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Sheet 4
2) Getting to Know Your New Phone
2-1. A few Hints on the Manual
This manual uses several dierent type styles to help you distinguish between dierent parts of the phone:
Bold text with “[ ]” indicates a key or button on the phone
ALL CAPITALS indicates text on the display, such as menu options, prompts, and conrmation messages
lower case bold text indicates a status light on the phone
Terms used in this manual
Base
The main part of the phone that connects to your phone line and lets you make and receive
calls.
Charging
cradle
A cradle that charges the handset battery. It connects to power but does not connect to a
phone line.
CID
Caller ID is available from your telephone provider. With this service, you can see the name and
number of incoming callers.
CIDCW
Caller ID on Call Waiting is available from your telephone provider. With this service, you can
see incoming caller information while on another call.
Handset
A cordless handset that can be placed anywhere in your home or oce where AC power is
available.
Standby
The phone is not in use. (It doesn’t matter whether the handset is in the cradle: the [TALK/
ash] hasn’t been pressed, and there is no dial tone.)
Talk A dial tone has been enabled, so you can dial and carry on a conversation with an outside party.
Note: Illustrations in this manual are used for explanation purposes and may dier from the actual unit.
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2-3. Parts of the Handset
Earpiece
LCD display
Twelve-key dial pad
Microphone
/memory key
(phonebook/memory)
TALK/flash key
redial/pause key
/tone/ key(*/tone/left)
key (up)
cid/menu key
/speaker key
END key
#/ key (#/right)
delete/transfer key
select/channel key
Charging contacts
key (down)
Earpiece
LCD display
Twelve-key dial pad
Microphone
/memory key
(phonebook/memory)
TALK/flash key
redial/pause key
/tone/ key(*/tone/left)
key (up)
cid/menu key
/speaker key
END key
#/ key (#/right)
delete/transfer key
select/channel key
Charging contacts
key (down)
Using the handset menu
To open the handset menu, press and hold [cid/menu] for two seconds.
The arrow pointer on the left side of the line shows which menu item is
currently highlighted. Use [ ] to move the pointer up and [ ] to move
the pointer down.
If the phone beeps and stays on the same line, it means you have reached
the top or bottom of the list.
Press [select/channel] to rotate through the available options for the
highlighted menu item.
Press [END] to exit the menu.
Note: You can nd detailed information on the handset menu in section 3 on
Setting Up Your Phone and section 4 on Using Your Phone.
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(HS1 display)
Ringer :Type A
Ring. Vol.:High
Auto Talk :Off
CIDCW :On
Area Code :
Dial :Tone
Language :Eng
(HS1 display)
Ringer :Type A
Ring. Vol.:High
Auto Talk :Off
CIDCW :On
Area Code :
Dial :Tone
Language :Eng
2-4. Parts of the Base
in
use
find hs
find hs key
Charging contacts
/in use LED/
Voice mail waiting indicator (flashing)
in
use
find hs
find hs key
Charging contacts
/in use LED/
Voice mail waiting indicator (flashing)
3) Setting Up Your Phone
Your phone has four basic options that you need to set up rst. You should only have to set these options once,
and you may not have to change any of them: Dial mode (tone or pulse dialing)
Dial mode (tone or pulse dialing)
CIDCW (Caller ID on Call Waiting)
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Language
Auto talk
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You might change two handset-specic options --ringer type and ringer volume -- more often, depending on
the situation. There’s another option, area code, that you should only set if you can use seven-digit dialing (see
section 5-3 on Using Seven Digits Instead of Ten).