AT&T HS-8241 manual

Please also read Part 1 — Important Product Infor mation USER ’ S MANU AL Pa r t 2 A T&T and the globe symbol are registered trademarks of A T&T Corp. licensed to Advanced American T elephones. 900 MHz Cor dless T elephone with Caller ID/Call W aiting HS-8241[...]

© 2000 Advanced Amer ican T elephones. All rights reser ved. Printed in Mexico. 850004169 Issue 1A T&T 7/00[...]

CONTENTS 1 BEFORE Y OU BEGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 About Caller Identification ............3 INST ALLA TION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Befor e Y ou Install ...........................4 T able/Desk Installation...................5 W all Installation ..............................6 FEA TURE SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . [...]

BEFORE Y OU BEGIN 3 About Caller Identification (Caller ID) This product has a Caller ID with Call W aiting f eature that works with ser vice from your local phone service provider . Caller ID with Call W aiting lets you see who’ s calling before y ou answer the phone, even when y ou’ re on another call. Y ou may need to chang e your phone serv[...]

INST ALLA TION 4 Befor e Y ou Install 1 Choose a location for the base near an electrical outlet and a telephone jack. This phone requires a modular telephone jac k and a standard electrical outlet (110v AC) not contr olled b y a wall switc h. 2 Install the handset battery. b) Align two holes in plug with socket pins, and snap the plug into place. [...]

INST ALL A TION 5 3 Attach belt clip to the cordless handset (optional) . T o attach T o remo ve T ab le/Desk Installation Standard electrical outlet Modular telephone jack 1 Connect the telephone line cord. 2 Connect the power cord.[...]

INST ALLA TION 6 3 Char ge the handset battery. Place the handset in the base. Charge the battery for at least 16 hours the first time. 4 Check for dial tone. After the batteries are charg ed, pick up the handset and press P ; you should hear a dial tone. 5 Set the dial mode. If you hav e touch tone ser vice, the phone is read y to use as soon as t[...]

INST ALLA TION 7 a) Align holes on base with mounting studs on wall jack. b) Place power cord as shown, so it hangs straight down between base and wall. c) Pull base down on mounting studs until it locks into place. 5 Follow Steps 3–5 in T able/Desk Installation. 2 Connect the telephone line cord . 3 Connect the power cord. 4 Mount the base on th[...]

Time/Date 1 Press G until the screen displays 2 Press S . The month f lashes. 3 Use < or > to select the current month. 4 Press S . 5 Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to set the day , hour , minute and AM or PM. Ringer Selection 1 Press G until the scr een displays 2 Press > to select 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , or OFF . Y ou hear a sample of each ring display ed[...]

TELEPHONE OPERA TION 9 End a Call Press O — OR — Place handset in base Exit progr amming. Cancel a page. Handset V olume While on a call, adjust volume of what y ou hear . Hold Press to put a call on hold. Press again to release hold, or lift the handset of an e xtension. Answ er a Call Pr ess any key e xcept O . Change Channel Switc h to a cle[...]

TELEPHONE OPERA TION 10 Page/ Handset Locator Pr ess to page the handset for up to 90 seconds. Pr ess a gain to cancel, or pr ess any key on handset. On steadily when handset is in use or is charging in base On steadily when y ou have unr eviewed call inf ormation. If y ou subscribe to telephone company v oice mail with a visual message waiting sig[...]

TELEPHONE OPERA TION 11 T emporar y T one Dialing If you hav e dial pulse (rotar y) ser vice, you can chang e from dial pulse to touch tone dialing during a call by pressing * . This is useful if you need to send touch tone signals f or access to telephone banking or long-distance ser vices. 1 Dial the number . 2 Press * . Buttons pressed after thi[...]

TELEPHONE OPERA TION 12 Displa y Screen Messages Screen Displa ys: When: STANDBY The handset is not in use. NO LINE The base is not connected to the telephone line, or the line is not wor king. RINGING There is a call coming in. CONNECTING The handset is waiting f or a dial tone. PHONE ON The handset is in use. MESSAGE WAITING Y ou have received te[...]

