Alcatel F890 Voice USER’S GUIDE For more information, you can download full user guide or get on-line assistance: www.alcatel-home.
1. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (XP1050) When using your telephone equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and injury, including the following: 1) Read and understand all the instructions. 2) Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. 3) Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.
1.1. Package Contents The package contains the following items: • Alcatel F890 Voice handset • Alcatel F890 Voice base unit • AC power adaptor • Telephone line cord (with T plug for France) • 2 NiMH rechargeable battery cells • 6 User Guides - Additional telephone plugs The additional duo and trio package contain the following items: • Handset(s) • Charger(s) • Mains power adapter(s) • Rechargeable battery cells 1.2.
2. INSTALLING YOUR PHONE 2.1. Installing and Charging the Batteries 1) Slide down to open the battery compartment cover. 2) Place the 2 supplied rechargeable batteries as indicated. Pay extra attention to direction of polarity. 3) Slide the battery compartment cover back. 4) Put the handset on the base and charge for 15 hours before using the handset for the first time. The handset will give a beep when it is properly placed on the base or charger.
2.2. Connecting the Base Station 1) Plug one end of the telephone line cord into the telephone jack on base bottom. 2) Plug the small end of power adapter into a power jack on base bottom. 3) Plug the large end of power adapter into a wall power outlet. 4) Plug the other end of the telephone line cord into the telephone jack or micro-filter. 5) Always use the cables provided in the box. If you have broadband service, a micro-filter (not included) is required. 2.3.
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PHONE 2.4. Handset Overview 1. <-> (Right option) ◼ ◼ ◼ Press to confirm the option displayed on the screen above the button, delete or go back to the previous screen. In answer machine mode: Delete the current message playing. In idle mode: Press to scroll through your calls history 2. Press to access to operator services* ◼ 3. <3> During a call: Press to end a call and go back to idle screen. In menu/editing mode: Press to go back to idle screen.
6.<6> In idle mode: Press to enter call lists (incoming and outgoing) In menu mode: Press to scroll down the menu items. During a call: Press to decrease the volume. 7.<7> In editing name: Press to switch different input text modes (Abc, abc, ABC, 123). 8.<8> In editing name: Press to add a space. 9.<9> In idle mode: Press and hold to activate key lock or deactivate key lock. 10.<10> In idle mode: Press and hold to dial a stored number in key 1 to 9.
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1. Press to turn on the answering machine. Press again to turn off the answering machine. 2. Press to play the message Press again to stop message playback 3. Increase (+) speaker volume during message playback 4. Decrease (-) speaker volume during message playback 5. Press to skip the current message and play the next message 6. Press to skip backward to the previous message. 7.
2.5. LCD There are 2 modes of LCD screen in standby mode: 2.5.1. Clock mode (appears when idle mode is kept idle over 30 seconds) 2.5.2. Idle mode (Idle screen) Show how much battery level. Scrolls when charging. Flashes when battery needs recharging. On: missed call(s) in the Calls list with number of calls displayed. On: answer machine message(s) received with number of messages displayed. On - alarm is set. Flashing - alarm time has been reached. Off - alarm off.
The keypad is locked. Handset ringer is switched off. = outgoing call made = incoming call received = missed call = voice message = New voice mail = for a number in the call list, indicates that this number is blocked 4. USING YOUR PHONE 4.1. Follow the set-up Wizard Follow the set-up wizard to set the time and date, record your outgoing message for the answer machine, set up call blocking and add contacts. Keep following the prompts until you’ve completed the set-up wizard. 4.1.1.
Réglages Ajustes Impostazioni Einstellungen Instellingen Definições Settings 2. Press Sélect (FR) / Selecc.(ES) / Selez.(IT) / Ausw.(DE) / Kies (NL) / Selec (PT) / Select (EN). 3. Press to highlight FR ES IT DE NL PT EN Restaurer Restaurar Reset Zurücksetzen Reset Reiniciar Reset 4. Press Sélect (FR) / Selecc.(ES) / Selez.(IT) / Ausw.(DE) / Kies (NL) / Selec (PT) / Select (EN), 5. Press to highlight FR Prog. Base ES Ajustes base IT Impost. Base DE NL PT Def.
