AT&T 5845 - Manual

Table/Desk Installation ¥ NOTE: Install this telephone away from electronic equipment, such as personal computers, television sets or micr owave ovens.Avoid excessive heat, cold, dust or moisture. 1 Connect the telephone line cord. 2 Connect the power cor d. flashes in the message window. Use only t...

5 About Handset Registration 1 The cordless handsets that came with your system are automatically registered as Handset 1,and Handset 2.There is no need to re-register. 2 You may register up to a total of six Expansion Handsets to this telepnone system(Model 5800 handset Sold Separately). 3 Addition...

Wall Installation 1 Connect the power cord and telephone line cord to the undersideof the corded base, as shown (figure a). 2 Position the mounting bracket asshown (figure b). 3 Feed the telephone line cord thro u g hthe hole in the center of the mountingbracket (figure b) , align the bracket with t...

S p a re Battery /Power Failure Backup You can buy a spare handset battery (AT&T Battery 2401, SKU# 91077,sold separately) and keep it char ged in the base at all times.In the e vent of a po wer failure,a fully charged battery in the sparebattery compartment will allow you to make and receive ca...

8 Belt Clip You can remo ve the belt clip from the handset. H e a d s e t You can use this telephonehands-free when you installany industry standard 2.5mm headset . For bestresults use an AT&T 2.5 mmheadset.Plug the headset into thejack located on the left sideof the handset (under thesmall rubb...

9 F e a t u re Setup Menu Press the softkey under to enter the Featur e Setup menu. Use or to choose features,then select to save your choice. ¥ NOTE: If you wait more than 20 seconds without pressing a key, the handset returns tothe idle screen. ¥ NOTE: If you receive an incoming call while in feat...

1 0 Clock Mode You can choose to display the time when the phone is idle at the handset,or you can turn this feature off. The default setting is . 1 Press . 2 P ress until the screen highlights 3 Press . The screen displays 4 Press or . 5 Press to save the displayed setting. ▲ ▼ 5840_CIB_2ATT 2003.3...

1 1 Sound Select This telephone uses the latest acoustic re c e i ver design,p roviding you with four diffe rent s o u n d quality settings.During a call, you can adjust the quality of the sound.Pressing repeatedly will cycle you through four different responses. ¥ NOTE: The mid-boost setting is hea...

1 2 Ringer Vo l u m e Adjust the vo l u m e of the handset ri n ge r. Setting thevolume so that no bars show on the graph turns the ri n ger off. 1 Press , then until the screen highlights . 2 Press . 3 Press when is highlighted. The screen displays 4 Press or to hear samples of ring volumes. 5 Pres...

1 3 Ringer Melody The Ringer Melody sets which ri n ge r you hear whenyou have an outside call. The R i n ger Melody d e fa u l tsetting is ; t h e re are eight Ringer Melody selections. 1 Press , then until the screen highlights . 2 Press , then until the screen highlights . 3 Press . The screen di...

1 4 Vibrate Contro l When this feature is on,the handset vibrates when youhave an incoming call. The default setting is . 1 Press , then until the screen highlights . 2 Press , then until the screen highlights . 3 Press . The screen displays 4 Press or . 5 Press to save the displayed setting. ¥ NOTE...

1 5 Low Batt To n e You can set the handset to sound a t o n e when batteryp ower is low, or you can turn the tone off. D e fa u l t setting is . 1 Press , then until the screen highlights . 2 Press , then until the screen highlights . 3 Press The screen displays 4 Press or . 5 Press to save the dis...

1 6 Range To n e You can set the handset to sound a t o n e when you area p p ro a ching the ra n ge limit, or you can turn this toneo ff. The default setting is . 1 Press , then until the screen highlights . 2 Press , then until the screen highlights . 3 Press The screen displays 4 Press or . 5 Pre...

1 7 Keypad To n e When this feature is on,each key press makes a sound.The default setting is . 1 Press , then until the screen highlights . 2 Press , then until the screen highlights . 3 Press The screen displays 4 Press or . 5 Press to save the displa yed setting. 5840_CIB_2ATT 2003.3.5 6:11 PM Pa...

1 8 Set Contrast You can adjust the screen contrast for easy viewing. 1 Press , then until the screen highlights . 2 Press , then until the screen highlights . 3 Press The screen displays 4 Press or to increase or decrease contrast. 5 Press to save the displa yed setting. 5840_CIB_2ATT 2003.3.5 6:11...

1 9 Language Setting You can set each registered handset so the displayappears in English , Spanish or French. The defaultsetting is . 1 Press , then until the screen highlights . 2 Press , then until the screen highlights . 3 Press The screen displays 4 Press to highlight the desired language. 5 Pr...

