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Model 29897
Digital Answerer with
Call Waiting Caller ID and
Speakerphone Telephone
User’s Guide
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Equipment Approval Information Your telephone equipment is approved for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network and is in compliance with parts 15 and 68, FCC Rules and Regulations and the Technical Requirements for Telephone Terminal Equipment published by ACTA. 1 Notification to the Local Telephone Company On the bottom of this equipment is a label indicating, among other information, the US number and Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) for the equipment. You must, upon request, pr
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The telephone company may make changes in its communications facilities, equipment, operations or procedures where such action is required in the operation of its business and not inconsistent with FCC Rules and Regulations. If these changes are expected to affect the use or performance of your telephone equipment, the telephone company must give you adequate notice, in writing, to allow you to maintain uninterrupted service. Interference Information This equipment has been tested and found
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Table of Contents setting the seCurity CoDe ...........................14 EquipmEnt ApprovAl informAtion .................2 setting the Dialing moDe ............................14 intErfErEncE informAtion .............................3 setting the regional area CoDes ...............15 HEAring Aid compAtibility ............................3 message volume.............................................16 licEnsing .....................................................3 ringer volume .................
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remote aCCess ................................................21 inserting a Pause in the Dialing sequenCe 26 remote aCCess CommanDs .......................21 Changing a storeD number .........................26 cAllEr id fEAturEs ....................................22 Dialing a storeD number .............................26 summary sCreen .............................................22 Dialing a quiCk Dial number ......................27 Caller iD With Call Waiting .......................22 revi
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Introduction CAUTION: When using telephone equipment, there are basic safety instructions that should always be followed. Refer to the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS provided with this product and save them for future reference. Before You Begin Parts Checklist Make sure your package includes the following items: Mounting bracket Handset Base Coiled cord AC power adaptor Line cord Wall plate Telephone Jack Requirements To use this phone, you need an RJ11C type modular telephone jack, which mi
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Base Layout NEW MESSAGE/ PLAY/STOP (button) REVIEW (button) CID (indicator) NEXT (button) Hook switch MEMO (button) DELETE (button) MENU (button) ANSWER/ON/OFF STORE (button) (button) GREETING (button) ENTER/DIAL (button) VOLUME (buttons) SPEAKER (indicator) MUTE (button) FLASH/EXIT (button) SPEAKER (button) Microphone REDIAL/PAUSE (button) Installing the Phone Desktop Installation CAUTION: To reduce risk of personal injury, fire, or damage use only the 5-2768 (white), 5-2644 (black), or 5-277
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2. Place the handset in the base. 3. Plug the telephone line cord into the LINE jack on the back of the phone. Plug the other end into a wall jack. 4. Connect the small end of the power adaptor into the POWER 7.5V AC jack on the back of the answerer. Plug the other end into an AC power outlet. The unit beeps once and is ready for setup or to answer calls with the default greeting and settings. 3 1 2 4 NOTE: The phone automatically defaults to touch-tone dialing. To change to pulse (rotary)
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4. Carefully turn the phone over. Detach the mounting bracket from the two sets of top grooves by pressing the tabs in. Pull the bracket from the phone and turn it around so that it looks like the diagram. Gently press the bracket into the two sets of bottom grooves until it snaps into place. 5. Plug the line cord into the jack on the back of the base. Wrap the extra line cord, if any, around the hooks provided on the bottom of the unit. 6. Feed the short line cord through the grooves p
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Answering System Set Up Recording the Greeting Before using your new answerer, you should record a greeting (the announcement callers hear when your answering system answers a call). If you don’t record a greeting, callers hear a default greeting which says, “We are not available to take your call. Please leave a message. Thank you for calling.” When recording the greeting you should be about 6 inches from the unit. Eliminate as much background noise as possible. 1. Prepare your greeting.
