Philips SE6551B/37 User Manual

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SE650 SE655 US-EN Telephone Answering Machine Warning Use only rechargeable batteries. Charge the handset for 24 hours before use. Register your product and get support at www.philips.com/welcome ...

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1 Table of contents 1Important Safety Instructions 5 2 Environment and safety 7 2.1 Safety information 7 2.2 Power requirements 7 2.3 Battery requirements 7 2.4 Telephone connection 7 2.5 Environmental care 8 2.6 Precautions 8 2.7 Equipment Approval...

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2 Table of contents 8.3 Text or number entry 34 8.4 Call in progress 34 8.4.1 Adjust earpiece or speaker volume 34 8.4.2 Mute/Unmute microphone 34 8.4.3 Activate/Deactivate loudspeaker mode 34 8.5 Chain dialing 35 8.6 Using your Phonebook 35 8.6.1 ...

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3 Table of contents 10.6.1 Easy registration 50 10.7 Unregister 50 10.8 Reset Unit 50 10.9 Set Area Code 51 10.10 Set Auto Prefix 51 10.11 Change Flash time 52 10.12 Change the Dial Mode 52 10.13 Set First Ring Detection 52 10.14 Default Settings 53 ...

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4 Table of contents 14.2 Set-up 65 14.3 Sound 65 14.4 Product behaviour 66 15 INDEX 68 ...

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5 Important Safety Instructions 1Important Safety Instructions Some of the following information may not apply to your particular product; however, when using telephone equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the ...

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6 Important Safety Instructions telephone line has been disconnected at the network interface. 14 Never install or modify telephone wiring during a lightning storm. 15 Never install telephone jacks in wet locations unless the jack is specificall...

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7 Environment and safety the discharged battery(ies). (Applies to products employing more than one separately replaceable primary battery.) 8 When inserting battery(ies) into this product, the proper polarity or direction must be observed. Reve...

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8 Environment and safety 60950). Following a power cut, the call in progress is lost. Users should ensure for their own protection that the electrical ground connections of the power utility, telephone lines and internal metallic water pipe syst...

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9 Environment and safety meets certain radio communications and operational requirements. 2.7 Equipment Approval Information Your telephone equipment is approved for connection to the public switched telephone network and is in compliance with p...

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10 Environment and safety temporary discontinuance of service may be required.Where prior notice is not practicable and the circumstances warrant such action, the telephone company may temporarily discontinue service immediately. In case of such...

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11 Important Commission has prepared a helpful booklet, “How To Identify and Resolve Radio/TV Interference Problems”. This booklet is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Please specify stock number 004...

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12 Important NOTES: This equipment may not be used on coin service provided by the telephone company. 3.1 Power requirements • This product requires an electrical supply of 100-240 volts AC. In case of power failure, the communication can be l...

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13 The RBRC ® seal 3.2 Electric, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Fields (“EMF”) 1. Philips Royal Electronics manufactures and sells many consumer oriented products which usually, as with any electronic apparatus, have the ability to emit an...

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14 The RBRC ® seal 4.1 Service Centers US service center Philips Accessories & Computer Peripherals North America1881 Route 46 WestLedgewood, NJ 07852 Phone: (800) 233-8413 E-mail support: http://www.support.philips.com/support ...

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15 The RBRC ® seal ...

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16 Yo u r p h o n e 5 Your phone Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to Philips! To fully benefit from the support that Philips offers, register your product at www.philips.com/welcome. 5.1 What’s in the box In multihandset packs, you wil...

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17 Yo u r p h o n e 5.2 Overview of your phone AEvent LED The event LED on your handset blinks when there is a new message recorded on your telephone answering machine. If you have subscribed to Caller Line Identification, the event LED also b...

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18 Yo u r p h o n e During a call: Hang up a call. In other modes: Press to return to idle mode. I Menu key m In idle mode: Go to the main menu. J Redial key r Access the Redial list in idle mode. K Loudspeaker key l In idle mode: Turn on the louds...

