Amplicomms BigTel 1280 User manual

BigTel
1280
User Guide
Handleiding
Manual de
instrucciones

Contents
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Check box contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Set up your phone system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connect the base unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connect the cordless handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cordless handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Base unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Display icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Navigating the menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Open main menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Menu layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
First use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Making and receiving calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Making a call, answering a call, ending a call. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Handsfree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Volume control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Call log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chain dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Find handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Join a call in progress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Internal call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Create a new entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Ringtones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Set date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Set alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Handset settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Base settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Answering machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Answering machine display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Operating the answering machine from the base . . . . . . . . . 28
Switching the answering machine on/off (handset). . . . . . . . 28
Hear messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Record a memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Record personal announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playback/delete personal announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Call screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Call intercept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Delete messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Answer machine settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Help and support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Intended use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Phone location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Energy efficient power adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Medical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rechargeable batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hearing aid compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Technical details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Declaration of conformity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Getting started
Check box contents
If you have purchased a BigTel 1280 pack you should have:
• 1 base unit
• 1 AC power adaptor for the base unit
• 1 cordless handset
• 2 rechargeable batteries AAA 400 mAh NiMH
• 1 battery compartment cover
• 1 telephone line cord
Important: Please make sure you’ve read the safety informa-
tion on page 35 before you set up your phone system.
Important: Use only the power adaptors, telephone line cord
and batteries supplied with your BigTel 1280, otherwise your
phone may not work.
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Set up your phone system
Location
Place the base unit near a mains socket and a telephone wall jack
to ensure that the connection cables are long enough. Keep the
unit approx. 1 m away from other electronic devices to prevent
interference. The base unit uses radio signals to connect with the
cordless handset. Signal strength depends on the base unit's
location. The maximum range is 300 m based on an
unobstructed line of sight; the range is shorter inside buildings
because of walls and other obstacles.
Connect the base unit
1. Plug the connector on the cable end into the corresponding
jack on the rear side of the base and plug the power adaptor
into the wall socket.
2. Plug the small connector on the end of the telephone line cord
into the corresponding jack on the base and plug the other
end into the telephone jack.
Note: Guide the power adapter cable through the strain-relief tab
on the base.
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If you have DSL high-speed
Internet service, a DSL filter
(not included) is required
Mains power
wall socket
Telephone
wall jack
Telephone line jack Power cord
jack
Important: Use only the power adaptors, telephone line cord
and batteries supplied with your BigTel 1280, otherwise your
phone may not work.
Do not block access to the wall power supply with furniture
or other items.

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Connect the cordless handset
1. Open the battery compartment and insert the rechargeable
batteries. Observe the correct polarity.
2. Slide the battery compartment cover towards the centre of
the handset until it clicks into place.
For a full charge, the handset must be left in the base unit for at
least 16 hours (check the base unit’s power supply!).
Important: Use only the batteries supplied with this product.
If the batteries need to be replaced later on the same battery
type must be used.

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Controls
Cordless handset
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14
11
12
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1 Earpiece
2 Boost key
- To increase the volume in the handset. Press briefly during a
call to switch the amplification on - pressing again switches
the amplification off again.
If the amplifier function is activated, "Boost on" appears on
the display and the incoming call light (6) lights up.
3 Direct call keys M1/M2
- In idle mode, press to dial the stored number.
4 Menu/Select
- Press to show the menu.
- Press to select an item or save an entry/setting while in a
menu.
5 Call/Hands-free
- Press to make or answer a call.
- Whilst in a call: switch hands-free on/off.
6 Incoming call light
- Flashes when there is an incoming call.
7 Volume keys
- Press to adjust the listening volume during a call or answer
machine message playback.
8 Flash key
- Press to do a Flash function during a call.
- In predial, insert a 'R', it will do a flash function when press
Call key.
9 Mute/Delete
- Press to mute the microphone during a call.
- Press to silence the handset ringer temporarily while the
phone is ringing (the call can still be accepted if the caller
hasn't hung up).
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10 Phonebook/Up
- Press to review the phonebook when in idle.
- Press to scroll up while in menus or lists.
- Press to move the cursor to the left while entering names or
numbers.
11 End call/Cancel
- Press to hang up during a call.
- Press to cancel an operation/return to idle mode while in a
menu.
- Press and hold to switch off the handset when idle.
12 Redial/Pause
- In idle state: press to open redial list.
- Press to scroll down while in menus or lists.
- Press to move the cursor to the right while entering names
or numbers.
13 Alphanumeric keypad
- Press to enter numbers or characters/*/#.
- Press and hold key “0“ to enter a dialling pause.
- Press star key to switch between upper case and lower case
while entering characters.
- Press and hold hash key to switch the ringer on/off.
14 Microphone
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Base unit
1 Display
- Show the number of messages, and the other information.
2 Delete
- Press to delete the current message/announcement. Press
and hold down to delete all old (already heard) messages.
3 Repeat
- Press once to repeat the current message.
- Press twice to play the previous message.
4/9 Volume keys
- Press to adjust the ringer volume when incoming call with
ringer sound.
- Press to adjust the listening volume during message
playback.
4
5
6
7
9
8
1
3
2
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5 Play/Stop
- Press to start or stop message playback.
6 Answering machine on/off
- Press to turn the built-in answering machine on/off.
7 Page
- Press to page all handsets when in idle.
8 Skip
- Press to skip to the next message during message playback.
Display icons
Battery is low; place handset in charger to
recharge.
Full battery power level.
The handset speakerphone is in use.
Ringer off.
Keyboard locked.
Alarm activated.

