VTech BS5822 manual

U s e r ’ s M a n u a l Model : BS5822[...]

1 T able of con tents Ge t ting s ta rt ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Befo re you be gin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Par ts ch eck lis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Inst all ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cho ose a l ocat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Inst all h[...]

2 T able of con tents Progr am th e voic emai l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Progr am th e play key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Progr am th e ski p key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Progr am th e eras e key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Rese t all co des . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Cust om pay-p er-use (PPU) [...]

3 Par ts ch ecklis t: 1 . Ha nds et 2. B ase u nit 3. B ase wa ll mou nt brac ket 4. B atte r y 5. T ele pho ne lin e cor d 6. B elt c lip 7 . AC power adap tor 8. U ser ’ s ma nual Before y ou be gin Telephone line cord Battery AC power adaptor User’s manual Handset Base wall mount bracket • Im por t ant ! Befo re us ing th is tele pho ne, y[...]

4 Installat ion F o r m a x i m u m p e r f o r m a n c e o f y o u r cor dle ss tel eph one sys tem: 1 . Cho o se a c ent ra l lo c ati o n f or yo ur bas e unit . 2. Ins tall your ba se u nit a nd ex tens ion h a n d s e t s a w a y f r o m e l e c t r o n i c e q u i p m e n t , s u c h a s p e r s o n a l c o m p u t e r s , t e l e v i s i o n[...]

5 T abl e/de sk inst allatio n Installat ion Mo dular tele pho ne jac k St anda rd ele ctr ic al out let C o n n e c t t h e p o w e r c o r d . A f t e r c ha rg i n g t he b a t te r y f or at l e as t 16 ho ur s, c onn ec t th e tel ep ho ne line c or d. • Install the base unit awa y from electr onic equipment such as personal computer s, tele[...]

6 Installat ion Char ge th e hands et bat te ry Plac e the ha nds et in the b ase. Be s ure to ch arge t he bat ter y for at l east 16 hour s befor e usin g your pho ne. Che ck for dial to ne After t he bat ter ies are c harg ed, p ick u p the h and set and p ress ON ; you sho uld he ar a dia l tone. If you do n ot, tr y t his ph one i n anoth er p[...]

7 Getting started Installat ion T o r egis ter your a cce ssor y h ands ets Y o ur p ho n e co me s wi th a h an d set w hi c h is a lr ead y r eg is ter e d as Ha nd se t 1. Your ph on e ca n o p era te up to fo ur ha nd se ts , to or der add itio nal ha nds ets c all th e supp lier. 1 . Af ter ch argi ng th e bat ter y , t he sc reen w ill d isp [...]

8 The wa ll mou nt brac kets are d esig ned fo r use o n stan dar d wall mo unt plate s onl y . 1 . Foll ow the i nstr uc tion s on pag e 6 to co nnec t th e power to ba se and p hon e line. 2. L ine up t he ta bs on the wal l m ount adapto r w ith the ho les at the bot tom of t he ba se. S nap t he wall mou nt brac ket rml y in pl ace. 3. M oun[...]

9 Handset and base i ndicators Ha ndse t disp lay Icon Description MUTE T ur ns on wh en th e mic roph one i s muted . NEW T ur ns on wh en th ere are new c all l og ent rie s. T ur ns on wh en th e rin ger is mu ted. Low bat ter y in dic ator an d char gin g indi cato r . LED is on w hen in h and sfree m od e. VOICEMAIL On whe n new voi cem ail i [...]

10 Handset la yo ut 1 . Ante nna 2. C ID 3. R edi al/p ause 4. O n/ a sh 5. D iali ng key (0 - 9, * , #) 6. Voic emai l 7 . Play 8. S kip 9. M enu /sele ct 1 0. Phon ebo ok / 1 1 . Sp eaker 1 2. M ute/de lete 1 3. O f f/cle ar 1 4. Bil led se r vic es 1 5. In terco m 1 6. Er ase X 16[...]

11 Basic operation 1 . Interc om 2. In use 3. V oic email 4. Charg e Base un it lay out[...]

12 Handset operation Mak ing calls Press O N (or , S PEA KE R ( ) to use th e hand set sp eaker phon e feature). Dia l the ph one nu mbe r . - OR - Dia l the ph one nu mbe r rst; t hen pr ess O N or S PEA KER ( ) . As yo u ar e e nt er i ng nu m be r s, pr es s DE L E T E / M U TE or O F F/ C L E AR to bac kspa ce a nd m ake c orre cti ons, or p[...]

