Audiovox CMD-9000 User Manual

AUDIOVOX

CDM-9000

T ri-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 from anywhere and anytime. With that in mind, Audiovox developed the CDM-9000,
our first Tri-Mode Web Browsing wireless telephone.

The CDM-9000 features 800 MHz Amps/CDMA and 1900 MHz CDMA Tri-mode operation for enhanced nationwide
service coverage. The digital phone features two easy to use soft keys that make surfing the web a breeze. The CDM-9000
also boasts a vibrating alert, voice recognition, and data capabilities. In addition, the phone features an enhanced phone
book with 99 Alpha/198 Numeric memory locations, one touch emergency dialing, 15 distinctive ringer options, and menu
driven operation. And with a Lithium Ion battery providing you with over 3 hours of talk time and 7 days of standby time,
you’ll have plenty of opportunity to use all of these advanced features.

The CDM-9000 cellular telephone has several optional accessories available, including: leather carrying case, extended
Lithium Ion battery , cigarette lighter plug-in charger , desktop holder , AC Adapter , Handsfree car kit and an earphone
microphone and data cable.

And, of course, your new CDM-9000 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-9000 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.
3 . Place the Phone with Battery Pack into the Desktop Holder .
4 . Then the rechar ging starts. The display indicates “Now Char ging” 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 charging time, from empty to full, depends on the environmental temperature, 0 to +35 °C.

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FUNCTIONS

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.

GETTING ST ARTED

T urning the phone On/Off

Press and hold . 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. To turn the phone off, press and hold .

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 maximum level. The display will vary as
you move with the phone. If the signal is not strong enough to place a call, 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:

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BASIC OPERA TION

T o place a call:

1 . Enter the phone number.( a maximum of 32 digits will be displayed.)

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The indicator will light.

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 .

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 (01 to 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: To Call 91 1 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-9000 offers you 15 styles of ringer tones and melodies for alerting incoming calls. Ringer volume can also be
adjusted. See Ring T ype Selection (F32), Alert T one V olume control (F31), and V ibrator Alert (F8).

Distinctive Ringing (Audible Caller ID)

Y ou may program different ringer styles for dif ferent phonebook address. See T o Store Ring Type with the Phone
Number.

T o Adjust the Earpiece V olume

During Calls

Simply press the or to adjust Earpiece V olume 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. See

Sending DTMF (F35).

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. Your 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- W ay 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

Date and Time are automatically displayed, if this feature is enabled. See Clock Indicator (F42) to turn this feature on/off.

Clock Alarm

This feature alert you repeatedly at the alarm time that you programmed. See Clock Alarm (F44) for setting.

Countdown Timer

This feature alerts you when the countdown timer expires. The timer can be set to 1 through 99 minutes. See Countdown
Timer (F45) for setting.

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. See Link dialing for more information.

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 T ouch 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 Touch 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,

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Phonebook Entry

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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4. Enter and press .

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 .

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3 . Press .

4. Enter . The number already stored is displayed momentarily.

5. T wo 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. See Auto Hyphenation (F23) to activate or deactivate this feature.

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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

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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

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3 . Press and scroll to “DUAL MARK”.

4 . Press . The Dual Mark “ \ “ is inserted.

5. Enter

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6 . Press .

7. Enter and press .

Note: You can add a second number after storing a first number. See To Enter a Second 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 . To 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. See Ring Type

Selection (F32).

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

· “HISTROY” :Call History Mode

Recall Menu T ree