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Visual Touch TTY

Model: KVT100

First Edition 2005

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Summary of Contents for KVT100

Page 1: ...Visual Touch TTY Model KVT100 First Edition 2005 INSTRUCTION MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... Touch TTY Instructions 1st Edition April 2005 Krown Manufacturing Inc 3408 Indale Road Fort Worth Texas 76116 voice 817 738 2485 TTY 817 738 8993 Fax 817 738 1970 E mail info krownmfg com Web site www krownmfg com ...

Page 3: ...s is in the front of your phone book Your phone company will want to know Your phone numberProduct name Krown Visual Touch 100FCC registration number BG487D 71481 DTE Ringer equivalence 0 4A 0 7B Jack RJ11 RJ13 The FCC requires that you notify your local telephone company when you move your phone permanently 3 Repairs may be made only by Krown Manufacturing or authorized Krown service agencies Thi...

Page 4: ...give you an opportunity to maintain uninterrupted service SERVICE REQUIREMENTS If your KVT100 needs repair pack it in the original shipping box along with the adapter charger Please be sure to enclose a note describing the problem you are having You may send the unit to Krown Manufacturing Inc 3408 Indale Road Fort Worth Texas 76116 Copyright 1999 2005 Krown Manufacturing Inc FCC REQUIRED INFORMAT...

Page 5: ...nnected by a cable One unit is the modified Krown TTY PortaView Plus with a computer keyboard and a visual display The second unit is Visual Touch Braille display with 20 character Braille refreshable and a Face To Face keyboard The KVT100 can be set on top of the Visual Touch with an optional stand or side by side at will for greatest convenience A Quick Reference Guide is located on pages 21 and...

Page 6: ...ation II Using Your Krown Visual Touch Braille TTY phone 11 Read Back Function Link and unlink Visual Touch Braille display from the Braille TTY Making a Call In Acoustic Mode Telephone Conversations Answering a Call In Acoustic Mode Making an Overseas Call III The Memory 14 Memory Areas Entering and Saving a Message Sending Deleting and Viewing a Stored Message Using the Phone Directory Displayin...

Page 7: ...dicators Answer a Call in Direct Connect Mode Tone Pulse Dialing Auto Answer Remote Message Retrieva V Important Information 26 Taking Care of Your Visual Touch Braille TTY Phone Troubleshooting Warranty VI Commonly Used TTY Abbreviations 28 Appendix Braille Code Table 29 5 Table of Contents ...

Page 8: ...lephone cord into the telephone wall jack Plug the other end into the jack on the back of your KVT100 First turn on the KVT100 you should see a message appear on the Vtouch that reads BRAILLE TTY READY If you did not read the above message recheck the connection between Vtouch and the KVT100 then try again KEYBOARD LAYOUT The TDD and Face to Face keyboards are laid out like a standard keyboard wit...

Page 9: ... for a full description The letters of the alphabet are the same as in Grade I Uncontracted Braille Numbers will be preceded and ended by a number sign and be written on the lower four dots of the cell Thus number one is dot two Number two is dots 2 3 Number zero is dots 356 See the Appendix for Braille Code punctuation marks You cannot use upper or lower case when using the KVT100 The use of Grad...

Page 10: ...des press these three keys CTRL SHIFT RETURN Perkins style Keyboard If the display reads BRAILLE MODE READY The KVT100 is in Perkins style mode If you know the Braille cell dots are Then The F D and S keys produce dots 1 2 3 The J K and L keys produce dots 4 5 6 The F and J keys are located on the home row with a bump on the key cap Full Type Keyboard If you feel more comfortable with a convention...

Page 11: ...ectronic voice message stops To turn the Electronic Voice ON or OFF Press CTRL SPACE BAR to turn your Electronic Voice on The message VOICE ON will appear on the display Press CTRL SPACE BAR to turn your Electronic Voice off The message VOICE OFF will appear on the display NOTE It is recommended to set electronic voice off when not dialing to a voice TDD number Turn your elec tronic voice off befo...

Page 12: ...rge the battery It is suggested that you use the Braille TTY battery power in a regular cycle That is operate the unit on battery power until it needs recharging Recharge the batteries by plugging the KVT100 into the AC charger adapters for 12 to 14 hours The units must be turned OFF in order to recharge A BATTERY LOW message on the VTouch display is used to indicate the KVT100 battery is low You ...

