Topcom 575s User Manual

Butler 575

USER GUIDE

MANUAL

!! Important !!

Before installing your Butler 575,

please contact your telephone provider to obtain

the CLIP subscription (display caller).

Without this subscription, the clip function

Antes de instalar su Butler 575, contacte con

su proveedor telefónico para obtener la suscripción al

Servicio de Información de Llamada Entrante.

¡Sin esta suscripción, el equipo no funcionará !

does not work !

!! Importante !!

Butler 575

1 INSTALLATION 4
2 SYMBOLS 4
3 DESCRIPTION OF THE PHONE 6

3.1 HANDSET 6

3.2 BASE UNIT 6

4 OPERATION TELEPHONE 7

4.1 Answering Incoming Calls 7

4.2 Outgoing Calls 7

4.3 External Call Transfer 8

4.4 Pause 8

4.5 Call Duration 8

4.6 Mute 9

4.7 Paging 9

4.8 Activate a handset (power on) 9

4.9 Out of Range 9

4.10 Empty Battery 9

4.11 Handset Lock 10

4.12 CLIP Function 10

4.13 Memory numbers 10

5 FUNCTIONS 11

5.1 The Base station 11

5.2 Select a base station 12

5.3 Subscribing a handset to a base station 12

5.4 Desubscribing a Handset 13

5.5 Speaker volume 14

5.6 Ringing tones 14

5.7 Internal Ring Volume and Melody 15

5.8 Key click ON/OFF 15

5.9 Ring Melody Base unit 16

5.10 Ring Volume Base unit 16

5.11 Call Barring 16

5.12 Direct Call (Babycall) 17

5.13 Handset PIN code 18

5.14 The RFPI code 18

5.15 Change Master PIN Code (base station) 19

5.16 Base unit Reset 19

5.17 Reset Handset 20

6 WARRANTY 21

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1 INSTALLATION

• Open the battery cover of the handset and insert 3 AAA NiNH batteries

• Connect one end of the adaptor cable to the electric socket and the other end to
the adapter connection PWR (1) at the bottom of the Butler 575.

• Plug one end of the phone cable into the telephone line wall socket and the other
end into the TEL (2) connection at the bottom of the unit.

Charging the Handset Battery

To charge the battery, position the handset on the base unit. Before you use the
phone for the first time, charge the batteries for 24 hours. If the battery is charged
correctly, you should hear a beep sound when placing the handset on the base unit.
When the battery is almost empty, the battery symbol appears on the display.

2 SYMBOLS

The first line of the display( 1 ) :
The first line of the display shows a maximum of 12 numbers or letters.

The second line of the display ( 2 ) :
On the second line of the display 6 symbols are displayed indicating the operation
status of handset.

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A N T E N N A

When the ANTENNA symbol appears on the display, this indicates that the
handset is located within the working range of the base unit. When the
handset is out of the working range of the base unit, “RANGE OUT” will be
visible on the display.

O F F H O O K

The OFFHOOK symbol appears when the hookswitch is pressed to call and
the handset and base unit are connected.

EXTERNAL CALL

The EXT symbol is used for external calls and is also displayed on all the
subscribed handsets.

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

INTERNAL CALL

The INT symbol is used for internal calls between handsets. It is displayed on
the corresponding handsets only.

B A T T E R Y

The BATTERY symbol is shown when the battery is almost empty and needs
to be recharged.

L O C K

The LOCK symbol is displayed when the handset is locked. The unit can only
receive incoming calls. All buttons are deactivated, except for the Power
button.

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3 DESCRIPTION OF THE PHONE

3.1 Handset

1 Hookswitch / End Menu button
2 Memory / OK button
3 Function / Flash button [F/R]
4 Mute / Erase / Escape /

Memory Clear button
5 Power / Lock / Volume button
6 Handset Internal Call /

Call Transfer button [INT]
7 Redial / Pause button [R/P]
8*Asterisk button
9 # b u t t o n

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3.2 Base unit

1 Power On LED

The base unit is activated (ON).
2 Battery LED

The Battery indicator burns

while it’s charging
3 In Use LED

When the Hookswitch button

is pressed to call, the In Use LED

is burning.
4 Paging button

To find the handsets connected to

your base unit, press the Paging

button on the base unit.
5 A n t e n n a

It improves the reception between

handset and base unit.

