Oricom CARE620-1 User manual

CARE620/CARE820
Amplified Big Button Cordless Phone
USER GUIDE
Keep this user guide for future reference. Always retain yourproof of
purchase in case of warranty service.

Important Safety Instructions
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2IMPORTANT NOTICE ............................ 5
Package contents:.................................. 7
INSTALLING YOUR PHONE ................... 8
Connecting the base station.................. 8
Installing and charging the batteries..... 8
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Need Help?
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using your Oricom product nowor in the
future, call Oricom Support.
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Important Safety
Instructions

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 useliquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth
for cleaning.
4. Do not use this product near water (for example, near a
bath tub,kitchen sink, swimming pool).
5. Do not expose the telephone to direct sunlight or extreme cold
environment.
6. Do not put the telephone close to heating sources such as
radiators,cookers, etc.
7. Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can
result in the risk of fire or electric shock.
8. Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer
servicing to qualified service provider under the
following conditions:
•When the power supply cord or plug is damaged or frayed.
•If the product does not operate normally by following the
operatinginstructions.
•If the product has been dropped and the cabinet has been

damaged.
•If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance.
9. Avoid using a telephone (other than a cordless type) during an
electrical storm. There may be a remote risk of electric shock
from lightning.
10.Do not use the telephone to report a gas leak in the vicinity of
the leak.
11.Use only the supplied NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) batteries.
The operation periods for the handsets are only applicable
with thedefault battery capacities
12.The use of other battery types or non-rechargeable
batteries/primarycells can be dangerous. These may cause
interference and/or unit damage. The manufacturer will not be
held liable for damage arisingfrom such non-compliance

13.Do not use third party charging bays. The batteries
may bedamaged.
14.Please note the correct polarity while inserting the batteries.
15. Do not immerse batteries in water, do not place in
fire.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Under power failure conditions, this telephone may not operate.
Please ensure that a separate telephone, not dependent on local
power, is available for emergency use.
Notes for operation in New Zealand
The grant of a Telepermit for any item of terminal equipment
indicates only that Spark has accepted that the item complies with
the minimum conditions for connection to its network. It indicates no
endorsement of the product by Spark, nor does it provide any sort
of warranty. Above all, it provides no assurance that any item will
work correctly in all respects with another item of Telepermitted
equipment of a different make or model, nor does it imply that any
product is compatible with all of Spark’snetwork services.
This equipment may not provide for the effective hand-over of a call
to another device connected to the same line.
This equipment should not be used under any circumstances that
may constitute a nuisance to other Spark Customers.
REN (RN for New Zealand)
The REN (Ringer Equivalence Number) or (RN) is of significance
only if you wish to connect more than 1 telephone to your
telephone line.A standard telephone line has a maximum REN
capacity of 3 (RN of 5). It is possible to connect 3 devices with a
REN of 1 (RN of 1) with no degradation to the product’s
performance. Exceeding this limit maycause the volume of the
ringer in any phone to decrease or not ring at all.

Important: This equipment may not provide for the effective hand-
over of a call to another device connected to the same line. The recall
facility of this product may not always operate correctly on some
parts of theSpark network or on some PABXs available on the
market. If this is the case then 'recall' can be activated by
'flashing' the switch-hook or repeat use of the recall button.
RECALL PROBLEMS WITH THIS PRODUCT ARE NOT TO BE
REPORTED TO THE SPARK FAULTS SERVICE.
All persons using this device for recording telephone conversations
shall comply with New Zealand law. This requires that at least
one party to the conversation is to be aware that it is being
recorded. In addition, the Principles enumerated in the Privacy Act
1993 shall be complied with in respect to the nature of the personal
information collected, the purpose for its collection, how it is used
and what is disclosed to any other party.

