1 General Information Notes for operation in New Zealand The grant of a Telepermit for any item of terminal equipment indicates only that Telecom has accepted that the item complies with the minimum conditions for connection to its network. It indicates no endorsement of the product by Telecom, nor does it provide any sort of warranty.
2 Location of controls 1. Power Jack 2. Phone Jack 3. Microphone 4. Mailbox 1 Play / Stop button with LED indicator 5. Previous Message 6. Greeting button 7. Volume 8. Ring Select Switch 9. Line cord 10. Speaker 11. LED Message Counter 12.
2. Follow step 1 to 3 in the “To install battery” section. 3. Plug the telephone line back into the wall jack. 3.3 Connect the line cord Plug the telephone line cable from the AM100 into the wall socket. Plug your phone’s line cable (not supplied) into the PHONE JACK.
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Preparation 4.1 Turning the System On/Off To turn the system on, press ANSWER ON/OFF button once. The total number of recorded messages in two mailboxes appears on the display. The system is now set to answer calls. To turn the system off, press ANSWER ON/OFF button once. ‘–’...
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Notes: • During the day/time setting, the display will turn off. • If there is a delay of 20 seconds between any of the steps, the system exits day/time setup mode. When you have set the AM/PM and then wait for 20 seconds, the unit will automatically announce the current day of the week and the time, and exits day/time setup mode.
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Note: The AM100 has two personalized mailboxes. You have an option to have callers leave messages in either of the two mailboxes. If you want the caller to leave a message in a particular mailbox, your greeting should instruct the callers to press either the “1*”...
5 Answering System Operation 5.1 Setting the System to Answer Calls 1. Press ANSWER ON/OFF button once to turn on the system. 2. When the system answers a call, it plays the outgoing message then beeps. 3. The caller can leave a message up to one minute in length. After the caller hangs up, is silent for more than seven seconds, or the maximum message length is reached, the system hangs up and resets to answer the next call.
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5.2 Screening Calls To screen your calls, let the system answer. Listen to the caller’s message through the system’s speaker. If you decide to answer the call, pick up any phone connected to the same phone line as the system. The system stops recording and resets to answer the next call.
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1. To listen to Mailbox 1 messages, press MAIL 1 PLAY/STOP button. To listen to Mailbox 2 messages, press MAIL 2 PLAY/ STOP button, the Message Counter will display the message number being played. Note: If there are no messages, the display shows “0” and you will only hear either “mailbox 1”...
5.6 To Reset If an AC power failure occurs, or the AC power adaptor comes out of the wall, your unit will shut down until the power is restored. If your unit is not operating properly when the power is restored, proceed with a unit reset.
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6.2 Turning Your System On If you forget to turn your system on, you can phone in from a remote location and turn it on automatically. 1. Call your telephone number. 2. The system answers after 10 rings. After the beep, enter your 3-digit security code.
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7 Important information Temperature and ambient conditions The telephone answering system is designed for indoor use (temperature range of -10 °C to 50 °C). Do not install the system in areas where there is the risk of an explosion, excessive exposure to smoke, dust, vibrations, chemicals, moisture, and heat.
If the product is then found to be faulty you will be asked to return it directly to us with a copy of the purchase receipt. For further information about the Oricom range of products please visit our website. Australia...
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