How do I make the phone louder for someone who is hard of hearing .I purchased the phone and it does not have many instructions with it. the dial tone is very soft as well.

What phone do you have?
On most phones there are buttons on the side to adjust volume.
There are also options for volume in your device's settings, under sound.
If it is hard to hear someone during a call you can turn on speaker mode which will make the sound a lot louder.

I found the instructions in PDF for for your phone at the Panasonic support site:
http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/KXTG2431.PDF

Apparently, these phones are designed to only allow up to a certain amount of dB of drive to the phone handset ear-speaker. This has to do with hearing safety conserns for the users. There are international sound level standards for all telephones and cell phones. I believe for cell phones they allow slightly higher levels because they are primarily used in outdoor and noisy areas. Some models of phones may be slightly louder or lower than each other when compared due to acceptable tollerances.

I would suggest to compare the volume you hear to some other phones just to make sure your phone is not too low in comparison. If it is lower than it should be, there is most likely a defect of some type. In this case the phone would have to be serviced.

If the phone is deemed to not be defective, and if you can purchase the service manual for your phone, which may be able to be purchased from Panasonic service, and you can find someone who is very good with understanding circuit design, he may be able to change the necessary components to make the sound louder. This may be an expensive solution in the end. Also, not all manufactures will sell the service manual for their products. You would have to contact the manufacture for your phone to find out. Normally service manuals for most home cordless phones could cost about $25 to $40 USD depending on the model type and manufacture's asking price.

This phone model has a headset jack. You can try a compatible headset for your phone. It may sound a bit louder to you with a headset. The instruction manual has some suggestions about using a headset with this phone. You may also find it easier to use with a headset.


Jerry G.

change the speaker

plug in your tel pin to line socket instead of phone plug. ther must be two plugs for tel.
line is for tel line from wall and tel for external tel unit

Call forwarding is not a function provided by single line telephones. You will need to contact your telephone service provider to have them provide the service for you as well as instructions for how to turn the service on and off.

Good Luck
BB

Sounds like you may have a problem with the one handset. Check to see if there is a volume control that you can turn up louder. It may only work while you have the phone in the talk mode. If that doesn't solve the problem then it sounds like the handset is bad. You may also want to plug a headset into the bad phone to see if it will work that way. Providing of course that the handset has a jack to accept a headset. Good luck.

can't hear the message & don't know how to make it louder

Get A New One.Someone Hacking Your Phone Line

Frustrated Pel. packed it up and returned phones to store.
They replaced it with no trouble. The second phone WAS a dud !

Sorry to have wasted your time.
Pel.

Dear lowis

Check weather it requires an external power, if it requires then u need to supply it, else if it doesnt require an external power then it is the settings at the subscriber end, which we can not do anything unless we request or complain them. And it is not the fault with the instrument. But note that the instrument mechanism could be designed with a low amplification which means it has poor circuit.