Geemarc BDP400, User Manual

Page 1: ...BDP400 BDP400 Talking telephone with large LCD display DH275 English ...

Page 2: ...essories 4 Orientation 4 Getting started 12 Setting up 12 Wall mounting 14 Operation 15 Menu navigation 15 Settings 16 Using the telephone 23 Caller display 28 Phone book 33 Quick dial 40 Technical specification 40 Troubleshooting 43 Safety information 45 General 45 Cleaning 45 Environmental 46 Guarantee 48 Product Regulations 49 Keep up to date with new products from RNIB 49 1 ...

Page 3: ...recordable talking phone book with option of storing up to 50 contacts When using the recording feature you can scroll through the phone book and hear the names numbers of friends and families stored in your phone book When receiving calls the phone will also announce if you subscribe to caller ID the name number of the person calling extra loud hands free speakerphone with volume setting extra lo...

Page 4: ...3 Items supplied with the telephone Telephone Handset cord Mains adaptor Telephone line cord Large print instruction guide Two screws for wall fixing ...

Page 5: ... 90 degrees The display can be felt as it is slightly recessed from the outer case Towards the top right corner of the display you will feel a small raised circular shape This is a red LED light that flashes when a new call has been received but only if you have subscribed to the Caller Display service from your network provider The specific details of the LCD display and what is shown is covered ...

Page 6: ... shaped buttons one facing upwards and the other below it facing downwards These are the scroll buttons To the right of these buttons is another circular button with the letters OK on it which is also tactile This is the OK Confirm button which also acts as the Call back button Below these buttons is another row row two with three circular shaped buttons all with a small recessed mark at the top o...

Page 7: ...d in the memory The button on the right of this row has a red LED situated at the top edge of the button and has the word Headset below it This is the Headset button which should be pressed to activate the telephone when making a call using a headset The headset should be plugged into the top edge of the telephone The last few buttons on the front of the telephone are situated on the right towards...

Page 8: ... and markings at 12 3 6 and 9 o clock positions This button when pressed will tell you the time and date Below this button is the speaker button and has a symbol of a speaker on it It is used when you want to make hands free calls There is a small red LED light at the top of this button 7 ...

Page 9: ...ach to a screw if affixing the telephone to a wall In between the other two non slip feet on the back of the telephone is the battery compartment A small semi circular clip can be felt at the top part of the compartment and when this is pulled in towards the compartment the lid can be removed away from the telephone to expose the battery compartment On the left side on the back of the telephone is...

Page 10: ...D light above the display will not flash even when a new call has been received This is useful if you would like to extend the life of the telephone s batteries Towards the middle on the right edge of the telephone is a three way slide switch This is the Ringer volume switch There are three volume settings the top setting is the loudest with the bottom setting being the quietest Directly below the...

Page 11: ...astic area This is the Call Indicator light that flashes when a call is incoming Top edge On the top edge of the telephone is a recessed area Within this area are some sockets Towards the top left corner of this recessed area is a small round hole This is the socket for a headset Towards the top right corner are two more sockets A square shaped recess is the socket for the telephone line cord To t...

Page 12: ...right corner are the date digits Below this line of text is the word TOTAL followed by a number This indicates how many calls have been received Below this the word NEW is shown followed by a number This illustrates how many new calls are ready to be reviewed Other information will be shown on the display as and when a certain function is carried out These will be detailed further on in these inst...

Page 13: ...ttery against the spring Place the other battery next to it with the negative flat end touching the positive raised part of the first battery The positive raised part of both batteries should be facing right The bottom two batteries should be inserted in the opposite direction with the positive raised part of both batteries facing left Once inserted please replace the battery cover If the batterie...

Page 14: ...into the wall socket Connect the power supply to the round socket located at the top edge of the telephone then plug into a 13amp wall socket Please choose a socket near your telephone to enable you to unplug the mains power quickly in case of a problem Please note Mains power is required to power the multi function features of the telephone The four AA batteries are used to save and use stored nu...

Page 15: ...ere are no electrical lines water pipes etc in the wall where the holes are drilled Turn the small hook in the receiver cradle 180 degrees so that the receiver can be placed on hook the handset will remain in place when mounted to a wall Then hang the telephone directly into the screws noting the wall mounting holes on the back of the telephone ...

Page 16: ...ndby mode To exit the menu press either the PB CID row two or C buttons row one at the top of the telephone and a beep tone will be heard The telephone will automatically return to standby mode when in any menu if no button is pressed for 45 seconds A beep tone sound will be heard 15 ...

Page 17: ... s name if recorded see Phonebook Chapter Storing Name Recording will be announced in the loudspeaker To turn the voice function setting on press the Menu button to enter the menu The display will show the word Store Press either the or button until you reach Setting on the display and press the Ok button Press either the or button until you reach Voice on the display and press the Ok button Press...

