Geemarc AMPLI455 manual

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1 CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 4 Unpacking the Telephone 5 DESCRIPTION and General Description 6 Key Description 7 LCD Description 9 Menu Navigation 10 INSTALLATION and Setting Up 12 Wall Mounting 12 SETTINGS 13 Set Language 13 Set Contrast 13 Night Light Function 14 Set Font Size 14 Hour Format Setting 15 Date Format Setting 15 Ringer Setting 16 Incomi[...]

2 Dialling a Number from the Redial List 27 Clear the Redial List 27 Mute Function 28 Hold Function 28 Receiving a Call 28 Hearing Aid Use 29 Flash Signal 29 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 30 Shaker 30 Headset and Audio Neck Loop Use 30 CALLER ID 31 View Caller ID List 31 Dial a Number from th e Caller ID List 31 Add a Number from the Caller ID List to the P[...]

3 ANSWERING MACHINE 43 Switching the Answering Machine On/Off 43 The Outgoing Message 44 Recording an Outgoing Message 44 Checking an Outgoing Message 45 Restore the Outgoing Message 45 Answering Machine Settings 46 Listening to Messages 47 Call Screening 48 Incoming Message Voice Slow 48 Operating the Answering Machine Remotely 49 Remote Code 49 R[...]

4 Congratulations on purchasing your Geemarc Ampli455. This is a multifunction telephone which o ffers features such as hands free use, caller ID*, caller announce , dialling talking, a phone book, quick dial and an answering machine. It offers amplification, helpful for those with hearing difficu lties. It has a large button, easy to see and use k[...]

5 Unpacking the Telephone When unpacking the telephone, you should find the following in the box: • 1 Ampli455 unit • 1 Ampli455 handset with curly cord • 1 Telephone line cord • 1 Mains power adaptor • 1 User Guide Sonic Alert Warranty Center 1081 West Innovation Dr. Kearney, MO 64060 Sales: 248-577-5400 Fax: 248-577-5433 Customer Servic[...]

6 General Description 1. Handset Knob 13. MEMO 2. Hook Switch 14. Speed Dial Key (M1-M6) 3. Large LCD Screen 15. Additional Amplifier key/indicator 4. Left Soft Key 16. Speaker Key 5. Up/Down Scroll 17. Message waiting/new call LED 6. Right Soft Key 18. Headset Key 7. Tone reception Adjustment 19. Microphone 8. Volume reception Adjustment 20. Store[...]

7 1. Headset jack 2. Audio neckloop jack 3. Optional Bed Shaker jack 4.Volume Reset Override Switch (ON/OFF) 5. Power jack 6. Phone Line Cord jack 7. Back Light Switch 8. New Call Indicator Switch 9.Shaker/Strobe/Strobe and Shaker Select Mode 10. Volume controls Key Description Make/Answer/End a call. Activates the speakerphone if pressed during a [...]

8 Scroll through the menu options. Enter the Caller ID list Soft keys. They perform the functions indicated by the text immediately over it (on the bottom line of the display) which changes depending on context Press this button to turn the extra amplification ON or OFF The nine keys are used as one-touch speed dial keys This key is used to store n[...]

9 LCD Description In standby mode, the large LCD display will show as below If you forget to connect the phone line cord, No line will show on the screen When you press the Menu soft key, the main menu will be displayed. Use ▲ or ▼ to scroll through the menu until you find the desired option. Press the Select soft key to confirm. On receiving a[...]

10 The screen below shows that you have 2 new answer machine messages. If you subscribe to a Caller ID se rvice -If the caller has exercised the option to prevent their name and number from being sent, Private will be shown on the display. If you subscribe to a Caller ID service – Out of Area will display when someone calls from an area where the[...]

11 Set Ring Call Waiting Set Flash Dialling Mode Date and Time Set Talk Dialling Talking CID Talking Review Talking Voice Prompt TAM Setup TAM ON/OFF Outgoing Msg Ring Number Security ID ICM Voice Slow DESCRIPTION[...]

12 Setting Up Connect one end of the curly cord to the handset. The other end of the curly cord plugs into t he jack on the left hand side of the Ampli455 unit. Place the handset on the cradle. Connect the line cord to the socket located at rear of telephone then connect the plug into the wall socket **. For the LCD display, backlight and other spe[...]

13 Set Language Press ‘MENU’ soft key Press ‘SELECT’ soft key to access ‘SET DISPLAY’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key to access ‘LANGUAGE’ Use S and T to select one of the 4 languages available (English, Francais, Espanol, Deutsch) Press ‘SELECT’ soft key to confirm Set Contrast Your screen has a backlight which aut omatically switc[...]