4.2.2 Direct Dialing Press to take the line and enter the phone number. 4.3. Answer a Call When you receive a call, the phone rings and the display show Incoming call and “incoming call’. If you’ve got a caller display service, the display shows the caller’s number if it’s available or the caller’s name if it matches an entry stored in your contacts list.
3. Press key to exit. 1. 2. 4.8.3. Dial a redial entry Repeat the step 1 to 2 in section 4.8.1. Press (or press the key twice in handsfree mode) to dial the selected number. 4.8.4. Delete a redial entry 1. Repeat step 1 and 2 in section 4.8.1. 2. Select Options by pressing left option key. 3. Press or to select Delete Call. 4. Select Select by pressing left option key to delete the displayed number. Call deleted will be shown. You hear a confirmation tone. 4.9.
2. Press to highlight De-register and press Select. 3. 4. Press or to highlight the handset you wish to de-register and press Select. If the system PIN is not 0000 then you will be prompted to enter it, then select OK. If it is 0000, you will continue straight to point 6. The display will show De-registering handset and once successful the display will confirm the handset has been de-registered 5. Notes: ◼ ◼ 5.
2. Press or to scroll to the entry you want to edit and select Options. 3. Press to highlight Edit contact and press Select. 4. Edit the name by pressing Left or Right button to move cursor left or right and Clear to delete characters and use the keypad to enter new ones, then press to move the cursor to edit any of the numbers you have stored, using Clear to delete digits and re-enter any new ones, then select Save. The display will show Contact saved. 5.4. Delete contact(s) 1.
1. Select Menu, scroll down using to display Speed Dial List and press Select. 2. Press or to highlight the entry you want to delete and select Options. 3. Scroll down to highlight Delete and press Select. 4. Delete speed dial x? is displayed, select Yes. Speed dial x deleted will be displayed. 7.Phone Settings 7.1. Handset Settings 7.1.1. Set Ringer melody and volume 1. Select Menu, press or to select Settings, 2. Press Select, Sounds is highlighted 3.
7.2.1. Set an alarm 1. Select Menu, scroll down using to display Clock/ Alarm and press Select. 2. Alarm is highlighted, press Select. 3. Press or to display the alarm frequency you want: Off, On once, On daily, Mon to Fri or Sat &Sun. 4. Press and enter the alarm time. 5. Press and to select the melody you want. Select Save. Stopping the alarm when it goes off When the alarm goes off, the selected melody will play at an ascending volume.
7.3.5. Reset the handset or base settings 1. Select Menu, press or to select Settings, 2. Press Select, press to highlight Reset and press Select. 3. H/set settings is highlighted, press Select or press to highlight Base settings and then press Select. 4. Reset settings back to default? is displayed, select Yes. 5. Resetting Settings. settings… is displayed while the reset takes place.
8. CALLER DISPLAY (Network dependent) This feature is available if you have subscribed the Caller Line Identification service with your telephone service provider. If your caller’s name is stored in your contacts list and it matches the number calling, you’ll see the caller’s name and where they are calling from (i.e. Home, Mobile or Work) on the display instead. If you receive a call from a number you have stored in your Blocked calls list, Blocked will be displayed under the name or number.
3. Press to display either Delete call or Delete all and press Select. Call deleted will be displayed if you have deleted one entry. 4. if you chose to delete all then you will need to confirm by selecting Yes. 9. VOICE MAIL (NETWORK DEPENDENT) By subscription to your operator, you can have your calls diverted to a voicemail box when you are absent. For more details, contact your operator. When new voice mail message is received, an “voice mail” icon appear on the screen.
