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D3097 Series User's Guide
What's in the box?
Base AC adapter
D3097 base with
(PS-0034)
answering system
and cordless
Rechargeable
handset
battery pack
(BT-1025)
Telephone cord
Battery cover
Not shown:
Belt clip
You will also find:
DCX309
Rechargeable
If you purchased You should
accessory
battery pack
model number: have:
handset and
(BT-1025)
D3097 None
charger
D3097-2 1 of each
D3097-3 2 of each
Battery cover
:
:
:
:
D3097-12 11 of each
* If the model number ends in R, your
Ch
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What's in the manual? Staying in Range .................................................16 Getting Started ................................. 3 Installing Your Phone .......................................... 3 Using the Answering System .........17 Getting to Know Your Phone........................... 4 Answering System Options (Answering Using the Menus ................................................... 7 Setup) ....................................................................17 Entering T
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GETTING STARTED Test the Connection Installing Your Phone 1. Pick up the handset and press TALK/ Charge the Battery FLASH. The handset sounds a dial 1. Unpack all handsets, battery packs, tone, and the display shows Talk. and battery If you don't hear a dial tone or the - covers. If you display says Check Tel Line, check need to the connection between the base remove a and the phone jack. cover, press in 2. Make a quick test call. (Press TALK/ on the notch FLASH to hang up.) and slid
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Getting to Know Your Phone Parts of the Base Message Front view counter PLAY/STOP Speaker Volume Up/Down Cradle SILENT Charging Contacts REPEAT FIND HS SKIP SLOW Visual Ringer ANSWER GREET DELETE ON/OFF Key (icon) What it does In standby: start playing new messages. x PLAy/ STOP While playing a message: stop playing messages. x x While the phone is ringing: ignore this call (mute the ringer). VOLUME In standby or while the phone is ringing: increase/decrease the x UP/DOw N ringer volume.
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Key (icon) What it does While playing a message: delete this message. x In standby: delete all messages. DELETE x x While outgoing greeting is playing: Delete the greeting. Side View Key name What it does In standby: adjust the brightness of VISUAL RINGER ( H I G H / L O W / O F F ) Vi SUAL Ri NGER the base visual ringer (see page 13). In standby: cycle through 4 different AUDIO RINGER AUDi O Ri NGER ringer tones (see page 13). Parts of the Handset If the key name is spelled out on the key
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Key (icon) What it does During a call: hang up. x In any menu or list: exit and go back to the previous operation. x END/CLEAR While entering text: delete the last character, or press and hold x to delete all the characters. When entering text: insert a space. x When entering a number: insert a 2-second pause. x x When displaying Caller ID information: toggle Caller ID area #/Si LENT code display on and off. When in standby mode: press and hold for 2 seconds to display x the Silent Mo
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Icon What it means The volume of the earpiece is boosted (see page 13). The ringer is turned off: this handset will not ring when a call comes in. You have a voice message waiting (see page 16). P Privacy Mode is on: no other handset can use the line or join your call. The speakerphone is on. The battery is 1) fully charged, 2) half charged, 3) getting low, or 4) empty. T-coil mode is on. ANS ON Answering system status. You have a new answering system message (see page 19). Using the Menus Your
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Call Privacy Menu (Off-Hook Menu Only) This menu lets you turn Call Privacy on and off. With Call Privacy turned on, no other handsets can connect with your conversation. Going on-hook (ending your conversation) resets Call Privacy to off. Messages Menu Press MENU/OK and select Messages. You can select Play Message (from your answering system) or Voice Mail (from your provider's voice mail service). Answering System Messages When you select Play Messages from the Messages menu, the system ann
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Menu Option What it does Turn on T-coil mode to reduce noise on hearing aids T-coil equipped with a telecoil (T-coil) feature. T-coil mode shortens talk time, so keep your battery fully charged. Choose this handset's ring tone. As you highlight each ring Ringer Tones tone, you hear a sample. To confirm, press MENU/OK. Turn on personal ring so you can assign a special ring tone to Personal Ring people in your phonebook. With Caller ID, this handset uses the assigned tone when the person call
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Menu Option What it does Edit Voice Mail Edit your voice mail access number (see page 14). Select Set by Caller ID to allow phone network to Time Adjustment automatically set cordless phone system time. Call Blocking Menu See page 14 for a detailed description of the Call Blocking feature. Entering Text on Your Phone Use the 12-key dial pad anytime you want to enter text into your phone (a name in the phonebook, the handset banner, etc.). To... Press... To... Press... and hold MUTE/DELETE.(or