Page 18: ...will say Set hours and the hour digits on the display will flash Press either the or button to toggle through the hours each of which will be shown and announced and press Ok button to confirm The telephone will then say Set minutes and the minute digits on the display will flash Press either the or button to toggle through the minutes each of which will be shown and announced and press Ok button ...

Page 19: ...gits on the display will flash Press either the or button to toggle through the months in numbers between 1 12 each of which will be shown and announced as a month and press Ok button to confirm when set Press the PB button to exit and the telephone will beep 18 ...

Page 20: ... the Menu button to enter the menu The display will show and announce the word Store Press either the or button until you reach Setting and press the Ok button Press either the or button until you reach Flash and press the Ok button Press either the or button to toggle between 100ms 300ms and 600ms For UK users select 100ms and press Ok button to confirm Press the PB button to exit and the telepho...

Page 21: ...nounce the word Store Press either the or button until you reach Setting and press the Ok button Press either the or button until you reach Tone Pulse and press the Ok button Press either the or button to toggle between Tone and Pulse Select Tone and press Ok button to confirm Press the PB button to exit and the telephone will beep Ringer volume setting Set the ringer volume by adjusting the slide...

Page 22: ...d press Ok button to confirm Press the PB button to exit and the telephone will beep LCD screen setting To set the LCD screen setting press the Menu button to enter the menu The display will show and announce the word Store Press either the or button until you reach Setting and press the Ok button Press either the or button until you reach Display and press the Ok button Press either the or button...

Page 23: ...the word Store Press either the or button until you reach Setting and press the Ok button Press either the or button until you reach STROB and press the Ok button Press either the or button to toggle between On or Off Select either On or Off and press Ok button to confirm Press the PB button to exit and the telephone will beep 22 ...

Page 24: ...e dialling If the voice function is activated once you press the number keys 0 9 you will hear the number being dialled Key in the required number without lifting the handset Use the C button if necessary to cancel any digit input incorrectly Lift the handset press the Ok button or press the button and the number will be automatically dialled To end the call simply replace the handset in the cradl...

Page 25: ...ophone located on the front edge of the telephone To end the call press the button Please note To deactivate the hands free function during a call lift the handset To activate the hands free function during the call press the button and replace the handset on the cradle at the same time Please note When in hands free mode only one person may talk at a time The switch over between speaker and micro...

Page 26: ...voice recording is associated with the incoming call the voice recording will be heard three times followed by the ringer as standard Refer to Phone book chapter Create a Phone book Entry to find out more about voice recording Lift the handset To end the call simply replace the handset in the cradle Receiving a call hands free Press the button to speak hands free To end the call press the button a...

Page 27: ...efore it is recommended that you adjust the volume Speaker volume setting During a call in hands free mode you can adjust the speaker volume to a desirable level Simply use the slide control located on the left edge of the telephone Tone control setting During a call while in handset mode you can adjust the tone to a desirable level Simply use the left slide control located on front edge of the te...

Page 28: ...ephone jack 2 5mm Press the Headset button bottom row fourth button from left to right then dial your number The volume and tone can be adjusted as described above At the end of the call press the Headset button again to release the line New Call LED setting It s useful for your requirements if you d like to extend the life of the batteries simply slide the New Call Led control located on the righ...

Page 29: ...he oldest call You can display scroll through and dial numbers in the log The sequence number is shown in the top right hand side of the LCD display and the telephone will say End when you reach the last record of the Call log If the caller has exercised the option to prevent his number from being displayed the word PRIVATE will be shown on the display and will also be announced by the telephone I...

Page 30: ...total of 64 numbers can be stored in the Call log If there are calls with names received the total of numbers stored in the Call log will be less than 64 depending on the number of characters within the name of the contact A call log entry consists of the following information shown on the LCD display Time and date of the call sequence number within the log caller s number and caller s name The te...

Page 31: ...e the and buttons to scroll through the caller display list The telephone will show on the display and announce the caller s number and the date and time the call was received If a number has been stored in the Phone book along with a contact name the name will also be displayed but only announced if a name has been recorded see Name Recording in Create a Phone book entry section Please note At th...

Page 32: ...e caller display list until you find the telephone number you wish to dial Press the Ok button to automatically dial the telephone number Delete an entry from the Caller display list Use the or buttons to scroll through the caller display list until you find the telephone number you wish to delete The telephone will show the contact and also announce the contact s number and name if recorded Press...

Page 33: ...s and hold the C button until the telephone number disappears the list will be erased Press the PB button to exit Please note New calls cannot be deleted When doing so the display will show PROTECT and several beep tones will be heard Protect is not announced Copying a number to the Phone book Use the or buttons to scroll through the caller display list until you find the telephone number you wish...