TELEPHONE MEMOR Y 13 This cordless phone can store 50 telephone numbers with names, eac h up to 16 digits long. Stor e Memor y Numbers 1 Mak e sure the handset is off. 2 Press M . The first available location is display ed in the lower right cor ner of the screen. 3 Using the chart below , enter up to 16 characters for the name you’ re storing wi[...]

Edit Numbers Stor ed in Memor y 1 Press < to r e view numbers stored in memor y . 2 Press S when the screen displa ys the number you want to edit. EDIT f lashes on the screen. 3 Edit the name/number display ed. Press > to switc h between name and number . 4 Press S to sav e the edited information. Delete Numbers Stor ed in Memor y Delete a Sp[...]

Dial Memor y Numbers 1 Press P . 2 Press M , then enter the memory location (01-50) — OR — 1 Press < under the phonebook icon ( ) to review numbers stored in memor y . 2 Press < or > until the screen displa ys the number you want to call, or enter the first letter of the name stored with the number . 3 Press P . TELEPHONE MEMOR Y 15[...]

C ALLER ID OPERA TION 16 About Call Histor y This phone assigns each incoming call a number fr om 1 to 50. The most recent call will hav e the highest number . When the memor y is full, the oldest call information is deleted to make room f or new incoming call information. For eac h call that comes in, the screen displays the f ollowing information[...]

C ALLER ID OPERA TION 17 Delete Call Histor y Delete a Specific Call 1 Press > until the scr een displays the call information you want to delete. 2 Press S , then pr ess > until DEL is f lashing. 3 Press S , then pr ess < or > until the screen displays DELETE? YES . 4 Press S . Y ou’ ll hear a series of beeps confir ming the deletion[...]

C ALLER ID OPERA TION 18 Stor e Call in Memor y 1 Press > until the scr een displays the call information you want to store. 2 Press S twice. 3 Press S to store the call inf ormation in the memor y location display ed in the upper r ight corner — OR — Press < , then enter a tw o-dig it memor y location (01-50). 4 Press S . Y ou’ll hear [...]

C ALLER ID OPERA TION 19 Call Block This featur e works with service available from your phone service provider to prevent y our call information from being seen by the people you call. T o activate call block service, you must enter y our ser vice provider’ s call block code eac h time you make a call. Y ou can set the phone to automatically dia[...]

Displa y Screen Messages Screen Displa ys: When: PRIVATE NAME The other par ty is blocking name inf or mation. PPP The other party is blocking number inf or mation. PRIVATE CALLER The other party is blocking name and number information. UNKNOWN NAME Y our phone company is unable to receiv e information about this caller’ s name. UUU Y our phone c[...]

Char ging the Handset Ba tter y P ack This batter y should remain charg ed up to six days with the ringer turned on and up to 12 days with the ring er of f. A fully charg ed batter y provides an aver a ge talk time of about fiv e hour s. The batter y pack needs charging when: • A new batter y is installed in the handset. • The phone beeps twice[...]

BA TTERIES 22 Nickel-Cadmium Rechargeable Batteries m ust be recycled or disposed of properl y . Do not dispose of in household garbage. If burned, it could e xplode. If punctured, it could r elease caustic mater ial which could injure the skin or eyes. If s wallow ed, it may be toxic. The RBRC ™ seal means that the manufacturer is v oluntar ily [...]

IN C ASE OF DIFFICUL TY 23 If you hav e dif ficulty operating this phone, try the suggestions below . For Customer Service, visit our website at www .telephones.att.com or call 1 800 222–3111. Please retain your r eceipt as your proof of purchase . If the phone doesn’ t w ork at all, check these items first: • Mak e sure the A C adapter is pl[...]

IN C ASE OF DIFFICUL TY 24 If y ou hear noise or interference when using the phone: • Mak e sure the base antenna is full y upr ight. • Y ou may be out of rang e. Move closer to the base. • Press and release G to c hange to another of the 30 channels available. If noise is e xceptionally loud, mov e closer to the base befor e changing c hanne[...]