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19 Yo u r p h o n e 5.3 Display icons and Messages Indicates that the battery is fully charged. This icon blinks during charge and when the battery is low. When the Icon is empty the battery is practically discharged. If Warning Batt flashe...

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20 Yo u r p h o n e Back/ Clear Back appears when in menu mode. Press the key directly below to return to the previous menu level. Clear appears when making an entry. Press the key directly below to clear (delete) a character or number when m...

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21 Yo u r p h o n e 5.4 Overview of the base station A Handset locator key a Locate handset. Long press to start registration procedure. BSpeaker C Message counter Steady ON: shows the number of old messages. Blinking: Shows the number of new mes...

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22 Getting started 6 Getting started 6.1 Connect the base station 1 Place the base station in a central location near the telephone line socket and electricity socket. 2 Connect the line cord and the power cable to their corresponding connectors ...

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23 Getting started bracket and ➁ rotating the bracket outward. 2 Turn the bracket around. 3 Attach the bracket to the opposite side of the base station. 4 Use the pedestal wall mounting to plug your base station. 6.3 Install your phone Before us...

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24 Getting started 2 Place the batteries in the correct polarity as indicated and replace the cover. 6.3.2 Charge battery The handset must be charged for at least 24 hours before using it for the first time. When the battery level becomes low, th...

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25 Getting started 6.5 Install optional headset Your phone may be used with an optional headset (not included in the box). To use this feature, insert the headset plug into the headset jack. Your phone is ready for hands-free conversations. 6.6 U...

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26 Getting started 6.7 Menu structure The SE650/655 has six menus as shown in the following table. Press the menu key m to enter menu mode. Use navigation keys n to navigate within the menus and all submenus. Press o Select to enter the next lower m...

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27 Getting started Personal Settings Personal Set Handset Name Enter name Handset Tones Ring Volume No bar (off) One bar … Five bars Progressive Ring Tones Name of tones 1 … Name of tones 15 Key Beep On Off...

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28 Getting started Clock and Alarm Clock & Alarm Set Date/Time Enter date & time Set Format Time Format 12 Hours 24 Hours Date Format DD/MM MM/DD Alarm Off On Once On Daily Alarm Tone Melody 1 Me...

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29 Getting started Advanced Settings Advanced Set Easy Call Mode On Enter Number: Off (by default) Number Enter number Conference On (by default) Off Call Barring Enter PIN Mode On Off (by default) Number ...

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30 Getting started Network Services Netw. Services Call Forward Activate Enter Number: Deactivate Change Code Activation Prefix (enter code) Suffix (enter code) Deactivation Change Code Call Fwd Busy Activate Enter Num...

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31 Getting started Answer Machine Answer Machine Play Repeat Next Previous Delete Delete All Answer On/Off On Off Record OGM Answer & Rec. Play Record Message Delete Answer Only Play Record Message...

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32 Using your phone 7 Using your phone 7.1 Make a call 7.1.1 Predialling 1 Enter the number. (A maximum of 24 digits including * and # are allowed. Press c Clear to delete the last digit.) Or long press to delete all. 2 Press t. • The call is i...

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33 Using your phone 3 Press o Select. • The call is initiated. 7.1.7 Call using Direct Access Memory Press a number key 3 to 9 for more than 2 seconds to dial a stored direct access memory number. • In multihandset packs, each handset has its...

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34 Use more of your phone 8 Use more of your phone 8.1 Switch the handset off/on To switch the handset off, press and hold h in idle mode for at least 5 seconds. To switch it on, press and hold h for at least one second. 8.2 Keypad lock/unlock Pr...

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35 Use more of your phone very high level. Make sure the handset is not too close to your ear. 1 During a call, press l to activate the loudspeaker mode. 2 Press l again to return to deactivate the loudspeaker mode. 8.5 Chain dialing This feature ...

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36 Use more of your phone Instead of scrolling n to browse the phonebook entries, you can press the numeric key corresponding to the first letter of the entry you wish to locate. For example, pressing 2 will show the entries starting with A. Pre...

