Beocom 1401

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Hi guys,

I hope everybody is good. I have been really busy of late with a bouncing baby boy of three months to look after so I haven't had much time for B&O although I have been expanding my collection still!!! ;-) I have brought a MCP 5500 to use with my Beosystem 7000 althogh I haven't had a chance to play yet, baby has taken over!! I don't mind though he his my first that I know of anyways lol. Right to my problem with my phone. I brought it from Fleabay at a very reasonable price and a nice colour (Burgandy) the base is an AV control base which was not mentioned in the advert but was an added bonus! I also jumped the gun a bit and brought one from Ebay with those controls before my phone arrived. Well I plugged it in and tried it, it rung fine then I rung someone and could hear them very clearly, but they could not hear me talk! I tried it again a bit later but had no luck again. Now I love the phone and base it really is designed so beautifully! But this problem is really annoying and making a nice purchase go sour. I hopr this is repairable or just a stupid mistake on my part. Please HELP ME GUYS once again an etternally grateful Nidul

Any suggestions guys? I would really like to get this phone going again!!! It would be a shame to throw this phone away!!

Nidul wrote:
Any suggestions guys?
I have never seen one of these phone's but if you want idea's. Visually check the handset cord both ends. Open the handset and check the wiring into the transmitter/reciever. Last and least likley, did you buy this from outside the UK ? Hope this is some help.

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You (or previous owner) have not unintentially pressed the microphone mute button? You should hear a beeping signal then. 

Hi guys, I checked the phone over and the cord at both ends is in perfect condition, nearly brand new or thats what it looks like to me. Now I can hear a dial tone, and when I ring somebody, when they pick up, I can hear them very clearly, but the can not hear me. I think there is a problem with the microphone. I'm not sure what to do guys any advice is welcomed? 

have you tried un-muting?

Hi Jonathon

I have tried un-muting, When I press the mute button I get a beeping sound? Anything else I can do to check whats going on?

Sounds like a loose connector to the microphone?

How would I check the loose connection on the vmicro-phone?

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