Philips Xalio Vox manual

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Y our display When: e se symbols you what is p pening on u r phone. This line o f display sh o up to 10 numbers o characters M is on - your handset is in menu mode. e is on - you are in an internal call with another hands et. - an outside call has been put on hold. blinks - another handset is calling your handset. t is on - the outside line is occu[...]

In the interest of improving its products and services, Philips reserves the right s to modify the specifications contained in this document at any time and without prior notice. Copyright © Phi lips 1 996 - A ll rights r eser ved P aging Key Press th is key to page hands ets and to adjus t ringer volum e whilst the ba se stat ion is ringin g. Lig[...]

Table of Contents 2 Y our Xalio V ox cordless telephone 4 Safety information 5 Installing your Xalio V ox 6 Connecting your phone 6 Deciding where to put the base station 6 Connecting the base station 6 Connecting another t elephone 7 Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) 7 Charging your handset 7 Handset discharge 8 Testing your telephone 8 Using your X[...]

Table of Contents 3 P ersonal ising your teleph one 26 Entering menu mode 26 Sett ing the d ial mod e 26 Selectin g the ringer melo dy of yo ur handset 27 Switching off the h andset ringer 27 Using the ba ttery saver 27 Y our phone book and emer gency number 28 The phone book 28 Storing a name and number in your phone book 28 Using the h andset key[...]

Your Xalio Vox cordless t elephone 4 Y our Xalio V o x cordless telephone Y our Ph ilips Xalio V ox cordless tele phon e comb ines ea se of use an d a wide r ang e of feature s. Yo u c a n : • Displ ay and correc t the number you wan t to call. • Store u p to 25 numb ers and as sociated na mes in t he phone boo k. • Call num bers stored i n t[...]

Your Xalio Vox cordless tel ephone 5 Safe t y information This pro duct may b e used leg ally only in a country where the appropria te authority has giv en its sp ecific autho risation. This authori sation ap pears on a la bel at the back of base stat ion. The marking on the product certifi es its conform ity to the technic al regulations for user [...]

Installi ng your Xalio Vox 6 Installing your Xalio V ox Connectin g your phone Deciding wher e to put the base s tation • T o reduce to a minimu m any interfe rence with other elec tronic devic es such as telepho nes, telev isions, sc reens, etc . we advise you to p lace your base station at least 5 0 cm from any other electronic d evice. • Pla[...]

Instal ling your Xalio Vox 7 Connecting another telephone If you co nnect a sec ond telephon e (standard tel ephone) on th e same line , please u se a T-Adapt or . Ringer Equiv alence Number (REN) Y our Xal io V ox has a Ring er Equivalenc e Number (REN ) of 1.0 . T o dete rmine the max imum numb er of te lep hon es th at can b e conn ect ed to yo [...]

Installi ng your Xalio Vox 8 Handse t dischar ge Shortly b efore the hands et is tot ally discharge d, the b symbo l appears on the handset display . If you are in th e middle of a c all, you will also hear a w arning beep. The hands et will switc h itself of f shortly aft erwards. Y ou wil l need to rechar ge the handset before you can use it agai[...]

Using y our Xalio Vox 9 Using your Xalio V ox Making a call Direct dialling Press the t key on th e handse t . The t s ymbol is shown on th e display a nd you he ar the dial tone in the handset e arpiece. Dial th e number usin g the numbe r keys. The numbe r called is displ ayed for 10 s econds afte r the last key is pres sed, then is rep lac ed b [...]

Using your Xalio Vox 10 Answering a call When so meone ca lls you, the base sta tion and t he handset ri ng, the t symbol blinks on the han dset displa y and the gre en light o n the base s tation fla shes. Pres s the t key on the handse t o r simpl y lif t it of f the base s tat ion. The t sy mbol stops blinking a nd the ca ll duration is displa y[...]