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37 Use more of your phone 8.6.5 Delete a phonebook entry 1 Press m in idle mode. Phonebook is highlighted; press o Select. 2 Scroll n to Delete and press o Select. 3 Scroll n to select an entry to delete and press o Select. 4 Delete? is displayed...

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38 Use more of your phone 8.6.7.2 Delete Direct Access Memory 1 Press m in idle mode. Phonebook is highlighted; press o Select. 2 Scroll n to Direct Memory and press o Select. 3 Scroll n to the key you wish to delete the memory from and press o...

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39 Use more of your phone 8.7.4 Delete a redial number 1 Press r in idle mode, scroll n to select an entry and press o Menu. 2 Scroll n to Delete and press o Select. 3 Delete? is displayed on the screen. 4 Press o OK to confirm deletion. • A val...

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40 Use more of your phone The display shows the caller information. • Press c Back at any time to return to the previous menu. 8.9.1.1 To choose the format for call log display You must choose the correct format to dial the area code and number...

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41 Use more of your phone 8.9.3 Delete a call list entry 1 Press u in idle mode, press o Select to select Call List, then scroll n to select an entry and select o Menu. 2 Scroll n to Delete and press o Select. 3 Delete? is displayed on the screen...

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42 Use more of your phone 2 Scroll n to the handset number you wish to transfer your external call to and press o Select. 3 Press t on the called handset to answer the internal call, where both internal callers can talk. • Intercom is establis...

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43 Use more of your phone 8.12 Clock and Alarm settings This feature allows you to set the date, time and alarm settings for your phone. 8.12.1 Set Date and Time 1 Press m in idle mode, scroll n to Clock & Alarm, and press o Select. 2 Set Dat...

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44 Personal settings • A validation tone is emitted and the screen returns to the Alarm menu. And the alarm icon is displayed. • If you select Off, a validation tone is emitted and the screen returns to the Clock & Alarm menu. The ala...

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45 Personal settings 3 Scroll n to your desired volume level. The ring tone sounds at each level. 4 Press o OK to confirm. • A validation tone is emitted and the screen returns to the Handset Tones menu. If ring volume is set to off, the icon...

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46 Personal settings 1 Press m in idle mode, scroll n to Personal Set, and press o Select. 2 Scroll n to Wallpaper and press o Select. 3 Scroll n to your desired wallpaper. The image on the display will change as you scroll. 4 Press o Select to ...

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47 Advanced settings 1 Press m in idle mode, scroll n to Personal Set, and press o Select. 2 Scroll n to Auto Hang-up and press o Select. 3 Scroll n to On or Off and press o Select to confirm. • A validation tone is emitted and the screen retu...

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48 Advanced settings 10.2 Auto Conference If activated, this feature allows another handset to join a conversation with an external call by simply pressing t. The default setting is On. 1 Press m in idle mode, scroll n to Advanced Set and press o...

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49 Advanced settings 10.4 XHD Sound XHD (extra high definition) Sound can increase voice quality when On. The default setting is On. To turn it off: 1 Press m in idle mode, scroll n to Advanced Set and press o Select. 2 Scroll n to XHD Sound and...

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50 Advanced settings By default, the PIN is 0000. 1 On the base station, press and hold a for 3 seconds. A beep sounds to indicate that the base is ready to accept registration. If no action is taken on the handset within 90 seconds, the registra...

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51 Advanced settings 1 Press m in idle mode, scroll n to Advanced Set and press o Select . 2 Scroll n to Reset and press o Select . 3 Reset? is displayed on the screen. Press o OK to confirm. • A validation tone is emitted. • The unit ...

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52 Advanced settings • A validation tone is emitted and the screen returns to the Advanced Set menu. If no detect string (blank) is entered, the prefix number will be automatically added to the predial number after t is pressed. For numbers st...

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53 Network Service The default setting for first ring detection is On. The setting automatically switches to Off when you receive a call containing caller line identification. However, this occurs only if you do not first manually change the set...

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54 Network Service chapter may not be available in your SE650/655. The Call Forward, Call Forward when Busy, and Call Forward when Unanswered functions require activation codes (prefix and suffix) and a deactivation code. You must get these cod...

