Philips VOIP3212G-37 - Manual (Page 15)

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General Information
Before any call is made, please note the following.
Emergency Calls
Skype does not support emergency call; all emergency calls will be routed to the telephone line.
Low battery warning
If your phone is almost out of battery during a call, it will sound an alert tone. Place your phone on the charger
for charging as soon as possible or it would turn off when it is out of battery. Placing the phone on the charger
for charging will end the current call.
Call timer
The call timer shows the duration of your current call on display. It is shown in minutes and seconds (MM-SS)
in the first hour. After that, it will be shown in hours and minutes (HH-MM).
Make a Skype call
1. Press to access Skype contact list.
2. Press UP / DOWN to select the Skype user you would like to call.
3. Press or to call the selected contact. The selected contact's name will be displayed and
called.
Note : The contact list shows the Skype contact list of the user who is currently logged in to Skype on
the PC. The icon on the left of each entry shows the online status of that entry. See page 36 for user
status display icon.
TIP : Search by letter - Using the keypad, enter the first letter of the name you wish to find.
E.g. If you want to find the contact name "Peter", press once should return the first contact begins
with the letter P.
E.g. If you want to find "Sam", press four times, the first contact begins with the letter S will be
selected.
Note : You can also change your online status on the handset. Refer to the menu - Skype section for
instruction on how to change online status, see page 36.
Note : The full name of the contacts on the contact list will be shown. If you want to view the contact's
Skype ID, press when the contact is selected. If a SkypeOut entry is selected, the number of the
entry will be shown.
Making a Skype call while the Telephone line is in used
If you have two handsets, you can make a Skype call while another handset is on a Telephone call.
To make a Skype call while the telephone line is in used, follow the instruction in “Make a Skype call”,
page 15. If the Skype line is in used, UNAVAILABLE will be shown when you attempt to launch the
contact list, or busy tone will be returned.
Call