Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!nobody From: marko@apple.i.intel.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: My cordless remote stopped working Message-ID: Date: 24 Jan 89 16:10:25 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 25 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Originally-From: apple.i.intel.com!marko (Mark O'Shea) X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 34, message 5 I have a cordless remote phone from Sears (Too bad, I know). A while back it quit working. I called Sears and they told me it would cost the same amount to fix it as purchasing a new one-natch, the warranty was expired. So I put it away in the closet that holds all the handy home gadgets which need repair and I'll get around to someday... Well, about three or four months ago I heard something about how the batteries sometimes go bad and that could be the problem. So, I stopped off at my local Radio Shack and picked up a replacement set of batteries. I removed the old batteries and soldered in the new ones and put the phone on charge for 24-hours. At the end of the 24-hour period I got a dial tone, before the battery replacement there was no dial tone. After a few tries to dial out-with no luck-the dial tone went away. I had my sister-in-law call me and I tried to answer using this phone-no luck. No sister-in-law jokes please, I like mine. Is there possibly a simple fix for this beast? Is there a place that will fix it for a reasonable fee(<$50)? Shall I put it back in the handy gadget closet, shall I use it for 6mm, 87 grain impact testing? Thanks, Mark O'Shea SDA