14 DISPLAY’ Use S and T to select ‘SET CONTRAST’ Press ‘ SELECT’ soft key Use S and T to select one of the 8 contrast levels available Press ‘SELECT’ soft key to confirm Night Light Function If you wish to use the LCD back light as a night light, switch the back light switch to . In doing so the back light will be switched on constant[...]

15 Note: If large font is ‘ON’ , when you pre-dial a number – if the telephone number exceeds 8 digits , the font will be switched to the smaller size automatically. Hour Format Setting Press ‘MENU’ soft key Press ‘SELECT’ soft key to access ‘SET DISPLAY’ Use S and T to select ‘HOUR FORMAT’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key Use S an[...]

16 Use S and T to select either ‘MM/DD’ or ‘DD/MM’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key to confirm Ringer Setting You can select your own ring t one and adjust both the day volume and night volume. You can also adjus t the volume to off in order to turn the ringer off. Press ‘MENU’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘SET PHONE’ Press ‘SELECT?[...]

17 rings with the selected ring tone. Press ‘SAVE’ soft key to confirm You can also adjust the ringer volume whilst in standby. Simply use the volume controls VOL+ and VOL- found on the right hand side of the telephone. The displa y will show the current level. For example: ‘RINGER LOW’ . Incoming Call Notification Setting There is a Shaker[...]

18 phone rings with the selected ring tone. Press ‘SAVE’ soft key to confirm Keypad Tones Setting Press ‘MENU’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘SET PHONE’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key Press ‘SELECT’ soft key to access ‘SET RING’ Use S and T to select ‘KEYPAD TONES’ Press ‘CHANGE’ soft key to set the keypad tones. You can c[...]

19 Press ‘MENU’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘SET PHONE’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘CALL WAITING’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ to activate the call waiting function Press ‘SELECT’ soft key to confirm Flash Time Setting You can adjust the flash time se tting. There [...]

20 Dialling Mode Setting In the UK, all telephone exchange s now use Tone dialing. If your telephone does not dial out, it is probably being used from an older private switch- board (PBX). In this case, the Tone/Pulse setting must be changed to Pulse. Press ‘MENU’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘SET PHONE’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key Use S [...]

21 Enter the correct time using the numeric keypad Press ‘SAVE’ soft key Enter the correct date us ing the numeric keypad Press ‘SAVE’ soft key Use S and T to select the correct weekday e.g. MON, TUE WED, etc Press ‘SAVE’ soft key Dialling Talking Setting This feature allows you to check t he number you have entere d in sta ndby mode wi[...]

22 Caller ID Talking Setting This feature allows you to check the Caller ID number on receiving a new call without look ing at the display i.e. the telephone number is announced (p rovided the number has not been blocked by the caller). If you have stored the incoming telephone number in the phone book and recorded the corresponding name, the name [...]

23 Use S and T to select ‘REVIEW TALKING’ Use S and T to select either ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ to activate/deactivate the review talking function Press ‘SELECT’ soft key to confirm Voice Prompt You can select the language in which to play the voice prompt. Press ‘MENU’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘SET TALK’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft [...]

24 The button on the telephone base provides additional amplification of 15dB i.e the volu me adjustment available is 15-30 dB. When the amplify function is ac tivated, the Amplify LED is lit. Setting a default for Amplification. The Amplify ON /OFF ( ) located at the rear allows the amplification facility to be switch ed ON or OFF as a default eac[...]

25 Pressing the Amplify key ( ) once during a call will enable tone control and additional amplificat ion. The LED light will turn on to reflect this change. If you press the Amplify key ( ) once more, the additional amplific ation and tone control features will be turned off once again. The LED light will turn off to reflect this change. Irrespect[...]

26 Making a Call Pick up the handset. When you hear the dialling tone, dial the number on the keypad. To end the call simply replace the handset in the cradle Making a Call – Hands Free Press the SPKR button to get a dial ling tone then dial the telephone number on the keypad. The icon appears on the LCD. To end the call, simply press SPKR again.[...]

27 Pre-Dialling a Telephone Number You can enter the desired phone num ber in standby mode, which allows you to make corrections before dialling. Follow these steps: Enter a telephone number (up to 32 di gits). Check it. If you make a mistake while enteri ng a number, press the ‘CLEAR’ soft key to edit it. When the number appears correctly, li [...]

28 Mute Function If you wish, you can speak privately to someone else in the room without your caller overhearing. You will still be able to hear the caller but they cannot hear you during the mute operation. To switch on the mute m ode during a call press the ‘MUTE’ soft key ( ‘MUTE’ will be displayed on the LCD). Your caller will not be a[...]