Page 13: ... to press the left arrow key will take you back 19 characters each time To move forward to the next 19 characters press the RIGHT ARROW key You can use this read back func tion by pressing these arrow keys in either on line or off line mode To read from the beginning of the memory press CTRL B Press CTRL E to jump to the end of the memory or current position of the conversation After CTRL E or CTR...

Page 14: ...s in acoustic mode If it is not press CTRL DIAL to change it to acoustic mode 3 Place the telephone receiver down firmly in the rubber acoustic cups with the telephone cord on the LEFT 4 Dial the telephone number on your telephone numeric keypad NOT on your KVT1005 Watch the Vtouch after you dial the number for the call progress and the answer from the other party Begin typing your greeting messag...

Page 15: ...lace a call outside of the country you will need to change the transmission speed Baud rate at which your Braille TTY sends messages In the United States the standard rate for TDD TTY transmissions is 45 5 Baud while the International Standard is 50 Baud Press CTRL LEFT ARROW The display will show INT L SPEED Y N Press Y to select international speed INTERNATIONAL ON is displayed To change back to...

Page 16: ...e used to store a message that will be sent as an outgoing call M5 stores all outgoing and incoming data automatically using the remaining available space If the space available to store messages runs out during a conversation new data will overwrite the old data in this memory area beginning with the oldest message This will not affect stored messages in any other area Information in area 5 canno...

Page 17: ... CTRL key and the memory area 1 4 in which your message is stored Your message will be sent To interrupt sending a message press CTRL 4 DELETING A STORED MESSAGE You can erase or clear all of the information in a memory area by typing CTRL 8 CLEAR You will be prompted to enter the number of the area to be cleared and then asked to confirm Y or N If you type Y the memory area will be cleared You ca...

Page 18: ...tice the display returns to the beginning of your message with the cursor in the last cell To move quickly in a stored message press and hold CTRL and an ARROW KEY at the same time The display will keep showing more text on the side of the arrow until you release the key When you are finished looking at the message press CTRL 9 SAVE to store the message again and clear the screen MEMORY SAVED is d...

Page 19: ...aling If needed for the operation of a special business system a pause or delay in dialing string can be inserted between numbers Type a PLUS for each one second delay needed DISPLAYING THE ENTIRE PHONE DIRECTORY To display the entire phone directory 1 Press DIAL TYPE NO M MEM will appear on the display 2 Press M for memory PH 1 9 D DIR appears 3 Press D to display all the directory listings from ...

Page 20: ...east five characters in length To create a password 1 Press CTRL 5 2 Press D for directory 3 Press 0 TYPE PASSWORD is shown 4 Press the SPACE BAR then type your password 5 Press CTRL 9 to save MEMORY SAVED is displayed CLEARING THE PHONE DIRECTORY To delete a single entry in your phone directory 1 Press CTRL 8 you will read CLR M 1 5 D 2 Press D to choose phone directory You will read KEY PH LOC 0...

Page 21: ...after pressing the space bar to delete an entry you may type a new phone number Press CTRL 9 to save To clear the entire phone directory 1 Press CTRL 8 you will read CLR M 1 5 D 2 Press D to choose phone directory You will read KEY PH LOC 0 9 3 Press D again KEY PH LOC 0 9 is still displayed 4 Press CTRL 9 All directory locations are now empty including the password CHAPTER 3 THE MEMORY 19 ...

Page 22: ... call you through Relay Services DIRECT CONNECT MODES To use Direct Connect mode the KVT100 must have access to a telephone line Connect the KVT100 to the telephone outlet by using the supplied module cable Set direct connect mode by pressing CTRL DIAL until you see message DIRECT CONNECT appear on the display NOTE When in Direct Connect it is possible to make several phone calls without turning t...

Page 23: ...ectory press DIAL The display shows TYPE NO M MEM If you press M for directory dialing PH 1 9 D DIR appears Choose the directory number you wish to dial or press D to list all numbers in the directory on the screen CALL PROGRESS INDICATORS After the number is dialed the Visual touch Braille display will be cleared to prepare for the call progress The first cell will be used for call progress indic...

