou BJ's.
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>This one comes with some special flashdrive software, u3, that I don't
>understand, but it allows one to run software right off the flashdrive
>with no installation to the computer. If I get it working it would be
>good to take my pictures and a slideshow program when I visit family
>out of town. 2 gig has plenty of room. I unzipped the file that
>was in there, but I don't have XP so I can't test any further.
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| David Starr 2008-02-29, 5:25 pm |
| On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:18:08 -0800 (PST), digger odell <diggerodell@gmail.com>
wrote:
>Have you ever had a case where you''re dying to figure out why you
>can't get something to work any more? I have two V-Tech cordless
>phones, both of which are in that category. The charging light blinks
>continuously (on BOTH phones) but no dial tone. So I replaced the
>battery on ONE phone; did the reset thing; still no dial tone. (using
>a phone line that tests OK on other phones)
>
>Refuse to invest in another battery for the 2nd phone until I know for
>certain that's the kicker.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>digger
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Throw it out & buy a decent phone.
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| Jim Redelfs 2008-02-29, 5:25 pm |
| In article
<e7a396df-1bf0-4f69-bd57-f8ab88dc5a7c@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
digger odell <diggerodell@gmail.com> wrote:
> Any suggestions?
Connect a KNOWN GOOD phone to the base cord that is (was?) feeding the
cordless base station. It's quite possible that the cord is defective. Good
luck.
--
JR
No project too small
All projects too big
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| digger odell 2008-02-29, 8:26 pm |
| On Feb 29, 6:24 pm, Jim Redelfs <jim.rede...@NOSPAMredelfs.com> wrote:
> In article
> <e7a396df-1bf0-4f69-bd57-f8ab88dc5...@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> digger odell <diggerod...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Connect a KNOWN GOOD phone to the base cord that is (was?) feeding the
> cordless base station. It's quite possible that the cord is defective. Good
> luck.
> --
>
> JR
>
> No project too small
> All projects too big
In my OP, I did indicate that this step was covered ...
>continuously (on BOTH phones) but no dial tone. So I replaced the
>battery on ONE phone; did the reset thing; still no dial tone. (using
>a phone line that tests OK on other phones)
On the other hand, I neglected to mention that I ALSO used a pencil
eraser on the contact points, as recommended by V-Tech. What finally
did work was the step reported in my above posting (#5).
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