Nortel Companion C3060 User manual

C3060 Portable Telephone
User Guide
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Contents
C3060 Portable Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Using your telephone directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Using your services directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Using your headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Customizing your portable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Extra features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Batteries and charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Accessories for your portable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Technical specifications for Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Caring for your portable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Using your C3060 Portable with
Meridian Companion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Using your C3060 Portable with
Companion 200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Using your C3060 Portable with
Norstar Companion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

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Getting started
Before you use your portable for the first time, see Safety
information onpage 38. You should charge its batterypack
overnight (See All about batteries and recharging
on page 32).
The parts of your
portable
Volume switch
Softkeys
Mute Navigation keys
Services
Menu
Directory
Line Power On/Off
Release calls
Terminate activity
Headset /data connector

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Tu r n t he p o r ta bl e o n Press and hold the kbutton for at least two seconds.
Tu r n t he p o r ta b le o f f Press the kbutton for at least two seconds.
Portable screen icons
Note: The three buttons directly below your portable’s display are
called softkeys. Their labels appear on the display with an underline
above the button to which they are assigned. A softkey label is shown
like this in this user guide: REDIAL.
Setting your
portable to ring You can set your portable to one of three ring options by
pressing the mbutton when the portable is idle. Select
one of the softkeys for FULL, CHIRP, or NONE then press the
OK softkey, or press the mbutton.
J,I,H,GBattery strength indicators (strong to very weak)
p, Q, PRadio signal strength indicator (strong to very weak)
V Vibrator indicator

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FULL provides a normal ring volume and cadence. CHIRP
provides one short ring at low volume. NONE provides no
audible ring.
Answering a call Press the ibutton. When the portable is ringing, you
can press the mbutton to stop the ringing/vibration and
continue to answer the call.
Adjusting the ringing
volume When the phone is ringing, you can adjust the ringing
volume with the volume switch. When the phone is not
ringing, use the Menu to access the volume adjustment
levels.
Adjusting the
speaker volume While on a call, pressing bor Bcan adjust the volume in
twelve steps. The steps 0 to 8 raise the volume, with step 0
the lowest volume. The steps 9 to 11 are for noisy
environments. The display shows the volume step for two
seconds as follows:
• after adjusting the volume
• before making or receiving a call at volume levels 9 to 11

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Making a call Dial the telephone number directly or:
• dial from your directory (See Using your telephone
directory on page 11)
• predial (See Customizing your portable on page 21)
• press a customized softkey (See Customizing softkeys on
page 30)
Accessing features
during a call You can access features or Computer Telephony
Integration (CTI) applications while on a call, by three
methods:
to increase volume,press here
to reduce volume,press here

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1. Press m, then select the appropriate softkey and dial the
access code digits.
2. Select an entry from your Services directory. (See Using
your services directory on page 15.)
3. Dial a feature from a programmable On-a-call softkey.
(See To assign a number to a softkey when the portable is
on a call on page 30.)
Ending a call Press the kbutton.
Making two calls in a
row Press NEXT after your first call. The portable maintains its
radio connection for another call.
Keeping your
connection
To maintain your call, stay in the radio coverage area. If you
have problems with your connection, retrace your steps. The
signal strength icon Qindicates if the signal is becoming
stronger or weaker.

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Muting a call To prevent your caller from hearing you, press mon the left
side of the portable. The display shows Microphone muted
and then i in j flashes. To end muting, press magain.
Redialing last
number Your portable is set up so that you can redial the last
number you dialed by pressing REDIAL when it appears.
Dialing the last caller You can view the names of the last two callers when LAST
appears on the display. Press LAST and ,or . to view
the names. Press >to view the number. Press DI A L to call
the number or ERASE to delete the number. To add the
name to the directory, press SAVE.