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4 OPERATION TELEPHONE

4.1 Answering Incoming Calls

The user can accept an incoming internal or external call by pressing the Hookswitch
button. The INT (internal incoming call) or the EXT (external incoming call) symbol
blinks on the display. As soon as the call is accepted, the symbol stabilizes on the
display. In the event of internal calls, only the called handset will ring and show a
flashing INT symbol. The number of the calling handset is displayed on the left hand
side of the display. In the case of an external call, all free handsets will ring and all
handsets (free or busy) will show a flashing EXT symbol.

4.2 Outgoing Calls

4.2.1 External outgoing calls

• When you want to make a phone call, press the Hookswitch button .

• The following symbol is displayed .

• You will hear the dial tone and “EXT“ appears on the display.

• Enter the telephone number. After 10 sec. the call duration is shown on the display.

• To end the call, press the Hookswitch button .

• After the call, the display shows the call duration for another two seconds.

4.2.2 External Call Setup with Dial Preparation

• Enter the desired telephone number.

• Press the Hookswitch button.

During the dialling, the number can be corrected by pressing the Erase button .
The maximum number of digits you can enter is 25. If the user tries to enter more
than 25 digits, an error tone is generated and the excessive digits are ignored.

4.2.3 Redial

The last three dialled numbers are saved in the Redial memory. They can be called
by pressing the Redial button [R/P].

• Press the Redial button repeatedly to step through the different numbers in the

Redial memory.

• Press the Hookswitch button .

The Redial button also functions as a Pause button (see 4.4 Pause).

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4.2.4 Internal Calls between Handsets

If you want to talk to another handset, take the following steps :

• Press the [INT] button.

• Enter the number of the desired handset.

• When the called handset starts to ring, the Hookswitch will be pressed to

answer the incoming internal call.

• Press the Hookswitch button when you want to terminate the internal call.

Note : When a handset is in communication with another handset, you will hear a busy tone when
you try to reach one of these handsets.

4.3 External Call Transfer

When you are in communication with an external caller and you want to transfer
this external call to another internal handset, take the following steps :

• Press the [INT] button, followed by the number of the desired handset.

• As soon as the called handset starts to ring, the Hookswitch will be pressed.

Both handsets are now connected.

• The first handset will connect the external call to the second handset by pressing

the Hookswitch.

If the second handset doesn’t answer, press the [INT] button again and the fir s t
handset will be connected to the external call again.

4.4 Pause

While entering a phone number you can add a pause to this number by pressing the
Pause button [R/P]. It should not be the first digit of a telephone number otherwise
the Pause button will be interpreted as a Redial button.

4.5 Call Duration

During and after an external call, the call duration is shown on the display.

• After picking up the handset, the call duration

appears after 10 seconds.

• When the call is finished, the call duration will be

visible for another 2 seconds.
The time is displayed in the following format : [mm : ss] (minutes : seconds).

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4.6 Mute

It is possible to deactivate the microphone during a conversation. Now you can talk
freely without being heard by your correspondent.

•Press and hold the Mute button for 1 second
during a conversation.

• “MUTED” is shown on the display.

• When you want to continue the conversation, press the Mute button again.

4.7 Paging

To find one or more lost handsets, press the Paging button on the base unit.

• All subscribed handsets will emit a signal and
“BASE->PAGING” is shown on the display.

• When you have retrieved the handset, press the
Hookswitch button to turn off the signal.
Paging a handset is not possible when the unit is in communication or is receiving
a phone call.

4.8 Activate a handset (power on)

• The handset can be activated/deactivated by
pressing the Power button .

• When you activate a handset, you will hear a
warning signal. The handset is looking for the base station.

MUTED

BASE --> PAGING

SEARCHING FP

4.9 Out of Range

• When the handset is out of the working range of
the base unit or when it’s not subscribed to the
base unit, it will emit a warning tone.

• You have to move closer towards the base unit or you have to subscribe the
handset to the base unit. (see 5.3 Subscribing a handset to a base station)

4.10 Empty Battery

• When the battery is almost empty, you will
hear a warning tone.

• The battery symbol is shown on the display.

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RANGE OUT

MULTI 1

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4.11 Handset Lock

When the handset is locked, outgoing calls are no longer possible. Incoming calls
can still be received without any problem.

• If you want to lock a handset, press and hold the
Lock button for 1 second.

• To deactivate the handset lock, press the Lock
button briefly .

4.12 CLIP Function

When the unit receives a phone call, the caller’s phone number is shown on the
handset’s display.

4.13 Memory numbers

The handset is capable of storing 10 telephone numbers in the memory.