13 Basic operation Mute • Dur ing an ac tive c all, p ress t he M UT E key o n hand set to di sab le the m icr oph one. Th e scre en wil l dis play: • Pre s s M UT E ag ai n to r et ur n to n or ma l t wo w ay c onv er sa ti on . MI CR OPH ON E ON w ill di spl ay brie y . Confe ren ce call Y ou r pho ne i s ca pab le of supp or tin g co nfer[...]

14 • Press ON , SPEA KE R o r IN TE RCO M o n t he ha nds et bei ng c alle d to answer the inte rco m cal l. Y o u m ay n ow dis cus s th e ex ter nal c all wi th the p ers on wh o answere d the ot her ha nds et. • On t he han dset , pre ss t he O FF key to tra nsfer the ex terna l ca ll to the ot her ha nds et. Inte rcom ca ll Y ou c an in ter[...]

15 Basic operation Call for war d Y ou c an for wa rd ca lls bet wee n any han dset s reg istere d to it . • A h an ds et on an e x ter na l c al l c an fo r war d i t t o a ny o th er han d set . • Press a nd ho ld th e IN TE RCO M key on the h and set, i t will d isp lay: • Enter th e hand set nu mber you w ish to f or ward to. The han dset[...]

16 Han dset dis play scre en m essag es Screen displays: When: PHONE The h and set is in u se. ENDED The h and set is on h ook . NO ENTRIES Y ou a re acc es sing an e mpt y dir ec tor y or ca ll lo g. LIST FULL Y ou a re savin g to a full d ire ctor y. MICROPHONE MUTED The c all i s on mute. SPEAKER The h and set sp eakerp hon e is in us e. LOW BAT[...]

17 Basic operation Han dset dis play scre en m essag es Screen displays: When: HANDSET X IS CALLING Ot her han dse t is ca lling . LINE IN USE An ex tens ion ph one i s in use. NO LINE Ther e is no te leph one li ne co nne cte d. ALREADY SAVED Th e t el e ph o n e nu m be r yo u h ave e n ter e d i s al r ea dy stor ed in th e dire cto r y . SAVED [...]

18 Ringe r volume • From the idle (off ) mod e, press ME NU /SE LECT o n the han dset then the o r key to RI NG ER VOLU ME . • Pre ss M EN U/ SE LEC T on th e han dset . The c urre nt ri nger vo lume will b e show n: • Pre ss t he or keys o r enter a dig it (0 thr oug h 6) to th e des ired volume. T he c urrent r ing to ne is played. At the l[...]

19 Basic operation Key tone (preset to o n ) • From the i dle (off ) mod e, press ME NU /S ELEC T on th e hand set then the o r keys to sele ct K EY T ON E . • Press ME N U/ SEL ECT on t he han dset . Th e curr ent set ti ng wi ll be show n. Use th e or keys to s cro ll to O N or O FF . Whe n set to on, th e han dset w ill emi t a bee p when ev[...]

20 Ph onebook Y ou r phone c an stor e up to 50 numb ers wi th name s in memo r y . Each me mor y lo cati on ca n hold up to 32 d igit s for th e numb er and 16 char acter s for t he nam e. Stor e a new ent ry • Press ME NU /S ELE CT on t he han dset . • Wi t h P H O N E BO O K h ig h l ig h te d, pr e ss M E N U / S EL E C T o n t he han dset [...]

21 Basic operation Ph onebook Eac h pres s of a par ti cul ar key cause s char acte rs to be d isp layed in t he foll owin g ord er: Review/dial fr om the p hone book • Press MEN U/SELECT on the handset. With PHO NEBOOK highligh ted, pre ss MEN U/SELECT on the han dset . Wit h the de sire d pho nebo ok en tr y hig hlig hted, pr ess M EN U/ S ELEC[...]

22 • Scrol l through t he phone book entr ies using the and keys or enter rs t c harac ter of t he name to b e se arc hed ( usi ng the di git keys ) and co ntinu e navig atin g usi ng th e or keys a s sc roll keys, u ntil yo u reac h the e ntr y to be d iale d. • Press ON or S PEA KE R ( ), to dial t he num ber . Edit a phon ebo ok entr y ?[...]

