Help needed with DECTALK EXPRESS

[jacobs at surferie.net]

Hi
First thing I'd do is check my express speaker. You can do this by plugging
headphones into it. Does the volume problem still persist? Normally the
express is quite loud on headphones when the volume is on max. If it's not,
then its a pretty safe bet its not your speaker. If it is your speaker,
contact whoever you ordered it from and either have the replace the speaker
if they can or replace the unit. Alternatively, get a low-cost external
speaker and plug it in to the headphone jack.
Second problem could be improperly loaded firmware or corrupt flash rom. In
either case all that needs to be done is to flash the firmware. It should be
provided on the disk that came with your express. Install this to a dos
partition and read the file upgrade.txt for firmware update instructions.
Note the firmware upgrade should be done in pure dos, not a dos box from
windows.
HTH


On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 05:53:16PM -0400, cris wrote:
> Dear listers,
> I have just purchased a dectalk express to use with linux.  However, the
> sound is barely audible.  It can not be battery problem because even with
> the external power on, the sound is still low.  Is there a way of resetting
> this box to produce louder sound?  Even when I turn the volume to Max,
> sometimes I miss words if there was a fan going on in the room.  I am sure
> that I have not lost my hearing yet.  Do I need a software to reset the
> Parameters?  Any ideas would be appreciated.