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DECT1480 Series User's Guide
What's in the box? You will also find:
Accessory handset
DECT1480 base
and charger
with answering
system and
Not pictured:
cordless
- Rechargeable
handset
battery (BT-1007)
- Battery cover
- AC adapter
(PS-0035)
If you purchased You should
model number: have:
Battery
DECT1480-2 1 of each
Not pictured:
cover
DECT1480-3 2 of each
- Rechargeable battery
DECT1480-4 3 of each
(BT-1007)
DECT1480-5 4 of each
- AC adapter (PS-0035)
DECT1480-6 5 of each
- Telephone
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What’s in the manual? Getting Started ............................ 3 Accessing the Answering Installing Your Phone .................. 3 System .................................... 16 Getting to Know Your Phone ...... 5 Personalizing the Greeting........ 17 Using the Menu .......................... 8 Getting Your Messages ............. 18 Using the System While You're Using Your Phone ...................... 10 Away from Home ................... 19 Basics ........................................
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Do not place the handset in any charging cradle without the battery installed and the battery cover securely in place. SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS! CAUTION! Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type! Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions. Do not open or mutilate the battery. Disconnect the battery before shipping this product. For more details, see the Important Information section. GETTING STARTED Installing Your Phone Charge the Battery 1. Unpack all ha
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Charge all handsets completely (about 15 hours) before using them. Connect the Telephone Cord Use the telephone cord to connect the TEL LINE jack on the base to a standard telephone wall jack. Test the Connection 1. Pick up the handset from the cradle and press Talk . You should hear a dial tone, and the display should say Talk. If you don't hear a dial tone or the display says Check Tel Line, try checking the connection between the base and the phone jack. 2. Make a quick test call. (P
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Getting to Know Your Phone Parts of the base Parts of the handset Earpiece STATUS PLAY/ REV DOWN UP FWD Display STOP UP PHONEBOOK / CALLER ID/ LEFT RIGHT CLEAR / INTERCOM MENU/ SELECT DOWN END TALK / FLASH Twelve- key dial pad DELETE REDIAL/ PAUSE ANSWERING Charging SPEAKER ON/OFF SYSTEM MESSAGES/ FIND contacts STATUS Microphone MUTE Charging contacts
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Base keys/LEDs and how they work Key (icon) What it does - In standby: increase the ringer volume. Up ( +) - While a message is playing: increase the speaker volume. - In standby: decrease the ringer volume. down ( –) - While a message is playing: decrease the speaker volume. F ( wd ) - While a message is playing: skip to the next message. - While playing messages: for the first 2 seconds, go to REV ( ) the previous message; after that: go to the start of the current message. - In standby: sta
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Key (icon) What it does - During a call: hang up. End - In the menu or any list: exit and go to standby. - In standby: open the menu. mEnU/sElECT - In the menu or any list: select the highlighted item. - In standby: increase the ringer volume. Up ( ) - During a call: increase the audio volume. - In any menu or list: move the cursor up one line. - In standby: decrease the ringer volume. down ( ) - During a call: decrease the audio volume. - In any menu or list: move the cursor down one line. - In
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Icon What it means The ringer is turned off and will not ring for new calls. You have a voice message waiting. Privacy Mode is on: no other handset can join the call. The speakerphone is on. The microphone is muted; the caller can't hear you. T-coil mode is on (see page 21). The battery is 1) fully charged, 2) half charged, 3) getting low, or 4) empty. [Aa] [aA] Enter 1) capital or 2) lower case letters (see page 9). Using the Menu T To open the o open the If you open the menu, press men
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Have this handset answer a call when you pick it up AutoTalk from the cradle (without pressing any buttons). Any Key Have this handset answer a call when you press any Answer key on the 12-key dialpad. Banner Change the name used on the handset's display. Handset Change the display language. Language Key Touch Tone Have the keypad sound a tone when you press a key. Ans Setup Menu Refer to page 1 for details on setting up your answering system. Day & Time Menu Use this menu to set the clock m
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To switch to all capital letters, press . The phone defaults to all * capital letters first (e. g. ABCabc2) until you enter a blank space or press again. (Any time you want to change case, just press .) * * If two letters in a row use the same number key, enter the first letter and wait a few seconds (or press RighT ); the cursor will move to the next space. Enter the next letter. Press # to enter a blank space. To change a letter, move the cursor to that letter and press ClEaR to
