Topcom BUTLER 3970 manual

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    BUTLER 3970/TWIN/ TRIPLE/QUATTRO USER GUIDE 1.5[...]

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    Important To use ‘Caller ID’ (display ca ller), this service has to be activated on your phone line. Normally you need a separa te subscription fro m your telephone company to activate this function. If you don ’t have the Call er ID functio n on your phone line, the incoming tel ephone numbers will NOT be shown on the display of your telepho[...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 3 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH 1 Getting started 6 1.1 Insta lling the ba se 6 1.2 Installing the handset 6 1.3 If you have pu rchased a Twin/Triple/Quattro version 7 2 Getting to kno w your teleph one 7 2.1 Keys/LED 7 2.2 Icons 8 2.3 Base lights 8 2.4 Navigati ng the menu 9 2.5 Menu overvi[...]

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    4 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro 8 Base se ttings 21 8.1 Ringto ne 21 8.2 Handset priority 22 8.3 Line set tings 22 8.4 System PIN 22 8.5 Default base settings 23 9 Additio nal handsets an d bases 23 9.1 Adding a new ha ndset 23 9.2 Removing a hand set 23 9.3 Select a base 24 9.4 Using the inte rcom [...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 5 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH Safety Instr uctions • O nly use the charger plug supplied . Do not use other chargers, as this may damage the battery cells. • O nly insert rechargeab le batteries of the same type. Never use ordinary , non-rechargeable ba tteries. Insert rechargeable ba [...]

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    6 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro 1 Getting st arted 1.1 Inst alling the base For installation, do the fol lowing: • P lug one end o f the adaptor in to the outl et and the othe r end into the adapter ja ck on the bottom of the telepho ne. • C onnect one end of the telephone cord with th e wall ph[...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 7 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH 1.3 If you have purchas ed a T win/T riple/Quattro version If you ha ve purch ased a T win, Tripl e or Qua ttro versio n • P lug one end o f the adaptor in to the outl et and the othe r end into the adapter ja ck on the bottom of the charger . • I nsert th[...]

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    8 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro 2.2 Icons * If the Phonemail service is available on the telephone line 2.3 Bas e light s Blinking slow = Paging Blinking fast = base in registration mode Steady = Charging - OFF: Standby - ON: Off hook - Blinking slowly: Incoming call - Blinking rapidl y: Phonemail* [...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 9 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH 2.4 Nav igating the menu The Butler 3970 has a menu system whi ch is easy to use. Each menu leads to a list of options. The men u map is shown on the following paragraph. When the handset is switched on and in standby, press the option button un der “ MENU ?[...]

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    10 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro 3 Using the telephone 3.1 Switching the handset ON/OFF • Pre ss and hold / to switch the handset off. • P ress and hold / again or place it in the base to sw itch the handset back on. 3.2 Cha nging the language Enter the " Handset Setting " menu in or d[...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 11 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH 3.3.2 Pre-dialling With the pre-dialling featu re you can enter and modify a number before ma king the call. • D ial a number of up to 24 digits. Press and hold th e Pause ‘P’-key to insert a pause. The screen displays a "P". •S e l e c t &q[...]

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    12 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro 3.8 Se crecy function (Mu te function) During conversation you can turn off the micropho ne so that the person on the other side of the line will not hear you: •S e l e c t ‘MUTE’ using the left menu key to deactivate the microphone. • T he mute icon appears [...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 13 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH On the upper right side of the display you can see the differen t character table set: The keypad characters are as follows: Small letters (abc): Key First Second Third Fourth Fifth press press press p ress press 1 ,;. 2a b c 3d e f 4g h i 5j k l 6m n o 7p q [...]

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    14 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro To Dial an entry • Press left menu key twice to enter the phonebook menu and select ‘ Se arch ’ OR • Press right menu key ‘ NAME ’ in standby . • Scrol l to the name you want or use the keypad to enter the first letter of the name. • P ress to dial th[...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 15 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH Changing into a VIP entry: To make phonebook entries VIP entries: • W hen viewing the details of an entry press ‘ OPTION’ . • S croll to ‘ SET VIP/NORMAL ’ and press ‘ OK ’. •P r e s s ‘ OK ’ to confirm or press ‘ Back ’ to retu rn t[...]

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    16 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro 6 Calls list Your Butler 3970 keeps a list of all your last calls. Each list can contains up to 20 records: • Missed Calls : shows details of calls that were not a nswered. • Received Calls : shows details of all recent callers. • Dialed Calls : list shows deta[...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 17 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH 7 Personalise the handset 7.1 Setting the date and time •P r e s s Menu • Scroll to Ti m er menu and press OK . Select Set Date/Time and press OK . • Enter the date (format: YYYY - MM-DD). • C onfirm with OK • Enter the time (format: HH:MM). • C o[...]

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    18 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro • Call or VIP call , then press OK . • S croll to the mel ody you want. D uring scrolling a sample is played . Press OK • t o select or BACK to return to the previous menu. • Press to return to standby . 7.3.2 Ringer volume There are five handset ringer vol u[...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 19 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH 7.6 Display contrast •P r e s s MENU then scroll with th e Up/down key to Handse t settings menu and press OK . •S c r o l l t o Contrast and press OK . • Se lect the right contrast with the Up/down key and press OK to confirm or Back to return. • Pre[...]

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    20 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro •P r e s s MENU then scroll with th e Up/down key to Handse t settings menu and press OK . •S c r o l l t o Outgoing CallBar and pre ss OK . • En ter the Pin code (‘0000’) • S elect the desired barrin g type with the Up/down key and press OK . When Precal[...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 21 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH 7.12 De fault setting It is possible to return the hands et settings to the original default con figuration. This is the configuration which was instal led when you first received the telephone. The default parameters are: External ring melody: 1 Internal rin[...]

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    22 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro 8.2 Handset priority Normally, if you have more than one han dset registered to your base, they all ring at the same time. However, you can set one of them to ri ng before the others, so that calls can always be answered at one handset first. •P r e s s MENU then s[...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 23 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH 8.5 Def ault base settings It is possible to return the ba se settings to the original default configuration. This is the configuration which was instal led when you first received the telephone. The default parameters are: Ring melody: 1 Ringer ON/OFF: On Ri[...]

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    24 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro 9.3 Select a bas e You can switch your Butler 3970 handset between bases. You can also set it to automatically base select with the strongest signal. The handse t must first be registered with each base individually. •P r e s s MENU then scroll with the Up/down key[...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 25 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH 9.5 W alkie T alkie function With the walkie talkie function you can communicate between 2 handsets without bein g registered or using the base. To make walkie talki e calls you have to b ring the h andsets in the same group ID. All hand set with the same gro[...]

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    26 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tr iple/Quattro 10.2 Games There are 2 ga mes: Snake and Guess number: •P r e s s MENU then scroll with the Up/dow n key to Function menu and press OK . •S e l e c t Games menu. • Se lect the game yo u want: 1) Snake : * There are fou r options: Pl ay , Set speed, Highest scor[...]

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    Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Tri ple/Quattro 27 Topcom Butler 3970/Twin/Trip le/Quattro ENGLISH 12 T echnical dat a Standard : DECT (Dig ital Enha nced Cord less Telecommu nications ) GAP (Generi c Access Prof ile) Frequenc y range: 1880 MHZ to 1900 MHz Number of ch annels: 120 duplex channels Modulation: GFSK Speech coding: 32 kbit /s Emissi on powe r:[...]

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