23 Basic operation Sha red c all log The c aller ID lo g i s s tored in th e b ase, and is sh ared by the syste m h and sets . Ch ang es m ade at a han dset w ill be r eec ted i n all han dset s. If the n umbe r of an inc omi ng cal l match es an ent r y i n your dire cto r y , t he nam e will di spl ay exa ctl y how you’ ve entere d it in the[...]

24 Caller ID • If you a nswer a ca ll befo re th e ca ller ID info rmat ion app ear s on th e sc reen, i t wil l not be in t he c all his tor y . Thi s prod uc t can prov id e infor mati on onl y if both you and t he cal ler are in are as of feri ng cal ler ID ser v ice, and i f bot h tele pho ne co mpa nies u se c omp atib le eq uip ment . About[...]

25 Basic operation Screen displays: When: PRIVATE NUMBER The other party is blocking name and/or number information. UNKNOWN NUMBER Your phone company is unable to receive informa- tion about this caller’s name and/or number. • Press OFF/ CLE AR on t he han ds et(s ) at an y time to exit call histor y . • If both the name and number are not p[...]

26 • In ord er to u se the se feat ures , you mu st sub scr ib e to and a cti vate voi cem ail se r vic e thr oug h your lo cal te lep hon e co mpany. • Whe n one han dset i s ac ces sin g the vo ic emai l setu p, the ot her han dset ( s) ca nnot ac ce ss it at th e sam e tim e. If thi s is at tempt ed, N OT A VAIL A BLE AT TH I S TI ME w ill b[...]

27 Basic operation Y ou c an ac ce ss th e follo wing o ptio ns: ACCE SS N UM BE R P AS SWOR D PLA Y S KI P ER ASE R ES ET AL L COD ES Progra m the pa ssword Y ou nee d to pr ogra m a pas swor d to ac ces s your v o ice mail. Fir st, you must act ivate and dene your voic ema il p asswo rd wit h t he voi cem ail ser v ice provid ed by yo ur l oc [...]

28 Press D EL ETE / MU TE on t he hand set . Ent er the new nu mber pr ovid ed by your loc al tel eph one co mpany. T o en ter pau ses, pres s an d ho ld PAUSE . Whe n n ishe d pre ss M EN U/ S ELEC T o n th e han dset . Progra m the sk ip key The d efaul t S KI P p ass word is # . If th is do es n ot m atch t he pas swor d pr ovi ded by your l [...]

29 Basic operation Cust om pay-per- use (P PU) feat ures PPU key s on ha ndse t T o ac ces s PPU feature s on th e hand sets: • Press ON . • Press BI LLED S ERV IC ES key , th en us e the o r keys to scr oll to yo ur desi red o ption . • Pres s ME NU /S ELE CT on t he han dset . Chang e PPU key set ting Y ou r pho ne is f actor y progr amm ed[...]

30 Press D ELETE / MUTE on the hands et . Ent er the new number provided by your l oca l tele pho ne co mpany. T o enter pause s, pres s an d hol d P AUS E . W hen n ishe d pres s ME NU /S EL ECT o n th e han dse t . Chang e 3 - way calling numbe r The defa ult 3- way call ing cod e is F (as h ). If t his doe s not m atch the num ber pr ovid [...]

31 Basic operation Headset operation Op era ting r ange This c ordless telepho ne operates wit hin the ma ximum p ower a llowed by the Federal C ommunic ations Comm issi on (FCC) . Thi s hand set and base can only co mmunic ate over a cer t ain dis tanc e. The r ange may be af fec ted by t he weath er or th e con stru ct ion of yo ur home o r of ?[...]

32 Batteries • If you re pea tedl y get a l ow bat ter y ind ic ator, even af ter ch arg ing overn igh t, th e bat ter y sh oul d be re pla ced . • T o r edu ce th e ri sk of re o r inju r y to per so ns or dam age to t he tele pho ne, ch arg e the b at ter y prov ide d wit h thi s pho ne (or equ ival ent) in ac cor dan ce wi th the i nst ru[...]

33 T roub leshootin g If you have di f cu lt y oper ating yo ur pho ne, the s ugg esti ons b elow sh oul d sol ve the pro ble m. If you st ill have di f cul t y afte r tr yi ng the se sug ges tion s, ca ll the S upp lier. Problem Suggestion My ph one d oesn’ t work at all. • Make sur e the p ower cor d is pl ugg ed in. • Make sur e the [...]

