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Posted on Jan 09, 2009

Cordless phones display searching for base.

When attempting to enter base ID into cordless phones message
T23 PD displayed and phone starts beeping.

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  • paulahmay Mar 02, 2009

    Cannot register handset with base, gives error message T23 PD. Subsequently says "SYSTEM BUSY!"

  • Anonymous Mar 23, 2009

    I have the same problem on the same phone - did you get it resolved?

  • Anonymous Apr 02, 2009

    I have same problem, what the heck?

  • Anonymous May 15, 2009

    the book says 'system busy' on the handset means the maximum number of handsets are in use. which is bogus because it's supposed to take eight and now its balking at taking a third. i'm also getting an icon 'r' in the upper lefthand corner which means 'handset not yet registered, or searching for base.' i actually replaced the base unit because the original one started doing this after three years.

  • brandi1of2
    brandi1of2 Feb 19, 2014

    I have the same issue, I dont see a resoltion posted. Did anyone get one emailed to them?

  • Anonymous Mar 29, 2014

    asterisk appear in display

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Same problem: registering base ID on cordless get T23 PD error and subsequently, Searching for Base

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To register a handset to your telephone base
Make sure the handset battery is installed and charged properly. You have to enter a 15-digit telephone base ID to register the handset to the telephone base.

To find the telephone base ID and register the handset:

1. On the telephone base, press the MENU softkey when in idle mode to enter the feature menu. Press the or softkey to scroll to the DISPLAY BASE-ID menu, then press the OK softkey. The telephone base ID will be displayed.

2. On the handset, use the keypad buttons to enter the telephone base ID and press the OK softkey.
Press the softkey to move the cursor.

3. The handset will first display PLEASE WAIT!!, then T23 PD followed by SEARCHING FOR BASE. The screen will finally display HANDSET X when the registration is successful.
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1. If the registration is not successful, the display will show NO BASE SUBSCRIPTION. Try the registration process again.

2. If an incorrect base ID is entered, the base ID will disappear and ENTER BASE ID will be displayed.

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1. Make sure to charge the handset battery pack at least 12 hours.
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I have an EP5962 system with 4 cordless phones. It is at a seasonal residence, and I just came here for the first time this season, and none of the handsets works. The base unit works. I charged for 24...

First thing you must do, is clear the base memory of the phones.

To deregister all handsets:
Select MENU on the base, scroll to SETUP BASE,
then select OK.
Scroll to DEREGISTER ALL and then select SET. Thebase will display DO YOU WANT TO DEREGISTER ALL HANDSETS?
Select YES. All handsets are deregistered and are unusable until each has been re-registered

During registration,you must enter the 15-digit ID number of the telephone base. To find this number, go to the base, select MENU, scroll down to DISPLAY BASE ID, then select OK


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