11. Call Control Settings Under the Call control menu, it has 4 sub-menus: 1. Call Blocking, 2. Do Not Disturb, 3. VIP list. 4. Change PIN 1. Call Blocking* It allows you to block calls in three different ways (Announce, Ans.Phone, Custom) 2. Do Not Disturb When Do Not Disturb is switched on, your calls will get through and show on the screen but your handset won’t ring and the handset display won’t light up. 3. VIP list* It allows you to manage calls to and from your favorite/ important contacts.
2) Answering Phone All calls not in your Contacts, Allowed list or VIP list are sent straight to the Answer Phone including those on your Blocked list. 3) Custom You choose how you’d like to handle all your calls. In Announce mode (default setting), your phone will filter all first time calls from numbers that are not yet saved in your Contacts, or not on your allowed list. By doing this, you gradually build up these lists and your phone will know how to deal with the call the next time it comes in. 11.1.1.
The number will be blocked and added to the blocked calls list if Caller number is displayed. If the number calls again, the caller will hear, “Callers to this number are being screened by Call Blocking, the person you are calling is not accepting your call. Please hang up”. 3. During a call If you have already answered the call and you want to block the number, press .
• You’ll see the caller’s number (if available) in the Calls list with "Call block" . Remember: if you’ve blocked a contact, all the numbers in the same contact will also be blocked. 11.1.10. How to add numbers straight to your Blocked and Allow lists Aside from adding numbers to your Block and Allow list as calls come through, you can also add numbers directly to the lists via your Call Control menu. 11.1.11. To add a number to the block list 1. In idle mode, press . 2.
If you’ve already added contacts to your VIP’s, the list will be displayed when you enter the VIP list menu. You can then select Options to add VIPs, remove VIPs or assign a VIP ringtone. Press to select 1 of items, press Select or OK. 12. Answering Machine The answering machine can record and store up to 50 minutes. Each message can be up to 3 minutes in length depending on the message length set.
12.2.2. Play the current outgoing message 1. Follow the instructions above from 1 to 3 and then: 2. Press to highlight Play message and press Select to hear the outgoing message. 3. You can delete it if you want to by selecting Delete. 12.2.3. Use the pre-recorded outgoing message 1. Follow the instructions above from 1 to 3 and then: 2. Press to highlight Use default msg and press Select 3. Press or to choose On.
To adjust the base call screening volume, go to the Call screening menu as above, choose Base and scroll through to find Volume. Scroll left or right to choose between different volumes and press the Left option button to Save 12.6.2. Using call screening 12 When the phone rings, wait for the answer machine to take the call. When the caller begins to leave a message, the display will show Leaving a message, underneath the caller number.
4. A confirmation question will be displayed, select Yes to confirm deletion Note: In idle mode, press . The base will announce, “To delete all old messages, press Delete”, press again within 3 seconds to delete all old messages. You will hear, “All old messages deleted.” 12.9. Save a number in the answer phone message list to your contacts 1. Select Menu, Answer Phone is displayed, press Select. 2. View Messages will be displayed, press Select.
3 To delete during messages 4 To skip back during messages 5 To set Answer machine OFF, or ON 6 To skip forward during messages 8 To play your outgoing message 9 To record a new outgoing message # To set to Answer Only, or Answer & Record 0 To hear the main menu options 13.
No dial tone Is the telephone cord plugged into the phone socket? • Check that the mains power is switched on. • Only use the telephone cord supplied with the phone. • The telephone line cord might be malfunctioning. Install a new telephone line cord. • Move the handset closer to the telephone base. It might be out of range. • Disconnect the telephone and connect a different telephone. If there is no dial tone on this telephone, the problem is in your wiring or local service.
15. Guarantee 16. Safety In the event of an electrical hazard, the mains adapter acts as 230V power isolating device. It should therefore, as a precaution, be installed close to the appliance and be easily accessible. To disconnect the device from the primary power source, the mains adapter must be removed from the 230V AC/50 Hz socket. If the mains adapter fails, it must be replaced by an identical model.
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