Audiovox CDM-4500 User Manual
AUDIOVOX
CDM-4500
Dual Mode CDMA/AMPS
Handheld Portable
Cellular T elephone
In today’s fast paced world, it has become a necessity to have access to real-time information. Your communications
tools must provide you with this access. With that in mind, Audiovox developed the CDM-4500.
This CDMA 800 MHz/Amps dual mode phone is our first with a built-in W eb Browser . The CDM-4500 also features a
Vibrating Alert Option, Voice Recognition and Data Capabilities. In addition, the phone features a Lithium Ion battery
providing you with 190 minutes of talk time and 170 hours of stand-by, an Enhanced Phone Book with 99 Alpha/198
Numeric Memory Locations; One touch emergency dialing; 15 distinctive ring tones and Menu Driven Operation.
The CDM-4500 digital cellular telephone has several optional accessories available, including: leather carrying case,
cigarette lighter plug-in charger, desktop holder , AC adapter , Hands-free car kit and earphone microphone.
And, of course, your new CDM-4500 digital handset provides you with something only an Audiovox phone can: the
proven reliability that has made us one of the leading wireless handset providers.
Please take a few moments to read the following pages of the user’s operation manual. It will help you make the most
efficient use of this valuable communications tool.
SYSTEM CONFIGURA TION
System configuration and the equipment list are as shown below
WRIST STRAP ATT ACHMENT
Attach the wrist strap to the phone through the strap hole as shown below 1
Then pull the long loop through the smaller loop as shown below 2
BA TTERY INSTALLA TION AND RECHARGING
T o Attach the Battery Pack
1. Insert the hook at the end of the Battery Pack into the slot at the end of the phone.
2. Press the Battery Pack down to lock the Battery Pack onto the phone.
T o Detach the Battery Pack
1 . Slide back the Release Latch as shown below.
2 . Lift up to remove the Battery Pack from the phone gently
TO RECHARGE BA TTERY
Y our CDM-4500 has a built-in char ger function. T o re-char ge the Battery Pack, always install the Battery Pack to the
phone.
1. Attach the Battery pack to the Phone
2 . Insert the DC plug of the Ac Adapter (CNR-4000) to the Desktop Holder (DTH-4000). Plug the AC Adapter to AC
outlet.
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3 . Place the Phone with Battery Pack into the Desktop Holder .
4 . Then the recharging starts. The display indicates “ Now Charging” with animation. You can see a battery level
indicator scrolling at the upper-right of the display.
5 . For complete recharging, it is recommended that the phone is turned off during recharging.
6 . When the recharging is completed, the display indicates “fully charged”.
7 . It is normal that Battery Pack may become a little warmer during recharging.
The recharging time, from empty to full, depends on the environmental temperature, 0 to +35 °C.
Alternatively you can recharge the Phone using AC Adapter as illustrated below.
Note: Do not feed the power to the phone without Battery Pack.
Press for more than one second. All the indicators and the digit display will light momentarily, and a tone will be
heard. The indicator will stay while the phone is turned on. T o turn the phone off, press for more than one
second..
Antenna Position
The antenna can be used in its fully extended or fully retracted position only. It is recommended that the antenna should
be fully extended for optimum performance and signal strength or while operating in poor signal areas.
Receiving Signal Strength Indicator
The number of lines indicates the Signal Strength in your area. Four lines show the maximum level. The display will vary
as you move with the phone. If the signal is not strong enough to place a call, “No Service” will appear on the LCD
display .
Battery Level Indicator
You can always monitor the battery charge condition with the constant battery level indicator. The number of blocks
indicates the battery conditions as follows:
Power Management
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BASIC OPERA TION
Placing Calls
T o Place a Call
1 . Enter the phone number. (A maximum of 32 digits will be displayed.)
2 . Press .
The “ ” indicator will light.
· T o Correct a Number
Press to clear the last digit.
Press and hold to erase all the digits entered.
· If the Call Fails to Go Through
Press , and to redial the number.
