All of the buttons on our phone have become extremely hard to push. Sometimes I even have to push with my fingernail to get it to work. My husband said that it may need to be cleaned but is this possible or do we just have to buy a new phone. This is the second phone that we have had that did this. The one we have now is a Motorola and I can't remember what kind the last one was.
SOURCE: Motorola Cordless MD400 series - "Out of Range" message on display
change the batteries in the base unit, base unit takes 4 AAA battries
SOURCE: The screen became blank
I would say the LCD is dead. They seem prone to that because we have had to replace two handsets with exactly the same problem. The one lost the top row of the screen, the second is completely screendead. Though all is not lost. Any GAP compatible cordless handset will work with that base, so you can replace them and not have to buy an entire system :) Ebay is a good source for handsets only.
SOURCE: buttons stick, wont let me push them!!
You can try alcohol and a tooth brush, making sure you clean around each button.
If this does not work then, take the face plate off of the phone and clean the keys from the inside.
The screws for the faceplate should be behind the battery.
Hope this helps
Ed
SOURCE: motorola md7161 keyboard not working
I know you may not have experience in taking apart the handset or small electronic repair but, it is actually very easy to do. I just bought the same phone set from goodwill for $6.99. The set looks great and actually almost in new condition.
However, I had the same problem with just one handset so, I figured it out so, my set would work properly and now after I fixed it, I have no problems and every handset works great.
Follow these instructions step by step and I assure you it will work again like new.
Step 1.) Take the battery cover off on the back of the handset and pull the cord out carefully from the battery wire to where it connects to.
Step 2.) Unscre the two screws that you see inside. Then, carefully seperate the front cover from the inside of the phone to gain access to the inside of the phone so, you will have access to the 3 small screws that will seperate the circuit board to gain access to the keyboard.
Step 3.) After removing the circuit board and taking out the keyboard and rubber keyboard pad. Carefully wipe all of the buttoms very rigously with an alcohol wipe pad and you will start to notice some plastice film start to come off. This is what you want to remove beacuse, somehow it causes those keys to stick.
Step 5.) After wipeing them clean and reinserting the pad to the cover, the screws in the holes, aliging everything back together and snapping the cover back on, screwing the 2 screws back in and replacing the battery and cover. Test it and you will se that it works just like it did when the phone was brand new.
Hope it worked for you like it did for me and good luck. :)
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