SPP-SS960 Spread Spectrum 900MHz Cordless Phone w/Caller ID
(430-8014) Operation Faxback Doc. # 46204
Making Calls
1. Pick up the handset from the base unit.
2. Press [TALK] and wait until "TALK" appears on the display. You then
hear a dial tone. If you hear five short error beeps and "OUT OF RANGE"
appears on the display, move closer to the base unit.
3. Dial the phone number.
4. When you're done talking, press [OFF] or replace the handset on the
base unit. The display goes off.
Additional tasks
To Do this
Adjust the handset volume During phone conversations, press [PGM/VOL].
Each press of [PGM/VOL] switches the speaker
volume by four levels.
Switch to tone dialing Press [*TONE] after you're connected. The
temporarily line will remain in tone dialing until
disconnected.
Note: If the handset beeps every second during conversation and "OUT OF
RANGE" appears on the display, move closer to the base unit;
otherwise the call will be disconnected after one minute.
If the battery becomes weak during a call
The handset will beep every three seconds and (Symbol) and "BATTERY LOW"
appears on the display. Finish your call and charge the battery pack.
For optimum performance, charge the battery for a full 12 hours.
Note that during the first 10-15 minutes of charging, the phone will be
inactive, i.e., unable to make or receive a call.
After this initial 10-15 minutes, you may be able to use the phone, but the
battery duration will be very short; thus it is recommended that you fully
charge the battery before next use.
Redialing:
1. Press [TALK] and wait until "TALK" appears on the display.
2. Press [REDIAL] to redial the number last dialed.
Note: If the number exceeds 32 digits, five short error beeps will alert
you that the number can't be dialed.
To check the phone number before redialing:
While the handset isn't in use, press [REDIAL]. The number last dialed is
displayed for five seconds.
To dial the number, press [TALK] while the number is displayed.
Note: The number will not be displayed if the last dialed number exceeds
32 digits or if it is erased.
To erase the last phone number dialed
While the handset isn't in use, press [REDIAL] twice.
The number will be erased from the memory, and you'll hear a long
confirmation beep.
Receiving calls
1. When you hear the phone ring, pick up the handset from the base unit,
and press [TALK]. "TALK" appears on the display.
2. When you're done talking, press [OFF] or replace the handset on the
base unit. The display goes off.
Tip: If you have subscribed to the Caller ID service;
The caller's number and/or name appears on the display when you
receive a call (see Faxback Doc. # 46205).
The ringer sound changes to a higher tone if the call matches the
number stored on ONE-TOUCH DIAL buttons or in the Phone Directory
(memory match function, see Faxback Doc. # 46205).
To switch to another call ("call waiting" service*)
Press [CALL WAITING/FLASH].
Press the button again to get back to the first caller.
* Contact your telephone company to subscribe to this service.
To save battery power
Set the RING ON/BATT SAVE switch on the bottom to BATT SAVE.
The handset won't ring. You can still make calls, and also receive calls
if another telephone connected to the same line rings to inform you of
incoming calls, but you can't page the handset from the base unit.
Note: You cannot receive Caller ID data in BATT SAVE mode. (See Faxback
Doc. # 46205 for details.)
One-touch dialing
You can dial with one touch of a key by storing a phone number on a
one-touch dial button.
Storing phone numbers
1. Press [PGM/VOL].
2. Press one of the three ONE-TOUCH DIAL buttons ([A] to [C]). You hear
a confirmation beep.
If a number is stored, it appears on the display. To store a new number,
turn Jog Dial to erase it.
3. Enter the phone number you want to store. You can enter up to 16 digits,
including a tone and a pause, each of which is counted as one digit.
4. Press [PGM/VOL]. You hear a long confirmation beep, and the number is
stored. The display goes off.
Note: Do not allow more than 20 seconds to elapse between each step of the
procedure.
Tips: If you have entered a wrong number in step 3 and have not pressed
[PGM/VOL] (step 4) yet, just turn Jog Dial down to erase it. Then
enter the correct number.
You may press Jog Dial instead of [PGM/VOL] in step 4.
To store a number to be dialed via Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
Before entering a phone number in Step 3 above, do as follows:
1. Enter the outside line access digit (e.g., 9).
2. Press [PAUSE].
To change a stored number
1. Press [PGM/VOL].
2. Press one of the ONE-TOUCH DIAL buttons ([A] to [C]). The current
number appears on the display
3. Turn Jog Dial down to erase the current number.
4. Enter a new number.
5. Press [PGM/VOL].
Note: You can replace the stored number with a new number, but you can't
just erase it.
