I'm not sure if this is a type of question suitable for Google Answers
but I figured I would try it anyway.  Here goes...

I've having a problem with my GE cordless phone and am trying to
figure out how to fix it.  Yesterday when I went to make a phone call
I hit the Talk button on
the phone and heard a beeping noise similar to what you would hear if
you were watching the emergency test pattern on TV.  This has happened
a few times before and in the past all I had to do was turn it off and
turn it on again and all would be fine.  However, yesterday that
didn't work.  Finally, I decided to power the handset off.  When I
turned it on again, it came up with a message stating that it was
"Searching--------".  That continued indefinitely and I was unable to
use the phone to make any calls.  I replaced the battery on the phone
and tried everything again but that didn't help.

I'm guessing I may just have to ditch the phone and buy another but I
wanted to post here first in case there's something that I might be
able to do to get this fixed.  Thanks in advance.

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Clarification of Question by jpbischke-ga on 04 Nov 2002 16:26 PST

I gave up tonight and decided to buy another phone so I'm going to go
ahead and close this question.  I got a 2.4 GHz for around $50 which
isn't too bad.  Hopefully I won't encounter this same problem again.

Hello--

If you call GE, they may be able to tell you why that is happening to your phone.

I hope this helps in some small way!

darrel-ga

This sounds like the phone cannot "find" the base station. In this
case, on most phones, you would then hang up the phone on the carger,
wait a bit, then try again. I assume you already tried this, so I
don't know how much help it will be. It definitly sounds like the
phone either cannot communicate with your base station / charger, or
it cannot associate with it (association means that only your GE
cordless phone can dial from your home phone, and not your neighbors
phone. It serves as a security measure). Other than hanging up the
phone, I don't know what method would cause the phone to properly
associate itself.