2 0 R i n g e r Vo l u m e Setting the vo l u m e so that no bars show on the gra p ht u rns the ri n ger off. 1 P re s s . Use to highlight , then press . 2 Highlight , then press . 3 Press to reduce volume,press to increase volume. At the lowest setting,thebase will not ring when a call comes in. ...

2 1 R i n g e r M e l o d y 1 P re s s . Use to highlight , then press . 2 Highlight , then press . 3 P ress or to scroll thro u g h eight melodies and hear samples. 4 Press to save the displayed setting. ▲ ▼ ▲ ▼ 5840_CIB_2ATT 2003.3.5 6:11 PM Page 20

2 3 C o n t r a s t 1 P re s s . Use to highlight , then press . 2 Highlight , then press . 3 P ress or to decrease or i n c rease screen contra s t . 4 Press to save the displa yed setting. ▲ ▼ ▲ ▼ 5840_CIB_2ATT 2003.3.5 6:11 PM Page 22

2 4 L a n g u a g e 1 P re s s . Use to highlight , then press . 2 Highlight then press . 3 P ress or to highlight desire d l a n g u age . 4 Press to save the displayed setting. ▲ ▼ ▲ ▼ 5840_CIB_2ATT 2003.3.5 6:11 PM Page 23

2 5 Make a Call At the Handset 1 Press , then dial the number — OR — Dial the number, then press . 2 To end the call,press or place the handset in the base. Answer a Call At the Handset 1 Press to answer a call. 2 To end the call,press or place the handset in the base. At the Base 1 Press to answer ...

2 6 Volume H a n d s e t You can adjust the volume of what you hear throughthe handset during a conversation by pressing or on the right side of the handset. You will hear aspecial tone when you reach the highest or lowestsetting. Base S p e a k e r Press VOLUME or VOLUME to adjust the base speaker ...

2 7 Handset Speakerphone When the handset speakerphone is activated, you can use the phone hands-free. Stand the handset ona flat surface (not in the base) and continue yourconversation. ¥ N O T E : For best perfo rm a n c e , use the handset s p e a kerphone in a quiet location with the handsetfaci...

2 8 B a s e S p e a k e r p h o n e You can use the base speakerphone to answer calls,orto make calls from the Caller ID log. Make a Call 1 Press , then until the screen highlights . 2 Press , then or to select the Caller ID record you want to dial. 3 Press to dial the displa yed number — OR — Choos...

2 9 Redial The last ten phone numbers dialed at the handset are stored in redial memory. 1 Press then press or to scroll through the numbers in redialmemory. 2 Press or to dial the highlighted number. 3 Press to end the call. Save a Redial Number 1 Press . 2 Press or until the screen displays the nu...

3 0 Flash/Call Waiting If you subscribe to Call Waiting service with your localtelephone service pr ovider, you can answer a ne wincoming call without losing your current call. H a n d s e t 1 Press / to connect to the new call when you receive a call-waiting signal. 2 Press / again to return to the...

3 1 M u t e H a n d s e t 1 During a telephone con versation, mute thehandset microphone by pressing . The other party will be unable to hearanything on your end. The screen displays 2 To return to two-w ay conversation,press again. B a s e Press on the base to prevent the other party from hearing y...

3 2 H o l d Handset ¥ N O T E : When a call is on hold, the screen displays . If the clock feature is on, this message will be displayed for five seconds, thenreturn to the clock display with H on top of the screen.After fi ve minu t e s , the handset will ring to re m i n dyou there ’s a call on ho...

3 3 Te m p o r a ry Tone Dialing If you have dial pulse (rotary) service, you can changefrom dial pulse to touch tone dialing during a call. 1 Make the call,and wait until it is connected. 2 P re s s . Keys pressed after this send t o u ch tone signals. 3 After you hang up, the phone automaticallyre...

3 4 DISPLAY SCREEN MESSAGES SCREEN DISPLAYS: WHEN: You have an incoming phone call (withoutCaller ID). You have an incoming call from [ ], for example . Once an intercom call is underway, the handsetswill show the icons of the participatingp a rt i e s ; the base will show . The handset battery is l...

HANDSET ICONS THIS ICON: INDICATES Line In Use indicator On steadily with no number next to it when another phone on this line is in use. On steadily with one or more numbers next to it , indicating which extensions are using the line.For example, indicates that Handset 1 and Handset 2 are on an out...

3 6 BASE ICONS THIS ICON: INDICATES Ringer Off indicator is displayed when the ringer is turned off. Battery indicator Cycles (Low, Medium,and Full) when a battery pack is charging in the spare battery compartment. BASE LIGHTS LIGHT STATUS: INDICATES: IN USE on Handset or base is on a call IN USE fl...

