9 Articles Found...

• Telephones: Troubleshooting Problems and Repairs
  If there is a problem with the phone lines that serve your house, nearly all phone companies will solve the problem without charge...
• How to Reduce Telephone Interference
  Each frequency band can be subdivided into different increments, or channels...
• One Phone Doesn't Work
  Be sure both the line cord and the handset cord are plugged in...
• Other Phone Repairs
  A number of problems not covered by other articles here may occur if the telephone you're using is faulty...
• Phone Doesn't Ring or Rings Too Quietly
  If the phone has a dial tone but does not ring, adjust the ringer loudness...
• Phone Rings But One Party Can't be Heard
  If your phone rings and seems to work but one party cannot be heard by the other, the problem is often the result of a defective handset cord...
• Portable Telephone Handset Doesn't Work
  Some portable handsets have a static discharge protection circuit...
• Telephone Jack/Outlet is Dead
  If no telephone will work when plugged into a certain phone receptacle--but the phones work in other receptacles on the same line--assume that either the modular phone receptacle is bad or the wires that connect it to the rest of the system have become loose or severed...
• Telephones are Dead
  If one (or more) of your phones does not work, check all other phones on the same line to see whether any of them work and to isolate the location of the problem...