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You can also set the ringer volume separately: when the phone is in standby, press Up to increase the ringer volume and down to decrease. If you turn the ringer volume all the way down, the ringer turns off. Using the Caller ID and Redial Lists Caller ID (CID) is a service available from your telephone provider that shows the phone number (and sometimes the caller’s name) of incoming calls. Contact your telephone provider for more information. Caller ID list Redial list - When a call comes
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Add the number to the phonebook. The handset prompts Store Into Pb you to edit the name and number. Delete All (CID list only) Erase all numbers from the list. Using Call Waiting Call Waiting, a service available from your telephone provider, lets you receive calls while you are on another call. Caller ID on Call Waiting (CIDCW) service displays Caller ID information for a waiting call. If you get a Call Waiting call, the phone sounds a tone and displays any CID information received from the
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If you need the phone to pause before sending the next set of digits, press REdial/paUsE to insert a 2-second pause. The pause shows as a P in the display. You can insert as many pauses as you need, but each pause counts as one of your 20 digits. Phonebook Entry Options With the phone in standby, open the phonebook and find the entry you want. Press mEnU/sElECT to open the individual phonebook entry menu. The phone prompts you to edit or delete the entry. Finding a Lost Handset With th
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To join the call, just press Talk/Flash or spEakER . To leave the conference call, hang up normally; the other handset remains connected to the call. Privacy Mode To prevent other handsets from joining a call: 1. Start your call as usual, then press mEnU/sEECT l . The display shows Call Privacy. 2. Press mEnU/sElECT again to turn privacy mode on (you'll see a in the display). Privacy mode turns off automatically when you hang up. As long you have privacy mode on, no other handset
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Call Transfer To... Follow these steps: 1. Press ClEaR/inTERCom to put the call on hold. 2. Select the handset you want to page (select All to transfer a call page all handsets at the same time). 3. When another handset accepts the call, you'll be disconnected (press Talk/Flash to rejoin the call). cancel a transfer Press Talk/Flash to return to the call. 1. To answer the page and speak to the transferring accept a handset using the intercom, press ClEaR/inTERCom. transferred call 2. To spe
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Set the amount of time (1 or 4 minutes) callers have to Record Time leave a message. Choose Announce Only if you don't want the system to let callers to leave a message. Have the system beep every 15 seconds when you have Message a new message; the beeping stops when you listen to all Alert your new messages. (To mute the alert without listening to your messages, press any key on the base.) Ans. Change the language of the system's voice prompts. Language Turn on the call screen feature so
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If you take no action for 0 seconds, the phone returns to standby. Only one handset can access the system at a time. Personalizing the Greeting Your personal outgoing message or greeting can be between seconds and 0 seconds long. If you don't want to record a greeting, the system uses a pre- recorded greeting: Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone. After you record a greeting, you can switch between the pre- recorded greeting to your
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Getting Your Messages From a handset To... From the base (remote operation) Press lay/sp Top. Press mEssagEs/mUTE . The system announces the number of new and old play new messages messages, then plays each new message (followed by the day and time) in the order it was received. replay an earlier Within 2 seconds after a message starts playing, press REV. select 1:Repeat. message Wait at least 5 seconds Wait at least 3 seconds after restart the after a message starts a message starts pl
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If you don't press any keys for 15 seconds, the system hangs up and return to standby. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Solving Problems If you have any trouble with your phone, try these simple steps first. If you need help, call our Customer Care Line listed on the front cover. If… Try… - Checking the telephone cord connection. No handsets can make - Disconnecting the base AC adapter. Wait a few minutes, then reconnect it. or receive calls. - Making sure the base is plugged in. A handset can’t make
