User manual DECT225-instruct English.
Table of Contents 1 Environment and safety..........................................................................................................................................4 2 Setting up your phone...............................................................................................................................................5 Installing your DECT 221/225...................................................................................................................................
10 Additional features.................................................................................................................................................23 Key lock................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Locking the keypad....................................................................................................
Important Safety Instructions Some of the following information may not apply to your particular product; however, when using telephone equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and injury to persons, including the following: 1. Read and understand all instructions. 2. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. 3. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners.
1 Environment and safety Safety information: This telephone is not designed for making emergency telephone calls when the power fails. An alternative should be made available for access to emergency calling. Power requirements: The product requires an electrical supply of 120 volts, single phase alternating current, excluding IT installations defined in standard UL 60950. Battery requirements: The handset requires power source of two rechargeable NiMH batteries, size AAA 1.2V 650mAh (HR11/45).
2 Setting up your phone Installing your DECT 221/225 1. Connect the output plug of the base adapter to the adapter socket on the back of the base unit, connect the base adapter to the wall AC supply. A beep indicates that the phone is properly plugged (DECT 225 only). 2. Connect the telephone line cord to the phone socket on the back of the base unit and to the wall phone socket.
Registering your handset You will need to register your handset if it shows NOT REG in the display or if you wish to un-register from its original base and register the handset to a different base unit. You can register up to 4 handsets to your DECT 221 base station and DECT 225 base station. To register your handset: 1. Press the MENU key. 2. Select SETTINGS and press the OK key. 3. Select REGISTER. 4.
3 About your phone Your handset Phonebook Key Use to access phonebook. Use to save Caller ID info or dialed number into phonebook. Caller ID & Scroll down Key Use to enter call list. Use to scroll down items. Use to reduce earpiece volume during a call. OK & Redial Key Use to select menu. Use to switch between call details. Use to enter dial list. Star & Ringer off Key Use to turn the ringer on/off. Pound, Key lock & Pause Key Use to enter a pause. Use to lock the keypad.
Icons on your handset display Displays the current battery level. It scrolls during charging. The ringer is turned off. The phone is in use. It blinks during ringing. The handset is linked to the base. There is a new message on your voice mailbox. There are more digits on the right. The call is muted. There are more digits on the left. There is a new Caller ID record or Caller ID records are being reviewed. More menu options are available upward. Phonebook records are being reviewed.
4 Making calls Making a call 1. Press the TALK key and wait for the dial tone. 2. Dial the number you want to call. The number appears on the display and is dialed. More than 12 digits turns on if you enter more than 12 digits. Call timer The call timer shows the duration of your current call on display. It is shown in minutes and seconds (MM-SS) in the first hour. After that, it will be shown in hours and minutes (HH-MM).
Redialling Your phone records the last 5 numbers you have dialed. Only the first 20 digits of each number are stored. To redial one of the last 5 dialed numbers, 1. Press the REDIAL key. The most recently dialed number appears. 2. Press the UP / DOWN key to choose the number you want to dial. Note: digits. turns on when the number contains more than 12 digits. You can press the OK key to view the off-page 3. Press the TALK key.
Answering a call When you receive a call, the phone will ring and will flash on the display. Caller ID You have to subscribe to the caller ID service from your local service provider to use this feature. If a caller ID record is received, turns on and the caller information is displayed. When the phone is ringing, you can press the END key to turn the ringer off for this incoming call. If your answer machine is ON, the caller will be directed to the answer machine. Press the TALK key to answer the call.
Chain dialing You can dial out numbers from the phonebook even after you have seized the phone line. And there is no limit to the number of times chain dialing is accessed. 1. Press the PHONEBOOK key. 2. Press the UP / DOWN key to scroll through the phonebook records. Or you can use the number keys to jump directly to the record starting with the corresponding letters of that key. Note: If you decide to quit using chain dialling, simply press the PHONEBOOK key again to exit. 3. Press the OK key.
5 Using your phonebook You can use your phonebook to manage your contacts. If you have more than one handset, each handset has its own phonebook. Viewing the phonebook records Your phonebook can store up to 30 records. Each record can store a name up to 8 characters and a number up to 20 digits. 1. Press the PHONEBOOK key. 2. Press the UP / DOWN key to scroll through the records. Or you can use the number keys to jump directly to the record starting with the corresponding letters of that key.
