Nortel T7406 Cordless Telephone Installation Guide

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T7406 Installation Guide
3. Combination Office/Warehouse
  Various Small Businesses
  Typically under 1,394 
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  Mixture of closed offices 
and open spaces
Typical facility with both 
office and warehousing 
combined in one operation.
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Range will be limited in this...

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Environments Unsuitable for the T7406 
Campus Environment (multiple buildings on one site)
The campus environment is not a suitable application for the T7406.
For this type of environment, contact your authorized Nortel Networks 
distributor to discuss alternatives.
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T7406 Installation Guide
Powering the T7406
The T7406 design has taken into account the need to provide a reliably-
powered cordless business telephone. The T7406 utilizes premium 
1400 mAh NiMh batteries.
A fully charged 1400 mAh battery should provide four to five hours of 
talk time in a typical eight-hour day over, approximately, a three-year 
service life. 
The T7406 has been engineered to provide the following talk-time 
parameters: 
 T7406 users should feel comfortable...

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 A fully depleted 1400 mAh battery will be restored to full charge in 
three hours.
 The handset charge light will turn from red to green to indicate that 
the handset battery is fully charged and ready for use.
 The T7406 charge stand provides a rear port as a trickle charger that 
charges a fully depleted 1400 mAh battery in 12 to 14 hours.
Specifications 
Frequency band Half of the 900 MHz ISM band: 
either 902 to 915 MHz or 915.1 to 928 MHz
Total channel...

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Impor tant batter y pack information
Before you use the T7406 cordless handset, read the following 
information.
This unit contains a rechargeable nickel metal hydride battery:
 Follow the proper installation and charging procedures for the 
T7406 battery pack. Refer to C
harging the T7406 Battery Pack on 
page 24.
 The rechargeable battery pack must be fully charged before you use 
the T7406 handset for the first time. 
 It takes...

16 / About your T7406 telephone
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About your T7406 telephone
The T7406 is a multiple-handset, single-base cordless telephone 
system. The T7406 telephone provides a fully-integrated mobility 
solution for your business. The T7406 handset allows you to freely 
move around your work space while on a call, and still maintain access 
to all your telephone system features.
The T7406 telephone uses advanced digital frequency hopping spread 
spectrum (FHSS) technology to provide a quality audio path...

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Each base station must use a separate ISM half band. For more 
information about setting the dip switches, refer to Installing the Base 
Station on page 21.
If other devices operating on the ISM band interfere with the T7406 
base, the other half of the band may be used to try to minimize 
interference. In this situation, install only one base station and three 
handsets per location.
Spare Parts
You can order spare parts for your T7406 telephone....

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Handset Over view
The handset automatically links with the base station by searching for 
the base station signal when the following are completed:
 battery is charged
 base station and handset are powered
 handset identification is configured
 base station Security Code is assigned
Handset parts list
Handset Charger Battery pack 
(2) Power 
adapter
Handset card (2) and Plastic lens (1) Belt clip  Wrist strap
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Handset Signal Detection
You can monitor the handset signal strength while moving to different 
locations. The antenna/signal strength and battery icons appear on the 
handset display. 
When you move too far from the base station, the following occurs on 
the handset:
 the antenna/signal strength icon disappears


	
 message appears
 handset produces an intermittent beep
 handset may go into scanning mode
If the signal strength is weak, move...

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Handset Features
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Starts or cancels a feature.
Display
Shows the time, date, call 
information, handset status 
icons and guides you while 
using features. 
Cancels active calls.
Display buttons
Microphone 
Headset port
Lanyard anchor 
(hook)
For attaching a 
wrist strap.
Volume control 
Dialpad 
Batter y Pack
Light collarFlashes during ringing 
calls.
Memor y and line 
buttons 
Buttons for one touch...