T o T erminate a Call
Press . The “ ” indicator will go out.
Last Number Redial
Press , to recall the last number you dialed, then press
See Call History.
T o Dial the Last Number Received
Press , to dial the last number with caller ID you received, then press .
See Call History.
Phonebook Dialing
Press and enter an address (01to 99) to recall a number from your phonebook, then press
See Phonebook Recall.
T o Mute A Phone Conversation
Press , to mute your conversation at any time during a call. “Mute” will be displayed.
T o return to normal conversation, Press , again.
Speed Dialing
If you know the phonebook address of the telephone number that you want to call, you may place a call without using
.
1 . Enter the one or two digits of your phonebook address (1-9 or 10-99).
2 . Press . The phone number will be displayed. The “ ” indicator will light, and the call will be placed.
Note: If two telephone numbers are stored in the address, the Primary Number will be dialed.
Quick Dialing
When this feature is on, the Primary number in your Phonebook address 02 to 09 can be dialed with just one push of the
key.
1 . Press a digit key ( to ) for more than one second.
2 . The number in your phonebook is automatically dialed. The phone number will be displayed. The “ ” indicator
will light.
NOTE: The key is not for Quick Dialing, but for ONE TOUCH EMERGENY CALL.
Emergency Call
This feature permits you to place an emergency call even if your telephone is in “Phone Lock”, “Keypad Lock” or
“Restrict” mode. Up to 3 numbers can be programmed as Emergency numbers. The emergency number “911” and “*911”
are already preprogrammed.
Example: T o Call 911 in “Phone Lock” or “Keypad Lock” mode.
1 . Enter . The “911” will not be displayed, but “Phone Lock” or “ Keypad Lock” will be displayed.
2 . Press . The “911” will be displayed. The “ ” indicator will light, and the call will be placed.
OneT ouch Emergency Call
This feature permits you to dial an emergency number by a single keystroke, even in the “Phone Lock” or “Restrict”
mode. This feature can be turned off to prevent unintentional calls to the emergency number.
1 . Press and hold for more than 2 seconds. The number in emergency memory location “1” will be dialed.
2 . Then the “ ” indicator will light, and the call will be placed. (The factory preset number is “911”.)
Note: The feature cannot be used if the Keypad Lock is on. You need to dial all the digits and .
Emergency Call Mode
When you dial one of the 3 pre-programmed emergency numbers, your phone will enter the Emergency Call Mode. In
this mode, the phone will attempt to complete the emergency call using any available cellular system from which it can
obtain service.
After it places an emergency call, the phone will stay in the Emergency Call Mode, and will display “Emergency Call
Mode, END to exit”. In the Emergency Call Mode, the phone will attempt to continue to receive service from the cellular
system that it used to complete the call. The phone will automatically exit the Emergency Call Mode after 5 minutes or
after you press END.
Receiving Calls
T o Receive a Call
When the telephone rings, press to answer the call. The “ ” indicator will light.
Any Key Answering
This feature permits you to answer an incoming call by pressing any key on the keypad except and .
Caller ID with Name
This feature allows you to preview in your display the number and name of the party calling you before you answer the
call. The name is as you programmed it in your phonebook.
1 . When the phone rings, the Calling Number appears in the display.
2 . The last 10 caller ID’ s are stored in the memory for your review and redial.
Note: “Number Restricted” or “Number Unavailable” is displayed when the caller ID is restricted or not available.
Automatic Calls-in-Absence Indictor
This feature indicates the number of unanswered incoming calls. If incoming calls are not answered, the LCD display will
indicate “Called XX”.”XX is the number of calls (01 to 99) missed. Depressing any key will clear the display.
Ringing T one with Melody
The CDM-4500 offers you 15 styles of ringer tones and melodies for alerting incoming calls. Ringer volume can also be
adjusted.
Distinctive Ringing (Audible Caller ID)
You may program different ringer styles for dif ferent phonebook address.
During Calls
T o adjust the Earpiece V olume
Simply press or to adjust Earpiece Volume during a call.
