[access-uk] Re: Cordless Phone Help Please
- From: "Hussein Patwa" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:42:39 +0100 (CET)
Hi,
Right you were. They take standard NiMH 1.2V batteries. So we should
have some by the end of the week if we're lucky.
Thanks for the tips. It was more a matter of working out how to get the
cover off the back. Once I managed that, it was, as they say, child's
play.
H.
> Hi Hussein.
>
> Well, most cordless phones I've come across take standard rechargeable AAA
> batteries, available from any electronics store. I suggest taking your
> phones to maplin, they'll be able to advise you of the situation but if
> your
> phone takes a proprietary battery pack, you'll have to contact BT for
> replacements which could prove expensive.
>
> All the best, Ibrahim.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hussein Patwa" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 5:26 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cordless Phone Help Please
>
>
>> Hi Ibrahim,
>>
>> I did think of that but I don't think this model of phone takes standard
>> batteries? They may even be sealed units, I don't know. Hence my
>> asking
>> if anyone else knew more about this sort of thing?
>>
>> H.
>>
>>
>>> Hi Hussein.
>>>
>>> Sounds obvious perhaps, but have you tried replacing the batteries in
>>> both
>>> handsets? Rechargeable batteries do die after around a year of use,
>>> sometimes much earlier so investing in a new set might solve your
>>> problems.
>>>
>>> All the best, Ibrahim.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Hussein Patwa" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 5:00 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Cordless Phone Help Please
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering if someone here could advise on the following as it's
>>>> starting to drive people here up the wall.
>>>>
>>>> We have 2 BT Diverse 6450 cordless phone handsets which we've had for
>>>> about 18 months. For the last few months the length of time the
>>>> phones
>>>> hold charge has decreased to the point where we almost try not to use
>>>> the
>>>> phones at all. Another problem is, for example, if we receive a call,
>>>> answer it, talk for say a minute or so and then end the call. If we
>>>> try
>>>> to make another call the buttons on the phone just stop responding (no
>>>> beeps as you press them) and we have to put it back on the charger.
>>>> That's alongside the constant phones going dead half way through
>>>> calls,
>>>> and not working even when having been laid on the charger for a few
>>>> hours.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know if there is a way to hard reset the phones or firmware or
>>>> something, other than just pulling the base station from the mains
>>>> socket
>>>> for a day or so? Or can you buy replacement batteries for it, and if
>>>> so,
>>>> is it worth it? If the worst comes to the worst, can anyone recommend
>>>> a
>>>> good replacement to buy once we throw this one out?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, from an increasingly frustrated me in an even more chilly
>>>> Aberdeen.
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