Zoom Dialer 26 manual

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    Dialer I ns t alla t ion & User’s Gui de[...]

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    Contents GETTING STARTED .......................................................... 3 H OW THE D IALER W OR KS ........................................................ 3 INSTALLING THE D I ALER ................................................ 4 SETTING UP T HE DIALER ................................................. 6 L EARN M ODE .................[...]

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    Getting Started 3 Getting S tarted Thank y ou f or purch asin g our dialer . Bef ore yo u begi n installing it, you should read the secti on below. How the Dialer Works The dialer simplifies using calling car ds by dialing all the extra num bers automat ically. When yo u first inst all the dialer, or w hen you get a new prepaid phone car d, you set[...]

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    4 Dialer In stallation & User’s Guide Installing t he Dialer First, find a suitable location for the d ialer. This loc ation needs two t hings: • A standard ph one jack co nnecte d to the phon e line you wa nt to use for you r dialer. It’s okay if t here’s so mething pl ugged into th at jack, since the dialer has an extra jac k for that[...]

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    Install ing the Dialer 5 Po wer Cu be Phone Jack Di aler Cor d (s hort ) Dia ler 1 2 Note: If the diale r’s LED re mains o n solidly (i .e., doe s not b link ), plug the dialer cord into th e d ialer’s ph one jack 1. This is very important . If you’d like, yo u can mount the dialer on your wall using the self-adh esiv e pad pr ovide d, or you[...]

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    6 Dialer In stallation & User’s Guide Setting Up the Di aler If you want to share your dialer among peopl e who w ill use different calling cards, please read the section Advanced Le arnM ode (page 8) f or instructions on how to set up dialer keys. Other wise plea se rea d about LearnMode below. LearnM ode You only have to do LearnMode once f[...]

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    Setting Up the Dialer 7 Your dialer is now ready to route all North American toll calls. N ow yo u can ma ke prep aid ca lls us ing yo ur dial er by coming off-hook and dialing * <number> where <num ber> is a long di stance n umber, 1 follow ed by 10 digit s. If you hav e any trouble, please s ee LearnM ode Tips on page 9. If you want t[...]

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    8 Dialer In stallation & User’s Guide Advanced Lea rnMode: Addi ng Key s You can define privacy keys in Advanced LearnMode. Keys configure th e dialer so that only p eople wh o know the keys can use the dialer. Roommates with different calling card s can share a single dialer if each roomm ate has his or her own key. Keys are al so convenient[...]

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    Setting Up the Dialer 9 If you wa nt to make c alls outside No rth America, tea ch the dialer how to dial the number in Advanced LearnMod e as follows . (You can use the same key you used for ca lls to North America, if you want to). Keys are two-digit numbers. You may use any two digit number fro m 00 to 99. Ke ys may not co ntain * or # . 1. Ta k[...]

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    10 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide extra aft er th e end of each pr ompt , and dialing each number smoothly, withou t long pauses. If you o nly want to set u p your dia ler, but don’t wa nt to complet e your call, you can h ang up after you h ear th e acknow ledg men t beeps.[...]

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    Settings 11 Settings In th is section we tell you how t o go into and u se AutoRou te Mode, and how to vary the lo udness o r length of the D TMF tones ge nerated by you r dialer. If yo u don’t care about t hese things, please go to Usin g Your Di aler on pag e 15. In Aut oRoute Mo de, th e dialer ro utes call s without your needing to dial a * f[...]

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    12 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide Exampl e: If your l ocal are a code is 555, take y our ph one off-h ook an d ent er #9 4 555 # #. After getting this command, the d ialer will no longer auto- route calls within your local calling area. (Note: your local calling area may include from one to about ten area codes. You only have t o enter y[...]

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    Settings 13 area code s that includ es all area co des in your loca l teleph one ar ea call ed a “LA TA.” Th e dial er doe s not r oute to these area c odes. If you wa nt to add to the list of area codes that the d ialer won’t rou te to (will pass through), take your p h one off- hook an d dial #6 <xxx>#<xxx>#<xxx>## where &[...]

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    14 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide Dialer Ton e Settings The dialer dial s by generati ng DTMF tone s. You can a djust the DTMF tone volum e and tone length to please you . Howev er, if you make the t ones too sh ort or soft , th ey may not be c onsiste ntly and r eliably det ected d urin g dialin g. Often you c an make just the fir st to[...]

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    Using the Dialer 15 Using the Dialer When you plac e a call that should be r outed, the dial er listens to the digits you have dialed and stores them. When the dialer is storing th ose dialed digit s, they so und very sof t because t he dialer is prevent ing them f rom being heard by your local tele phone of fice. Wh en you have finished dialing, t[...]

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    16 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide The d ialer may need to generate fairly lou d tones to work with some calling cards, so you may want to hold the phone away f rom your ear when th e dialer is dialing. The dialer t one vol ume is a dju stabl e, as di scuss ed on page 29 in the Settings secti on. You s hould also b e aware that yo ur off-[...]