4.13.1 Programming memory numbers

A memory number can be programmed as follows:

• Enter the phone number.

• Press the Memory button. The letter “M” is
added to the end of the number in the display.

• Enter the desired memory location, for ex. 9.

LOCK

091120010M

MEM 9

• Two seconds later the telephone number
appears on the display again for 15 seconds
to confirm.

• The unit returns to idle mode.

4.13.2 Erasing a memory number

To erase a memory number, you have to do the following:

• Press the Memory button.
“MEM” appears on the display.

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091120010

MULTI 1

MEM

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• Press the Erase button, “M_CLEAR” appears
on the display.

• Enter the memory location, for ex. 9.

• The memory location is empty again.

• The unit returns to idle mode.

4.13.3 Calling a memory number

• Press the Memory button.
“MEM” appears on the display .

• Enter the memory location, for ex. 9.
The programmed number appears on the display.

• Press the Hookswitch button. The number on the
display will be dialled.

You can also call a memory number as follows :

• Press the Hookswitch button.

• Press the Memory button.

• Enter the number of the memory location, for ex. 9.

• The number is shown on the display and is dialled.

M_CLEAR

EMPTY

MULTI 1

MEM

091120010

091120010

5 FUNCTIONS

5.1 The Base station

Handsets can be subscribed to 4 different base stations. When a handset is
subscribed to several base stations, you can choose which base station you want to
work with.

Note : When you select “BASE NO : AUTO”, the base unit is searched automatically. If there are
more than two base units, the handset selects an arbitrary base station. This is only possible when
the handset is subscribed to several base units.

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5.2 Select a base station

• Press the Function button until “SELECT BASE”
appears on the display.

• Press the OK button.

• The base number is shown on the display, for ex.
“BASE NO : 1”.

• Press the Function button.

• The base numbers appear on the display
“BASE NO : 1 ~ 4, AUTO”.

• When the desired base number is shown on the
display, for ex. “BASE NO : 2”, press the OK
button.

• Let’s assume that the handset was subscribed to
base unit 2 and that the handset number is now
“MULTI 1”. If you want to subscribe this handset
to base unit 2 again, select de base unit
“BASE NO: 2” and press the OK button. Display :“NEW BASE:2”

Note : If the handset was never subscribed to base station 2,
the following is displayed : “NOT SUB2”.

• On the display “BASE : 2” is shown.

• Press the OK button to subscribe the new base
s t a t i o n .

• The unit returns to idle mode, “MULTI 2” appears
on the display.

SELECT BASE

BASE NO: 1

BASE NO: 2

NEW BASE: 2

NOT SUB2

BASE: 2

MULTI 2

5.3 Subscribing a handset to a base station

To be able to make and receive telephone calls, the handset must be subscribed to
the base unit. A new handset can only be subscribed to the base unit when the
base unit is in subscription mode. Press and hold the Paging button for 15 secs until
you hear a beep tone. The base unit is now in subscription mode.

• Press the Function button until “H-REGISTER”
appears on the display.

• Press the OK button.

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H--REGISTER

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• On the display “SEARCH BS 1” is shown.

• Press the Function button.

• The base number changes from 1 to 4.

• As soon as the handset has found the correct
base number, press the OK button.

• When the handset is looking for the base unit,
the RFPI Code is displayed. Every base unit has its
own code.

• When “PIN : “ is displayed, enter the PIN code of
the base unit.

• After entering the 4 digit PIN code, press the
OK button.

SEARCH BS 1

00004--00 :AB

PIN:

PIN: ++++

• The unit returns to the “H-REGISTER” menu.

5.4 Desubscribing a Handset

It is possible to terminate the subscription of a handset from the base unit. This is
done by entering the handset number.

• Press the Function button until “BASE SETTING”
is shown on the display.

• Press the OK button.

• Press the Function button until “HANDY DESUB”
is displayed.

• Press the OK button.

• The handset number appears on the display.

• Press the Function button and the handset
numbers from 2 to 5 are displayed.

• Press the OK button when the handset number,
that needs to be desubscribed, is shown on the
display, for ex. “HANDY NO : 2”.

Note : You can desubscribe each handset except the one you are descubscribing with and “Multi 1”.
For ex. handset number 3 (Multi 3) can’t desubscribe handset number 1 (Multi 1) nor itself (Multi 3).
You can desubscribe the other handsets.

H--REGISTER

BASE SETTING

HANDY DESUB

HANDY NO:2

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