AT&T 9050 User Manual

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User’ s Manual for
Cordless Telephone
Answ ering System 905 0

Please read Part 1 — Important Product

Information, included in your package.

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Part 2

© 1998 Philips Consumer Communications L.P. All rights reserved.

Printed in China. 848232518 Issue 1AT&T

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CONTENTS

INSTALLATION................................. 3

Table/Desk Installation..........................3

Wall Installation..................................... 4

Belt Clip ................................................ 5

OPERATION..................................... 6

Making a Call......................................... 8

Answering a Call ................................... 8

Ending a Call ......................................... 8

Redial .................................................... 8

Handset Ringer Selection and

Ringer OFF ........................................ 8

Handset Ringer Volume ......................... 9

Tempor ary Tone .................................... 9

Special T elephone Services ................... 9

Page/Handset Locator ...........................9

Headset Jack........................................ 10

OPERATING RANGE........................11

TELEPHONE MEMORY ....................12

Storing Memory Numbers ...................12

Replacing Stored Memory Numbers ...12
Storing a Pause in a

Memory Number .............................12

Dialing Memory Numbers ...................12

Memory Guard ....................................12

ANSWERING SYSTEM SETUP ..........13

Turning the System ON/OFF...............13

Volume ................................................13

Setting the Clock................................. 13

Announcement Options......................13

Selecting Y our Announcement ............ 14

Recording Y our Announcement ..........14

Ring Select and Toll Saver....................15

Audible Message Alert .........................15

Remote Access Code........................... 16

Base Ringer Setting..............................16

ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION

At the Base.................................. 17

Answering Calls...................................18

Call Screening/Intercept .....................18

Listening to Your Messages..................18

Saving Messages .................................. 19

Deleting Messages ............................... 19

Recording a Memo ..............................19

ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION
From a Remote Touch Tone Phone..20

Connect with the Answering System ..20

Voice Help Menu................................. 20

Remote Access Commands .................20

Remote ON/OFF ................................. 21

BATTERIES.................................... 22

Charging the Handset Battery Pack.....22

Charging the Spare Battery Pack......... 22

Replacing the Handset Battery Pack ... 23

IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY .................24

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INSTALLA TION

Standard
Electrical

Outlet

Power Cord

Telephone

Line Jack

Telephone Line Cord

Modular
Telephone
Jack

T able/Desk Installation

1 Choose a spot near an electrical outlet and a telephone jack.

This phone requires a modular telephone jack and a standard electrical
outlet (110v A C). The outlet should not be controlled by a wall switch.

2 Install the handset battery.

(For an illustration of battery installation, see BA TTERIES in this manual.)

• Remove the battery cover by pressing on the indentation and
sliding downward.

• Install the battery pack so that the metal contacts on the bottom
of the battery are aligned with the charging contacts in the battery
compartment.

• Replace the batter y cover by sliding it on its track up over the
battery compartment until it snaps firmly in place.

3 Set the dial mode.

If you have touch tone service, set the switch on the bottom of the
base to TONE. If you have dial pulse (rotary) ser vice, set the switch
to PULSE. Even if you have dial pulse service, you can still use
telephone services requiring tone signals. See “Temporary Tone” in
the OPERATION section of this manual.

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INSTALLA TION

4 Connect the telephone line cord.

Plug one end of the telephone line cord into the jack on the back of
the base. Plug the other end of the line cord into a modular jack. Make
sure the plugs snap firmly in place.

5 Connect the power cord.

Plug the power adapter into the jack labeled 11V DC on the back of
the base. Plug the AC adapter on the power cord into an electrical
outlet not controlled by a wall switch. The Message Window flashes
— — as the set initializes.

6 Charge the handset batteries for 16 hours.

Place the handset face down in the base. The CHARGING light on the
base goes on to show the handset is in the right position to charge the
batteries.

7 Check for dial tone.

After the batteries are charged, pick up the handset and extend the
base antenna. Check for dial tone by pressing P; the PHONE light
should go on and you should hear a dial tone.

Wall Installation

1 Follow Steps 1–3 under Table/Desk Installation.
2 Turn the base unit over, and attach the wall mounting base to

the lower half of the base unit. Gently press down until it snaps

firmly into place.

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INSTALLA TION

3 Connect the power cord.

• Plug the power adapter into the jack labeled 11V DC on the back
of the base.

• Run the cord under the tab on the bottom of the base unit and
under the tab on the wall mounting base.

• Plug the AC adapter into an electrical outlet not controlled by a
wall switch. The Message Window flashes — — as the set initializes.

4 Connect the telephone line cord.

• Using the shor t telephone line cord supplied, insert one end of
the telephone line cord into the telephone jack on the back of the
telephone base.

• Feed the excess line cord under the tab on the bottom of the
telephone base.

• Plug the line cord into the standard wall jack.

5 Mount the telephone on the wall.

Position the telephone base so the mounting studs on the wall jack fit
into the base of the telephone. Slide the telephone down on the
mounting studs until the phone locks into place.

6 Follow Steps 6 and 7 under Table/Desk Installation.

CAUTION: Use only the A C power adapter supplied with this telephone,

Power Suppl y for 9050. Input: AC 117V, 60 Hz, 12W Output: DC 11V,
500mA.

Belt Clip

If you wish, you can attach the belt clip to the cordless handset, following the
illustrations below.

To Attach

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To Remove

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OPERATION

Latch for

Spare Battery

Compartment

Light goes on

when system is

connected to

power and

phone line

Directory card

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Adjust speaker

volume

Send paging tone to handset

Light goes on when spare battery (optional) is
placed in Spare Battery Compartment

Light goes on when handset is in use, or
when handset is charging in base

Light goes on while
you are on a call

Handset Volume
Control

Make or answer
a call

Change channel

OPERATION

Light goes on
when battery

needs charging

Headset jack

End a call

Temporary Tone

Store numbers in
telephone memory

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Redial last

number called

Access numbers in

telephone memory

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