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Changing the Volume To change the... When... Press... earpiece volume for each handset you are listening to that UP to increase earpiece or speaker the volume. speaker volume (playing messages, etc.) DOw N to ringer volume* the phone is in standby decrease it. * If you turn the ringer all the way down, that particular ringer turns off. # If you want to change the volume of Caller ID announcements, change the ringer volume. Finding a Lost Handset With the phone in standby, press Fi ND on t
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Using Call Waiting If you get a Call Waiting call, the phone can sound a tone and display any CID information received for the waiting call. Press TALK/FLASH to switch between your current call and the waiting call; remember, each time you switch, there is a short pause before you're connected to the other caller. Using the Phonebook Each handset can store up to 200 entries in its phonebook. To... Press... open/close the phonebook PHONEBOOK. DOw N to scroll through the entries from A to Z. s
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USING SPECIAL FEATURES Using the Base Ringers Visual Ringer The visual ringer blinks for the following conditions: New messages Incoming call - outside line Incoming call - page Incoming call - intercom or intercom hold You can change the brightness of the base visual ringer. The Vi SUAL Ri NGER switch is on the right-hand side of the base. Slide the switch to Hgi H, Lwo , or o ff . (It doesn't affect the audio ringers.) Audio Ringer The AUDi O Ri NGER key is also on the right-hand sid
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To change the volume of CID announcements, change the ringer volume. To change the volume for all Caller Announce features, change the speaker volume. To make sure it doesn't interrupt a call or an intercom page, the phone only uses Caller Announce when it starts out in standby. It takes at least 2 rings for the phone to receive CID information and announce it. If the phone is answered before the end of the second ring, the phone won't announce the name of the caller. The Caller A
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Choose this... To... Edit this entry. The phone will prompt you to edit the name & Edit phone number. Delete Erase this entry from the list & allow calls from this number. Blocking a Number With the phone in standby, open the menu, select Call Blocking, then Create New. Enter the name and number to be blocked. Press MENU/OK to save the entry Using Multi-Handset Features # To use the features in this section, you need at least 2 handsets. Expanding Your Phone Your base supports a total of 1
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Intercom Whenever the phone is in standby, you can make an intercom call between handsets without using the phone line. You can make an intercom call from any handset, but only two handsets can be in an intercom call at any time. If an outside call comes in during an intercom page, the phone cancels the page so you can answer the incoming call. If an outside call comes in during an intercom call, press to hang up TALK/FLASH the intercom call and answer the outside call. To... Press
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If... Then... the handset and base are connected the handset sounds an error tone and Out (intercom call) and no signal from of Range displays. the base the outside line is put on Hold for 30 the handset is in Talk mode and seconds and then dropped. The LCD moves out of range alternately displays Out of Range and Check Base Power. the handset and base are in standby the LCD alternately displays Out of Range mode and the handset does not get and Check Base Power. a signal from the base for 5
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Menu Option What it does Turn your answering system on or off. (To turn your system Answer On/Off on or off from the base, just press ON/OFF.) Record Greeting Record an outgoing message or greeting (see below). Greeting Options Switch greetings or delete your greeting (see below). Accessing the Answering System With the phone in standby, you can access your system from the base or remotely from any handset. Only 1 handset or the base can access the system at a time. During remote access; Th
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Switch Between Greetings From the base From a handset 1. Press . The system 1. Press and select Answering Setup/ GREET MENU/OK plays back the greeting it is Greeting Options. currently using. 2. The current outgoing message plays. 2. Press again to switch GREET 3. During playback, press MENU/OK to switch greetings. between the preset outgoing message and the message you created. Delete Your Greeting From the handset, switch to your personal greeting; while it is playing back, press MUTE/D
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To... From the base From a handset stop playback Press PLAy/ STOP. Select 5:Stop. Screening Your Calls You can use the answering system for call screening. While the system takes a message, you can listen on the base speaker (if you turn on Call Screen) or from a handset. Only one handset can screen calls at a time. If another handset tries to screen the call, it beeps and returns to standby. To... From the base From a handset Press MENU/OK then select Ans. Setup/Call Screening turn on Call
