Philips 9500 user manual Using the Inactivity Timer optional, Reset the Inactivity Timer Every Day

Using the Inactivity Timer (optional)

Set the Timer Switch to the AWAY

Position WhenYou Leave Home

If you leave your home for more than a few hours, lift the TIMER switch up to the AWAY position.This stops the timer and assures that a false “inactivity message” is not sent to the Response Center during your absence. Placing the TIMER switch to the AWAY position will also suspend reminder messages. Push the TIMER switch back to the down position when you return home.

Many subscribers like the added safety and security offered by the Inactivity Timer.This feature ensures that the Response Center will automatically check on you if you fail to reset your CarePartner Telephone with Reminders each morning and night.This back-up safety feature will send a call for help to the Response Center and is designed specifically for emergencies when you are unable to get to the telephone or cannot press your Personal Help Button.

Reset the Inactivity Timer Every Day

When the Inactivity Timer is set, you must reset the timer daily. Reset the Inactivity Timer by pressing the yellow RESET button. Make pressing the yellow RESET button part of your morning and evening routine. Many subscribers reset their CarePartnerTelephone each morning when they rise and each evening when they go to bed. If you ever forget to reset the Inactivity Timer, your CarePartner Telephone will beep a 5-minute warning before calling the Response Center.VoiceAssist will prompt you during the warning period. If you do not need help, press the yellow RESET button to silence your CarePartner Telephone.

NOTE

See the CarePartner Telephone with Reminders Installation Manual for instructions on how to program your Inactivity Timer.

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