34 T roub leshootin g Problem Suggestion I can not di al out . • Make sur e you have a dia l tone b efore d iali ng. Th e hand set may t ake a sec on d or t wo to nd the b ase an d pro duc e a dial t one. Th is is no rma l. Wait an ext ra se con d befor e dial ing. • Make sure your ph one i s set to the cor rect dia l mod e for t he t ype of[...]

35 Additional information T roub leshootin g Problem Suggestion I g e t n o i s e, s t at i c , o r weak sig nal even w hen I’m near t he bas e. • O ther ele ct ron ic p rod uc ts can cau se i nter fer enc e w ith your cor dle ss pho ne. T r y i nst alli ng your phon e as far away from th ese ty pes of e lec tro nic devi ces as pos sib le: wire[...]

36 T roub leshootin g Problem Suggestion My ha n d se t d o e s n ot r i n g w h e n I r e c e i v e a cal l. • Ma ke sure you h ave the ri nger act ivated. Refer to t he s ec tion ( s) on rin ger sele cti on i n t his user ’s manua l. • Ma ke su re the telep hon e line cord is plu gge d rmly int o the base unit an d the telep hone jac k. [...]

37 Additional information T roub leshootin g Problem Suggestion My c alls fad e or cu t i n and out while I’m us ing my han dset . • O ther ele ct ron ic p rod uc ts can cau se i nter fer enc e w ith your cor dle ss pho ne. T r y i nst alli ng your phon e as far away from th ese ty pes of e lec tro nic devi ces as pos sib le: wire les s ro uter[...]

38 T roub leshootin g Problem Suggestion M y C a l l e r I D i s n ’ t work ing . • Calle r ID is a sub scr ipti on ser vi ce . Y ou m ust su bsc rib e to t his s er vi ce for this feature to wor k on your p hon e. • Y our c all er must b e cal ling f rom an ar ea that s upp or ts c aller I D. • Both yo u and your c all er’s tele phon e c[...]

39 Additional information Mainten ance Taking care of your telephone Your cordless telephone contains sophisticated electronic parts, so it must be treated with care. Avoid rough treatment Place the handset down gently. Save the original packing materials to protect your telephone if you ever need to ship it. Avoid water Your telephone can be damag[...]

40 Import ant safety instru ctions When using your telephone equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of re, electric shock and injury, including the following: 1. Read an d und ers tan d all i nstr uc tion s. 2. Follo w all war nin gs an d ins tru cti ons m arke d on the p rod uc t. 3. Un plu g thi s pro [...]

41 Additional information FCC , A CT A and IC r egula tions FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the requirements for a Class B digital device under Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules. These requirements are intended to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residenti[...]

42 FCC , A CT A and IC r egula tions * Remain on the line and briey explain the reason for the call before hanging up. * Perform such activities in off-peak hours, such as early morning or late evening. Industry Canada This equipment complies with regulations RSS210 and CS-03 of Industry Canada. Operation is subject to the following two conditio[...]

43 Additional information Enhanced 5.8GHz technology–your phone operates on a dual band transmission that combines the best of 5.8GHz and 2.4GHz technologies, providing enhanced performance over standard cordless telephones. Freque ncy C ontr ol Cr yst al co ntro lled PLL synt hes izer T ran smi t Frequen cy Bas e: 5725 – 58 50 MHz Han dset: 24[...]

44 Index A Ab out c all his tor y 24 Acc es s voic email 2 6 Add itio nal in form ation 3 3 Answe ring c all s 1 2 B Bas e dis play 9 Bas e unit l ayout 1 1 Bas ic op erati on 9 Bat teri es 32 Bat ter y ca re and m ainten anc e 32 Befo re you be gin 3 Bel t cli p 3, 6 C Call er ID 23 -25 Call fo r ward 15 Chan ge 3 -way ca lling n umb er 30 Chan ge[...]

45 Index Inst all h ands et bat ter y 4 Inter com c all 14 K Key tone 19 L La nguag e 1 9 M Mai ntenan ce 3 9 Mak ing c alls 12 Mute 10, 1 3 O Op eratin g ran ge 31 P Par ts ch eck lis t 3 Phon ebo ok 20 -2 2 PPU keys on hand set 29 Progr am th e eras e key 28 Progr am th e pas sword 27 Progr am th e play key 27 Progr am th e ski p key 28 Progr am [...]

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