Package contents:
The package contains the following:
Oricom CARE620-1/CARE820-1 Pack Contents
- 1 x Cordless Handset
- 1 x Base
- 1 x Line Cord
- 1 x AC Power Adaptor
- 2 x AAA NiMH Batteries
- 1 x User Guide
Oricom CARE620HS Pack Contents
- 1 x Additional Handset
- 1 x Charging Base Station

INSTALLING YOUR PHONE
Connecting the base station
1) Plug the power supply & line cord into the base station.
2) Plug the power supply & line cord into the mains socket.
3) Always use the cables provided in the box.
Oricom CARE620-1 Oricom CARE820-1
Installing and charging the batteries
1) Slide off the battery compartment cover to remove it.
2) Place the 2 batteries as indicated. Respect polarity.
3) Slide the battery compartment cover back.
4) Place handset on base and charge batteries for 16 hours
for the first charge. A beep indicates that the handset is
properly placed on the base or charger.

Please note:
1. Use only the power adaptor provided for the base station.
2. Use only NiMH rechargeable batteries.
3. If the handset will not be used for a long time, disconnect and
remove the batteries to prevent possible leakage.

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PHONE
Overview of the Handset
MENU/OK
•Menu button is located half way down the handset on the
left hand side
•In standby mode: Press to access the main menu
•In sub-menu mode: Press to confirm the selection
•During a call: Press to
access Intercom/
Phonebook/ Redial List/ Call
List
SMART CALL BLOCK/CLEAR/BACK
•Call block/clear/back button is located half way down
handset on right hand side, directly opposite the menu
button.
•In main menu mode: Press to select the Call Block
Setting menu
•In ringing mode: Press to block incoming call if
BLOCK SET. is set to ON.
•In sub-menu mode: Press to
go backto previous menu.
•In editing / predialing mode: Press to clear a character
/ digit. Press and hold to delete all characters / digits.
UP
•Up button is located just above the call block button on
right hand side of handset

•In standby mode: Press to access the phonebook
•In menu mode: Press to
scroll up themenu items
•In Phonebook list / Redial
list / Call List: Press to scroll
up the list
•During a call: Press to
increase the volume
•In editing mode: Press to
move the cursor one
character to the left.

DOWN
•The down button is located under the call block/clear/back
button on the right hand side of the handset, half way
down.
•In standby mode: Press to access the redial list
•In menu mode: Press to
scroll down the menu items
•In Phonebook list/Redial
list/CallList: Press to scroll
down the list
•During a call: Press to
decrease the volume
•In editing mode: Press to move the cursor one character
to the right.
TALK ON/SPEAKER
•Speaker button is located on the lefthand side of the
handset, half way down, underneath the Menu button
•In standby/predialing mode: Press to make a call
•In Redial list/Call
List/Phonebook entry: Press
to make a call to the
selected entry in the list
•During ringing: Press to answer a call
•During a call: Press to
switch tospeaker mode
TALK OFF

•Talk off button is on right hand side of handset just over
half way down, and on opposite side from the speaker
button
•During a call: Press to end a call and go back to standby
screen
•In menu/editing mode: Press
to go back to standby screen
•In standby mode: Press and
hold to power off the handset
•During call blocking: Press
to unsave the incoming call to
Call Block list

ALPHANUMERIC KEYPAD, * (STAR symbol), # (HASH symbol)
•Star button is located below the numbers on the bottom left
hand corner of the handset. The hash button is on the
opposite side, at the lower right hand corner.
•Press to insert a digit/character/*/ # 1, 2, 3, key in standby
mode: Press and hold to dial pre-recorded number stored
in DIRECT MEM.
• 0 key in predialling mode/during a call: Press and hold to
insert flash
•key in standby mode: Press and hold to intercom other
handset(s)
•# key in predialling mode / during a call: Press and
hold to insert pause
•* key during a call: Press and hold to start
conference call (in intercom mode)
M1, M2
•Memory 1 and Memory 2
buttons are located beneath
the display screen on the
handset just over a third of
the way down. M1 is on the
left hand side and M2 is on
the right hand side.
•In standby mode /During a
call: Press to dial pre-
recorded number stored in

