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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY .........................................................................................................................................4
2 SETTING UP YOUR PHONE ..............................................................................................................................................5
INSTALLING YOUR DECT 221/225 .....................................................................................................................................................................5
CHARGING THE HANDSET .................................................................................................................................................................................5
REGISTERING YOUR HANDSET ..........................................................................................................................................................................6
3 ABOUT YOUR PHONE ........................................................................................................................................................7
YOUR HANDSET ......................................................................................................................................................................................................7
YOUR DECT 221/225 BASE STATIONS .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
ICONS ON YOUR HANDSET DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
EXPLORING THE MENUS ......................................................................................................................................................................................8
4 MAKING CALLS ...................................................................................................................................................................9
MAKING A CALL ......................................................................................................................................................................................................9
Preparatory Dialing (Pre-Dial) ...................................................................................................................................................................9
Redialling ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Off-hook redialling .......................................................................................................................................................................................10
Phonebook dialling ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
ENDING A CALL.......................................................................................................................................................................................................10
ANSWERING A CALL .............................................................................................................................................................................................11
HANDS FREE CALLS ...............................................................................................................................................................................................11
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
MUTING A CALL ......................................................................................................................................................................................................11
CHAIN DIALING ......................................................................................................................................................................................................12
RECALL .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
Making a second call ....................................................................................................................................................................................12
Answering a second call ..............................................................................................................................................................................12
5 USING YOUR PHONEBOOK ............................................................................................................................................ 13
VIEWING THE PHONEBOOK RECORDS .........................................................................................................................................................13
STORING A NAME AND NUMBER ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13
EDITING PHONEBOOK RECORDS ...................................................................................................................................................................14
DELETING PHONEBOOK RECORDS ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
DELETING THE ENTIRE PHONEBOOK ............................................................................................................................................................ 14
6 CALL RECORDS...................................................................................................................................................................15
FINDING OUT WHO CALLED YOU (CALL LIST).......................................................................................................................................... 15
Checking your call records.........................................................................................................................................................................15
Calling back from a call record .................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Saving the call records to your phonebook ............................................................................................................................................ 16
Deleting a call record .................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Deleting the entire call list .........................................................................................................................................................................16
FINDING OUT WHOM YOU HAVE CALLED (DIAL LIST) ........................................................................................................................... 16
Checking your dialed records .................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Saving the dial records to your phonebook ...........................................................................................................................................17
Deleting a dial record ..................................................................................................................................................................................17
Deleting the entire dial list ......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
7 PERSONALIZING YOUR PHONE ......................................................................................................................................18
PERSONALIZING YOUR PHONE’S DISPLAY ...................................................................................................................................................18
Giving your phone a name..........................................................................................................................................................................18
Setting your phone’s language .................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Turning the backlight on/off ........................................................................................................................................................................18
PERSONALIZING YOUR SOUNDS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Selecting your handset’s ring melody ....................................................................................................................................................... 19
Selecting your handset’s ring volume .......................................................................................................................................................19
Turning the key tone on/off ........................................................................................................................................................................19
8 ADVANCED FEATURES ......................................................................................................................................................20
DIAL MODE ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................20
FLASH DURATION .................................................................................................................................................................................................20
AREA CODE FORMATTING ................................................................................................................................................................................ 20
9 SYSTEM ................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
REGISTERING A HANDSET ................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
UN-REGISTERING A HANDSET ..........................................................................................................................................................................21
RESETTING .................................................................................................................................................................................................................22