Uniden 7500AI manual

Operating Guide for Australia and New Zealand 7500AI Digital T elephone Answering Machine with Caller ID[...]

i CONTENTS CONTENTS Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Parts Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installation Sele[...]

CONTENTS Continued over .... Recording Incoming Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Display Information During Incoming Calls . . . . . . . 18 Screening Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Recording A Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 T wo-W ay Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

SAFETY INFORMA TION 1 FOR YOUR SAFETY , PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING:- • Never install telephone wiring during lightning storm. • Do not use your 7500AI unit near water or when wet. • Do not take apart or remove the screws (except battery cover screw) - there are no serviceable parts inside. • Make sure the line cord and AC Adaptor do not c[...]

W ARRANTY SAFETY INFORMA TION 2 NOTE: NEW ZEALAND ONL Y The grant of a T elepermit for any item of terminal equipment indicates only that T elecom has accepted that the item complies with minimum conditions for connection to it’ s network. It indicates no endorsement of the product by T elecom, nor does it provide any sort of warranty . Above all[...]

INTRODUCTION 3 Congratulations on the purchase of your 7500AI D igital T elephone A nswering M achine (7500AI) with Caller ID Display . This product has been designed especially for the Australian or New Zealand market. It is guaranteed to provide you with reliability , long life and outstanding performance. The 7500AI is built with a wide screen f[...]

P ARTS CHECKLIST 4 7500AI T elephone cord and Splitter for New Zealand or T elephone cord and Splitter for Australia AC Adaptor 9 v o lt 9 V olt Battery Operating guide If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact the place of purchase.[...]

YOUR 7500AI’S FEA TURES INCLUDE:- ➤ Wide Screen ➤ 88 Caller ID Memories ➤ 12 VIP Call Alert ➤ Up to 18 minutes Record T ime ➤ 2 Outgoing Messages (OGM) ➤ T ime & Date Display ➤ T wo-Way Recording ➤ Memo Recording ➤ Call Screening ➤ Callback Feature ➤ New Calls & Message LED Indicators ➤ Pause Message Playback ➤ N[...]

SELECTING A LOCA TION Select a location that is near both a telephone socket and an AC outlet. CONNECTING THE 7500AI TO THE TELEPHONE LINE T o connect the 7500AI to the phone line, plug one end of the supplied modular cord into the jack on the back of the 7500AI labelled “line”. Then plug the cord’ s other end into a telephone socket. If you [...]

INST ALLA TION INST ALLA TION CONNECTING POWER 1. Plug the AC Adaptor into the power socket at the rear of the 7500AI labelled “AC 9V 400mA”. 2. Then plug the other end into your mains socket. When the power is first connected, the 7500AI beeps and the display shows a memory test counting from 00 to 22. After the counter reaches 22, the 7500AI [...]

BACKUP BA TTER Y If the power fails or you unplug the 7500AI, a 9V backup battery would save the messages and the settings for the day , time and security code. W e recommend you use an alkaline battery . Follow these steps to install the backup battery . 1. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screw on the compartment cover . 2. Push down the [...]

CONTROLS & FUNCTIONS 9 13 15 14 12 1 2 3 5 4 7 8 9 10 11 6 16 17 18 1. Speaker 2. LCD Screen 3. Ring Selector 4. Answer On/Off & New Message LED Indicator 5. V olume Control Switch 6. Answer On/Off Button 7. Message Skip Button 8. Message Repeat Button 9. Microphone 10. Stop Button 11. Message Play Button 12. Outgoing Message 2 Button 13. O[...]

CONTROLS & FUNCTIONS 10 AM CALL# NEW OGM1 OGM2 ANS ON UNIDEN 1 8 9 10 2 3 5 6 7 4 1. VIP Alert ON Indicator 2. No/Low Battery Indicator 3. T ime 4. OGM1 & OGM2 Indicator 5. Date 6. Answer ON/Announce Only Indicator 7. Message Indicator 8. New Call/MSG/Call Counter 9. Caller’ s T elephone Number 10. Caller’ s Name* *Caller’ s name will[...]

SETTING UP 11 NOTE: If you do not complete each step within 8 secs., the 7500AI will exit set-up mode and return to standby . In this case you have to start again by pressing STOP for 2 secs. LCD CONTRAST The 7500AI provides 0 to 9 (lightest to darkest) levels LCD luminescence. 1. Press STOP for 2 secs. The 7500AI beeps to confirm entry to set-up m[...]

