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BT Freestyle 1200 (bought 1999) base unit not working?

BT Freestyle 1200 (purchased 1999), new handset battery, new 9V base unit battery. Base unit has no lights, cannot reset time-date stamp, outgoing message. Just making a digital-sounding buzzing regular beep.
Any one know a repair shop I can send it to? It was an excellent phone.

Jessica
November 2009

BT BT Freestyle 1200 Telephones, Answering Machines Bt Freestyle Handset

I am having similar problems and will seek an answer and let you know, if I can.
The BT Freestyle phones were excellent uncomplicated phones that were easy to live with. Unfortunately one extension phone lost its side-tone, which created a problem for us.
I recently purchased later model BT cordless phones... but they were not easy to use and I immediately sent them back. They were over complicated and not at all easy to use.
I have now succeeded in buying three new Freestyle 'additional handsets' and chargers and am having difficulty getting them to work with my existing, working, base unit. I will check through BT to see if they have anyone who can check them out for me. I suspect they won't want to know !

Tony Kent.
February 2010