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Synergy 900
Digital cordless telephone featuring DECT
User guide
This equipment is not designed for making emergency telephone calls when the power
fails. Alternative arrangements should be made for access to emergency services.
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Check that your Synergy 900 is complete. When you unpack you should have: • Synergy 900 handset. • Synergy 900 base station. • Power adaptor. • Comprehensive user guide. • Ni-Cad battery pack. • Line cord If anything is missing, please contact your place of purchase immediately. For your records Date of purchase: Place of purchase: Serial number: (on the underside of the telephone base station) Purchase price: For warranty purposes, proof of purchase is required, so please keep your receipt. M
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S R Z V C F Y I L O H B E K N U X Intercom Q A G P T D W M Menu options First press CALL DIVERT See page 20. Second press Options FRIENDS FAM See page 22. Third 2 1 press 3 5 4 6 SET- UP 8 7 9 Set-up allows you to change the original settings of your telephone Q 0 e.g. handset ringer volume, Redial Quickdial melodies. See optional settings page 13. It also allows you to register your handset, see page 24. J Recall
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S R Z V C F Y I L O H B E K N U X Intercom Q A G P T D W At a glance Belt clip On back of handset. Calls light Flashes to indicate an LCD incoming call. Clear display that shows the status of your call and the number you have dialled. Undo Deletes the last digit entered. Changes the menu setting. Select By pressing and holding the Confirms the setting you want X button for 2 seconds from the menu. During a call, you are taken back to acts as the secrecy button. Standby e.g. HSET 1 Talk Press
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Page Pages all handsets registered to the base station. Used to register additional handsets. Power See page 10 and 24 Lights up when the mains power is switched on. See page 6 In use Lights up during an external call. See page 9 Power DECT Charging This equipment is not In Use designed for making Lights up when a handset is emergency telephone calls placed on the base station. when the power fails. Alternative arrangements Charging We recommend that you should be made for access charge the han
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In this guide At a glance 1 Introduction 4 Setting up 6 Using your Synergy 900 9 Using the Quickdial memory 11 Optional settings 13 Additional features 17 Using Select Services 20 Using additional handsets 24 Operating with additional 29 base stations Connecting to a switchboard 31 Maintenance 32 Help 33 Technical information 35 Technical specification 36 Index 37 Hints and tips boxes In this user guide, weÕve included helpful tips and useful hints. They are shown in a grey box. 3
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S S S S S S V V V V V V R R R R R R Z Z Z Z Z Z C C C C C C F F F F F F Y Y Y Y Y Y I I I I I I L L L L L L O O O O O O H H H H H H B U B U B U B U B U B U X X X X X X E E E E E E N N N N N N K K K K K K Q Q Q Q Q Q Intercom Intercom Intercom r o Inte c m Intercom Intercom A A A A A A G G G G G G P P P P P P T T T T T T D D D D D D W W W W W W M M M M M M Introduction your Synergy 900 is designed for ease of use and made to the high standards set by BT. Please read the instructions carefully bef
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Warning The Synergy 900 system has a range of up to 1. Use only the approved battery pack supplied. 300 metres outdoors and up to 50 metres indoors. Spare batteries – Item Code: 871285 are available It is possible that the range may be affected by from BT Shops and the Synergy Helpline being near water (e.g. large ponds, lakes, the 0845 650 20 20. sea) and large metal objects (e.g. radiators, 2. Do not try to use any power supply except the steel girders and metal partition walls). one provided,
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BATTERY Slide Setting up follow these steps to get your Synergy 900 ready for use. 1. To plan the location of the base 3. Install the rechargeable battery in station the handset Your Synergy 900 works by sending and Hold the handset with the keypad facing down, receiving radio signals between the base station remove the clear plastic directory label cover and the handset. and press and slide open the battery compartment. The strength of the signal depends on where you site the base station. The
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4. Charge the handset battery for at Please note that while NiCad rechargeable least 16 hours batteries can be expected to give years of Before you use your Synergy 900 for the first service they do not last forever. Their actual time it is important to have the handset battery lifespan depends on how heavily they are used fully charged. We recommend that you leave the but over time, their capacity to recharge will Synergy 900 Handset on charge for at least 16 begin to diminish and they will eve