Using y our Xalio Vox 11 Using the handset loudspe ak er Y our ha ndset is fi tted with a loudsp eaker so tha t other pe ople with you ca n listen to the conv ersation. Dur ing a c al l, pr es s H . The h symbol is disp lay ed. The soun d is amplifi ed through the loudspe aker at the back of the handset. Y o u can ad jus t the so und volu me of the[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 12 Y our Xalio V ox answering machine Your an swering m achine offers a wide rang e of funct ions: • answe ring machi ne only facili ty with no reco rding of incomi ng messages (callers will h ear your o utgoing mes sage, but will be unabl e to leave m essages). • answe ring machin e and rec ording faci lity (ca[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 13 Set ting up your a nswering machine Recor ding an outgoing message Press r to enter answe ring machine mode. r is di splay ed. Press K . Press v . RECORD is di splay ed. Speak clearly c lose to th e micr ophone o f the handse t. You have up to 6 minutes to talk. Once your message is finishe d, pr ess s t o st o p[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 14 Se t ting the day and time Y ou n eed to ent er th e day an d ti me so that y our an swer ing machin e ca n time s tam p the mes sages you re ceive. Whe n you ente r answering machin e mode or when you lis ten to you r messages , the time st amp is g iven by a v oice prompt. In the e vent of a power failur e, thi[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 15 Using y our answering machine When you have ins talled your Xalio V ox and s et up the ans wering mac hine (outgoi ng messag e recorded, an d, day and time set), y our answeri ng machine is read y to be us ed. Switching on the answering machine Press r to enter answe ring machine mode then, if message playback st[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 16 Intercepting calls Using your handset If yo ur ans weri ng ma chi ne has star ted h and ling a call and yo u wi sh to t ake it : Pr e s s t on the handse t to ta ke the call or simply lif t the hand set of f the base s tation. The ans wering mac hine will stop hand ling the call. Y ou can tal k to the c aller . U[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 17 Lis tening to r eceived messages The indic ator ligh t on the base station fl ashes interm ittently to indicate that new messag es have b een receive d. Press r to en ter answering machine mode. r is dis played. The day , time and numb er of messag es received are disp layed. If it ha s been sele cted, the vo ice[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 18 Erasing messages Erasing i ndividual messages Press the r k ey o n the handse t. r is displ ayed. The disp lay sho ws the day , time an d the num ber of messages receive d. If it has been sel ected, the v oice prom pt starts up. Pr e s s V . The a nswering m achine p lays back the mess ages. While lis tening to t[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 19 Switching the message voice prompt on or of f If the voic e prompt opti on is select ed, when you c onsult the ans wering machin e the voice p rompt tell s you how many new mes sages you have receiv ed, and th e day and time of each cal l. The factor y set ting is voice pr ompt on ( VOICE YES ). Press R to enter [...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 20 Changing t he numb er of ring s Y ou ca n change the number o f time your te lephone ri ngs before y our answeri ng machi ne an swer s a ca ll. Pr e s s R to e nter m enu mod e. Pr e s s - until yo u re ach ANSW SETUP . Pr e s s o until 2 RINGS , 3 RINGS , 4 RINGS , 5 RINGS or SAVE RCC is displayed. Pr e s s - or[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 21 Switching message recor d on or of f If you do not want ca llers to l eave messa ges: switch off th e message re cord function ( REC MESS N ). If yo u wan t cal ler s to be abl e to leav e mes sag es ag ain : sw itc h on th e inc omi ng messag e record fu nction ( REC MESS Y ). The factor y set t ing is the incom[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 22 Switching on the answering machine by r emote contr ol Befo re yo u can call into y our an swer ing machi ne by rem ote co ntro l, you need to have en tered a remote control code , see “Entering a re mote control code” on page 19. Dial your telephone number. Let it r ing 9 times. The answ ering mac hine will [...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 23 Answering machine controls • Pr e s s 1 to repeat the curr ent mess age. • Pr e s s 1 t wice to repeat the p revious message. • Pr e s s 2 to start mess age playba ck. • Pr e s s 3 to listen to the next messa ge. • Pr e s s 4 then 2 to reco rd a local messag e. • Pr e s s 4 then 5 to re cord an outgo [...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 24 Check ing m ess age box No. 1 or No . 2 Pr e s s r then, when message playback s t ar ts, press s . r is displ ayed. The dis play sho ws the da y , time and the tota l number of message s received . Pr e s s D and 1 (or 2 ) on the ha ndset. Message b ox No. 1 (or No. 2 ) is selec ted. The di splay shows the messa[...]