3. Press REPEA T to select desired number and SKIP to move up to the next digit. 4. Press CALLBACK to save set-up and continue to next set-up. TIME AND DA TE 1. Press STOP for 2 secs. 2. Press CALLBACK 3 times. 3. Press REPEA T to set AM or PM (the hour , minutes, day and month). 4. Press SKIP to move to time and date and day setting. 5. Press CALL[...]

SETTING UP SETTING UP 13 NUMBER OF RINGS The 7500AI can be set to 2, 4 or 7 rings before it plays the OGM and receives the call. T o set the ringer , move the ringer select switch to the desired position. TS (TOLL SA VER) The 7500AI has New Message Detection to avoid unnecessary toll charges when calling long distance to check your messages. T o us[...]

RECORDING OUTGOING MESSAGES 1. Press and hold OGM1 or OGM2 for 2 secs or until a beep is heard. 2. Speak in a normal voice about 8 inches away from the microphone. While recording messages, display show: 3. When you finish recording, press STOP . A confirmation beep is heard. Then the 7500AI automatically plays back the outgoing message. ▼ ▼ A [...]

SETTING UP SETTING UP 15 T o play your outgoing OGM 1 message at any time, press OGM1 , the 7500AI beeps and the outgoing message plays. T o play your outgoing OGM 2 message at any time, press OGM2 , the 7500AI beeps and the outgoing message plays. ▼ ▼ ANSWER VIP A N S W E R NEW CALL NEW MESSAGE M E M O D E L E T E O G M 2 OGM1 SKIP - V O L U M[...]

SETTING THE 7500AI TO ANSWER CALLS T o T urn the 7500AI On T o set the 7500AI to answer calls and record messages, press ANSWER once. The 7500AI announces "Answer -on", beeps once and plays the outgoing message. The Answer LED indicator lights up. ANS ON appears on the display . The 7500AI is now set to answer calls using the OGM 1 messag[...]

BASIC OPERA TION BASIC OPERA TION RECORDING INCOMING MESSAGES The maximum incoming message recording length is 60 seconds. When a recording reaches 55 seconds, the 7500AI beeps once to notify the caller that time will soon be up. When the recording reaches 60 seconds, the 7500AI sounds one long and four short beeps, and plays "Thank you for yo[...]

DISPLA Y INFORMA TION DURING INCOMING CALLS All the caller’ s details are only displayed if released by T elstra or your telephone service provider . The display shows: PRIVATE showing on the display means: • the caller has chosen to block their telephone number • the call is from an old type of telephone network exchange • the call is from[...]

BASIC OPERA TION BASIC OPERA TION 19 0000 showing on the display means: (applies to New Zealand ONL Y) • the call is coming from overseas PAYPHONE showing on the display means: • the call is coming from a payphone END OF CALLS or TOP OF CALLS showing on the display means: • you have reached the end or start of the Caller ID history . When a t[...]

BASIC OPERA TION 20 BASIC OPERA TION SCREENING CALLS T o screen calls, let the 7500AI answer , then listen to the caller’ s message through the 7500AI’ s speaker . If you decide to answer the call, pick up the phone. If you do not want to take the call, do not pick up the phone, and let the 7500AI finish recording the caller’ s message. RECOR[...]

BASIC OPERA TION BASIC OPERA TION 21 TWO-W A Y RECORDING During a telephone call the user can record both sides of the conversation on any phone connected to your 7500AI. T o record the conversation Press memo until the display shows 2 WAY RECORDING . The timer starts counting. The 7500AI records the conversation until: • you press stop • the 7[...]

BASIC OPERA TION 22 BASIC OPERA TION REVIEWING CALLS Y our 7500AI stores information for up to 88 Caller ID’ s (CID). The display shows the total number of calls received by your 7500AI. T o review calls: Press REPEA T (review starts from “T op of the List”) or SKIP (review starts from “End of the List”) The call display shows: • caller[...]

BASIC OPERA TION BASIC OPERA TION 23 CALLS WITH MESSAGES As you scroll through your received calls, your 7500AI, you will notice that some calls come with a icon. This means that the call received came with a message. PLA YING MESSAGES The display shows the total number of messages received. T o play all the messages (old and new , beginning from t[...]

