Philips DECT 221 manual

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www .philips.com/faqs/dect 1 contents T ABLE OF CONTENTS 1 ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY ......................................................................................................................................... 4 2 SETTING UP Y OUR PHONE .......................................................................................................[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 2 contents 10 ADDITIONAL FEA TURES................................................................................................................................................. 23 KEY LOCK ...................................................................................................................................[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 3 Some of the foll owing infor mation ma y not a pply to y our partic ular pr oduct; ho we ver , when u sing te lephon e equip ment, basi c safe ty pr ecauti ons sh ould al wa ys be follo wed to r educe the risk of fire, electri c shoc k and i njury to persons , inclu ding the follo wing: 1. Re ad and unders tand a ll in[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 4 1 En vironment and saf ety Safety information: This telephone is not designed for making emergency telephone calls when the power fails. An alternative should be made a vailable for access to emergency calling. P ower r equirements: The product requir es an electrical supply of 120 volts, single phase alternating curr e[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 5 2 Setting up y our phone Installing y our DECT 221/225 1. Connect the output plug of the base adapter to the adapter sock et on the back of the base unit, connect the base adapter to the wall A C supply . A beep indicates that the phone is properly plugged (DECT 225 onl y). 2. Connect the telephone line cord to the phon[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 6 Registering y our handset Y ou will need to register your handset if it sho ws NOT REG in the display or if y ou wish to un-register from its original base and register the handset to a differ ent base unit. Y ou can register up to 4 handsets to your DECT 221 base station and DECT 225 base station. T o register your han[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 7 3 About y our phone Y our handset Y our DECT 221/225 base stations Paging K ey DECT 221 DECT 225 For more details on y our DECT 225 base station, see Section 12 - DECT 225 answering machine- page 25 about y our phone Phonebook K ey Use to access phonebook. Use to sa ve Ca ller I D inf o or dial ed nu mber i nto ph onebo[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 8 Icons on y our handset displa y Exploring the menus Y our phone offers a variety of functions and features that ar e grouped in the menus. PHONEBOOK MENU RINGER MENU SETTINGS MENU LANGUA GE MENU ADD EDIT DELETE DELETE ALL MELOD Y V OLUME KEY T ONE BACKLIGHT FLASH DIAL MODE AREA CODE HANDSET NAME ANSWERING MA CHINE LANGU[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 9 9 4 Making calls Making a call 1. Press the T ALK key and wait f or the dial tone . 2. Dial the number you want to call. The number appears on the displa y and is dialed. Preparatory Dialing (Pre-Dial) With pre-dial, you can see and edit the number you ar e calling on the display befor e dialing it. 1. Enter the n umber[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 10 Note : tur ns on when t he nu mber c ontain s mor e tha n 12 d igits. Y ou c an pr ess t he OK ke y to v iew the of f-page digits. Redialling Y our phone records the last 5 numbers y ou hav e dialed. Only the first 20 digits of each number are stor ed. T o redial one of the last 5 dialed numbers, 1. Press the REDIAL k[...]