Your Xalio Vox answering machine 25 Checking message box es No. 1 and N o. 2 by re mote contr ol Dial your phone number. Press * and then enter yo ur 4 digits remote control code. Press 8 to s top message playback. Press D followed b y 1 or 2 according to whi ch box y ou want to consult. Press 2 to s tar t message playback fr om the message box. If[...]

Personalising your telephone 26 P ersonalising your telephone Y ou ca n personali se certain features of y our teleph one using menu mode . Entering m enu mod e Pres s the R ke y on th e hand set. The M symbol i s dis play ed and will stay on as lon g as you are in menu mode . T he first menu option, PHONEBOOK will be sh own on the d isplay . T o q[...]

Personal ising your tele phone 27 Selecting the ringer mel ody of your handse t Y ou ca n choose yo ur handse t ringer melod y from 4 pos sible melo dies. Pres s R to enter menu mode . Pres s - until yo u reach HS SETUP . Pres s o until MELODY 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 or RINGER OFF is displ aye d. Pres s + or - to move through the melodies available. The melo[...]

Your phone book and emergency number 28 Y our phone book and emergency number The phon e book Each han dset has its own indiv idual pho ne book wi th up to 25 na mes and their telephon e numbers . Names i n the phone b ook are s tored in al phabetical order. Storing a name and number in your phone book Pr e s s R to e nte r m enu mo de. PHONEBOOK w[...]

You r phone bo ok an d emer gency numb er 29 Using th e handse t k eyp ad t o ente r char acters Y ou can enter characters by pre ssing the key with th e required charac ter on it one or more tim es. These chara cters are prin ted on the h andset key pad. If you wis h to enter two successi ve chara cters which a re on the s ame key , you ne ed to d[...]

Your phone book and emergency number 30 The emer gency number Enteri ng an emer gency number - SOS The emerge ncy numb er allows you to dial a number automati cally by pr essing only one key on the ha ndset, the key . Y ou need to enter y our emergen cy number befo re you can use the key . This number c an be ch anged later if required. Pr e s s R [...]

Using a dva nced f unc tions 31 Using advanced functions Inser ting automatic dialling p auses Y ou ca n set your tel ephone to automatical ly insert pa uses when you dial c ertain types o f number . For exam ple, you m ay want y our Xalio V ox to pau se after it h as dialled the prefix for an internat ional call b efore diallin g the rest of the n[...]

Usin g advan ced functi ons 32 Subscribing a new hand se t to y our base s tation T o subscrib e a new han dset to yo ur base stati on, proceed a s follows : Pres s the but to n on th e base s ta tion fo r 10 seconds. The base station beeps to indi cate that it is now i n subscript ion mode . Move the handse t to be subscribed close to the base s t[...]

Using a dva nced f unc tions 33 Making internal calls When you hav e more than on e handset, you ca n make internal calls free of charg e between handsets s ubscribe d to the same base st ation. Pres s e . Y ou hear th e internal dial tone and the e symbol is shown on the displ ay . Dial the number of the handse t you want to call. This is the 1 di[...]

Usin g advan ced functi ons 34 Set ting up Baby Sit The Baby Sit functio n allows you to monitor s ounds in ano ther room (e.g. the baby’s room). Becaus e Baby Sit is a special type of interna l call, it requir es two handset s (of type Xalio 6820 or Xalio 6850 ): one left in the baby’ s room and on e you kee p with you (the parent han dset). S[...]