BASIC OPERA TION 24 BASIC OPERA TION PLA YING NEW MESSAGES ONL Y T o play only new messages, hold down PLA Y for 2 seconds. (If there are no new messages stored, the 7500AI says "Y ou have no new messages"). ADJUSTING THE VOLUME T o adjust the volume to your desired listening level, adjust the volume slider on the right side of the 7500AI[...]

BASIC OPERA TION BASIC OPERA TION 25 VIP The 7500 allows 12 sets of Caller ID to be stored as a VIP caller . Each time a VIP caller calls, the 7500AI will sound a special tone or alert which is different from the ringer tone. When a VIP call is received by your 7500AI, the display shows the VIP icon. Storing a CID as a VIP Caller 1. Select the CID [...]

BASIC OPERA TION 26 BASIC OPERA TION T o delete a CID from the VIP List 1. Press VIP to enter the VIP list. 2. Select CID to be deleted by pressing REPEA T or SKIP . 3. Press DELETE . A confirmation beep will sound then the CID disappears from the display . CALLBACK The 7500AI allows user to dial back to a certain caller with a touch of a button. 1[...]

BASIC OPERA TION BASIC OPERA TION 27 DELETING CALLS AND MESSAGES The 7500AI gives the user an option to delete calls and messages one at a time or all at the same time. Deleting Calls T o delete a particular Caller ID (CID): 1. Set the display showing the CID to be deleted using REPEA T or SKIP . 2. Press DELETE once. The 7500AI deletes the display[...]

BASIC OPERA TION 28 BASIC OPERA TION USING CALL BREAKTHROUGH (CBT) If you screen call, but want to make sure that you don’t miss calls from important people (like members of the family), you can provide these people with your CBT code. See code encoded while Setting CBT Code on page 15-16. CBT Alert When a caller enters the CBT code, the 7500AI a[...]

REMOTE OPERA TION 29 NOTE: • An outgoing message must be recorded before you can remotely set the 7500AI to answer calls. • For New Zealand model, the 7500AI remains off even after 15 rings. REMOTE OPERA TION Y ou can operate the 7500AI from any remote location using a touch-tone phone, or from a rotary phone using a pocket tone-dialler . Call [...]

USING REMOTE COMMANDS T o use the remote commands, you must enter the remote operation security code within 8 seconds after the 7500AI answers the call. After the 7500AI beeps once to verify you entered the code correctly , enter the number(s) for the function(s) you want the 7500AI to perform. REMOTE OPERA TION 30 REMOTE OPERA TION Press T o 00 T [...]

REMOTE OPERA TION REMOTE OPERA TION 31 After you press 21, 22, 31 or 32 to play messages or Caller ID record: Changing the Remote Operation Security Code The remote operation security code is preset to 704, but you can change it by following the steps in Setting the Security Code on page 15. Press T o 81 Change OGM1. After the 7500AI beeps, begin y[...]

CARE AND MAINTENANCE 32 1. Unplug the unit before cleaning it. 2. Clean your unit with a damp(never wet) cloth. Solvent or detergent should never be used as they may damage the finish of the plastic casing. 3. Make sure there is space above and to the rear of your unit to allow for proper ventilation. 4. Make sure you check your 9V DC battery at re[...]

33 TROUBLESHOOTING If your 7500AI 7500AI unit is not performing to your expectations, please try these simple steps. PROBLEM SUGGESTION Answering system does not work • Make sure the telephone line cord is plugged in. • Make sure that the AC Adaptor is plugged in. • Make sure the 7500AI is turned on. • There has been a power failure. Discon[...]

PROBLEM SUGGESTION Clock loses time. • The power to the base unit has been interrupted. Reset the clock as detailed on page 16 of this owners manual. CID not being displayed • Make sure that you are subscribing to Caller ID subscription from your local telephone company . Display information is incomplete • This can be caused by power or froz[...]

W ARRANTY 35 Uniden 7500AI 1 YEAR W ARRANTY (Batteries and Accessories are covered for 90 Days ONL Y) Note: Please keep your sales docket as it provides evidence of warranty . Warranty is only valid in the country where the product has been purchased. W ARRANTOR: Uniden Australian Pty Ltd. ACN 001 865 498 Uniden New Zealand Limited ELEMENTS OF W AR[...]

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