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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