Using a dva nced f unc tions 35 T o use Baby Sit a gain, press t to end your outs ide call a nd then e followed by the numb er of the ha ndset in Baby Sit mode. Subscribing o ne h andse t to sever al bas e s tation s T o subscribe y our hands et to a new bas e station proc eed as for “Su bscribing a n ew handset t o your bas e statio n” on page[...]

Usin g advan ced functi ons 36 Remo ving a handset Y ou ca n remove an y handse t that is sub scribed to y our base s tation. Pr e s s R to en ter menu mode. Pr e s s - until the display shows REMOVE HS . Pr e s s o . Select the handset you wish to r emove using + and - . When th e numb er of the hand set to be r emoved i s displ ay ed, pre ss o Y [...]

Connecti on to a P ABX 37 Connection to a P ABX If you us e your Xalio V ox on a tel ephone line connected to a P ABX (Private Automatic Branch Excha nge), instead of a direct c onnection to the public telephone network, i t may be n ecessary t o change certain s ettings on y our telephone . Selecti ng n e t work t y pe T o connect your Xalio V ox [...]

Connecti on to a PABX 38 Se t ting t he r e call t ype The reca ll type funct ion defines what signals yo ur telephone s ends to the P ABX when the re call R ke y is press ed during a c all. Y ou n eed to selec t one of th e P ABX settings in the BASE SETUP menu befo re you can c hoose a re call type. Choose ‘Ea rth’ if your phon e is connected[...]

Useful ti ps and maintenance 39 Useful tips and maintenance Beeps and melodies Base s tat ion indicator light Outside line call melody • Someone is calling you on your outside li ne. Internal call melody • Another handset is calling your handset. A long alert beep • If the b symbol is displayed, your call is about to be interrupted because th[...]

Useful t ips an d maint enance 40 T elephone tr oubleshooting guide Pr ob le m Cause Solution The line is bad and the A symbol is displaye d. The handset has reach ed its radio range limit. Move closer to the base station and try again. The handset emits an alert beep when you try to make an outside call. An outside call is in progress on another h[...]

Useful ti ps and maintenance 41 Answering m achine tr oubleshooting guide Pr ob le m Cause Solutio n The answering machine won’t record your outgoing message. Y ou are not speaking loudly enough into the handset microphone. Record a new outgoing message closer to the microphone. Y ou are not close enough to the handset microphone. Record a new ou[...]

Useful t ips an d maint enance 42 Caring fo r your phone T o clean you r telephon e, first unplu g the mai ns cable an d the tele phone cable . Wipe w ith a cloth o r chamois moistened with sligh tly soapy w ater , then with a dry cloth. This w ill help to k eep your tel ephone lo oking as go od as new . Note: Never s pray your te lephone wi th cle[...]

Index 43 A Answer ing a cal l External 10 Internal 33 Answer ing mach ine On/O ff 15 B Baby si t 34 Base sta tion ligh t 39 Battery 7, 8, 27, 42 C Call t ransfer 33 Chang ing base sta tions 35 Character entry 29 Config uring your telephone 26 Conne cting the bas e station 6 Connecti ng to a PABX 37 Consu lting phone book 29 D Desu bscr ibi ng a han[...]

Remo te contr ol (using a tone tel ephone) Dial your telephone number . After listening t o the outgoing message, press the * key , then enter your code (4 digits). During message playbac k: Dial • Stop mes sage pla yback ......... ........ ...... .8 • Eras e messa ge ...... ...... ......... ...... ...... ....6 • Repl ay curren t messa ge ...[...]

Remo te contr ol (Cont.) (using a tone tel ephone) Y ou ha ve just check ed your answering machine After listening to your messages, you have 20 seconds to: Dial • Star t messa ge pl aybac k ...... ....... ........ ...2 • Chec k outgo ing message ... ......... ...... ....5 • Switc h off an swer ing mac hine .... .... .... ...9 • Switch on a[...]