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General => Technical Help => Topic started by: Musicman on Saturday 27 November 21 15:25 GMT (UK)
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My 2-year-old “Panny” cordless phone is playing up. Late last night I noticed the phone screen display had changed to: ‘Base no power’/‘charging’. This morning the message was still the same. Have googled this but nothing helps. The phone has rechargeable batteries (Ni-MH) would they need replacing? The phone is always connected - power and phone line.
John
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"would they need replacing?"
Probably. I had to replace mine a couple of months ago [not the same model].
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I know more than one person who replaced such batteries and they didn't last five minutes. Probably better to buy a new phone.
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Check that the base unit has power - check plug, fuse, cable. Test the rechargable batteries, replace if suspect.
To scrap a two-year old phone is surely not right.
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Many thanks for replies, much appreciated - and apologies for late reply! I’ll go down the new r/c batteries and just keep everything crossed. ;) Reluctant to replace my main unit + handsets unless absolutely necessary - being mindful that landlines are due to be “switched off” in 2025 :'(
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I had a similar problem with a cordless phone a number of years ago and the easiest thing fixed it- took batteries out, waited a bit, put batteries back in- worked for years afterwards!
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I found because we have multiple cordless handsets and only use one, change over the handsets so that the least used gets used/charged regular.
Brian
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We bought a pair of Siemens phones about 10 years ago, both base units have a charger and the batteries are replaceable. My mobile battery is not replaceable. Never again! Even though its difficult to find a decent phone with replaceable batteries