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6. Connect the telephone line cord If you do not have modern phone sockets, call Freefone 0800 800 150 and ask for a BT engineer to come and fit the correct type. This is a chargeable service. NOTE Take care that the telephone line cord and power cable plugs are connected to the correct sockets. Incorrect placement could damage the unit. 8
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Using your Synergy 900 To receive a call Making and receiving calls When the phone rings, both the call light on the handset and the in-use light on the base station To make a call flash. Display shows . • Press the TALK button to get a line. Display • Press the TALK button. shows . The IN-USE light on the base Or station comes on. • Pick up the handset from the base station. • Enter the number you want and it is dialled. Display shows and the IN-USE light remains on. Or to preview the number be
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To redial the last number To page the handset Redial • Press the TALK button. • Press and release the blue PAGE button on • Press the REDIAL button. The number is the base station. dialled. Display shows the number. The handset rings for about 10-12 seconds. Or Display shows PAGE and the flashes. • Press the REDIAL button. Display shows the Paging is useful to help you find a misplaced last number called. The number can be edited handset. You cannot hold a conversation between by pressing the 7
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To store a quickdial number Using the quickdial Quickdial 0-9 memory Shared and personal quickdials Once you have selected either your ‘Personal’ or You can store up to 20 numbers on your ‘Shared’ QUICKDIAL store: Synergy 900. • Press and release the QUICKDIAL button Shared telephone numbers • LCD shows 1 if no number stored or 1 10 numbers can be stored in your shared memory. followed by the number stored in the These numbers can be quick dialled by any memory. Synergy handset registered with
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To dial a quickdial number You can scroll through the quickdial numbers This dials from the quickdial memory, SHARED and see any available locations. You can then or PERSONAL, which is currently selected. change or add a number. Quickdial 0-9 Press the 7 button to reverse one step of the instructions. Or press it and hold for 2 seconds • Press the TALK button. to revert quickly to standby. • Press the QUICKDIAL button. • Press the location 0-9 where the quickdial To View or edit a quickdial me
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Optional settings To adjust the dial delay To adjust the handset ringer volume The dial delay is the time taken by the phone to The handset ringer can be set to LOW, HI or OFF. send a number to the exchange after dialling. The dial delay can be set to short, medium or long. The factory setting is medium. • Press the button several times until display shows SET UP. • Press the 4 button. Display shows HANDSET. • Press the 4 button. Display shows LEVEL. • Press the button several times until di
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To adjust the base station melody • Press the button until the display shows You can select from four different ringer MELODIES. melodies. • Press the 4 button. Display shows the current setting A (or B, C, D, E, F). The displayed setting is played. • Press the to change the setting. Display • Press the button until the display shows shows the next melody option. The melody is SET UP. played. • Press the 4 button. Display shows HANDSET. • Press the 4 button when you want to select • Pres
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To switch the keypad beeps on and off To reset your Synergy 900 base station to its Whenever you press a button on the handset, original settings you will hear a beep. You can turn this sound on and off. The original setting is ON. • Switch off the mains power. • Press and hold down the PAGE button. • Press the button several times until the Continue to hold down the PAGE button while display shows SET UP. switching the mains power back on and for a • Press the 4 button. Display shows HANDSET.
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To reset your Synergy 900 handset to its original settings • Press the button several times until display shows SET UP. • Press the 4 button. Display shows HANDSET. • Press the 4 button. Display shows LEVEL. • Press the button several times until the display shows RESET. • Press the 4 button. Display shows CONFIRM. • Press the 4 button. Display shows CONFIRM again. • Press the 4 button. Display shows REG. The handset is reset, and is now de-registered from the base station(s). This will rese
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Additional features • Press the 4 button. Display shows STORED Keypad Guard and Emergency and beeps. The display reverts to EMERGENCY. Numbers • Press the 4 button. Display now shows last To enter up to four personal emergency memory number and the number keyed into it. numbers for use when the keypad guard is ON • Press the button to move to the next Your personal emergency numbers are memory slot. Display shows 2- ENTER NO-. recognised by your Synergy 900 when they are • Repeat from step 5 a