Editing phonebook records 1. Press the MENU key. 2. Select PHONE BK and press the OK key. 3. Select EDIT and press the OK key. 4. Press the UP / DOWN key to search for the record that you would like to edit or use the number keys to jump directly to the record starting with the corresponding letters of that key. 5. Press the OK key to select the record and edit the name. 6. Press the OK key to confirm name change and edit the number. 7. Press the OK key to confirm number change.
6 Call records Finding out who called you (Call List) If you have subscribed to caller ID service, your phone automatically stores the last 20 incoming calls. Each record stores a name up to 8 characters and a number up to 20 digits. If you have more than one handset, each handset has its own call list. Order of display If caller’s name is available (subscription may be needed), the first 8 characters will be displayed.
Saving the call records to your phonebook To save the phone number of your family, friends, and colleagues, you can save the call records to your phonebook if you do not already have their contact information. While you are viewing the call record that you would like to save, 1. Press the PHONEBOOK key���. 2. Edit the caller’s name if necessary, or enter a name if caller’s name is not available. 3. Press the ���� OK key ������������������� to save the name. 4. Edit the number if necessary. 5.
Saving the dial records to your phonebook While you are viewing a dial record that you would like to save, 1. Press the PHONEBOOK key�. 2. Enter a name for this dial record. 3. Press the ���� OK key to save the name. 4. Edit the number if necessary. 5. Press the ���� OK key�. Note: The record is now saved into the phonebook. The dial record is still in your dial list but it will show the new name entered. Deleting a dial record While you are viewing a dial record that you would like to delete, 1.
7 Personalizing your phone Your phone comes with a selection of settings that you can change to personalize the way it works. Personalizing your phone will be done in the various menu items. At any time, you can press the EXIT key to exit the current menu or cancel the confirmation. If you press and hold the EXIT key, the phone will simply abort all programming and return to standby. Personalizing your phone’s display Giving your phone a name You can give your phone a different name.
Personalizing your sounds You can assign different ring melodies at different volume levels for each handset. Selecting your handset’s ringing melody 1. Press the MENU key. 2. Select RINGER and press the OK key. 3. Select MELODY and press the OK key. The current melody is displayed and played. 4. Select the desired melody. 5. Press the OK key to confirm. Selecting your handset’s ring volume 1. Press the MENU key�. 2. Select RINGER and press the OK key. 3. Select VOLUME and press the OK key.
8 Advanced features Note: Your handset must have a link with the base unit in order to use any advanced features in this section. Dial mode Your phone is set to tone dialing. You can switch to pulse dialing if necessary. 1. Press the MENU key. 2. Select SETTINGS and press the OK key. 3. Select DIALMODE and press the OK key. The current setting is displayed. 4. Select TONE or PULSE. 5. Press the OK key to confirm.
9 System Registering a handset You can register up to 4 handsets to your DECT 221 base station and up to 5 handsets to your DECT 225 base station. One handset can be registered to only one base at a time. 1. Press the MENU key. 2. Select SETTINGS and press the OK key. 3. Select REGISTER and press the OK key . 4. Before pressing OK key, press and hold the PAGING key on the base for 4 seconds. A registration tone will be emitted (DECT 225 only). 5. Press OK key while selecting REGISTER.
Resetting You can reset the display, sounds, and other settings of your phone. Refer to the section of Default settings (Page 31). 1. Press the MENU key. 2. Select SETTINGS and press the OK key. 3. Select RESET and press the OK key. 4. Press the OK key again to confirm. 22 www.philips.com/faqs/dect DECT225-instruct English.
10 Additional features Key lock Keypad can be locked to prevent accidental key pressing. When the keypad is locked, you can still answer an incoming call by pressing the TALK key. During the call, the keypad is active. When the call is ended, the keypad will be locked again. Locking the keypad Press and hold the KEY LOCK key. LOCKED appears on the display. Unlocking the keypad Press and hold the OK key.
11 Using multi-handsets Note: You need at least 2 handsets to carry out the functions in this section. Calling someone in the house You can call someone in the house by using the intercom function on your phone. These internal calls have no cost associated with them. To make an intercom call: 1. Press the INTERCOM key and wait for the internal dialling tone. 2. Press the number of the handset that you want to call. Note: You will hear a busy tone if the other handset is not available.