Page 24: ...d tone dialing The KVT100 will use tone dialing unless you manually change it Most tone dialing services will allow you to use rotary pulse dialing but some rotary services will not allow you to use tone dialing To set the KVT100 for pulse dialing press the CTRL RIGHT ARROW key The KVT100 will ask PULSE DIAL Y N Press Y to choose pulse dial PULSE DIAL ON appears If you press N the unit remains in ...

Page 25: ...RINGS 1 9 Select the number of times you want the phone to ring before automatically answering by your TDD After you enter the number of rings the machine asks to clear the old memory CLR MEM Y N Press Y to clear the memory or N to keep the previous messages AUTO ANSWER ON appears on displays Auto Answer is now activated Your incoming TDD calls will be answered and stored in memory bank 5 3 Read y...

Page 26: ...he caller that you are answering the call Then type your greeting Example XXX HELLO GA After you have finished the call the KVT100 will wait for 60 seconds and return to Auto Answer mode AUTO ANSWER ON will appear If neither person is typing for 60 seconds The KVT100 will automatically hang up You will now be discon nected To prevent this from happening press CTRL 0 NOTIMEOUT will be displayed IMP...

Page 27: ...r TDD to Auto Answer mode by pressing CTRL 0 See previous section You need to use another KVT100 or compatible product to call home and retrieve your messages To retrieve your messages 1 Dial your home phone number 2 Auto Answer will answer with your personalized message 3 After the message is finished type your password with no spaces All of your messages will be sent to you CHAPTER 4 DIRECT CONN...

Page 28: ...k for visual inspection DO NOT CHECK IT AS BAGGAGE TROUBLESHOOTING Q Sometimes when talking to a friend with an old TDD I get only numbers and no messages A This means that the other unit is in FIGURES mode Press the X key two or three times It is best not to end a sentence with a period Always end with the GA or SK response Q Sometimes nothing happens when my KVT100 is turned ON A If you are in a...

Page 29: ...another TTY to check your messages After enter your password once you can repeat typing the same password again one more time if you did not receive your messages from your machine at home Hang up and retry if you fail both times Q I receive the message NO DIAL TONE A Check the telephone cable connecting your KVT100 to the telephone outlet Make sure it is firmly attached to both ends Press CTRL 9 ...

Page 30: ...uently used It is also common to omit punctuation ANS Answer QQ Question BRB Be Right Back R Are CUD Could REC Receive GA Go Ahead SK Stop Keying LTR Letter THRU Through MSG Message THX Thank You MIN Minute U You NBR Number UR Your NITE Night WUD Would OMG Oh My God XOX Hugs Kisses PLS Please CHAPTER 6 COMMONLY USED TTY ABBREVIATIONS 28 ...

Page 31: ...ix 55 7 23 56 seven 56 8 23 6 eight 57 9 3 5 nine 58 1 56 colon 59 56 semi colon 60 12 6 less 61 123456 equal 62 345 greater 63 1 456 question mark 64 4 7 at sign 65 A 1 7 capital a 66 B 12 7 capital b 67 C 1 4 7 capital c 68 D 1 45 7 capital d 69 E 1 5 7 capital e 70 F 12 4 7 capital f 71 G 12 45 7 capital g 72 H 12 5 7 capital h 73 I 2 4 7 capital i 74 J 2 45 7 capital j 75 K 1 3 7 capital k 76 ...

Page 32: ...97 a 1 a 98 b 12 b 99 c 1 4 c 100 d 1 45 d 101 e 1 5 e 102 f 12 4 f 103 g 12 45 g 104 h 12 5 h 105 i 2 4 i 106 j 2 45 j 107 k 1 3 k 108 l 123 l 109 m 1 34 m 110 n 1 345 n 111 o 1 3 5 o 112 p 1234 p 113 q 12345 q 114 r 123 5 r 115 s 234 s 116 t 2345 t 117 u 1 3 6 u 118 v 123 6 v 119 w 2 456 w 120 x 1 34 6 x 121 y 1 3456 y 122 z 1 3 56 z 123 2 4 6 brace open 124 12 56 dashed vertical line 125 12 456...

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