DECT phone problems

theloft

My query is this:- I am aware that microfilters need to be changed periodically (why?) but am not getting a problem with Broadband, but I am with my Dect phone system. For instance, unable to answer when the phone rings, screen goes blank or Base1 shows on screen (or 2 etc. depending on which extension) This could be the age of the system but do microfilters have an effect on the telephone as well. Have 2 new filters on order but just wondered if this could be the problem. Have posted this on Microfilter thread on Internet Accesss as well just in case I get blasted for posting on the wrong thread......

Quentin

The batteries don't last for ever.

teddysmum

I'd agree-batteries.

When ours have needed changing, we've had blank screens or the base ringing but not the handset.

theloft

Yes, I am aware of the battery changing requirement and have done this periodically. I believe it is also very important to get the correct maH (mine are 550). But the batteries were changed last year and as they are rechargeables, surely this is not the problem. Maybe the phones themselves have a life span ?

greyteam1959

How old are your phones ???

teddysmum

Some rechargeable batteries don't last very long at all. Lifespan can be affected by whether you let them go very low/flat now and then or constantly recharge ( I think the former is advised, as with laptop batteries)

theloft

mervyn11 wrote: »

How old are your phones ???

Not sure, but a few years old which is why I think it may be the phones are on the way out !!

theloft

teddysmum wrote: »

Some rechargeable batteries don't last very long at all. Lifespan can be affected by whether you let them go very low/flat now and then or constantly recharge ( I think the former is advised, as with laptop batteries)

NimH batteries are not supposed to have the memory thing, and in the phones they are constantly on charge.

teddysmum

theloft wrote: »

NimH batteries are not supposed to have the memory thing, and in the phones they are constantly on charge.

Not if you don't put the handset back on the base.

theloft

teddysmum wrote: »

Not if you don't put the handset back on the base.

Please ! I may be non-techie, but...................!

teddysmum

Actually my comment was valid and prompted me to contact Duracell to ask whether constant recharging (by returning to base) or letting the batteries run down slightly (by leaving off base) made any difference to battery life (I'm not referring to the situation with laptop batteries but the fact that some brands state X amount of recharges possible ) and was informed that there is no difference....so next time I'm told off for not replacing the handset...