DIRECT MEM.
AUDIO BOOST
•Audio boost button is located in between the M1 and M2
buttons, beneath the screen, just over a third of the way
down the handset.
•During a call: Press to audio boost on/off (inactive in
speakerphone mode)
EARPIECE
MICROPHONE
HANDSET LED
•During charging: On
•In ringing mode/Paging mode:
Flashing quickly
•(for CARE820) When new voice mail:
Flashslowly
•(for CARE820) When new voice
mail or newvoice message (TAM):
Flash slowly

Oricom CARE620-1 Base Station Overview
IN USE LED- BLUE LIGHT
•Light is steady when in talk mode.
•Light flashes when receiving an incoming call, or handset
is off cradle during registration.
PAGE
•Press to page your handset(s). It will ring for approximately
60 seconds.
•Press and hold to enter registration mode for 5 seconds
Oricom CARE820-1 Base Station Overview
IN USE LED-BLUE LIGHT
•Light is steady while the handset is charging, in use, or
handset is on cradle during registration.

• Light flashes when receiving an incoming call,
or handset is off cradle during registration.
TAM ON/OFF
•12 o’clock position. Press to turn on
the answering machine. Press
again to turn off the answering
machine.
PLAY/STOP
•Button located in the middle of the circle panel
•Press to play the message
•Press again to stop message playback
SKIP BACKWARD
•9 o’clock position. Press to skip backward to the previous
message.
SKIP FORWARD
•3 o’clock position. Press to skip the current message and
play the next message
VOLUME UP (+)
•7 o’clock position. Increase (+) speaker volume during
message playback
VOLUME DOWN (-)
•5 o’clock position. Decrease (-) speaker volume during
message playback
DELETE
•11 o’clock position.
•Press once to delete the message
during playback
•Press and hold to delete all the
messages
•Note: New voice messages will not be deleted.
7-SEG LED DISPLAY

•0F-> When answering machine is OFF. When answering
machine is OFF and no new TAMmessages received
•0n->When answering machine is ON where XX is number
of messages in TAM memory.
•00 Steadily ON: No voice messages in TAM.
•XX Flash: There are XX new voice messages received
where XX is from 01 to 59.
•ZZ Steadily ON: There are ZZ old voice messages kept
in theTAM memory (no new voice messages).

•XX/FF Flashing XX alternatively with FF: There are XX new
voice messages received where XX is from 01 to 59 and the
TAM memory is full.
•FF Flashing FF: TAM memory is full and there are no new
messages, only old messages are kept in TAM memory.
•- /XX Flashing XX alternatively with - -: Time is not set and
there are XX new voice messages received where XX is from
01 to 59.
•-Flashing - -: Time is not set and there are old voice messages
kept in the TAM memory only (no new voice messages).
•XX Steadily ON: Playing the current XX incoming message.
•A1/A2 Steadily ON: Playing the current outgoing message
(OGM) where A1 is the Answer & Record OGM and A2 is the
Answer Only OGM.
•XX/An Flashing XX alternatively with An: XX new incoming
message is now recording. An denotes that the incoming
message recording is in progress.
•rA Flashing: Remote access is in progress.
•LX Steadily ON: Indicates the current volume level where X is
from 1 to 8 (non-cyclic).
PAGE
•Button is located underneath telephone base, roughly in
the middle, but towards the lower right hand corner
•Press to page your handset(s). It will ring for
approximately 60 seconds.
•Press and hold to enter registration mode for 5 seconds

Display Icons and Symbols
The LCD display gives you information on the current status of
the telephone.
•Image of Steps: Symbol ON and steady indicates the
handset is within the rangeof the base.
•Image of Steps: Symbol is OFF if the handset is out of range
or is searching for the base.
•Image of Landline Handset: Symbol ON and steady indicates
a call is in progress.
• Image of Landline Handset: Symbol flashes when
there is an incoming call.
•Image of Megaphone: Symbol ON and steady indicates
that handsfree is being used.(For CARE820 model)
•Image of Cassette Tape: Symbol ON and steady indicates
when the telephone answering machine (TAM) is turned on.
• Image of Cassette Tape: Symbol flashes when new TAM
messages are received.
•Image of Music Note: Symbol ON and steady indicates the
ringer is switched off