Page 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 1 CONTENTS *Country dependent TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY ......................................................................................................................................... 32 SETTING UP YOUR PHONE .........................................
Page 4 - Environment and safety; CAUTION
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 2 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 3 1 Environment and safety Safety information: This telephone is not designed for making emergency telephone calls when the power fails. An alternative should be made available for access to emergency calls. Power requirements: The product requir...
Page 5 - Setting up your phone; Charging the handset
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 4 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 5 2 Setting up your phone Installing your DECT 221/225 1. Connect the output plug of the base adapter to the adapter socket on the back of the base unit and the base adapter to the wall mains supply. A beep indicates that the phone is properly pl...
Page 6 - Registering your handset
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 4 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 5 Registering your handset You will need to register your handset if it shows NOT REG in the display or if you wish to un-register from its original base and register the handset to a different base unit. You can register up to 4 handsets to your...
Page 7 - About your phone; Your handset
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 6 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 7 3 About your phone Your handset Your DECT 221/225 base stations Paging Key DECT 221 DECT 225 For more details on your DECT 225 base station, see Section 12 - DECT 225 answering machine- page 25 ABOUT YOUR PHONE Phonebook Key Use to access phone...
Page 9 - Making calls; Making a call
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 8 4 Making calls Making a call 1. Press the TALK key and wait for the dial tone. 2. Dial the number you want to call. The number appears on the display and is dialled. Preparatory Dialling (Pre-Dial) With pre-dial, you can see and edit the number you are calling on the disp...
Page 10 - Ending a call
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 9 Note: turns on when the number contains more than 12 digits. You can press the OK key to view the off-page digits. Redialling Your phone records the last 5 numbers you have dialled. Only the first 20 digits of each number are stored. To redial one of the last 5 dialled nu...
Page 12 - Making a second call
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 10 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 11 Chain dialling You can dial out numbers from the phonebook even after you have seized the phone line. And there is no limit to the number of times chain dialling is accessed. 1. Press the PHONEBOOK key. 2. Press the UP / DOWN key to scroll th...
Page 13 - Using your phonebook; Viewing the phonebook records
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 12 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 13 5 Using your phonebook You can use your phonebook to manage your contacts. If you have more than one handset, each handset has its own phonebook. Viewing the phonebook records Your phonebook can store up to 30 records. Each record can store a...
Page 14 - Editing phonebook records
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 12 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 13 USING YOUR PHONEBOOK Editing phonebook records 1. Press the MENU key . 2. Select PHONE BK and press the OK key . 3. Select EDIT and press the OK key . 4. Press the UP / DOWN key to search for the record that you would like to edit or use the ...
Page 15 - Call records; Checking your call records
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 14 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 15 6 Call records Finding out who called you (Call List) If you have subscribed to caller ID service, your phone automatically stores the last 20 incoming calls. Each record stores a name up to 8 characters and a number up to 20 digits. If you h...
Page 16 - Finding out who you have called (Dial list); Checking your dialled records
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 14 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 15 Deleting a call record While you are viewing the call record that you would like to delete, 1. Press the DELETE key . 2. Press the OK key to confirm. Deleting the entire call list Instead of deleting the records one by one, you have this opti...
Page 17 - Deleting a dial record; Deleting the entire dial list
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 16 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 17 Deleting a dial record While you are viewing a dial record that you would like to delete, 1. Press the DELETE key. 2. Press the OK key to confirm. Deleting the entire dial list Instead of deleting the records one by one, you have this option ...
Page 18 - Personalizing your phone; Personalizing your phone’s display; Giving your phone a name
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 16 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 17 7 Personalizing your phone Your phone comes with a selection of settings that you can change to personalize the phone the way you like it to work. Personalizing your phone will be done in the various menu items. At any time, you can press the...
Page 19 - Personalizing your sounds; Selecting your handset’s ringing melody
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 18 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 19 Personalizing your sounds You can assign different ringing melodies for each handset at different volume levels. Selecting your handset’s ringing melody 1. Press the MENU key. 2. Select RINGER and press the OK key . 3. Select MELODY and press...
Page 20 - Advanced features
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 18 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 19 8 Advanced features Dial mode * Your phone is set to tone dialling. You can switch to pulse dialling if necessary. 1. Press the MENU key. 2. Select SETTINGS and press the OK key. 3. Select DIALMODE and press the OK key. The current setting is...
Page 21 - System; Registering a handset
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 20 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 21 9 System Registering a handset You can register up to 4 handsets to your DECT 221 base station and up to 5 handsets to your DECT 225 base station. One handset can be registered to only one base at a time. 1. Press the MENU key . 2. Select SET...
Page 22 - Changing PIN; Resetting
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 20 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 21 Changing PIN A PIN (personal identification number) code is required to access the registration and delete handset mode. The factor y preset code is “0000”. You can change it to a unique code of your own. A PIN code can be up to 8 digits long...
Page 23 - 0 Additional features; Key lock; Locking the keypad; Unlocking the keypad; Shortcut for turning handset ringer on/off
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 22 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 23 10 Additional features Key lock Keypad can be locked to prevent accidental key press. When the keypad is locked, you can still answer an incoming call by pressing the TALK key. During the call, the keypad is active. When the call is ended, th...
Page 24 - 1 Using multi-handsets; Calling someone in the house
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 22 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 23 11 Using multi-handsets Calling someone in the house You can call someone in the house by using the intercom function on your phone. These internal calls have no cost associated. To make an intercom call: 1. Press the INTERCOM key and wait fo...
Page 27 - Turning the answering machine on/off; Setting the default OGM language*
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 26 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 27 Note: Turning the answering machine on/off does not affect the functionality of the normal phone operations, such as making outgoing calls or receiving incoming calls. Turning the answering machine on/off To turn the answering machine on/off,...
Page 28 - Recording an OGM; Listening to the current OGM; Deleting an OGM
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 26 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 27 Recording an OGM The maximum recording time is 40 seconds. You do not need to delete your previously recorded OGM to record a new one. Once you record a new OGM, the old one will be overwritten. To record an OGM: 1. Press the OGM key for 2 se...
Page 29 - Deleting all ICMs; Call screening
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 28 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 29 Playing ICM ICM will be played back in the sequence they were recorded. A tone will be played before each message. Press the PLAY key. The oldest new message will begin. During message playback, you have the following options: 1. Press the NE...
Page 31 - Remote access; The remote access function
Remote access You can access your answering machine when you are away by using a phone set on tone dial mode (see Section 8, Dial mode, page 19). To remotely access the answering machine, 1. Place a call from an external line to your answering machine.2. When the answering machine answers the call a...
Page 32 - 3 Appendix; Default settings
31 www.philips.com/faqs/dect APPENDIX **Country dependent 13 Appendix Default settings Handset name* PHILIPS Answering machine(DECT 225 only) On Ringer melody Melody 1 Default OGM language** English Ringer volume Level 3 ICM Empty Key tone On Ring delay Toll saver Backlight On Security PIN 000 Recal...
Page 33 - Troubleshooting
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 32 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 33 Troubleshooting Problems Solutions The phone does not work at all. • Make sure that the adapter and the phone cord are connected properly. • Check that the batteries are fully charged and installed properly. • This phone does not work during ...
Page 34 - Declaration of conformity
www.philips.com/faqs/dect 32 www.philips.com/faqs/dect 33 Declaration of conformity We, PHILIPS Consumer ElectronicsRoute d’Angers72081 Le Mans Cedex 9France Declare that the products DECT221xx and DECT225xx are in compliance with ANNEX IV of the R&TTE-Directive 1999/5/EC and then with the follo...