Oricom Care10 User Manual

Oricom Amplified Big
Button Phone
Care100

User Guide

N13134 The A-Tick shows thi s product complies with all current ACA stand ards.

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Memory storing key

Line socket

Red light for tone and
volume activation

Key to activate tone and
volume adjustment function

Direct memory buttons

Sending
volume
adjustment

Ring level
adjustment

Mute button

Flashing incoming ring indicator

Your Oricom Care100 features

Tone and volume adjustment
automatically activated each
time you hang-up the phone

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WARNING: This telephone product is specifically designed for people with
hearing difficulties and is provided with a handset earpiece volume control for
individual requirements. Due care must be taken by all users that the handset
earpiece volume control is set to the lowest level acceptable by each respective
user. Care should therefore be exercised to ensure that all users are familiar with
this requirement.

P1, P2, P3 priority
memories

Tone reception adjustment

Clip for wall mounting

Volume reception
adjustment

Handset cord socket

Last number
redial button

Recall button

Your Oricom Care100 features

Connecting the telephone

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1. Connect the handset curly cord.

2. Locate the battery compartment on the base of the phone.
Using a small phillips head screwdriver unscrew the small
screw and slide back the battery compartment door in
the direction of the arrow.

3. Insert four AAA 1.5V alkaline batteries (supplied) in the
battery compartment, observing the correct polarity.
Batteries must be installed if you wish to increase the
ring level by 10 dB.

4. Replace the battery door and replace the retaining screw.

5. Connect the telephone line cord.

6. Connect the telephone plug to the wall socket.

Connecting the telephone

Setting up your Oricom Care100

Setting up your Oricom Care100

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Telephone line cord

Telephone socket

Memory
index card

Battery
compartment

Wall mounting
screw holes

Recall switch
100 = Australia
600 = New Zealand

Handset curly cord

WARNING: Before installing or removing batteries,
make sure the telephone is NOT connected to the
telephone socket.

Screw

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product is compatible with all of Telecom's network services.
This equipment shall not be set to make automatic calls to
the Telecom "111" Emergency Service. This equipment may
not provide for the effective hand-over of a call to another
device connected to the same line.
This device may be subject to ringing or bell tinkle when
certain other devices are connected to the same line. If this
occurs, the problem should not be referred to the Telecom
Faults Service.

The Oricom Care100 telephone is intended to be used by
people who are hearing impaired. When they use the
telephone its loudness settings are likely to be set for their
use. If a person with normal hearing then tries to use the
telephone, they could receive a signal level into their ear that
damages their hearing. Telecom takes no responsibility
should such an event occur.

REN (RN for New Zealand)

The REN (Ringer Equivalence Number) or (RN) is of
significance only if you wish to connect more than 1
telephone to your telephone line. A standard telephone line
has a maximum REN capacity of 3 (RN of 5). It is possible
to connect 3(5) devices with a REN of 1 (RN of 1) with no
degradation to the product's performance. Exceeding this
limit may cause the volume of the ringer in any phone to
decrease or not ring at all.

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Warnings

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Warnings

Notes for operation in New Zealand

The grant of a Telepermit for any item of terminal equipment
indicates only that Telecom has accepted that the item
complies with the minimum conditions for connection to its
network. It indicates no endorsement of the product by
Telecom, nor does it provide any sort of warranty. Above all,
it provides no assurance that any item will work correctly in
all respects with another item of Telepermitted equipment of
a different make or model, nor does it imply that any