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Quick start guide
Do’s
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Do: Keep the home base connected to the AC power at all times.
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Do: Use an RJ31x jack or connect the home base to a telephone point in the
home with all other extensions wired into the home base to ensure proper.
operation even when another telephone is in use or off hook (see page 5 for more
details).
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Do: Contact Care Innovations Customer Care (1-888-538-5240) as soon as the
red LED light on your personal help button indicates a low battery (see page 11 for
more details) or if you lose your personal help button.
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Do: Regularly test the home base and personal help button, this helps to
familiarize yourself with the service.
Don’ts
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Don’t: Expose the home base to water or other liquids.
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Don’t: Connect cables other than those supplied with the unit.
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Don’t: Connect the home base to an outlet with an on/off switch.
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Don’t: Place your home base next to something that makes a lot of noise, such as
next to a television, radio, washing machine or dishwasher.
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Don’t: Put your home base right next to your stove or close to any other heat
source.
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Don’t: Set the home base in a place where it will get damp, such as a bathroom,
or near house plants that are sprayed at any time.
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Don’t: Place the home base very close to any large metal objects, such as
microwave ovens or refrigerators as large pieces of metal may stop the signals
from the personal help button from reaching the home base.
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Don’t: Place your home base closer than four feet to something that may emit
electromagnetic interference, such as a cordless telephone, CD or video player, or
personal computer, as this may inhibit longer range coverage.
Step 1 - Connecting the cords & adaptors
Please follow the steps below to plug the cords correctly into the home base.
Step 1A
– The telephone cord
ⓐ
ⓐ
ⓐ
ⓐ
is already
connected to the green jack on the home
base labeled LINE. Connect the other end of
the cord to a telephone wall jack (see page 5
for RJ31x installations).
Step 1B
– Plug the telephone into the
jack on the home base labeled
℡
℡
℡
℡
. See
page 5 for more details.
