switel DFT957x Operating Manual

Cordless Telephone DFT957x
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ENGLISH
Operating Manual
Please read and observe the following in­
formation and keep the operating manual
nearby for future reference!

Safety information

WARNING!
• Risk of explosion!
Only use the power adapter plugs supplied!
Only use batteries supplied or ones of the same type!
Always treat batteries with due care and attention and only
use batteries as described.
Never use standard and rechargeable batteries together.
Never use rechargeable batteries or standard batteries with
different capacities or charge statuses together. Never use
standard or rechargeable batteries which are damaged.
• Risk of suffocation through small objects, packaging and
protective foil!
Keep children away from the product and its packaging!
• Risks to health and the environment from batteries!
Never open, damage or swallow batteries or allow them to
pollute the environment. They could contain toxic and ecolo­
gically harmful heavy metals.
CAUTION!
• Risk of hearing damage!
Avoid listening at full receiver volume.
ATTENTION!
• Risk of property damage.
Prevent exposure to environmental influences, e.g. smoke,
dust, vibration, chemicals, moisture, heat and direct sunlight.
Only allow repairs to be completed by qualified personnel.
Package contents
- 1 handset - 1 base station
- 2 rechargeable batteries - 1 power adapter plug
- 1 operating manual
Operating Elements
1 Earpiece
2 button: Menu: navigate up/down
3 Standby mode: open phone book
4 button: put call on hold (Recall button)
5 button: Standby mode: press and hold to switch phone on/
off. Phone is ringing: reject call. During call: end call
6 button: Standby mode: press and hold to switch key lock
on/off
7 Microphone
8 button: During call: switch microphone on/off
9 Digit keys -
10 button: delete entry
11 button: Standby mode: lift receiver/make call. During call:
activate handsfree function
12 button: answering machine
13 Standby mode: open menu / confirm selection
14 Handset display
15 button: play previous message
16 button: delete message
17 button: play next message
18 button: lower volume
19 button: paging function
20 button: increase volume
21 Base station display
22 button: play/stop recorded messages
23 button: switch answering machine on/off
24 Power adapter plug connection socket
25 Telephone line socket
Intended use
The telephone is suitable for telephoning within a public telephone
network system. Any other use is considered unintended use. Un­
authorised modification or reconstruction is not permitted. Under no
circumstances open the device or complete any repair work your­
self.

Starting up

Connecting the telephone line

Connect the telephone cable to the telephone line socket.
Connect the telephone cable to the telephone line wall socket.

Connecting the power adapter plug

Connect the cable of the power adapter plug to the base station.
Connect the power adapter plug in a properly installed mains
power outlet

Inserting the batteries

ATTENTION!
• The batteries or telephone could be damaged.
Pay attention that the batteries are inserted correctly.
Switch the telephone off before removing the battery compartment
cover. Only switch it on again when the battery compartment cover
has been replaced.
Insert the batteries according to the diagram.
Charging the batteries
ATTENTION!
Observe the safety instructions provided at the beginning
of this manual.
Charge the batteries for at least 12 hours when charging for
the first time and ensure they are subsequently discharged
and charged fully. This aids a long service life of the batteries.
Place the handset in the base station.
Display and notation of operating sequences
Press the button depicted
2 sec. Press and hold down the button depicted for 2
seconds
Next step following correct entry
Mark next menu point with navigation button
and confirm with left softkey.
Enter digits or letters
[Example] Texts in square brackets give instructions to
select an option or make an entry
Display of an icon (example)
Settings
Display of text (example)
P/Book
Softkey (example)
Icons in the display
Signal strength of the communication connection
Battery charge status
Alert/Alarm clock active
Text message received
Answering machine active
Call in progress
Handsfree function active

Telephoning

Dialling a phone number
[Enter phone number] Phone number entered is
dialled
Selecting a phone number from the phone book
P/Book
[Select the entry]
Phone book entry number is dialled
Redialling
Menu CALL INFO Redial
Last phone number
dialled is displayed
Phone number is dialled

Handsfree

During a call:
Muting (microphone) off/on
During a call:
Menu Mic Mute
Auto answer
Menu HANDSET Auto Answer On / Off OK

