Important Safety Information Statements in this manual preceded by the following words are of special significance. WARNING! Means there is the possibility of personal injury to yourself or others. CAUTION! Means there is the possibility of damage to the equipment. Other information of particular importance has been placed in italic type like this.
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in the bathtub or shower, or when you are wet. If you acci- dentally drop it into water, do not retrieve it until you have first unplugged the line cord from the modular wall jack and the power pack from the AC wall outlet. Do not plug the telephone back in until it has dried thoroughly.
Table/Desk Installation Wall Plate Installation Bare Wall Installation TeleTalker Operation Using The Amplify Function Making A Call Answering A Call Using The TeleTalker With A Hearing Aid In Case Of Difficulty Warranty FCC Notices Specifications ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
Installation Guide & User Manual Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your TeleTalker ® Enhanced Amplified Telephone System, Model TEL 040.This state-of-the-art Williams Sound product is designed and built with premium quality parts for your assurance of reliability. The TeleTalker ®...
Ring Indicator Flashes when TeleTalker rings. Redial Button Redials last number dialed. Pulse/Tone Switch Selects Pulse (rotary phone systems) or Touch-Tone Dialing. Ringer Volume Adjusts Ringer volume level. Ringer Tone Control Adjusts Ringer tone. ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
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(Hi, Lo, & Off) Anti-Feedback Circuitry Amplify Button Prevents howling Push this to (feedback) amplify your call at high volume Amplification Redial Button Indicator Automatically redials Glows red when last number called call is amplified ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
(rotary) service. fig. 2: Pulse/Tone Switch TO TEL. LINE PULSE TONE AC 12 V/0.85A Pulse / Tone Switch Switches between touch-tone and rotary dial modes. ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
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Step 5: Plug the Power Pack cord into the Power Jack located at the top end of the tele- phone. Plug the Power Pack into an unswitched AC outlet within 6 feet of the telephone. (see fig. 5) ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
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(see fig. 6) Step 2: Plug the other end of the line cord into a modular baseboard jack. Make sure both ends snap into place firmly. (see fig. 6) fig. 6: Line Cord Connection ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
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Step 3: Plug the short line cord into the jack on the top of the telephone and thread the line through the channel to the cavity on the back of the base unit. ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
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Disconnect the line cord by squeezing the clip on the modular plug and pulling it from the jack. fig. 7:Wall Installation Short Wall Cord Wall Mount Bracket Studded Wall Phone Plate ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
Drive the screws almost completely in, leaving a 1⁄ 8 inch space between the wall surface and the bottom of the screw head (about the thickness of two stacked pen- nies). ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
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Step 7: Check for the dial tone. If you can’t hear a dial tone, see In Case Of Difficulty, page 18. Note: To disconnect the telephone, squeeze the clip on the modular plug and pull it out of the jack. ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
Do not let children play with the TeleTalker. When the Amplify function is not activated, the TeleTalker functions as a normal telephone. Using The Volume Control Turn the volume control knob clockwise to increase volume, counter–clockwise to decrease volume. ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
Step 5: When you hang-up the phone, the Amplify function automatically turns off. Answering A Call Step 1: Check the Volume Control setting, lift the handset. Step 2: Press the Amplify button. The red Amplify indicator should light. ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
(T-coil ). Move your hear- ing aid T-switch to the “T” position and hold the handset close to your hearing aid. The volume can be adjusted with the TeleTalker volume control. ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
There are a number of potential causes to this prob- lem: 1. Cords on handset or phone are not plugged into jacks. Make sure connectors are plugged in securely. 2. The cord could be damaged. If so, replace the cord. ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
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If so, be sure to set this switch cor- rectly. 5. Your older extension phone may cause the TeleTalker to cut off. If so, use Williams Sound’s optional Equalizer Phone Accessory (TEL 007). The Equalizer balances the amount of phone line current drawn by older phones using the same line as the TeleTalker.
TeleTalker ® Model TEL 040 Warranty Williams Sound Products are engineered and manu- factured to give many years of trouble free service. Occasionally, latent defects will occur. If this hap- pens, return the product to us with shipping cost prepaid and advise us by letter of the observed diffi- culty.
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To return a product for service, call the phone num- ber below and request a Return Authorization (RA) number. Unauthorized modifications or repairs of the product will void the warranty. Williams Sound Corp. 10399 West 70th Street Eden Prairie, MN 55344–3459 Phone:...
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To the extent possible, relocate the television, radio or other receiver with respect to the telephone equip- ment. If your telephone product runs on AC power, plug your product into an AC outlet that’s not in the same circuit as one used by your radio or television. ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
Signal to Noise Ratio: 51 dB, NAB Weighted Signal Processing: Dynamic Signal Processing Noise Reduction: Dynamic Noise Reduction ® (DNR Ringer Volume Control: Hi, Lo, Off Ringer Loudness: 90-95 dBA SPL at 1 meter (Hi position) ® Williams Sound Helping People Hear...
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