GE 29385GE1 Corded Phone - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

The 29385 uses four AA batteries, which go into the underside of the unit. Refer to the illustration in the second column of the manual at
http://www.home-electronics.net/ge/pc/IB/29385GE1_IB.pdf

The 29385GE1 isn't an answering machine. It will continue to ring until someone or something picks up or the caller hangs up. Please repost your question, giving the make and model of your answering machine.

Hi, Thanks for contacting Fixya.com This is sometimes a bad luck. Try another set of batteries. You have to turn the phone upside down to put them in. I read the pamphlet and there is no setting showing that number 16 for volume up. DOUBLES as a display up.

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The date and time is supplied with the caller ID information from your phone service provider. When you get a call, the date and time will be set. (If you don't have caller ID, there's no way to set the date and time otherwise. I've always wondered who came up with such a silly design.)

There is a small electric condenser microphone in the handset where you talk, chances are the mic is defective and must be replaced. Radio Shack use to carry two or three different types, not sure if they are available. The handset will need to be dismantled and some solder work required.

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this is because of display problem...or the brightness of the mobile may be low or replace battery.. or change the display...
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happy new year

Need more info here, does the machine record a memo? Set the machine to answer mode and press the little memo button on the very rhs of the machine to start and stop recording.) This should leave a message like through the phone line. Will that play back? Lift the tape lid and see if the tape moves??? With a little more info I can help, I've been repairing those for many many years.

Press the MENU button until TONE/PULSE MODE shows in the display. Press either arrow key to display the current mode. Pres an arrow key again to select TONE mode. Need the operating guide? You can download/print it here:

http://static.fixya.com/Manuals/G/GE/29385G1_Crdd_B46DA5B853306E0D4070DB3B7B910C90.pdf

try lifting the receiver pressing the speaker button and then put the receiver down.

You can find it online here:

http://www.home-electronics.net/ge/pc/IB/29385GE1_IB.pdf

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The batteries are under covers on the underside of the phone. Release the base, flip over the phone and there they are. Here is a link to the manual with all the information:

http://www.home-electronics.net/ge/pc/IB/29385GE1_IB.pdf

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Just disconnect the phone from the mains for a minute and then reconnect. The old message on your answerphone is erased and replaced by the default setting message but you can record over that by pressing and holding the greeting button.

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I am having a problem with the language on my Ge corded speakerphone md#29585fe1.how do i change it to english. Thank you in advance.

Some phones have a little clip on the side of the phone you have to pull out before you can slide the phone up. After pulling the brass clip out on the side of the phone. Take you hand and bump the bottom of the phone up.

No need to set anything. Call that number from a different phone and it will automatically set!!!! I just found that out by accident. It would have been nice if they put that in the manual.

I must have gotten your unit. Mine did work ONCE after it had been installed for about a week. But it never worked again and we pitched it. Buy something else.

I WAS UNABLE TO FIND A MANUAL FOR THIS MODEL BUT GO HERE AND DOWN LOAD THE INSTRUTIONS FOR THIS ONE THEY PROBABLY WORK SIMULARLY.http://www.home-electronics.net/ge/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=33&idproduct=37

New batteries does not mean GOOD BATTERY.
Did you test the replacements?
There are batteries that come with a tester in the package. A small sheet of paper with a color coded bar to tell you much like a pregancy test, if the battery is good, before you leave the store.
Never use a new battery after insertion without a full 12 or more hour charge from your phone charger. The batteries are good enough to draw dial tone when new but have been setting in that package for a long time and NEED the initial rebirth charge.
Hope this helps.

once tone/pulse appears there should be a way to hi light/select or choose either one.you must set it into memory. after it is stored, you shouldn't have to set it again before making other calls.
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That will be because the static was at the callers line, not at your end. At this time of year it is water in junction boxes at the caller's residence. If it was on every call, it would be down to your connections.