Navigating the menu
This chapter describes how to use the menu to access features
on the telephone.
Open main menu
1. Press .
2. Use and to select the desired menu item and press .
3. Press to cancel an operation, back up to the previous
menu, or exit that menu.
4. Press to return to idle state.
Note: If a key is not pressed within 30 seconds, the telephone
automatically returns to idle mode.
Menu layout
Call log Details
Delete
Delete all
Call
Store number
Call log type
Sound Ringer External Melody ...
Internal Melody ...
Ringer volume Level ...
Silent Beep/Off
Tones Key beep
Confirmation
Battery low
No coverage
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Settings Handset settings Select base
Display Contrast
Handset name
Language
Auto answer
Memory keys
Register handset
Deregister
Handset reset
Base settings Ringer Ringtone
Ringer volume
Dial mode Tone/Pulse
Flash time 100/300/600 ms
System PIN
Base reset
Date/Time/Alarm Date/Time Time format
Date format
Enter time
Enter date
Alarm Alarm On/Off
Enter time
Ringtone

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Answer machine Play messages
Delete messages
Answer On/Off
Record MEMO
Outgoing message Record message Answer/Record
Answer only
Play message Answer/Record
Answer only
Answer settings Answer mode Answer/Record
Answer only
TAM language Deutsch/English
Answer delay 2/4/6/8 rings
Recording time 30/60/120 s /
Unlimited
Call screening
Remote access Enable/Disable

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First use
In delivery state the telephone is set to GERMAN language.
1. Eingab Zeit/Datum appears in the display.
2. Press .
3. Select Eingabe Uhrzeit and press .
4. Enter the time (hours/minutes) and press .
5. Select Eingabe Datum and press .
6. Enter the date (year/month/day) and press .
7. Press .
Set the language
1. Press .
2. Select Einstell. and press .
3. Select Mobilteil einstellen and press .
4. Select Sprache and press .
5. Select a language and press .

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Making and receiving calls
Making a call, answering a call, ending a call
To make a call
Enter the telephone number and press .
- or -
Press . When you hear a dial tone, enter the telephone
number.
To answer a call
Press .
To end a call
Press or place the handset in the base station.
Handsfree
Whilst in a call press .To deactivate, press the same key
again.
Volume control
Whilst in a call press the volume buttons on the side.
Mute
The mute function allows you to hear the other party but the
other party cannot hear you.
Whilst in a call press . Press again to resume the
conversation.

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Redial
The last 15 telephone numbers dialled are stored in the
system memory.
1. Press in idle state.
2. Select the desired entry with and .
3. Press to dial the telephone number.
Call log
Note:This function is only available if your telephone service
provider has activated the CLIP (Calling Line Identification
Presentation) service attribute. Please contact your service
provider for more information.
You can determine whether all calls are recorded or only calls
that were not accepted. Missed calls are indicated on the
display.
In the call log, new entries are marked with ●. After querying
the details or callback, the entries are marked with ❍.
Received calls are displayed without marking.
Calling from the caller list
1. In idle state press the menu key .
2. Select Call log and press .
3. Select the desired entry with and .
4. Press to dial the telephone number.