Why cannot i use rechargable batteries other than the ones originally in the handset

As indicated in previous posts, cordless phones often have LCD problems due to being in the charger housing too long. Remove the phone from charger when fully charged. Next time feel how the phone heats up after leaving the phone in charger for too long. it will be more cost effective to buy new handset as replacing the LCD.

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Hello, Terrie.

Sorry for the delay in responding - time zone difference.

First, let's see if we can fix your handset (from Uniden):

1. Remove the battery cover and leave it off for ventilation.

2. Remove the battery pack by disconnecting.

3. Leave the battery cover off and the battery pack disconnected for at least 3 days.

4. Once completely dry, reconnect the battery pack and the battery cover.

5. Recharge the handsset's battery pack for 20 hours in the base unit before using the phone. IMPORTANT: You must unplug the telephone line while recharging the battery pack
to avoid charge interruption.

I believe there is a way to export your phone book to another handset, but not without reviving your original phone. Unlike a cell phone, there is no memory card to remove and transfer.

Let me know what happens.

Hope this helps.

There are different kinds of rechargeable batteries. NiCad and LI ion. There are also carbon batteries that can be recharged.

You may have a problem with your battery. Usually the rechargeable battery goes bad on those units. Swap the battery from the working handset to one of the non working ones.

More often than not, this is simply due to dead batteries - do you know how old the batteries in the handset are? if they are quite old it might be worthwhile replacing them with the correct type of batteries (please ensure they are the correct type otherwise you can cause a fire putting non-rechargable batteries in a rechargeable phone) as this usually fixes the issue.

One other question, has the handset been dropped lately? This is another usual problem for a handset to stop working so ask whoever uses it and hopefully you will get a truthful answer :)

thx, if this helps please rate :)

Remove all handset batteries and leave for 10 minutes.
Unplug main cradle and reconnect after 30 Seconds.
Replace all handset batteries and place handsets back on cradles.

Replace the batteries.

Try changing the battery. Try using a new AAA rechargeable battries.

I have the same problem , the only logical reason i could think of is that the charger connecting to the base station has malfunctioned . 

With what kind of batteries you've renewed? Are they rechargeable?