29 Hearing Aid Use This telephone is hearing aid co mpatible. Select the T mode on your hearing aid to enable this feature. Flash Signal The R button can be used with special services such as Call Waiting (if provided by your se rvice provider) or transferring external calls to another extension within a private switchboard. USING THE TELEPHONE[...]

30 Shaker At the rear of the telephone, there is a 3.5mm shaker jack . You can connect an optional shaker device. When you are receiving an incoming call, the s haker will vibrate. (See Incoming Call Notification Settings) Headset and Audio Neck Loop Use Your phone is equipped with both an Audio and Headset jack at the rear of the telephone. Both t[...]

31 The features described in this section are only available if you subscribe to a Caller ID service from your network provider. Caller ID means you can see who is calling on your handset display (provided the number is not withheld, unavailable or is an international call). The display shows ‘PRIVATE’ for a witheld number. The display shows ?[...]

32 Add a Number from the Caller ID List to the Phone Book Use S and T to scroll through the Caller ID list until you find the number you wish to add to the phone book Press ‘OPTIONS’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘STORE’ ‘NAME:’ will be displayed Enter the name you wish using the numeric keypad Use T if you want change the number Modif[...]

33 Press ‘OPTIONS’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘ERASE’ Delete All Numbers from the Caller ID List Use S and T to enter the Caller ID list Press ‘OPTIONS’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘ERASE ALL’ ‘ERASE ALL?’ will be displayed Select ‘YES’ to confirm or ‘NO’ to cancel By deleting all the numbers in th e Caller ID lis[...]

34 Create a Phone Book Entry using the Menu Press ‘ PHONEBK’ soft key to enter the phone book Press ‘ SELECT’ soft key to choose ‘ADD NEW NAME’ ‘NAME:’ will be displayed Enter the name you wish using the numeric keypad Press ‘SAVE’ soft key to confirm ‘NUMBER:’ will be displayed Enter the number you wish us ing the numeric k[...]

35 Press ‘STORE’ soft key ‘NAME:’ will be displayed Enter the name you wish using the numeric keypad Press ‘SAVE’ soft key to confirm Use T if you want change the number Modify the phone number if it is not correct with the function ‘CLEAR’ Press ‘SAVE’ soft key to confirm ‘RECORD VOICE:’ will be displayed Select ‘YES’ t[...]

36 To insert a dialling pause between numbers when storing a number, press REDIAL until ‘P’ appears in the LCD display Character Map Key Charac ters in order 0 0 . 1 Space _ * , 1 2 Aa Bb Cc ( 2 3 Dd Ee Ff ) 3 4 Gg Hh Ii # 4 5 Jj Kk Ll / 5 6 Mm Nn Oo ‘ 6 7 Pp Qq Rr Ss 7 8 Tt Uu Vv ? 8 9 Ww Xx Yy Zz 9 When entering letters, you can shift betwe[...]

37 Use S and T to scroll through the phone book until you find the contact you wish to dial Pick up the handset or press the SPKR key, the number is automatically dialled Modify a Phone Book Entry Press ‘PHONEBK’ soft key to enter the phone book Use S and T to scroll through the phone book until you find the contact you wish to edit Press ‘VI[...]

38 Delete a Phone Book Entry Press ‘PHONEBK’ soft key to enter the phone book Use S and T to scroll through the phone book until you find the contact you wish to edit Press ‘VIEW’ soft key to view details of that phone book entry Press ‘OPTIONS’ soft key to view details of that phone book entry Use S and T to select ‘ERASE’ and pres[...]

39 Record Voice Announce for a Phonebook Entry Press ‘PHONEBK’ soft key to enter the phone book Use S and T to scroll through the phone book until you find the contact you wish to edit Press ‘VIEW’ soft key to view details of that phone book entry Press ‘OPTIONS’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘RECORD VOICE’ Press ‘ SELECT’ soft[...]

40 book entry Press ‘OPTIONS’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘ERASE VOICE’ and press ‘SELECT’ PHONE BOOK[...]

41 This telephone has 9 quick dial memory buttons. Six of these buttons are speed dials and the other three are emergency dials. The Emergency buttons are an ideal location to store the doctor or a close friend’s number in case of a problem. Once a number has been stored in a memory location, you only need to press one button to make the call. Cr[...]

42 Clear a Quick Dial Number Press STORE . The LCD display will show ‘ Æ ’ Select the quick dial location to be cleared ‘SAVED’ will be displayed. The loca tion will be cleared of the number. Alternatively, st ore a new number – this will automatically erase the previous telephone number QUICK DIAL[...]