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    Frequently Asked Questions 17 Frequently Ask ed Questions Q: When I dial , why do th e dialed digit s somet imes sound soft? A: When the t ones are soft, the dialer is st oring dialed digit s whil e prev entin g th em fr om being h ear d by the central teleph one off ice. If the tones wer e loud, t he central phon e offi ce would h ear th em and ge[...]

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    18 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide 7.) The di aler is not p owered up. Check t hat t he dialer ’s light flashes wh en your phone s are all on-h ook. 8.) I s the dialer’s light on all the time w hen your ph ones are on-hoo k? If so, the phone line is pl ugged int o the wrong dialer jac k. Swap the ph one line to th e dialer ’s other [...]

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    Frequently Asked Questions 19 The comm and # * 7 1 # # tells the d ialer to liste n for the first vo ice pro mpt after the dialer dial s the calling card pr ovider’s acc ess code. The comm and # * 8 1 # # tells the dialer to listen for v oice prompt s betw een subsequ ent numbers. If you use these com mands, the dialer will dial before the end of[...]

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    20 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide The next time you make a call, the dialer will ro ute the call normally. (* 0 won’t wo rk when keys are enabled). Q: Why do I still see s ome l ong distance calls on m y phone bil l? A: It’s pr obably b ecaus e the dialer did not rout e those calls. Please s ee the quest ion ab ove. Do yo u have th e[...]

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    Frequently Asked Questions 21 Q: Does the dialer work with rotar y or pulse ph ones? A: No, the dial er only wor ks wit h tone phones c onnecte d to central t elephone of fice s set up to acc ept stan dard tones called DTMF ton es. Q: What happen s if I fi nish di aling, and the d iale r doesn’t dial when I ex pect it t o. A: When the dialer is s[...]

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    22 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide Otherwise you will need to arrange fo r 3-way calling through you r local telep hone company. No te that if your dialer is set to Auto Route Mode, you will have to dial *0 after a hoo k flash to make a 3-way call t hrough your local telephone company. Q: (AutoRoute Mode) W hy w on’t the di aler l et me[...]

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    Frequently Asked Questions 23 • Dial ## • Listen for two conf irmation b eeps • Hang up. Now you can come o ff-hook and d ial * followed by the North Am erican long -dist ance num ber to route North Americ an calls t hro ugh yo ur dial er. If you want to use the same 101xx xx number f or calls going outside Nort h America, you can t ake th e [...]

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    24 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide • Listen for two conf irmation b eeps • Hang up. Now you can come o ff-hook and d ial * followed by the North Am erican long -dist ance num ber to route North Americ an calls t hro ugh yo ur dial er. If you want to use the same 101xx xx number f or calls going outside Nort h America, you can t ake th[...]

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    Frequently Asked Questions 25 Now you can come o ff-hook and d ial * followed by the North Am erican long -dist ance num ber to route North Americ an calls t hro ugh yo ur dial er. If you want to use the same calling card fo r calls going outside North Am erica, you can tak e the phon e off- hook an d dial #2## Now co ming off-hook a nd dialing * f[...]

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    26 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide • Hang up. Now you can come o ff-hook and d ial * followed by the North Am erican long -dist ance num ber to route North Americ an calls t hro ugh yo ur dial er. If you want to use the same calling card fo r calls going outside North Am erica, you can tak e the phon e off- hook an d dial #2 <key>[...]

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    Frequently Asked Questions 27 # 963 ## Do not route Cari bbean c alls via domest ic card (pass thro ugh) # 961 ## Route Caribbea n calls via domes tic card (default) # 972 ## Route AK/HI calls via international card # 973 ## Do not route AK/ HI calls v ia domestic car d (pass through) # 971 ## Route AK/ HI calls vi a domesti c card (defaul t)[...]

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    28 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide Command Summary All commands begin right after you tak e your phone off- hook. Dialer Lear ns a Callin g Card usi ng LearnM ode Dialer learns calling card for North A merican calls: #1 <Call a Nort h Americ an nu mber usi ng cal ling ca rd> Dialer learns calling card for calls outside No. Am erica:[...]

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    Command Summary 29 AutoR out e Mo de: < Dial 011 plu s i nternati onal numb er> Route wi th 2- digit key < XY>: *# <XY> < Dial 011 p lus inter national nu mber> Redial any Call: ## Change Dialing Speed Very Fast T ones (50mse c): #* 41 ## Fast Tones (70 msec): #* 42 ## Standard Tones (10 0msec): #* 43 ## Slow Tones (10 0msec[...]

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    30 Dialer Inst allation & User’s Guide Dialer LED D efinitions The dialer’s LE D can give you usef ul information a bout the dialer and th e line it’s connecte d to. Here is a t able that shows t he LED’s blinking patter ns and what t hey mean. LED Patter n Meaning ON ☼ When the LED is ON solidly, it indic ates that the dialer’s sho[...]

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    NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE This doc ument cont ains pro prietary informati on prote cted by copyrigh t, and this M anual and all the accompanyi ng hardwa re, softw are, and documenta tion are copyrigh ted. No par t of this document may be photocopied or reproduced by me chanical, electroni c, or other mean s in any fo rm. The manufa ctur er does n[...]

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