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Telephone Operation
2. To change the day of the week, repeat-
edly press
SKIP
;#
;#
;#
;#
to move forward or
REPEAT
:#
:#
:#
:#
to move backward. To set
the correct day of the week when it dis-
plays, press
CLOCK
.
3. The phone announces the hour. To
change the hour, repeatedly press
SKIP
;
;
;
;
or
REPEAT
:
:
:
:
. To set the correct
hour when it displays, press
CLOCK
.
4. The phone announces the minutes. To
change the minutes, repeatedly press
SKIP
;#
;#
;#
;#
or
REPEAT
:
:
:
:
. To set the cor-
rect minutes when they display, press
CLOCK
.
5. The phone announces “AM” or “PM,”
and
A
or
P
appears. Press
SKIP
;#
;#
;#
;#
or
REPEAT
:#
:#
:#
:#
to change this setting.
Press
CLOCK
again to set “AM” or “PM.”
6. To check the day and time, press
CLOCK
. The phone announces the cur-
rently set day and time.
Note: When power fails, the clock retains the
current time. When the power is restored, it
starts counting again from the time the power
failed.
ˆ
Telephone Operation
MAKING AND RECEIVING
CALLS WITH THE HANDSET
To make a call, lift the handset. The TALK/
BATT indicator on the handset and
CHARGE/IN USE indicator on the base light.
Dial the number.
To answer a call, simply lift the handset from
the base. If the handset is away from the
base, press
TALK
to make or answer a call.
To end a call, place the handset on the base
or press
TALK
.
SELECTING THE CHANNEL
The phone scans 40 channels (frequency
pairs used between the base and the hand-
set) and automatically selects a clear chan-
nel each time you make or receive a call.
If you hear other conversations or excessive
noise during a call, press
CH
to select a dif-
ferent channel. The TALK/BATT indicator
blinks, and the handset beeps, followed by a
brief pause as your phone searches for a
clear channel.
Note: If the handset is too far from the base,
the channel might not change. Move closer
to the base and try again.
SETTING THE HANDSET
VOLUME
To change the volume you hear through the
handset, press
VOLUME
during a call. The
handset volume has three levels, low, medi-
um, and high.
ANSWERING CALLS WITH
THE SPEAKERPHONE
To answer a call using the speakerphone,
press
SPEAKER
. The SPEAKER indicator
lights.
To adjust the speakerphone’s volume, re-
peatedly press
VOLUME
9
9
9
9
or
8
8
8
8
on the
base. The volume setting from
1
(lowest) to
10
(highest) appears in the message
counter window.
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