Phone book

You can store up to 100 phone numbers in the phone book, each
with up to 16 digits.
Creating a new phone book entry
Menu PHONEBOOK New Entry
[Complete the entries required] Save
Editing/Deleting a phone book entry
P/Book Menu
Edit Entry / Delete
Speed dial numbers
You can assign phone numbers in the phone book to keys to
as speed dial numbers.
Menu PHONEBOOK New Entry
[Complete the
Speed Dial Back Save
entries required] Saved as speed
dial number
To dial a speed dial number, press and hold the key assigned
for approx. 2 seconds

Call list

Opening the call list
Menu CALL INFO All Calls / New Calls
Dialling from the call list
Menu CALL INFO All Calls / New Calls
[Select the entry]
Storing phone numbers in the calls list in the phone
book
Menu CALL INFO All Calls / New Calls
Menu Copy to PB
[Select the entry]
[Edit the entry] Save
Deleting an entry from the call list
Menu CALL INFO All Calls / New Calls
Menu Delete / Delete All
[Select the entry]

Answering machine

Operating via the handset
Switching the telephone answering machine on/off
/
Settings TAM On Off
Delaying taking the call
You can select the number times the telephone should ring before
incoming calls are is taken - select from 3, 6 or 10 rings.
Settings Ring count 3 Rings / 6 Rings / 10 Rings [Select
a setting]
Taking the call
It is possible to take a call even if the answering machine has
already begun to record it. Recording of the message is stopped in
this case.
After the call has been taken:
Recording/Playing outgoing messages
Settings Record OGM Record [Speak the outgoing
message] Save
Playing recorded messages
Recorded messages are played back in the sequence they were
recorded.
New / Old Play
Deleting messages
New / Old Delete
Operating via the base station
Switching the telephone answering machine on/off
Adjusting the volume
While message is being played:
/
Playing/Deleting recorded messages
Message is played back
Next message is played
Previous message is played
Last message is deleted

Basic settings

Setting the language
Menu HANDSET Language [Set the language]
OK

Setting the date and time

Menu BASE Time Set Time: / Date: [Set the time
and date] OK
Changing the ringing tone/key tone volume and melody
Menu HANDSET Acoustic Volume
External Volume / Internal Volume [Select a setting] Save
Menu HANDSET Acoustic Melody
External Melody / Internal Melody [Select a setting] Save
Menu HANDSET Acoustic Key Beep On / Off
[Select a setting] Save
Resetting the handset to its default settings
The PIN is required in order to reset the handset to its default set­
ting. On leaving the factory, the PIN was 0000.
Menu HANDSET Set Default
[Enter the current
PIN] OK
Changing the handset PIN
Menu HANDSET PIN Handset Enter PIN: Save
Resetting the base station to its default settings
The PIN is required in order to reset the base station to its default
setting. On leaving the factory, the PIN was 0000.
Menu BASE Set Default
[Enter the current PIN]
OK
Changing the base station PIN
Menu BASE PIN Base Enter PIN: Save
Alert/Alarm clock
Menu EXTRA MENU Alarm [Select a setting] Save
Changing the wallpaper
Menu HANDSET Display Wallpaper [Select a
setting] Save
Changing the contrast
Menu HANDSET Display Contrast [Select a
setting] Save
Dialling mode - tone/pulse
Menu BASE Dial Tone Tone / Pulse [Select a
setting] OK
Changing the name of the handset
Menu HANDSET Name Handset
[Complete the
entries required] OK
Key lock
The key lock feature prevents functions assigned to buttons being
activated accidentally.
Keypad Locked appears in the display
2 sec.
Additional functions
As soon as several handsets are registered on the base station,
they can be used for internal calls, brokering or forwarding calls.
Flash function
Your telephone supports supplementary services provided by
your telephone network provider, such as brokering, call wait­
ing and conference facilities. These supplementary services can be
used by implementing the Flash (Recall) key ( ). Please contact
your telephone network provider regarding which Flash time must
be set to use the supplementary services. Also contact your tele­
phone network provider with regard to enabling supplementary
services.
Setting the Flash time
Menu BASE Flash Time [Select a setting] OK
Locating the handset (paging)
If you have mislaid your handset, you can sound a paging tone to
find it.
All handsets ring for 30 seconds
Calendar
Menu EXTRA MENU Calendar