Answ ering a call When you r eceive a call, the phone will ring and will flash on the displa y . If a caller ID record is r eceived, turns on and the caller information is display ed. When the phone is ringing, y ou can press the END k ey to turn the ringer off for this incoming call. If y our answer machine is ON, the caller will be directed to t[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 12 Chain dialing Y ou can dial out numbers from the phonebook e ven after you ha ve seized the phone line. And there is no limit to the number of times chain dialing is accessed. 1. Press the PHONEBOOK key . 2. Press the UP / DO WN key to scr oll through the phonebook r ecords. Or you can use the number keys to jump dir e[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 13 5 Using y our phonebook Y ou can use your phonebook to manage your contacts. If you hav e more than one handset, each handset has its own phonebook. Viewing the phonebook r ecords Y our phonebook can store up to 30 recor ds. Each record can stor e a name up to 8 characters and a number up to 20 digits. 1. Press the PHO[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 14 using y our phonebook Editing phonebook recor ds 1. Press the MENU k ey . 2. Select PHONE BK and press the OK k ey . 3. Select EDIT and press the OK k ey . 4. Press the UP / DO WN key to sear ch for the recor d that you would lik e to edit or use the number ke ys to jump directly to the recor d starting with the corres[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 15 6 Call r ecor ds Finding out who called y ou (Call List) If you ha ve subscribed to caller ID service, your phone automatically stores the last 20 incoming calls. Each r ecord stores a name up to 8 characters and a number up to 20 digits. If you ha ve more than one handset, each handset has its own call list. Checking [...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 16 Sa ving the call recor ds to your phonebook T o sav e the phone number of your family , friends, and colleagues, y ou can save the call r ecords to your phonebook if y ou do not already ha ve their contact information. While you ar e viewing the call record that y ou would lik e to save, 1. Press the PHONEBOOK k ey . .[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 17 Sa ving the dial recor ds to your phonebook While you ar e viewing a dial record that y ou would lik e to save, 1. Press the PHONEBOOK k ey . . 2. Enter a name for this dial recor d. 3. Press the the OK k ey to sav e the name. 4. Edit the number if necessary . 5. Press the the OK k ey . . Deleting a dial recor d While [...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 18 7 Personalizing y our phone Y our phone comes with a selection of settings that you can change to personalize the wa y it works. Personalizing y our phone will be done in the various menu items. At any time, you can pr ess the EXIT key to exit the current men u or cancel the confirmation. If you press and hold the EXI[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 19 P ersonalizing y our sounds Y ou can assign different ring melodies at differ ent volume lev els for each handset. Selecting your handset’ s ringing melody 1. Press the MENU k ey . 2. Select RINGER and press the OK k ey . 3. Select MELODY and press the OK k ey . The curr ent melody is display ed and play ed. 4. Selec[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 20 8 Adv anced featur es Dial mode Y our phone is set to tone dialing. Y ou can switch to pulse dialing if necessar y . 1. Press the MENU k ey . 2. Select SETTINGS and press the OK k ey . 3. Select DIALMODE and press the OK k ey . The curr ent setting is display ed. 4. Select TONE or PULSE . 5. Press the OK k ey to confi[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 21 9 System Registering a handset Y ou can register up to 4 handsets to your DECT 221 base station and up to 5 handsets to y our DECT 225 base station. One handset can be register ed to only one base at a time. 1. Press the MENU k ey . 2. Select SETTINGS and press the OK k ey . 3. Select REGISTER and press the OK k ey . 4[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 22 sy stem Resetting Y ou can reset the displa y , sounds, and other settings of your phone. Refer to the section of Default settings (Pag e 31) . 1. Pr ess the MENU key . 2. Select SETTINGS and pr ess the OK key . 3. Select RESET and pr ess the OK key . 4. Pr ess the OK key again to confirm. DECT225-instruct English.ind[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 23 10 Additional f eatur es K ey lock K eypad can be lock ed to prev ent accidental key pr essing. When the k eypad is locked, you can still answer an incoming call by pressing the T ALK ke y . During the call, the ke ypad is active. When the call is ended, the ke ypad will be locked again. Locking the k eypad Press and h[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 24 11 Using multi-handsets Calling someone in the house Y ou can call someone in the house by using the intercom function on y our phone . These internal calls have no cost associated with them. T o make an inter com call: 1. Press the INTERCOM k ey and wait for the internal dialling tone. 2. Press the number of the hands[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 25 T ransferring y our call to another handset During an external call, 1. Press the INTERCOM k ey . 2. Press the handset number that y ou want to call. 3. W ait for the other handset to answ er your call. 4. When the other handset has answer ed your call, press the END k ey or place the handset on cradle. The external ca[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 26 12 DECT 225 Answ ering machine Displa y There is a displa y on the answering machine. Refer to the follo wing table for descriptions of the display . Display Meaning Display Meaning FU Memory is full. No new messages can be recorded. -A The answering machine is being accessed from an external phone. -- The answering ma[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 27 Note: T urning the answ ering machine on/off does not affect the functionality of the normal phone operations, such as making outgoing calls or receiving incoming calls. T urning the answ ering machine on/off T o turn the answering machine on/off, 1. Press the ON / OFF k ey during standby mode. The displa y will be on [...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 28 Recording an OGM The maximum recor ding time is 40 seconds. Y ou do not need to delete your previously r ecorded OGM to recor d a new one. Once you r ecord a new OGM, the old one will be ov erwritten. T o record an OGM: 1. Press the OGM k ey for 2 seconds and wait for the tone. OG will be blinking during the recor ding[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 29 Pla ying ICM ICM will be pla yed back in the sequence they wer e recorded. A tone will be play ed after each message . Press the PLA Y key . The oldest new message will begin. During message pla yback, you ha ve the following options: 1. Press the NEXT k ey to skip the current message and pla y the next message 2. Pres[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 30 Ring dela y Y ou can set the number of times the answering machine w ould ring before it answ ers the call. This only applies when the answering machine is turned on. User can adjust the toll sav er to change the amount of rings emitted before the answ er machine responds. Y ou can set the number of rings from 2 rings [...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 31 Remote access Y ou can access your answering machine when y ou are a way b y using a phone set on tone dial mode (see Section 8, Dial mode, page 19). T o remotely access the answ ering machine, 1. Place a call from an external line to y our answering machine. 2. When the answ ering machine answers the call and starts p[...]

32 www .philips.com/faqs/dect appendix 13 Appendix Default settings Handset name* PHILIPS Answering machine (DECT 225 only) On Ringer melody Melody 1 Default OGM language English Ringer volume Level 3 ICM Empty K ey tone On Ring dela y T oll saver Backlight On Security PIN 000 Flash duration 600 ms Base volume Level 3 Dial mode T one Menu language [...]

T roubleshooting Problems Solutions The phone does not work at all. • Make sure that the ada pter and the phone cord are connected properly . • Check that the batteries are fully charged and installed properl y . • This phone does not work during power failur e. The phone does not ring. • Make sure the ada pter and the phone cord are connec[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 34 Equipment Appr oval Information Y our telephone equipment is approv ed for connection to the Public Switched T elephone Network and is in compliance with parts 15 and 68, FCC Rules and Regulations and the T echnical Requirements for T elephone T erminal Equipment published by A CT A. Notification to the local telephon[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 35 Interfer ence Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following tw o conditions: (1) This device ma y not cause harmful interference; and (2) This device must accept an y interference receiv ed, including interfer - ence that ma y cause undesired operation. This equip[...]

www .philips.com/faqs/dect 36 Privacy Privacy of communications ma y not be ensured when using this telephone. Additional Information I.C. Notice T erminal Equipment NO TICE: This equipment meets the applicable Industry Canada T erminal Equipment T echnical Specifications. This is confirmed by the registration n umber . The abbre viation, IC , be[...]

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