[PLUG-TALK] Can RJ-11 telephone wires differ?

[Daniel Hedlund]

On Sun, Oct 7, 2018, 15:32 Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

>
>    The same wire does not work with the new VTech unit; that is, the
> handset
> reads "out of range."
>

If a cordless phone cannot connect with the base unit, I would expect to
see a message like that.  When I have issues with the line itself, the
cordless phones I've had usually say "line in use".

It's possible the phone was previously connected to a different base,
either refurbished or swapped at the factory.  Or it's just a bad message
for "unpaired".  A phone that registered for a different base would be
looking for a device that doesn't exist and just assume it's out of range.

Sometimes there are steps that have to happen to pair the two devices.

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