Eddie On Everything » fix http://www.eddieoneverything.com Tips & tricks on things that interest me Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:29:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How to Deregister a Uniden Handset Without the Original Base http://www.eddieoneverything.com/articles/how-to-deregister-a-uniden-handset-without-the-original-base.php http://www.eddieoneverything.com/articles/how-to-deregister-a-uniden-handset-without-the-original-base.php#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:25:42 +0000 eddie http://www.eddieoneverything.com/?p=874 Over the years, I’ve have a few Uniden phone systems. I can’t say enough about these phones.

I picked up my latest set of 4 phones for just $30. The call quality is great, the handsets are comfortable, and the reception isn’t bad. For the price, you can’t beat it.

I wanted to use an older Uniden phone with my new base unit. When I went into the menu on the handset to register the older phone with the new base, I only saw an option for “Deregister handset.” When I selected that option, the phone tried to connect to the old base unit (which isn’t connected) and timed out with an “Unable to connect” error.

Disconnecting and re-connecting the battery didn’t solve the problem.

I did some investigation and found out how to re-set the old handset so it could be used with my new base unit.

Steps to reset your Uniden cordless phone Handset without the base unit

  1. Disconnect the battery.
  2. Hold down the # and the * keys. While holding them down, re-connect the battery.
  3. Push the right-most “soft” button. This is the button directly under the screen, on the right hand side. (The one that lets you select commands displayed on the screen.)

That’s it- your phone should now say “EEPROM CLEAR OK!”

Simply set the phone on the base unit and it will register itself with that base.

Works with: Uniden Integri-Sound PowerMax 5.8 GHz phone, TCX800, TRU8888, TRU9485, TRU8860.

(Know of any others that it works with? Please let me know in the comments. The handset model number is in the battery compartment, beneath the battery.)

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]]> http://www.eddieoneverything.com/articles/how-to-deregister-a-uniden-handset-without-the-original-base.php/feed 57 How To Fix Your Kindle 2 When It Won’t Charge http://www.eddieoneverything.com/how-to/how-to-fix-your-kindle-2-when-it-wont-charge.php http://www.eddieoneverything.com/how-to/how-to-fix-your-kindle-2-when-it-wont-charge.php#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:30:06 +0000 eddie http://www.eddieoneverything.com/?p=536 Egad! My Kindle stopped charging!

I settled in to bed the other night and grabbed my Amazon Kindle, looking to pick up where I left off in The Hades Factor. I was met with a familiar “Your battery is running low” message, so I plugged the Kindle in to the charger for the night and instead settled in with an old-fashioned, low-tech, printed-on-dead-trees style book.

The next morning, I unplugged my should-have-been-fully-charged Kindle & sat down to read the morning paper, only to be met with the “your battery is CRITICAL error!” Zoinks! For some reason, despite being plugged in all night, my Kindle had not charged!

I quickly ran to my computer & attached the Kindle. My Windows XP PC popped up that dreaded “USB Device Not Recognized” balloon. “It’s OK,” I thought. “It’ll be OK. I’ll just power the Kindle off by holding the power on/off slider for 15 seconds, and I’ll check back later.”

I returned later and … No dice! The Kindle was still not charging!

Thankfully, I was able to find a solution to this problem. (Whew!) After searching for things like “Kindle reset,” “Kindle hard reset,” and “Kindle soft reset,” I learned that while the Kindle 1 can be reset with a paper clip, or by using the Shift-Alt-R trick, these methods didn’t work on the Kindle 2.

I eventually came across a page that relayed a tip by Amazon Kindle Tech Support. I followed these steps, and within a couple of hours, I was back in action.

How to reset your Kindle when it won’t charge

1. Slide the power button and hold it for 30 sec.

2. Release and wait for 20 sec until the screen begins to flash.

3. As soon as it does, plug in the power and keep it connected for 2 hours.

Big thanks to The Epistemist for pointing me in the right direction. Now, back to my Robert Ludlum book…

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