TONES AND WHAT THEY MEAN TONE: INDICATES: Three quick beeps Battery charge is low One beep Handset registration is complete — OR — A programming command is successfull ycompleted One long beep Indicates an error in programming — OR — Handset is out of range of the base 3 7 5840_CIB_2ATT 2003.3.5 6:1...

3 8 I n t e rcom Calls If you have more than one handset (AT&T 5800, purchased separately) registered with your 5840 base,you can make intercom calls between handsets. F rom Base to All Handsets 1 Press on the base. 2 P ress until is highlighted, then press . F rom Base to Selected Handset 1 Pre...

3 9 Answering Interc o m At handset , press . At base , automatically answered. End Interc o m At handset , press . At base , press . Answer an Incoming Call While on anIntercom Call If an incoming call is received while you are using theintercom, you will hear a beep and the screen willdisplay call...

4 0 Blind Call Tr a n s f e r If you ha ve installed additional AT&T 5800 handsets(purchased separately) with your 5840 telephone, youcan transfer a call from one handset to another. F rom the Handset 1 Press , then use to highlight where you want the call transfer red. 2 When the desired destin...

4 1 C o n f e rence Calling 1 If one handset is already on a call, you canconnect a second handset to the call bypressing on the second handset — OR — If you are on a call and have a second call onhold, press to add the held call to the conference call. 2 Disconnect either or both handsets bypressin...

4 2 PHONE BOOK This telephone can store up to 50 telephone numbersand names. E a ch number can be up to 32 digits longand each name can be up to 16 ch a ra c t e rs . S t o re a Number and Name in Phone Book 1 Enter the number you want to store. Thescreen displays the number you enter. Todelete a di...

Keypad Characters D i a l P re s s e s K e y 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 & ’ , . 1 A B C a b c 2 D E F d e f 3 G H I g h i 4 J K L j k l 5 M N O m n o 6 P Q R S p q r s 7 T U V t u v 8 W X Y Z w x y z 9 0 * # 4 3 5840_CIB_2ATT 2003.3.5 6:12 PM Page 42

4 4 Dial a Number in Phone Book 1 Press . The screen displays 2 P ress or to scroll through memory in alphabetical order — OR — Enter the first letter of a name (thenor , if necessary) to display the name you’re searching for — OR — Press , then enter the first few letters of the name you’re searchi...

4 5 Edit a Number/Name in Phone Book 1 Press . The screen displays 2 P ress or to scroll through memory in alphabetical order — OR — Enter the first letter of a name (thenor , if necessary) to display the name you’re searching for — OR — Press , then enter the first few letters of the name you’re se...

4 6 Delete a Number/Name in Phone Book 1 Press . The screen displays 2 P ress or to scroll through memory in alphabetical order — OR — Enter the first letter of a name (then or , if necessary) to display the name you’re searching for — OR — Press , then enter the first few letters of the name you’re...

4 7 If you subscribe to Caller ID service with your local phone serviceprovider, this phone stores all incoming calls (up to 50 at the handset,up to 99 at the base) with valid Caller ID information in the calls log.Name, number, time and date information can all be stored,if they aresent with the ca...

4 9 Display Dial While you are r eviewing the calls log, you can dial anumber displayed on the screen. You can change theformat of the number using “Dialing Options”below.Press or to dial the displa yed number. Dialing Options 1 While a call record is displayed,press , then select . 2 Use or to high...

5 0 Remove Call Record s Removing a Specific Call Record 1 Press , then press . 2 P ress or to scroll through call records until the call you want to delete isdisplayed. 3 Press , then press . The screen displays 4 Press . The call record is deleted and you hear a confirmation tone. Removing All Rec...

5 1 Audible Indicators This system gi ves you voice pro m p t s for fe a t u reo p e rations and voice confi rmations when you press abutton or complete an opera t i o n . Tu rn Answering System On/Off Press to turn the system on or off. When the system is turned on, you will hear “ Machine on ” and...

5 3 R e c o rd Your Announcement ¥ NOTE: If you have assigned different mailboxes to different people, be sure to tell callers in yourannouncement to press , , or to lea ve a message in the appropriate mailbox. 1 Press until you hear “ Change announcement .” 2 P ress . After you hear “ N ow re c o r...

5 4 Answering System Feature Setup You can set up one feature at a time,or you can set upa feature and then mo ve on to set up another feature. 1 Make sure the ans wering system is on. 2 Press and release until you hear the system announce the feature you want to set.R e fer to the Fe a t u re Summa...

FEATURE SUMMARY Default settings indicated by * . SYSTEM ANNOUNCES: DESCRIPTION/DIRECTIONS: “Change remote access code” Set the remote access code you 50 * will use to access features andfunctions of the answering systemfrom a touch tone phone. The codecan be changed to any two-digitnumber from 40–9...