Page 34: ...d names can be stored in the phone book The phone book can contain up to 85 telephone numbers maximum of 22 digits with names maximum of 16 letters If you subscribe to a caller ID service the name in the phone book will be shown for incoming calls ...

Page 35: ...or more times see table below for full details and each letter will be announced if the voice function is on When the name is correct press the Ok button to store the new entry in the phone book OK will then be displayed and announced followed by NAME REC displayed and Name recording announced If you wish the name to be read aloud with its associated number you must take the following step Press a...

Page 36: ...ce character 1 2 A B C 2 3 D E F 3 4 G H I 4 5 J K L 5 6 M N O 6 7 P Q R S 7 8 T U V 8 9 W X Y Z 9 Star 0 0 Hash _ Some telephone systems require a pause to be inserted when dialling a number To insert a dialling pause of three seconds between digits when storing a telephone number press the Redial button bottom row third from left button until P appears on the LCD display this is not announced ...

Page 37: ... exit Store change a name recording To store change a name recording press the Menu button to enter the menu The display will show and announce the word Store Press either the or button until you reach NAME REC and the telephone will say Name recording and press the Ok button to confirm Press either the or button until you reach the desired telephone number and press and hold the Ok button until a...

Page 38: ... the desired telephone number to be deleted and press the C button once only while the recording is played back You may have to scroll through the numbers several times to be sure you know which one you wish to delete Press the PB button to exit Delete a phone book entry This function will delete the name and number from entirely from the phonebook Locate the required telephone number by accessing...

Page 39: ...ld the C button until the telephone number disappears and the telephone will say Deleted and will then say Empty to denote that all numbers have been deleted Press the PB button to exit Dialling using a phone book entry Locate the required telephone number by accessing the phone book by pressing the PB button and scrolling through using the and buttons Then press the Ok button The number will be d...

Page 40: ...ad Once complete it will move to the next digit and it will flash on the display You can also move to the next digit by using either the or buttons Press the Ok button and the telephone will say Write name and the first letter on the left of the display will begin to flash Press the C button to delete the letter that is flashing or input another letter by simply typing the actual number you requir...

Page 41: ...d by the preferred speed dial location M1 M2 M3 buttons by pressing the corresponding button these three memory buttons are located on the right side on the front of the telephone one above the other and are marked with one two and three tactile marks respectively Dialling a quick dial number Press the desired quick dial button M1 M2 or M3 Lift the handset or press the Ok button or press the butto...

Page 42: ...ht User selectable black and white background LCD display Tactile dots on quick dial M1 M3 keys Big buttons Speakerphone with LED indicator 85 phone book memory FSK talking Caller ID Non volatile 64 caller ID memory 14 digits number 16 characters name time day of call Caller ID memory call back Up Down review Real time clock Flash Recall 100 300 600mS Redial Pause Menu New Call LED indicator New C...

Page 43: ...42 Headset jack Desk top and wall mountable ...

Page 44: ...amaged Connect another telephone to the telephone line socket or move your telephone to another socket to track if the failure is coming from your telephone or your telephone line socket There may be too many communication devices connected to a single telephone line e g another telephone modem or facsimile machine Contact your network provider for help in calculating the limit for your home or bu...

Page 45: ...ilable number will be displayed It could be a call from a private telephone exchange Caller display may not work properly if this is the case No response on LCD display If you have experienced a power failure the batteries may become weak If the power is restored and the LCD display still does not respond then replace the batteries with new ones Flashing light on the top right hand corner of the s...

Page 46: ...port a fault Never dispose of batteries in a fire There is a serious risk of explosion and or the release of toxic chemicals Dispose of them in the correct manner in accordance with the regulations imposed by your Local Authority Cleaning Clean the telephone with a soft cloth Keep the base and handset charging contacts clean Never use a polish or any cleaning agents they could damage the finish or...

Page 47: ...in water and do not use it in damp or humid conditions e g bathrooms Do not expose your product to fire or other hazardous conditions Unplug your phone from the telephone socket during thunderstorms because it could damage your telephone Your guarantee does not cover thunderstorm damage The telephone is designed for working within a temperature range of 5 C to 45 C ...

Page 48: ...marc guarantee it for the period of one year During this time all repairs or replacements at our discretion are free of charge Should you experience a problem then contact our help line or visit our website at www geemarc com The guarantee does not cover accidents negligence or breakages to any parts The product must not be tampered with or taken apart by anyone who is not an authorized Geemarc re...

Page 49: ...ratus is designed to operate from a 230V 50Hz supply only Classified as hazardous voltage according to EN60950 standard The apparatus does not incorporate an integral power on off switch To disconnect the power either switch off supply at the mains power socket or unplug the AC adaptor When installing the apparatus ensure that the mains power socket is readily accessible Telephone connection Volta...

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