Transferring your call to another handset During an external call, 1. Press the INTERCOM key. 2. Press the handset number that you want to call. 3. Wait for the other handset to answer your call. 4. When the other handset has answered your call, press the END key or place the handset on cradle. The external call is transferred. Note: Any handset that hangs up during a conference call will leave the other handset still connected with the external call.
12 DECT 225 Answering machine Answer Machine On / Off Loudspeaker OGM (outgoing messages) Volume Down Ring Paging PIN Volume Up Microphone Next Message Delete Play / Stop Previous Message Display Display There is a display on the answering machine. Refer to the following table for descriptions of the display. Display Meaning Display Meaning FU Memory is full. No new messages can be recorded. -A The answering machine is being accessed from an external phone.
Turning the answering machine on/off Note: Turning the answering machine on/off does not affect the functionality of the normal phone operations, such as making outgoing calls or receiving incoming calls. To turn the answering machine on/off, 1. Press the ON / OFF key during standby mode. The display will be on when the answering machine is turned on. When the answering machine is on, it will answer the call after a certain number of rings depending on the rings setting (See section of Ring Delay Page 29).
Recording an OGM The maximum recording time is 40 seconds. You do not need to delete your previously recorded OGM to record a new one. Once you record a new OGM, the old one will be overwritten. To record an OGM: 1. Press the OGM key for 2 seconds and wait for the tone. OG will be blinking during the recording. 2. Speak into the microphone of the base station after the beep. 3. Press the STOP key to stop recording or recording will stop after 40 seconds.
Playing ICM ICM will be played back in the sequence they were recorded. A tone will be played after each message. Press the PLAY key. The oldest new message will begin. During message playback, you have the following options: 1. Press the NEXT key to skip the current message and play the next message 2. Press the PREVIOUS key to repeat the current message. 3. Press the PREVIOUS key twice to play the previous message. 4. Press the STOP key to stop playing messages.
Ring delay You can set the number of times the answering machine would ring before it answers the call. This only applies when the answering machine is turned on. User can adjust the toll saver to change the amount of rings emitted before the answer machine responds. You can set the number of rings from 2 rings to 7 rings or toll saver. The toll saver option is useful when using the remote access feature (see page 30).
Remote access You can access your answering machine when you are away by using a phone set on tone dial mode (see Section 8, Dial mode, page 19). Note: You have to enter the Security PIN to access the answering machine. To remotely access the answering machine, 1. Place a call from an external line to your answering machine. 2. When the answering machine answers the call and starts playing the OGM, press the STAR key.
13 Appendix Default settings Handset name* PHILIPS Ringer melody Ringer volume Key tone Backlight Flash duration Dial mode Menu language Earpiece volume Keylock MWI Melody 1 Level 3 On On 600 ms Tone English Medium Off Off Answering machine (DECT 225 only) Default OGM language ICM Ring delay Security PIN Base volume On English Empty Toll saver 000 Level 3 * This feature/function will not be set back to default after reset. Appendix DECT225-instruct English.indd 32 32 www.philips.
Troubleshooting Problems Solutions The phone does not work at all. • Make sure that the adapter and the phone cord are connected properly. • Check that the batteries are fully charged and installed properly. • This phone does not work during power failure. The phone does not ring. • Make sure the adapter and the phone cord are connected properly. • Move the handset closer to the base unit. • Make sure the handset ringer is turned on. There is no dial tone.
Equipment Approval Information Your telephone equipment is approved for connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network and is in compliance with parts 15 and 68, FCC Rules and Regulations and the Technical Requirements for Telephone Terminal Equipment published by ACTA. Notification to the local telephone company On the bottom of this equipment is a label indicating, among other information, the US number and Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) for the equipment.
Interference Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference; and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Privacy Privacy of communications may not be ensured when using this telephone. Additional Information I.C. Notice Terminal Equipment NOTICE: This equipment meets the applicable Industry Canada Terminal Equipment Technical Specifications. This is confirmed by the registration number. The abbreviation, IC, before the registration number signifies that registration was performed based on a Declaration of Conformity indicating that Industry Canada technical specifications were met.
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