Philips Elegance 55 manual Features of Your Elegance, Setting the Clock of Your Elegance

Thank you for purchasing this Philips Elegance 55 answering machine. With this user-friendly unit you can enjoy the advantage of quality performance in your communication lifestyle.

FEATURES OF YOUR ELEGANCE 55

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11.	MEMO	OGM	4.

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1.	Volume Slider	7.	Clock button
2.	Screen Display	8.	Microphone
3.	Play/Stop button	9.	Rewind/Memo button
4.	Forward/OGM button	10. Erase button
5.	Answer On/Off Indicator	11. Speaker
6.	On/Off button		1

Steps to install the battery:

1.Turn your Elegance 55 over.

2.After locating the battery compartment, open the compartment cover by unscrewing the adjacent screw with a screwdriver.

3.Place a 9 Volt 6LR61 battery into the compartment by following the positive/negative polarity arrangement as indicated inside.

4.Replace the cover and screw in the screw until the cover is completely closed.

After installing the battery, plug in the telephone plug and power adaptor as shown in the diagram below.

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SETTING THE CLOCK OF YOUR

ELEGANCE 55

To listen to the clock settings, press once the CLOCK BUTTON (adjust the Volume Slider to your desirable volume level).

Reminder : If your clock is not set properly (day, hour and minute), the Screen Display will show “CL”. Otherwise, “CL” will not be displayed.

Steps to set your clock’s day, hour and minute :

If you want to stop the settings below, just press once the PLAY/ STOP BUTTON . The clock will revert to its previous settings.

1.Press and hold the CLOCK BUTTON until a voice announces a day, then release the CLOCK BUTTON.

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2.Press either the FORWARD or REWIND BUTTON to choose the day you wanted to set.

3.When the day you wanted to set is announced, press once the CLOCK BUTTON.

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4. Continue to press either the FORWARD or REWIND

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BUTTON to choose the hour you wanted to set.

5.When the hour you wanted to set is announced, press once the CLOCK BUTTON.

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6. Continue to press either the FORWARD or REWIND

MEMO

BUTTON to choose the minute you wanted to set.

7.When the minute you wanted to set is announced, press once the CLOCK BUTTON.

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RECORDING YOUR MEMO MESSAGE

MEMO

MEMO

1. Press and hold the MEMO BUTTON until a long beep is

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heard, then release the MEMO BUTTON .

2.Record your memo message towards the Microphone (at a distance between 5 to 8 centimetres). You have about 60 seconds to record.

3.After you finish, press once the PLAY/STOP BUTTON .

Results :

• The Answer On/Off Indicator will flash.

• The Screen Display will show the total number of messages recorded.

2 WAYS TO LISTEN TO YOUR RECORDED

MEMO MESSAGES

Adjust the Volume Slider to your desirable volume level.

MEMO

•Press once the MEMO BUTTON . After listening, the Answer On/Off Indicator still will continue flashing.

•Press once the PLAY/STOP BUTTON . After listening, the Answer On/Off Indicator will stop flashing and light up steadily;

the Screen Display will show the total number of messages recorded.

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TURNING YOUR ELEGANCE 55 ON/OFF

•If you want to turn on your machine and record messages, press once the ON/OFF BUTTON . The Answer On/Off Indicator will light up.

•If you want to turn off your machine and do not wish to record messages, press once the ON/OFF BUTTON again. The Answer On/Off Indicator will extinguish.

RECORDING THE INCOMING MESSAGES

Once your Elegance 55 is ON, it will pick up the incoming call after 4 rings if there is no new message in the machine, or 2 rings if there are new messages.

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WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN

DISPLAY AND ITS MEANING

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RECORDING YOUR OWN OUTGOING MESSAGE

SELECTIVELY ERASING YOUR MEMO

MESSAGES

LISTENING TO YOUR MESSAGES

“Lo” there is no battery, not installed properly, or battery low.

“CL” the clock is not set or it is not set properly.

“Fu” the memory is full; should erase some messages to allow message recording.

“Sc” to change the remote control security code.

“ES” all messages are erased.

“SA” all erased messages are restored.

“oo” there is/are new memo(s).

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Your Elegance 55 has a pre-recorded outgoing message: “Hello, we cannot take your call at the moment. Please leave your message after the tone.” You can listen to this pre-recorded outgoing message by

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pressing once the OGM BUTTON . You can also listen to any recorded

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outgoing message by pressing once the OGM BUTTON .

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Steps to record your own outgoing message:

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1. Press and hold the OGM BUTTON until a long beep is

OGM

heard, then release the OGM BUTTON .

2. Record your own outgoing message towards the Microphone

(at a distance between 5 to 8 centimetres). You have about 60

MEMO

or

MEMO

1.Press once either the MEMO or PLAY/STOP BUTTON

to play your memo message.

2.While your memo message is playing, press once the ERASE BUTTON .

Result : The next memo message, if any, will be played automatically. Repeat step 2 if you also want to erase the memo message.

ERASING ALL YOUR MEMO MESSAGES

Notes :

•Adjust the Volume Slider to your desirable volume level.

•The Screen Display will show the message number that you are listening to.

•If you have set your clock, the voice will announce the day and time after each message received.

When listening to your new messages

Your Elegance 55 will inform you that you have new messages by a flashing Answer On/Off Indicator. To listen to your new messages, press

once the PLAY/STOP BUTTON . If you want to stop listening, just press once again the same button.

Notes :

• If your memory have both old and new messages, pressing once the
PLAY/STOP BUTTON	will only play the new messages.

INSTALLING BATTERY INTO YOUR ELEGANCE 55

Important:

• It is strongly recommended that battery be installed. The battery

acts as back up to prevent any loss of recorded messages when the

main power supply fails.

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seconds to record.
3. After you finish, press once the PLAY/STOP BUTTON	.
Result : Your own outgoing message will be played automatically. If you
want to stop it, just press once the PLAY/STOP BUTTON .

Steps to erase your own outgoing message and restore

the pre-recorded one:

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Reminder :

•	This will also erase all your recorded messages. If you want to
	maintain some of your recorded messages, it is recommended that
	you selectively erase your memo messages.
•	For the instructions to erase all your recorded messages, see

• After all new messages are played, the Answer On/Off Indicator will

stop flashing, and the Screen Display will show the total number of

recorded messages.

When listening to your old messages

• If you want to listen again to old messages, just press once the

•	If there is no battery installed, not installed properly, or battery low,
	the Screen Display will show “Lo”.
•	Before opening the battery compartment, make sure that the telephone
	plug and power adaptor are disconnected from Elegance 55.

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Results:		1.	Press once the OGM BUTTON		to play your own outgoing message.
• The Screen Display will show a count from 1 to 15.		2.	While your outgoing message is playing, press once the ERASE
• A short beep will be heard.			BUTTON	.
		Result : The pre-recorded outgoing message will be played
• The Answer On/Off Indicator will light up.
			automatically and your own is already erased from
Elegance 55 is now ready to answer calls for you.	4					6
			memory.

ERASING ALL YOUR RECORDED MESSAGES in later

sections.

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PLAY/STOP BUTTON . To stop listening, press once the

same button again.

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•You can also press once either the FORWARD or

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REWIND BUTTON if you want to skip or repeat the

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