Visual Touch TTY Model: KVT100 INSTRUCTION MANUAL First Edition 2005
Krown Visual Touch TTY | Instructions | 1st Edition | April 2005 Krown Manufacturing, Inc. 3408 Indale Road, Fort Worth, Texas 76116 voice: (817) 738-2485 | TTY: (817) 738-8993 | Fax: (817) 738-1970 E-mail: info@krownmfg.com | Web site: www.krownmfg.
FCC REQUIRED INFORMATION The Federal Communications Commission under Part 68 Rules and Regulations has granted your Braille-TTY KVT100 a registration number for direct connection to the telephone lines. The FCC requires that you be advised of the requirements involved with owning a telecommunications device. 1. Connect your KVT100 to the nationwide telephone network through a telephone company-provided registered jack.
FCC REQUIRED INFORMATION 5. Your telephone company may make changes in its facilities, equipment, operations or procedures that could affect the proper functioning of your KVT100. If changes occur, you will be notified in advance to give you an opportunity to maintain uninterrupted service. SERVICE REQUIREMENTS If your KVT100 needs repair, pack it in the original shipping box along with the adapter/charger. Please be sure to enclose a note describing the problem you are having.
INTRODUCTION Welcome to state-of-the-art Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf, Deaf Blind and Hearing Impaired manufactured by the industry pioneer: Krown Manufacturing Inc. We have provided a full line of telephone devices to meet the many individual needs. Expert craftsmanship, superior design and affordable prices are what Krown Manufacturing stands for. Your new Visual Touch Braille-TTY KVT100 is the very latest from Krown Manufacturing Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS FCC Requirements.............................................................................................................................................1 Service Requirements .......................................................................................................................................2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................
Table of Contents IV. Direct Connect .......................................................................................................................................20 • Direct Connect Modes • Keyboard Dialing • Memory Dialing • Call Progress Indicators • Answer a Call in Direct Connect Mode • Tone/Pulse Dialing • Auto Answer • Remote Message Retrieva V. Important Information ............................................................................................................................
CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED SETTING UP YOUR VISUAL TOUCH BRAILLE-TTY PHONE Place your Visual Touch Braille refreshable (Vtouch) and the KVT100 TDD on a table in front of you. Have the KVT100 and the Vtouch keyboard facing you either side by side or the KVT100 on top of the Vtouch near your telephone outlet. Turn OFF the power switch on the KVT100. Plug the adaptor to the electric outlet. Plug the other end of the adaptor to the KVT100 power connector.
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED ACOUSTIC/DIRECT CONNECT MODES Acoustic coupling: Place the telephone hand set on top of the TDD with the cord on the left hand side. Type your greeting message and finish with a GA (Go Ahead).To check KVT100 status, press CTRL-P. If the KVT100 is in ACOUSTIC MODE the display will read as: “ACOUSTIC” If you read: “ONLINE READY” or “OFF LINE” Press, at the same time, the CTRL-DIAL keys to change mode to acoustic.
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED BAUDOT CODE The standard 45.5 Baud Baudot code is used For North America. The rest of the world uses 50 Baud baudot. To make a call outside of the country, press and hold the CTRL key then tap the LEFT ARROW key. By pressing “Y” on your keyboard, you choose to change speed of your TTY to make an international call. PERKINS-STYLE MODE AND FULLTYPE MODE The KVT100 has 2 keyboard typing modes - Perkins-Style Mode and Full-T ype mode.
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED ELECTRONIC VOICE The Electronic Voice is a single unchangeable voice message that is stored in the memory of your TDD. The message is used for calling hearing people at a VOICE/TDD number. It tells them by electronic voice: “Please use TDD for hearing-impaired caller.” The voice message will be repeated until your TDD conversation begins (when your TDD receives a signal from another TDD). As soon as the other person begins to type, the electronic voice message stops.
CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED The Ni-Cad batteries will operate for approximately 3 hours when fully charged. The batteries will automatically recharge whenever the units are plugged into the AC charger/adapter. To help the battery last longer, let the units run down until the KVT100 stops working. When this happens, you must charge the battery by using AC power.You can continue to use the KVT100 until you recharge the battery. It is suggested that you use the Braille-TTY battery power in a regular cycle.
