Contents Contents Welcome 3 What’s in the Box 4 Base and Headset Basics 5 Accessories 6 Customize Your Headset 7 Change the Eartip 7 Position Your Headset 7 Connect Your Desk Phone 9 Connect the Power 9 Charge the Headset 9 Connect and Configure Your Desk Phone 10 Desk Phone (standard) 10 Check Configuration and Make a Test Call 11...
Welcome Congratulations on purchasing your new Plantronics product. This guide contains instructions for setting up and using your CS530 Wireless Headset System. Please refer to the separate safety instructions for important product safety information prior to installation or use of the product.
Base and Headset Basics Base overview FRONT BACK Call/mute LED Power on/subscription LED BOTTOM Charging LED Subscription button Narrowband/wideband audio switch Power jack Handset lifter/EHS cable jack Telephone interface cable jack Auto answer switch Listening volume dial* Speaking volume dial* Configuration switch* * For installation set up Headset overview...
Accessories Electronic Hookswitch Cable (EHS) Electronically takes your desk phone handset off hook. Enables remote call answer/end with your headset. HL10™ Lifter Automatically lifts handset and returns it to the cradle. Enables remote call answer/end with your headset...
Customize Your Headset Customize the headset by changing the eartip, wearing it on the right or left and optimizing the position of the microphone. Change the Eartip The headset comes with a pre-installed eartip. To install a different eartip see the following: Remove the pre-installed eartip by pushing in and turning the eartip CLOCKwise, then pull firmly.
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Rotate the microphone boom until it is pointed toward your mouth. Left Ear Wearing The headset can be converted for wearing on left ear as follows: Turn microphone boom around. Rotate microphone boom down.
Connect Your Desk Phone This section describes how to connect the base to your desk phone. Connect the Power Plug one end of the power supply into the power jack on the back of the base and the other end into a working power outlet.
Connect and Configure Your Desk Phone There are three setup options for connecting the CS530 to your desk phone. Select one of the following and continue. • Desk phone (standard) • Desk phone + HL10 lifter (sold separately) • Desk phone + EHS cable (sold separately)
Check Configuration and Make a Test Call If your desk phone has a volume control set it to mid-range. Look at the bottom panel of your base and make sure the default settings are correct. Set your desk phone’s volume also. listening volume dial ( ) = 2 and speaking volume dial ( ) = 2...
Desk Phone plus HL10 Lifter (sold separately) NOTE First follow the steps above for Desk Phone (Standard). Firmly press the handset lifter power cord into the handset lifter jack. While wearing your headset, slide the handset lifter arm under the handset until the lifter base touches the side of the phone.
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If You Do Not Hear a Dial Tone If you do not hear a dial tone, raise the lifter height switch to the next highest position. Repeat steps 2 through 5 above as necessary until you hear a dial tone. When you hear a dial tone, secure the lifter as described in steps 6 though 8.
Connect the end of the EHS cable to the base and the other end to the desk phone as described in the EHS Adapter Getting Started guide. NOTE For further installation information refer to the EHS Getting Started guide that came with your EHS cable or at plantronics.com/accessories. 14 14...
Position Your Base The minimum recommended separation between your desk phone and the base is 6 inches. The minimum recommended separation between the base and computer is 12 inches. Incorrect position can cause noise and interference problems. 15 15...
Talk Time With a single full charge, the CS530 will provide up to 6 hours of talk time. Talk time will be reduced when operating in wideband mode or if the headset is used consistently at a far distance from the base.
Low Battery Warning If you are on a call and the headset battery is critically low, you will hear a repeated single low tone every 15 seconds indicating that the battery is low. You should recharge the headset immediately. If you are not on a call and press the call control button, you will hear three low tones if the battery is critically low.
Your Base Base Phone Button and Switches 1 Subscription Button The headset and base that came in the box are subscribed (connected) to each other. However, if you wish to use a new headset or need to restore subscription to your current headset, the units can be subscribed to each other by the following two methods.
2 Wideband/Narrowband Audio Switch The CS530 has wideband audio, which allows speech to sound clearer and more natural. If your desk phone is capable of wideband audio, set the Wideband-Narrowband audio switch to yellow for wideband. NOTE: Talk time will be reduced when operating in wideband mode.
NOTE This step will be automatic if you install a lifter or EHS cable accessory. For a complete list of accessories, visit plantronics.com/accessories. To end the call, press the headset call control button and hang up the handset. Conference Up to Three Additional Headsets You can conference up to three additional headsets to a call in progress.
Talk time is not as long as stated. Talk time performance Battery is wearing out. Call Plantronics at (800) 544-4660 for factory is significantly degraded replacement information or contact us at plantronics.com/support. even after a full recharge. Desk Phone I can’t hear a dial tone in...
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