Scratch Pad Dialing
If you enter a telephone number during a call, the number will be stored in the Scratch Pad memory .
After terminating the call, the number you entered can be dialed by .
Note: Y ou can deactivate “ Sending DTMF” so that keypad tones will not be transmitted to the calling party .
Automatic T alk Timer
The talk time of the current call will be automatically displayed. For example, “1h23m45s”.
Call Waiting
Your service provider may provide Call Waiting service. When you are on a call, you may hear beep tone alerting you of
another incoming call. Y our phone displays “New Caller” and the caller’s ID with the name. The name is as you programmed it in your phonebook.
1. Press to answer the new call.
2 . Press again to switch between the two calls.
Three- way Calling
Y our Service provider may provide Three-Way calling service. When a call is already in progress, you may call the Third
party.
1 . Enter a number and press to call the third party .
2 . Press again to connect all three parties.
Ask your service provider for the detailed information.
Standby
Clock Indicator (Digital Mode Only)
When the phone is in an area with digital service (Digital Mode), Date and Time are automatically displayed, if this feature
is enabled.
Example:
Notes: 1. During Digital Mode, the indicator lights.
2. During Analog Mode, or while “No Service” is indicated, the time display is not available even if this feature
is enabled.
End to End Signaling
To utilize certain phone services, such as accessing an alternate long distance network, signaling a pager or banking by
phone etc., T ouch Tone™ signaling is required. The following features will make it easy to send frequently used Touch
T one™ signals.
T ouch T one™ from Display
When Sending DTMF mode is on, the number will be sent in Touch Tone™ signals during a call as you press digit keys.
When Sending DTMF mode is off, you can send T ouch Tone™ signals in the following manner.
1. Enter the number
2. Press and scroll to “Tone”.
3 . Press . The number in the display will be sent in Touch Tone™ signals.
T ouch T one™ from Memory
T ouch T one™ signals can be sent from memory during a call.
1 . Press , and recall the number you want to send in Touch Tone™ signals.
2 . Press and scroll to “Tone”.
3 . Press . The number in the display will be sent in T ouch Tone™ signals.
PHONEBOOK OPERA TIONS
Your phone has an Enhanced Phonebook with 99 dual-number memory addresses. At each address, you can store up to
two telephone numbers under one name, a person’s home and of fice number , office and mobile number, etc. Stored
numbers can be easily recalled and dialed by pressing . Numbers can also be marked Secret for added privacy,
Number of Digits per Phonebook Address
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T o program your phonebook, enter the information in the following order . You may skip “Name”, “Option” and/or
“V oice”.
T o Store a Number without Name
1 . Press , then enter the phone number.
2. Press , then enter the desired memory address (01 through 99).
Example: To store the phone number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 in address 07.
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Overwrite Warning
When you attempt to store a number in an address where another number has already been stored, you will have “OVERWRITE” warning.
Example: T o store the number 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 in the address 07, where another number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 is
already stored.
1. Press .
2. Enter .
3. Press .
4 . Enter . The number already stored is displayed momentarily.
5 . Two seconds later.
6 . If you accept to overwrite, scroll to “YES” and Press .
7. If you do not want to overwrite, scroll to “NO” and press . The screen returns to the step 3 again.
Auto Hyphenation
With this feature on, hyphens are automatically inserted when you enter telephone numbers and when you recall the
numbers from the Phonebook
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Note: When you manually insert hyphens, the “Auto Hyphenation” feature will not work for that particular number.
Manual Hyphenation
Y ou can manually insert a hyphen at any place when you enter a telephone number. The maximum number is 32 digits
long including hyphens.
Example: T o insert a hyphen in the number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 to display it as 123-4567.
1 . Press .
2 . Enter .
3 . Press and scroll to “HYPHEN”.
4 . Press .
5. Enter .
Automatic Storing in Phonebook
This feature allows convenient automatic storing into a vacant phonebook address. The number will be stored in the
first available memory address which will be indicated in the display. This feature can prevent the possible overwriting
of a previously stored number.
