Telephone Functions | Philips LPF 5125, LPF 5135, LPF 5120 specification

4 Telephone Functions

(LPF¦5125, LPF¦5135)

For information on how to connect additional telephones and which functions are available to you, please refer the chapter on Telephone Connections and Additional Devices, Page 42.

Placing a Call on the Device

Dial the desired number. There are several ways to do this: Then pick up the handset.

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Direct Dialling

You can also lift up the receiver first, then dial a number. The dialling process begins immedi- ately.

Manual Dialling: Dial the desired number using the numeric keypad.

Telephone book register: with the keys (A—Z) you can access entries saved in the telephone book. Enter the initial letters or the name of the desired entry. Your device will show you the telephone book entries for the corre- sponding letters. Select an entry using [.

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Using the Telephone Book

You can also call the telephone book entries by pressing am and select using [ SEARCH.

The function Search works even while you are conversing on the telephone.

If you are loading entries from the telephone book, it is possible to edit the numbers after you have loaded them. For example, you can add or delete prefixed numbers or direct dial numbers.

Redial / caller list: The redial / caller list contains the last numbers dialled and the last calls received (© indicates the numbers dialled, ® the calls received and * the calls missed).

Getting Outside Line

Private branch exchanges (PABX) are typical in many offices and some households. You must dial an outside line access code in order to get a connection to the public tele- phone network (PSTN) from a PABX.

Enter the outside line access code with which you reach the public telephone network before you enter the desired number or select a stored entry. The outside line access code is usually 0.

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Incorrect Outside Line Access Code

In rare cases, the outside line access code may be a different number or a two-digit number. For older telephone systems, the outside line access code can be R (= Flash). Press Rø to enter this outside line access code. If the connection to the public telephone network is not possible, con- tact your telephone system supplier.

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Connection to Private Automatic

Branch Exchange

If you operate your device permanently on an extension, save the outside line access code (see also chapter on setting Private Branch Exchange (PABX) , page 42).

Chain Dialling

You can combine and edit manually entered digits and saved entries, before the dialling process starts. If you have saved, for example, the telephone number prefix of an inexpensive telephone service provider (call-by-call) as a telephone book entry, select this entry and manually enter the subsequent telephone number or select another saved entry.

Insert Dialling Pause

It may be necessary to insert a dial pause in telephone number, for example, for a direct-inward dialling number, a sub-address or in a long distance number. Press ú and Rø. The second part of the number is dialled only after a short pause.

Dialling with the Handset Replaced

1Press μ to dial without lifting up the handset. You will hear the dial tone from the loudspeaker; the dial- ling process will commence immediately. Select the desired volume level using [.

2Pick up the hand-set when the subscriber accepts the call.

Notice

No Hands-free Operation Possible

Hands-free operation is not possible with this function. You cannot answer if the sub- scriber picks up.

Telephone Functions · Placing a Call on the Device