CHAPTER 2 USING YOUR VISUAL TOUCH BRAILLE-TTY PHONE After setting up and turning on your KVT100 you see the message “BRAILLE MODE READY” or “TTY MODE READY” on both units. The machine is ready to use. Try brailing or typing some characters. For example: “abcdef.” You will see the characters you brailled displayed from left to right and ended by six lower dots of a Braille cell. This cell is called the “cursor”. It shows you the next character position.
CHAPTER 2: USING YOUR VISUAL TOUCH BRAILLE-TTY PHONE Continuing to press RIGHT ARROW toward the end of conversation will link the two units back together automatically when cursor hits the current position. If you want to exit this function without having to browse to the end of the message, press RETURN any time to force the KVT100 to link to the Visual Touch Braille Display. NOTE: Do not forget to quit UNLINK mode after you used the read-back function.
CHAPTER 2: USING YOUR VISUAL TOUCH BRAILLE-TTY PHONE ANSWERING A CALL IN ACOUSTIC MODE 1. Turn the Power Switch on. 2. Pick up and place your telephone handset firmly into the acoustic cups of the KVT100 with the cord to the LEFT. 3. By pressing the SPACE BAR, you start the conversation. Type your greeting message. For example: “BARBARA HERE GA” 4. When both people have finished the conversation, place your telephone handset back on the phone. 5. Turn OFF power switch.
CHAPTER 3 THE MEMORY The TTY has a 32K (32768 characters) memory. The memory feature can save you time by letting you save often used messages, prepare a message before making a call to save on long distance charges, and to save frequently called numbers. MEMORY AREAS The KVT100 memory is divided into 6 blocks, consisting of 5 “areas” labeled M1 to M5 plus a directory for phone numbers: • M1 and M2 can hold 32 characters each.
CHAPTER 3: THE MEMORY 3. Type the message you want to store with a full-type keyboard. Do not use 6 keys in Braille mode. Your message will be displayed as you type with a space between each character on your Braille display. These extra spaces will not appear when your message is sent. 4. Press CTRL-9 to save. The message will be stored and the display shows: “MEMORY SAVED”. 5. Press CTRL-1 to check the message you typed. If it is not correct, repeat steps from 1 to 5.
CHAPTER 3: THE MEMORY VIEWING A STORED MESSAGE To read a message stored in memory, you must first access the memory areas by pressing CTRL-5, then type a number to tell the KVT100 where the message is stored. The area name (for example, M2) will be shown on the right side of the display, and the message will be shown in the center of the KVT100 display. The Visual Touch starts the message from the left hand side. Press RIGHT ARROW, you will notice the cursor moves to the first cell.
CHAPTER 3: THE MEMORY 4. Press spacebar The location’s label and the cursor will appear on the right end of the display. 5. Type the name and number 6. Press CTRL-9 to save. “MEMORY SAVED” will appear on the display. NOTE: Numbers can be separated with a “-” DASH but only numbers will be dialed. Letters and dashes will not affect dialing. If needed for the operation of a special business system, a pause or delay in dialing string can be inserted between numbers.
CHAPTER 3: THE MEMORY CREATING A PASSWORD You will need a password to retrieve your message in your house answering machine when you are away from home. Your password will be stored in location 0 (zero) of the Phone Directory. A password must be at least five characters in length. To create a password: 1. Press CTRL-5 2. Press “D” for directory 3. Press “0” ”TYPE PASSWORD” is shown. 4. Press the SPACE BAR then type your password. 5. Press CTRL-9 to save. “MEMORY SAVED” is displayed.
CHAPTER 3: THE MEMORY 3. Select the location you want to delete. The display will show: “TYPE NAME, NO NOW” 4. Press the SPACE BAR to delete the entry. 5. Press CTRL-9 to save. The display will show: “MEMORY SAVED” Note: that after pressing the space bar to delete an entry, you may type a new phone number. Press CTRL-9 to save. To clear the entire phone directory 1. Press CTRL-8, you will read “CLR M#1#-#5#, D?” 2. Press “D” to choose phone directory. You will read “KEY PH LOC#0#-#9” 3.