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55 Network Service 2 Scroll n to Call Forward and press o Select. 3 Scroll n to Change Code and press o Select. 4 Scroll n to Deactivation and press o Select. 5 Enter the deactivation code (maximum 14 digits) and press o OK. • A confirmation ...

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56 Network Service 11.2.2 Change Call Forward when Busy Deactivation Code 1 Press m in idle mode, scroll n to Netw. Services, and press o Select. 2 Scroll n to Call Fwd Busy and press o Select. 3 Scroll n to Change Code and press o Select. 4 Scr...

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57 Network Service 7 Repeat from step 5 until you are finished inputting both the prefix and suffix codes. 11.3.2 Change Call Forward when Unanswered Deactivation Code 1 Press m in idle mode, scroll n to Netw. Services, and press o Select. 2 Sc...

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58 Network Service 11.6.1 Access Info Service 1 Press m in idle mode, scroll n to Netw. Services, and press o Select. 2 Scroll n to Info and press o Select. 3 You are now at the Info menu and Call is highlighted. Press o Select to connect...

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59 Network Service answering machine will not answer to this call and your call log will not record this call either. The Cancel call back feature enables you to deactivate the call back feature when you have activated it. 11.9.1 Call the Cancel ...

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60 Telephone answering machine (TAM) 12 Telephone answering machine (TAM) Your phone features an answering machine that records unanswered calls when it is activated. The answering machine can store up to 59 messages. The maximum recording time...

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61 Telephone answering machine (TAM) 12.2 Delete all messages Deleted messages cannot be recovered. Unplayed messages will not be deleted. 1 Press the m key in idle mode, scroll n to Answer Machine, and press o Select. 2 Scroll n to Delete All and ...

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62 Telephone answering machine (TAM) 12.5 Set the Answer mode There are 2 answer modes available: Answer Only and Answer & Record. By default, the answer mode is Answer & Record, which lets your caller leave a message on the answering mac...

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63 Telephone answering machine (TAM) This feature is deactivated by default. * The remote access code (which is the same as your PIN code) prevents any unauthorised remote access of your answering machine. 12.6.2.1 Activate/Deactivate Remote Acce...

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64 Te c h ni c a l da t a you decide to pick up the call, press t. Once you pick up, the recording will stop automatically. If you have multiple handsets, only one handset can enable handset call screening for each call. 1 Press the m key in id...

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65 Frequently asked questions Temperature range • Operation: Between 0 and 35ºC (32 to 95ºF). • Storage: Between -20 and 70ºC (-4 to 158ºF). Relative humidity • Operation: Up to 95% at 40°C • Storage: Up to 95% at 40°C 14 Frequently a...

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66 Frequently asked questions Caller does not hear me! Microphone may be muted: During a call, press s. There’s no dialling tone! • No power: Check the connections. • Batteries are empty: Charge the batteries. • Move closer to the base stat...

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67 Frequently asked questions Phonebook entry cannot be stored and Memory Full is displayed! • Delete an entry to free memory before saving your contact again. The PIN code is wrong! • The default PIN is 0000. • Reset the handset to revert to...

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68 INDEX 15 INDEX A Access Info Service 58 Access phonebook 35 Access Redial list 38 Access the Call log 39 Access the Call Return Service 58 Activate/Deactivate loudspeaker mode 34 Activate/Deactivate Remote Access 63 Activating Withhold ID 59 Adju...

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69 INDEX Delete all messages 61 Delete all phonebook entries 37 Delete all redial numbers 39 Delete Direct Access Memory 38 Dial mode 52 Direct Access Memory 37 Direct dialling 32 Display icons and Messages 19 Display languages 45 E Easy Call 47 End ...

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70 INDEX Select phonebook melody 36 Select the Color Theme 46 Select the Display Wallpaper 45 Set a Call Barring number 48 Set Alarm 43 Set Alarm Tone 44 Set Auto Prefix 51 Set Call Barring Mode 48 Set Call Return Service Number 58 Set Date and Time ...

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