Philips SFF 6170DW Telephone, Taking Over the Line, Deregistering Cordless, Starting Fax Reception, Connection to the Device, Looking for Cordless Telephone, Socket

Notice

Display Date and Time

Date and time of the cordless telephone is continually synchronised with the device.

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Deregistering CordlessTelephone

You can deregister a cordless telephone either from the device or from the cordless telephone. Follow the instructions in the operating instructions of the cordless telephone.

1Press C, 522 and OK.

2Using [to select which cordless telephone you are would like to de-register.

3Confirm with OK. The device disconnects from the cordless telephone.

Looking for Cordless Telephone

This function helps you in locating cordless telephones, which you have misplaced. For this purpose the cord- less telephones must be registered with the device and must be within its range.

1Press C, 523 and OK.

2All cordless telephones registered with the device

ring for approx. one minute. You can end the search function by pressing jon the device or pressing the button to hang up on the cordless telephone.

Connection to the Telephone Line

In order for the fax switch to function, the device must be first in the series if multiple devices are connected to the same telephone socket. Follow the correct order.

Notice

Connection to the First TelephoneSocket

If you have multiple telephone sockets for the same telephone line, the device must be connected to the first telephone socket.

Using Additional Telephones (Easylink)

With the Easylink function you can control your device with additional telephones. To use this function, additional telephones must be set to the tone dialling mode (DTMF/MFV tones) (for this purpose see the operating manual of your additional telephone).

Starting Fax Reception

If you pick up at an additional device and hear that you are receiving a fax (whistling tone or silence), you can start the fax reception by pressing *5 on the additional telephone or pressing o on the device.

Hang up the additional telephone when the ring tone changes. The device has accepted the reception of the fax message.

Connecting Additional Devices

You can operate additional devices on a telephone line, such as cordless telephones, answering machines, modems or charge counters.

Connection to the Device

You can connect additional devices directly to your

device. Insert the telephone cable of the additional device into the AUX./Òsocket (RJ-11-connection) on

the device.

Taking Over the Line

If you pick up on an additional telephone and the device continues to ring or attempts to receive a fax, you can disconnect the device from the line. Press on the additional telephone.

Using an External Answering Machine

Your external answering machine must have parallel recognition for accepting incoming calls. Consult your retailer.

For the best operation, the answering machine must be connected to the AUX./Òsocket of the device. Select EXT/ answering machine mode as the fax reception mode (see also chapter on Setting the Fax Reception Mode, Page 60).

Notice

Length of Outgoing Message

The outgoing message must be shorter than ten seconds. Avoid music in your announce- ment. If the external answering machine has a “conserving function” (i.e. a function that changes the number of rings as soon as new messages have been recorded), switch it off.

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