Table of contents Important Answer a Call End or Reject a Call Power requirements Emergency Call Management Important Safety information Terms and Conditions of use Features during a Call Environmental Care Adjust Earpiece Volume Installation requirements Mute Microphone Conformity Put a Call on Hold Service Support Call Waiting Warranty...
• Active mobile phones in the vicinity may cause interference. 1.6 Conformity • Do not let small metal objects come into We, Philips declare that the product is in contact with the product. This can deteriorate compliance with the essential requirements and audio quality and damage the product.
5. Philips plays an active role in the development of international EMF and safety standards, enabling Philips to anticipate further developments in standardisation for early integration in its products.
Your phone Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to Philips! To fully benefit from the support that Philips offers, register your product at www.philips.com/welcome. 2.1 What’s in the box? Handset with Installation CD* 1.2m cable (contains also the User Manual)
A Earpiece B LED 2.3 Overview of your phone Stay on during a call. The LED will blink continuously during the following events: Flash quickly during an incoming call. Blink slowly when phone is muted. Blink slowly when voicemail(s) waiting. C Display See page 7 for an overview of the display icons.
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M USB connector grove Use to contain the USB connector. N USB connector Connect the 1.2m long cable to the USB slot on the computer. Your phone...
2.4 Handset display 2.5 Idle screen In idle mode, your Skype status and time will be displayed on the handset screen: Skype User and Contact status display: Online / SkypeMe Away Not Available / Do Not Disturb (DND) Offline / Invisible Specific Handset icons: Blinking: Mute On Blinking: Incoming call...
NOT plugged in before installation starts. version may not be available on VOIP151. Check VOIP151 driver is provided in the enclosed CD. compatibility on www.philips.com/support. Unwind the USB cable from your phone. Note Insert the installation CD into the computer's If your operating system is Windows 2000, you CD ROM (or DVD ROM) drive.
Note If you don't have a Skype account, you can find more details about how to create one on http://www.skype.com. When VOIP151 driver is running, a tray icon will appear at the bottom right corner of your computer screen. 3.3 Connection status When the mouse cursor is placed over the VOIP151 tray icon, the current status of your phone will be displayed.
Note Press and hold to minimize Skype. Call 4.1.2 Call SkypeOut Number Make a Call Use the keypad to dial the number you wish Warning to call. Skype does not support emergency calls. Please use the normal telephone line in case of emergency.
Note Make a short press on to exit and return to Emergency Call Management idle mode. Warning Skype is not a replacement for your ordinary telephone and cannot be used for emergency 4.1.4 Contact list TIPS calls. Please use the normal telephone line in case •...
Features during a Call 5.4 Call Waiting When you are on the line and there is a second incoming call, you will hear a waiting tone on the earpiece and the LED on the phone will flash 5.1 Adjust Earpiece Volume quickly.
Once the call is connected, press and hold to start the conference call. 5.6.3 Incoming call during a conference • stays on the screen for 10 CONFERENCE You can choose to connect or reject an incoming seconds and then the call duration is displayed. call using the Skype interface.
Voicemail 6.2 Voicemail Status on computer The following icons show the status of your voicemails. Indicates a new voicemail. 6.1 Listen to Voicemail When there are voicemails waiting to be Indicates an old voicemail. retrieved, the LED on the phone will blink slowly. Indicates that the voicemail is currently Note For details on how to get a voicemail account,...
Phone Settings 7.1 General Options Open the “VOIP151 Phone Settings” window and The VOIP151 driver allows you to customize select the tab. General Options your phone to a setting that best suits you. To start configuring your phone: Double click the tray icon at the bottom right corner of your computer screen to open the “VOIP151 Phone Settings”...
When the box is ticked, it enables the computer Select a device under Microphone Device speaker to ring when there is an incoming Skype Skype’s audio input. Philips VOIP151 for Skype call. automatically set as the default audio input device Note after VOIP151 installation. (For Vista users,...
Make sure that Use only default devices ticked and click 7.3 Tone Settings Open the “VOIP151 Phone Settings” window and select the tab. Tone Settings 7.2.4.2 For Windows 2000 user Click to open Advanced... Sounds and window. Multimedia Properties The following settings are available: 7.3.1 Change ringer melody Select a melody under and click...
When a shortcut has been validated, press and 7.4 Shortcut Configuration hold the key for more than 2 seconds to access Open the “VOIP151 Phone Settings” window. the function. Select the tab. Shortcut Configuration 7.5 Product Information Open the “VOIP151 Phone Settings” window and select the tab.
Skype USB VoIP for Windows Device Philips VOIP151 for Skype Vista user. Set-up • Turn up the earpiece volume. Selected “Do not allow this program to use Caller cannot hear me at all! Skype”...
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Skype Note If the above solutions still cannot resolve your problem, remove the phone from the computer, and then restart Skype and the VOIP151 driver. Wait for 15 minutes and try again. For more information, see www.philips.com/support. Frequently asked questions...
Index Accessories Make a call Adjust earpiece volume Make a SkypeOut call Answer a call Manage a second call Audio Settings Mute Microphone Auto Away Auto Start Application Overview of your phone Auto Start Skype Phone Settings Call Phone Volume Adjustment Call from the call history list Power requirements Call from the Skype contact list...