43 Switching the Answering Machine On/Off The answering machine can be switched on and off as follows: Press ‘MENU’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘TAM SETUP’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key Press ‘ SELECT’ soft key to select ‘TAM ON/OFF’ Use S and T to select either ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ to activate/deactivate the answering machine Pre[...]

44 Outgoing Message Before you use the answering machine you should record an outgoing message. The outgoing message is your message to an incoming caller and may be up to 2 minutes in length. The default OGM is “Please leave your message after the tone”. If you prefer, you can record your own OGM. Recording an Outgoing Message Press ‘MENU’[...]

45 Checking the Outgoing Message Press ‘MENU’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘TAM SETUP’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key Use S and T to select ‘OUTGOING MSG’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key Press ‘SELECT’ soft key to select ‘PLAY OGM’ The current OGM will be played. During the process the display will show ‘PLAYING OGM’ . You can pr[...]

46 Press ‘SELECT’ soft key STAGE A Use S and T to select ‘ERASE MSG’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key ‘ERASE RECORDED OGM?’ will be displayed Select ‘YES’ to confirm or ‘NO’ to cancel Alternatively, at STAGE A you can select the following so as you can toggle between the De fault Outgoing Message and the Recorded Outgoing Message Use[...]

47 rings. This is useful when trying to remotely access the answering machine. If the answering mach ine has not answered at the fourth ring, no messages have been recorded and you can hang up before you are charged for the call. If the machine answers after three rings, new me ssages have been recorded. Press ‘MENU’ soft key Use S and T to sel[...]

48 Press to delete the current message Press once to re-play the current message Press twice to re-play the previous message Press to play the next message Press or ‘EXIT’ soft key to stop the playing and exit To adjust the playback volume us e VOL+ or VOL- on the right side of the telephone. You can also use the amplify function whilst using t[...]

49 Use S and T to select ‘ICM VOICE SLOW’ Press ‘SELECT’ soft key Use S and T to select either ‘ON’ ,or ‘OFF’ Press ‘SAVE’ soft key Operating the Answering Machine Remotely This answering machine can be accessed remotely using the keys of an ordinary tone dialling telephone. Remote Code A confidential three digit code is require[...]

50 Remote Control Call the answering machine (using your telephone number) While the outgoing message is pl aying, enter the remote code If the remote code is accepted, the system will play the menu of commands. You can then follow the voice prompt to operate When you have finished accessing the machine replace the handset. Remote Control Commands [...]

51 The message can be played by pressing of the answering machine or via the remote access function using a normal telephone. Out of Memory The total capacity of the answering machine’s memory is approximately 40-50 minutes. The memory space is shared between the outgoing message, per sonal memos, and regular incoming messages. If the memory is f[...]

52 No display • Make sure that the power adaptor is plu gged in correctly and is not damaged • Check for a power cut in the area Ampli455 does not ring • Make sure that the telephone line cord is plugged in correctly and is not damaged • Connect another telephone to the t elephone PTT socket or move your telephone to anoth er socket to trac[...]

53 General Only use the power supply included with the product. Do not open the unit. Contact the helpline for all repairs. The phone is capable of amplifying sounds to a loud volume. It is important to instruct all potential us ers of its proper operation. It is advised to adjust the volume cont rol to its minimum level (Low) when not in use and a[...]

54 - This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC rules and the requirements adopted by the ACTA. On the bottom of this equipment is a label that cont ains, among other information, a product identifier in the format US:AAAEQ##TXXXX. If requested, this number must be provided to the telephone company. - All applicable certification jacks Univers[...]

55 Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. NOTE : This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital devic e, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provi[...]

56 Opening the equipment or any a ttempt to perform re pairs will void the warranty. For service or repairs, call 1-888-864-2446 (CS Green Customer Servic e key at top has been pre- programmed with our USA custom er service number. Press the CS key to direct dial for any Cust omer Service or technical related help or questions. Our customer service[...]

57 Sonic Alert warrants the phone agains t any defect in materials or workmanship for the period of one year from the date of purchase. Should you experience a problem, contact our customer service department Be sure to save your sales receipt as proof of purchase date should you need warranty service. Within a period of one year from purchase date[...]

58 Simply send the Ampli455 (postpaid) and a copy of your sales slip as proof of purchase to: Sonic Alert Warranty Center 1081 West Innovation Dr. Kearney, MO 64060 IMPORTANT : YOUR RECEIPT IS PART OF YOUR WARRANTY AND MUST BE RETAINED AND PRODUCED IN THE EVENT OF A WARRANTY CLAIM Sonic Alert Warranty Center 1081 West Innovation Dr. Kearney, MO 640[...]