Nortel COMPANION C3050 REV2 User Manual

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C3050 REV2 Portable Telephone (PCI)
User Guide

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Getting started 1
Using your personal directory 8
Using your headset 12
Customizing your portable 14
Extra features 19
Making your portable secure 26
All about batteries and recharging 28
Accessories 31
Safety information 32
Technical specifications 35
Caring for your portable 37

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etting started

The parts of your
portable

Before you use your portable for the first time, see “Safety
information” on page 32. Y ou should also charge its battery
pack overnight in the rear charger slot (see “All about
batteries and recharging” on page 28).

speaker

volume switch

softkeys

mute

navigation

keys

Menu

COMPANION

ringer
control
switch

keypad
under
flap

hinge
headset jack

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Setting your portable
to ring

Note:

called softkeys. Their labels appear on the display with an underline
above the button to which they are assigned. A softkey label is shown
like this in this user guide:

The three buttons directly below your portable’s display are

REDIAL

.

To set your portable to one of the three ringing options,
select the top (

»

), middle («), or bottom (‚) position of the

control switch.

top: portable on, rings normally

middle: portable on, rings once or
not at all, (see "Discrete Ring" on
page 13)

bottom: no incoming calls, but
outgoing calls can be made if the
flap is open

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Answering a call

Accessing features
during a call

Making a call

Ending a call

If the flap is already open, press

ANSWER

or

Ò

. If the flap
is closed, open it. If the flap is closed and the headset is
connected, press
on, press

ANSWER

ANSWER

or open the flap.

To access the menu while on a call, press

. If Flap Closed operation is turned

Ï

, then select

the appropriate softkey.
Dial the telephone number directly or:

• dial from your directory (see “Using your personal

directory” on page 8)

• predial (see “Customizing your portable” on page 14)

• press a customized softkey (see “Customizing softke ys”

on page 23)

If the flap is open, close the flap or press
using the headset, press

END

. If Flap Closed operation is

´

. If you are

Portable Icons

turned on, press

/, ?, ÷, ¿

π, Ú, ∏

END

.

Battery strength indicators (strong to very weak)
Radio signal strength indicator (strong to very weak)

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Making two calls in a
row

Keeping your
connection

Muting a call

◊

µ
´
Ò
Ï
Î
Í

Leave the flap open, press

Vibrator indicator
Mute button
End button
Line button
Menu button
Telephone directory button
System button

NEXT

after your first call. The

portable maintains its radio connection for another call.
To maintain your call, stay in the radio co verage area. If you

have problems with your connection, retrace your steps. The
signal strength icon

Ú

indicates if the signal is becoming

stronger or weaker.
To prevent your caller from hearing you, press

µ

on the left

4

side of the portable. The display shows
and then ] in

[

flashes. To end muting, press

Microphone muted

µ

again.

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Redialing last
number

Dialing the last caller

Adjusting the
speaker volume

Your portable is set up so that you can redial the last
number you dialed by pressing

REDIAL

when it appears.

You can view the names of the last two callers when
appears on the display . Press
the names. Press
the number or

˘

ERASE

to view the number . Press

to delete the number. To add the

name to the Directory, press

LAST

SAVE

and

’ or ”

.

DIAL

to view

to call

While on a call, use the volume control to adjust the
volume of the other party’s voice.

Note:

a headset (see “Using your headset” on page 12).

In a noisy environment, it’ s a good idea to use the portable with

LAST

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Adjusting the ringing
volume

Using more than one
system

When the phone is ringing you can adjust the ringing
volume with the volume switch. The ringing volume can
only be adjusted when the control switch is in the top (

»

position. When the phone is not ringing, use the Menu to
access the volume adjustment levels.

to increase volume, press here

to reduce volume, press here

Y ou can use your portable with up to six Companion
systems. For example, if you work at two locations, it’s

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possible to register your C3050 at both locations, even
though they use separate systems. When you open the flap,
the display shows the name of the currently selected
system. To change systems, press

SELCT

.

Í, ” or ’,

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Flap closed
operation

Note:

systems selected

to more systems or are having trouble with your registration, call the
contact for your system.

If your portable has not been registered, the display shows

when you open the flap. If you wish to register

No

You can make and receive calls with the portable’s flap
closed. To enable Flap closed operation, press

” or ’

, and select

Flap Closed:On

.

When an incoming call rings on the portable, press
T o terminate a call, press

END

.

Ï

ANSWER

, then

.

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UU

UU

sing your personal directory

Moving through the
directory

Storing directory
entries

Your portable has an alphabetical directory that allows you
to store up to 50 entries for telephone numbers, feature
codes, or both.

Once you have stored directory entries, you can move
through them quickly by pressing the first letter of the
entry you want. For example to look at listings under
press

££

press

Note: Use

1. Press

2. Enter the telephone number or feature code, then press

Î

”

, then

. If there is more than one entry under a letter,

to keep looking.

¡

Î, ADD

£

to choose special characters such as ,, . and &.

; to enter E, press

.

Î

, then

D

,

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SAVE

. (See the applicable Using your C3050 Portable
feature reference card for more information about
feature codes.)

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3. Enter the first letter of the name by pressing the button
that has the letter you want. For example to enter A,

Editing directory
entries

press

4. Enter the rest of the letters as shown in step 3. Use

™

; to enter B, press

™™

.

˘

to move the cursor forward if the ne xt letter you want is
on the same button, or select

5. When the name is complete, press

Hint: If you want an entry to appear at the start of your directory,
make its first character a space using

1. Press

Î

, then

’ or ”

SPACE

˘

to insert a space.

SAVE

.

.

(or the first letter of the
entry you want) until you reach the entry you want to
change. Directory entries are in alphabetical order.

2. To edit the entry’s name press

3. Press

SAVE

.

4. To edit the entry’s number press

EDIT

, then edit the name.

˘

, then press

EDIT

.

5. Press

SAVE, ´

.

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Deleting an entry 1. Press

2. Press

3. Press OK. The display will show

CANCEL

4. Press

Dialing from the

Press

Î

ERASE

, then

’ or ”

.

. The display will ask

Erase item?

Item erased

if you do not want to erase the entry.)

´

Î, ’ or ”, DIAL

or

Î

.

.

. (Select

directory
Pause and link signal When adding a directory item or customizing a softkey,

you may need to insert a pause or a link signal.
appears when you are on a call to enable features such as
Transfer and Conference.

To insert a pause when you are predialing a number or
storing it in your directory, press

Ï

and select

LINK

Pause

.

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The display shows P.