Making calls with one-touch dialing
1. Press [TALK] and wait until "TALK" appears on the display.
2. Press one of the ONE-TOUCH DIAL buttons ([A] to [C]). The phone number
stored on the one-touch dialing button will appear on the display and
will be dialed.
To check the phone number before one-touch dialing
While the handset isn't in use, press one of the ONE-TOUCH DIAL buttons
([A] to [C]).
The number stored on the button appears on the display for five seconds.
To dial the number, press [TALK] while the number is displayed.
Phone Directory
You can dial a number by scrolling through the Phone Directory. You can
store up to 50 numbers.
Storing phone numbers and names
Character Table
Key Character
[1] 1
[2] A > B > C > 2
[3] D > E > F > 3
[4] G > H > I > 4
[5] J > K > L > 5
[6] M > N > O > 6
[7] P > Q > R > S > 7
[8] T > U > V > 8
[9] W > X > Y > Z > 9
[0] 0
[*] *
[#] #
Example: To store "SONY" "123-4567".
1. Press [PGM/VOL]. If "DIRECTORY" is not flashing, turn Jog Dial down to
make it flash.
2. Press Jog Dial. "ENTER NAME" appears.
3. Enter the name using the dialing keys. You can enter up to 15
characters. Enter successive characters in the same way.
To enter two characters assigned to the same key or to enter a "space",
turn Jog Dial up to move the cursor to the right.
Example: To enter "SONY", press [7] four times (S), press [6] three
times (0), turn Jog Dial up to move the cursor, press [6]
twice (N), and press [9] three times (Y).
4. Press [PGM/VOL]. "ENTER NUMBER" appears.
5. Enter the phone number. You can enter up to 16 digits, including a tone
and a pause, each of which is counted as one digit.
6. Press [PGM/VOL]. You hear a long confirmation beep and the name and the
number are stored. The display goes off.
Notes: If you try to save a 51st phone number, you will hear five short
error beeps and "MEMORY FULL" will be displayed. You cannot store the
phone number. To store another phone number, erase one of the stored
phone numbers (see below).
Do not allow more than 20 seconds to elapse between each step of the
procedure.
Tips: If you have entered a wrong name or number in step 3 or 5, turn Jog
Dial down to erase it. Then enter the correct name or number.
You may press Jog Dial instead of [PGM/VOL] in steps 4 and 6.
To store a number to be dialed via PBX, follow the steps on PBX
dialing (above) when entering a phone number.
Changing a stored name and/or phone number
1. Display the name and phone number you want to change by doing steps 1
and 2 in "Making Calls from a Phone Directory", (below).
2. Press Jog Dial.
3. Turn Jog Dial up to make "PGM" flash and press Jog Dial. The cursor
flashes at the last character of the name.
4. Turn Jog Dial down to erase the characters and enter the new name. If
you want to change only the number, skip this step.
5. Press Jog dial. The cursor flashes at the last digit of the phone
number.
6. Turn Jog Dial down to erase the number and enter the new number. If you
don't want to change the number, skip this step.
7. Press Jog Dial. You hear a long confirmation beep and the name and/or
the number is changed.
Erasing a memory location
1. Display the name and phone number you want to erase by doing steps 1
and 2 in "Making calls from the Phone Directory" (below).
2. Press Jog Dial.
3. Turn Jog dial up to make "ERASE" flash and press Jog Dial.
4. Turn Jog dial up to make "YES" flash, then press Jog Dial. You hear a
long confirmation beep and the memory location is erased.
Making calls from the Phone Directory
1. Press Jog Dial twice. "DIRECTORY" appears on the display.
2. Display the name and phone number you want to call.
To search in alphabetical order: Turn Jog Dial up or down.
To search by entering the initial character: Press the dialing key of
the desired character, then turn Jog Dial.
3. Press Jog Dial.
4. Press Jog Dial again. The phone number will be dialed.
Tip: You may press [TALK] to make a call instead of doing steps 3 and 4.
About the search order
The names appear in the following order when you turn Jog Dial up or down.
Alphabetical order. ABC...WXYZ <-> symbols* <-> [*] <-> [#] <-> [0-9]
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* Symbols appear only when you stored the number having the symbol from
the Caller ID list.
Initial character: To search for "SONY" for example, press [7] and then
turn Jog Dial to search through the names starting with P, Q, R, S or 7.
Paging
You can page the handset from the base unit. Note that you can't page if
the handset is in use.
To Page
Press [PAGE]. The handset Rings. When you keep pressing [PAGE], the
handset rings continuously.
Note: You can't page the handset when the RING ON/BATT SAVE is set to
BATT SAVE.
(br/EB 1/9/98)
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