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Rings to Answer Selects the number of rings before the unit answers. Remote Access Sets your 3-digit code used for remote access to the unit. TONE/PULSE Dialing Sets the phone for tone or pulse dialing. Regional Area Codes Sets your regional area codes if you have multiple area codes where you live. During the course of setting up the phone, you can press the DELETE button to scroll back to the previous Setup menu. Setting the Display Contrast This setting allows you to adjust the display
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Minutes 1. Use NEXT or REVIEW to set the minutes. 2. When finished, press ENTER to confirm. Now you’re ready to enter the time of day, AM or PM. AM/PM 1. Use NEXT or REVIEW to set the time of day. 2. When finished, press ENTER to confirm. Now you’re ready to enter the month. Month 1. Use NEXT or REVIEW to set the month. 2. When finished, press ENTER to confirm. Now you’re ready to enter the day. Date 1. Use NEXT or REVIEW to set the date. 2. When finished, press ENTER to confirm. TIP: You can u
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3. Once the first digit is set, press ENTER. 4. Repeat steps 2-3 until all the digits of the area code are set. 5. When finished, press ENTER to confirm. The unit beeps. NOTE: To skip to the next setting, press MENU. To exit setup, press EXIT. TIP: You can use the keypad to enter all the digits in one step. To enter 317, press 3,1, and 7. Then press ENTER. Setting the Incoming Message Length This setting allows you to set the maximum length of time allowed for a single incoming message. You ca
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Toll Saver Toll Saver can save you the cost of a call when you access your messages from another phone: • If you have new messages, the unit answers after the 2nd ring. • If you have no new messages, the unit answers after the 5th ring. You can hang up after the 3rd ring and save the pay telephone or long distance charge. Setting the Security Code This feature allows you to change the factory default remote access code used for remote access to you answerer. The default code is 123. 1. If you
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3. When finished, press ENTER to confirm. The unit beeps. NOTE: To skip to the next setting, press MENU. To exit setup, press EXIT. Setting the Regional Area Codes Depending on your area, you may need to set regional area codes. These are needed in order for the phone to determine the number format to be displayed when a valid Caller ID signal is received. Calls received that match any of the regional area codes are displayed as 10 digits. If the number is not displayed correctly, the phone m
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Message Volume Use the VOLUME and v buttons to adjust the volume when playing back messages ^ and while reviewing or changing the setting. Ringer Volume Use the VOLUME pt and v buttons to adjust the loudness of the ringer when the ^ handset is not in use. The phone gives a sample ring when adjusting. Handset Volume Use the VOLUME pt and v buttons to adjust the handset listening volume while it is in ^ use. Speakerphone Volume Use the VOLUME and v buttons to adjust the speakerphone listeni
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• Stay reasonably close to the phone so that you can be clearly heard by the person to whom you are talking. • You can adjust the speaker volume by pressing the VOLUME and v buttons. ^ • The speakerphone indicator comes on when the speakerphone is in use. Receiving a Phone Call 1. When the phone rings, the speakerphone indicator blinks and the caller’s information, if any, will be shown on the display panel. Lift the handset or press the SPEAKER button to connect your phone call. 2. You can
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Flash Press the FLASH button instead of using the hook switch to activate customer calling services such as call waiting or call transfer, which are provided by your local phone company. Redial Redial the last number you called by pressing the REDIAL button after you get a dial tone. NOTE: The Redial feature holds in memory the last phone number you dialed (as many as 63 digits). If you pressed any numbers after dialing the phone number, (for example, when accessing a voice- menu system) t
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• Pick up the phone during the incoming message, if desired. • Disconnect the caller by pressing the STOP button. Auto Disconnect Auto disconnect is a feature that tells the unit to stop playing the greeting or recording when a extension phone is picked up. Sometimes you may pick up and the machine keeps playing the greeting. This is normal. If you want to pick up the phone during the greeting play, wait about two seconds after the system answers before picking up a phone. If the greeting co
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All Messages You can also erase all the old messages only, leaving the new messages and Caller ID information. While the unit is in ready-to-answer mode, press and hold DELETE until the unit announces, “Messages erased.” • New messages can not be erased in this way. To erase new messages, play them then press DELETE during play back. Leaving a Memo Use the MEMO button to record a specific message for others who have access to the unit. 1. Press and hold the MEMO button. The unit announces, “
