I have BT Freestyle 2200 cordless telephone (twin).I have had them for a while.The phones now need constant charging. Apparently you can get replacement batteries for this model but how do you get the old batteries out? Does the back slide off? Is there a certain way of doing this.Push,pull,slide or just take a hammer to it and buy new. Many thanks

Phil, September 2008

To slide the battery cover off: hold the handset in your left hand with the keypad facing the palm of your hand. You should see "BT" written on the back. Make sure this is UPSIDE DOWN. You will see an oval shape with three friction dots at the top, these are on the battery cover. Put the thumb of your right hand on the friction dots and push down and forward quite hard.

Brian, October 2011

Great answers thanks to you Andy G
The link was brilliant. I had to get a knife to open the unit for leverage. But better and cheaper than buying a new one.
thanks again

Bryce Cooper, December 2010

Hi,
I had the same problem. There are pdf's of the phone user manual available online, which show you how to replace the battery (on p.24). See:

http://uk-surplus.com/manuals/freestyle2200.pdf
or:
http://www.telephonesonline.co.uk/_telephone_user_guides/_bt_phones/bt_freestyle_2200.pdf

Good luck.

Andy G, March 2010

hi

the battery cover should just slide downwards. BT doesn't support this model anymore but I have found the user guide here:

http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/79684.pdf

hope that helps

jason, September 2008