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Help If you have any problems using your Freestyle 80 Plus, this
section will give you the most common, easy to follow solutions.
Telephone problems Possible cause Solution
• No dialling tone.
• Telephone will not dial out.
• Telephone cannot receive calls.
• Beeps six times and drops calls.
• You have dialling tone but the
telephone will not dial out.
• Handset does not ring.
• No lights on the handset.
• Handset does not ring, but lights
show on the handset.
• Base unit does not ring but lights
show on the base unit.
• The base-unit rings too
loudly / softly.
Telephone not connected to telephone line.
Mains disconnected and back-up batteries
are not installed or are flat.
Power cut and back-up batteries are not
installed or are flat.
Handset battery pack is fully discharged.
You may be trying to use Tone dialling on a
pulse dialling exchange.
You are connected to a PBX and are not
dialling the access code.
The handset is fully discharged.
The handset ringer may be set to
OFF.
The telephone is not connected to the
telephone line.
The base ringer switch is set to
OFF.
Line fault or faulty socket.
The ringer switch on the base unit is set
to
HI / LO.
Replace handset on base unit for 10 seconds
and try again. If this does not work,
disconnect the handset battery from the
handset for 10 minutes. Also disconnect the
mains power and back-up batteries. Then
reconnect the battery and reconnect the base
unit to the mains, then replace the handset on
the base unit for 10 seconds and try again.
Plug the telephone into the telephone line.
Reconnect, and install or replace back-up
batteries.
Wait until the power is restored and install or
replace back-up batteries.
Place the handset on the base unit and recharge
for 24 hours ensuring the charge light is on.
Set mode switch to P-E (Pulse dialling).
Use the PBX access code.
Place the handset on the base unit and
recharge for 24 hours.
Set the handset ringer switch to
ON.
Plug the telephone into the telephone socket.
Set the base ringer switch to
HI or LO.
Try the telephone on another socket or
another line. If the telephone works, contact
BT or your public switched telephone network
operator for repairs to the line or socket.
Set the ringer switch on the base unit
accordingly.