CHAPTER 4 DIRECT CONNECT The Direct Connect feature saves time, and more reliable for a connection. It also gives the choice of dialing from the keyboard or from numbers stored in the Phone Directory. The user also can watch the progress of the call when dialing a number. If the first cell rises up and down in 1-second cycles, you are receiving a busy line. Hang up by pressing CTRL-9 and try calling again. If the first cell rises for 2 seconds on and 4 seconds off, the line is ringing.
CHAPTER 4: DIRECT CONNECT Press the number you wish to dial. If you make a mistake, use the backspace to erase and type a correct number. After you enter all numbers, press RETURN key to start the dialing process. The number you entered will be dialed. You can press CTRL-9 to disconnect. The display will show: “DISCONNECTED”. The phone line is now hung up and you may press DIAL key and begin dialing again. MEMORY DIALING To dial from the directory, press DIAL. The display shows: “TYPE NO.
CHAPTER 4: DIRECT CONNECT ANSWER A CALL IN DIRECT CONNECT MODE 1. Press SHIFT-DIAL to connect your phone to the telephone line. Check the display to see if the message “ONLINE READY” is shown on your Visual Touch. 2. Type your greeting message to start the conversation. 3. When you are ready to hang up, Press CTRL-9 to disconnect. TONE/PULSE DIALING Telephone companies offer both pulse and tone dialing. The KVT100 will use tone dialing unless you manually change it.
CHAPTER 4: DIRECT CONNECT 1. First, use memory bank3 to set up an outgoing message. (See Entering and Saving a Message page 15) For example: “HELLO. THIS IS JOHN’S ANSWERING MACHINE. PLEASE TYPE YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL RETURN YOUR CALL SK” 2. Set your TDD to Auto Answer: Press CTRL-0 (zero) to enter auto answer mode. The KVT100 will asks: “NO.RINGS #1#-#9#?” Select the number of times you want the phone to ring before automatically answering by your TDD.
CHAPTER 4: DIRECT CONNECT Press CTRL-5 and select 5 to read messages. After checking all messages, erase memory 5 by pressing CTRL-C (If you wish to delete all messages.) Answering an Incoming Call with Auto Answer On To answer an incoming call when Auto Answer is on, press SHIFT-DIAL before or after the auto answer message is sent. Auto Answer is removed. The KVT100 is now “on-line” with the caller. Press “xxx” to alert the caller that you are answering the call. Then type your greeting.
CHAPTER 4: DIRECT CONNECT REMOTE MESSAGE RETRIEVAL The Remote Message Retrieval feature lets you retrieve your messages while away from home. Be sure to store a password in location “0” (zero) of the Phone Directory (see page 14). Set your TDD to Auto Answer mode by pressing CTRL-0. (See previous section.) You need to use another KVT100 or compatible product to call home and retrieve your messages. To retrieve your messages: 1. Dial your home phone number. 2.
CHAPTER 5 IMPORTANT INFORMATION TAKING CARE OF VISUAL TOUCH BRAILLE-TTY PHONE CAUTION: The adapters are NOT interchangeable. You MUST use the adapters that come with your KVT100. • • • • • • Be sure to turn your unit OFF when not in use. (Unless in Auto Answer mode) Keep your machine away from extreme temperatures (120 degrees or above). Avoid dropping or shaking the units. Electronic devices are very fragile. Keep the units as dust-free as possible. Do not spill liquids onto the units.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: CHAPTER 5 Q. A. After I read back in a conversation, there’s nothing sent to the Braille display. Make sure that you quit the unlink mode by pressing RETURN key several times or CTRL-E to reach the current position of cursor then RIGHT ARROW key to link both units together. Hit spacebar to see if your cursor moves. Now you are in link mode and the Visual Touch Braille display is ready to display information from your TDD. Q. A. After I dial a number nothing happens.
CHAPTER 6 COMMONLY USED TTY ABBREVIATIONS TTY users often abbreviate commonly used words or expressions to save time. The following abbreviations are a sampling of those most frequently used. It is also common to omit punctuation. ANS....................................Answer BRB.........................Be Right Back CUD......................................Could GA..................................Go Ahead LTR .......................................Letter MSG ................................Message MIN.
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