When I am on my new Panasonic cordless phone, people tell me that sometimes I sound underwater. Help.?
Question by scottluanne: When I am on my new Panasonic cordless phone, people tell me that sometimes I sound underwater. Help.?
I don’t think it is a range problem because I have had the problem when I am in the next room as the homebase. It doesn’t happen all the time but quite alot. Anybody have this problem?
Best answer:
Answer by Electro-Fogey
That underwater sound is the result of digital signals being interfered with. Newer cordless phones use digital so that they can be encrypted. One thing you should try is to get a P.O.T. (Plain Old Telephone) and use it for a few calls instead of your cordless. See if there is any underwater sound at that point. If there is, then it isn’t the cordless, it’s somewhere in your phone line.
If it’s definitely your cordless, maybe there’s some other interference on the channel, like are there any other cordless phones in the area, or baby monitors, or whatever? Sometimes the phone will have a control that lets you go to a different “channel,” that can have less interference on it (although newer phones do the channel switch automatically). If that isn’t the case, it’s time to return the phone.
If the POT also sounds underwater, it’s the phone company. If you get your phone service as part of DSL or over broadband cable, then you need to contact them about it, as your router or DSL interface may be malfunctioning.
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