1 . Enter the phone number.
2 . Press .
Example: To store the phone number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 into a vacant memory address 04.
1 . Press .
2 . Enter .
3 . Press .
4 . Press .
T o Store Dual Numbers in Phonebook
You can store Dual Numbers with Dual Mark “ \ ” up to 32 digits for all the addresses 01 to 99 in the phonebook.
To store two telephone numbers in one phonebook address, enter the first number, select the Dual Mark “ \ “ by using
Menu, then enter the second number.
Example: T o store the primary number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 and the secondary number 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 in address 08.
1 . Press .
2 . Enter .
3 . Press and scroll to “DUAL MARK”.
4 . Press . The Dual Mark “ \” is inserted.
5 . Enter .
6 . Press .
7 . Enter and press .
Note: You can add a second number after storing a first number.
T o Store a Name with the Phone Number
T o use this procedure, you will need to refer to “Alpha Mode” below .
1 . Enter the phone number.
2 . Press to select the Alpha Mode.
3 . Enter the name.
4 . Press , then enter the memory address (01 through 99) to store the number with the name into memory.
Example: T o store the phone number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 with the name Mr. JACKSON into memory address 1 1.
1. Enter the phone number; .
2. Set Alpha Mode; .
3 . Enter the Name;
for “M”, for “r”, for “.”, for “J”, for “A”,
for “C”, for “K”, for “S”, for “O”, and for
“N”.
4 . Press .
5. Enter and press .
Alpha Mode
You can add an identifying name (“Alpha Tag” up to 2 lines or 20 to 24 characters) to the phone numbers at each
phonebook address.
T o Enter Names using Alpha (Letters)
1 . Press , than enter the phone number.
2. Press .
3. Press digit key repeatedly to display the letter that you want. The following table shows which character is assigned
with each digit key . For example, to enter the letter “D”, press once. For the letter “F”, press three times.
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4. T o change from upper to lower case characters or vice versa, press during entry of Alpha.
5 . To enter special characters, press or and a digit key to select characters from the table below.
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6. If you make a mistake, press to erase the last character. Press and hold to erase the characters on the
display
7. Press to move the cursor, which insets a blank space after the last character.
8. Press to move the cursor back to insert new characters.
9. T o exit the Alpha Mode, press .
Note: You must enter the phone number first, then add the name. Entering a number after the name will erase the
name.
T o Store a Ring T ype with the Phone Number (Distinctive Ringing)
You can choose one of 15 ring types for each phonebook address. With this feature, you will be able to distinguish who
is calling by hearing the ringing tone. The ring type is selected while storing the number when the word “OPTION”
appears.
Example: T o store a number with Ring T ype #02 in the address 12.
1 . Enter the phone number, and press .
2 . Press and scroll to “RING TYPE”.
3 . Press and scroll to one of the numbers, which you want to set.
4. Press and scroll to sample the different ring types.
5. Press to set the new ring type.
6. Enter and press .
Notes: 1. If you have one number only, the step 3 is skipped.
2. The “COMMON” shown in the step 4 is the ring type you selected with the Function Menu.
Recall Menu
Press key . The following “RECALL” menu will prompt you to recall the number from memory.
· “ADDRESS”: Phonebook Address Mode
· “SEARCH”: Phonebook Sort Scroll Mode or Phonebook Key Word Search Mode
· “HISTORY” : Call History Mode
Recall Menu T ree
Notes: 1. The submenu “PRI.CHANGE” will be available only when two telephone numbers are stored in that
address.
2. The submenu “REPLAY” will be available only when your voice is stored in that address.
Phonebook Recall
To recall the numbers stored in your phonebook, you have three methods: Address Mode, Sort Scroll Mode and Key
Word Search Mode.
Phonebook Address Mode
This mode is useful in finding a phone number by recalling a specific address or by scrolling the Phonebook.
1 . Press .
2 . Enter the two-digit Memory Address.
3 . Press or to scroll.
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