5 6 Listen to, Save & Delete Messages The system automatically sa ves your messages untilyou delete them,and can store approximately 15minutes of messa ges,memos, and announcements(up to a maximum of 99 messages).Before playing a message,the system announces the day and time it was received. Whi...

5 8 Record a Memo You can re c o rd a memo up to four minutes long to store asan incoming message . 1 Press and release . 2 Press a PLAY/STOP button to select a mailbo xfor the memo. After the beep,speak towardthe microphone. The message windowdisplays the length of your memo. 3 To stop recording,pr...

5 9 MESSAGE WINDOW DISPLAY WINDOW DISPLAYS: WHEN: No messages in any mailbo x – Total number of messa ges in all mailbo xes,or current message number duringmessage playback. – ↔ Memory is full,or total number ofmessages is 99 Counting to Duration of announcement or memorecording (maximum announcemen...

Connect with the Answering System You can access many features of this system remotely from a touchtone phone. 1 Dial your telephone number. 2 When the system ans wers,enter your Remote Access Code(preset to 50). The system beeps once and then announces the number of new messa ges. 3 Enter a remote ...

REMOTE ACCESS COMMANDS FUNCTION: COMMAND: Play messages Press , then enter the appropriate in a mailbox mailbox number( , , or ). The system plays new messages. If there are no new messages,the system plays old messages. Repeat a message Press while messa ge is playing;each press backs up another me...

Battery Life A fully charged battery provides an average talk time of about eighthours,or standby time of five days. ¥ NOTE: Talk time and standby time may vary depending on operating conditions. Battery Indicator Ten to fifteen minutes before the battery charge indictor gets too lo wto operate the ...

S p a re Battery You can buy a spare handset battery (AT&T Battery 2401, SKU# 91077,sold separately) and keep it char ged in the base at all times.In the e vent of a po wer failure,a fully charged battery in the sparebattery compartment will allow you to make and receive calls from thecordless h...

Replace the Handset Battery Pack 1 Install the handset battery . Use only AT&T Battery 2401,SKU# 91077. 2 Charge the handset battery. • Place the handset in the base. • Charge the battery for at least 12 hours. After the firstcharge,the battery will charge in eight hours. 6 4 b) Align the contac...

6 5 If you have difficulty operating this phone,try the suggestions below.For Customer Service,visit our website at www.telephones.att.com or call 1 800 222–3111. Please retain your receipt as your proof of purc h a s e . PHONE PROBLEM SOLUTION If the phone does not • Make sure the po wer cord is pl...

PHONE PROBLEM SOLUTION To re-initialize the 1 Disconnect the po wer to the base. handset and base: 2 Remove spare battery pack (if installed). 3 Remove the handset battery pack. 4 Wait at least 15 seconds. 5 Insert the handset battery pack. 6 Connect the power to the base. PROBLEM SOLUTION If you he...

CALLER ID PROBLEM SOLUTION If the caller’s name or • Make sure you subscribe to Caller ID phone number is not service from your local telephone displayed: company. • Make sure the battery is charged.• Caller ID service might not work when the phone is connected to a PrivateBranch Exchange (PBX). PRO...

6 9 ANSWERING SYSTEM PROBLEM SOLUTION If messages ar e • If a caller leaves a very long message, incomplete: part of it may be lost when the systemdisconnects the call after four minutes. • If the caller pauses for more than seven seconds,the system stops recording anddisconnects the call. • If the ...

DEFAULT SETTINGS FUNCTION: DEFAULT SETTING: Dial Method Tone Handset Volume 2 Ringer Volume 3 Ringer Melody 1 Key Tone ON Remote Access Code 50 Clock ON Message Alert OFF Announce Only OFF Number of Rings 4 Call Screening ON Vibrate OFF 7 1 DEFAULT SETTINGS 5840_CIB_2ATT 2003.3.5 6:12 PM Page 70

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS RF Frequency Band 2400 MHz – 2483.5 MHz (Handset to base) RF Frequency Band 5725 MHz – 5850 MHz (Base to handset) Number of Channels 95 Channel Spacing 864 kHz H a n d s e t Transmit Power +23 dBm Base Transmit Power +29 dBm Sensitivity –93 dBm Modulation GFSK Operating Temp...

A 46,50 Announce Only 52, 55, 59, 71announcements 52, 56 B Base 1, 25, 28, 31, 39,40, 66, 72Base icons 36Base lights 36Base ringer 20, 21 20–24 Base Unit See Base 11 battery 4, 7, 35, 62–64, 72Beeps 37, 55, 57,60, 61Belt Clip 8 C Calls Log 2 32 Call Screening 55Call Waiting 2Caller ID 2, 28, 47 51, ...