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Table of Contents
Before You Begin 3 Batteries 22
Parts Checklist 3 Battery Care and Maintenance 22
GETTING STARTED 3 Replacing the Handset Battery
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NEED HELP? This book has all the feature operation and troubleshooting you need to install and operate your new VTech phone Please take the time to review thoroughly to ensure proper installation and the benefit of this VTech innovative and feature rich product You can also visit our website at www vtechphones com for support, shopping, and everything new at VTech In Canada, please visit www vtechcanada com VTech toll free 1-800-595-9511 In Canada dial 1-800-267-7377
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Getting Started Before You Begin Parts Check list 1 Handsets (2) • Important! 2 Base Unit Before using this telephone, 3 Charger Power Adaptor you must read 4 Charger Important Safety CHARGER 5 Telephone Line Cord Instructions on POWER ADAPTOR page 32 6 Batteries (2) 7 AC Power Adaptor 8 User’s Manual To purchase replacement batteries, visit us on the web at www vtechphones com or call VTech Communications, Inc at 1-800-595-9511 HANDSET x 2 BASE UNIT CHARGER In Canad
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Installation Choose Location Install Handset Battery For maximum performance of your a) A lign the two holes in the plug with • Use only the provided cordless telephone system: the socket pins, then snap the plug VTech battery, or into place 1 C hoose a central location for your equivalent Base Unit b) P lace the battery in the compartment with the wires in the lower right corner Angle 2 I nstall your base unit and the top of the battery under the top claws extension handsets awa
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Getting Started Installation Table/Desk Installation • Install the base unit Connect the power cord After away from electronic charging the battery for at least equipment such as 16 hours, connect the telephone ����������������� personal computers, ���� television sets or line cord microwave ovens Avoid excessive heat, cold, dust or moisture Standard ������������������� ������ electrical outlet www.vtechphones.com GETTING STARTED
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Installation Wall Mounting Your phone base unit is designed to mount on a standard telephone wall plate Wall mounting is optional 1 Run the power and telephone cords through the slot, then connect them to the jacks located on the underside of the base 2 P lug the AC adaptor into an electrical outlet If the battery has not been previously charged, place the handset in the base, and allow it to charge at least 16 hours (or overnight) Connect the telephone line cord to the wall jac
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Getting Started Installation Charge the Handset Battery Place the handset in the base CHARGING... will display Be sure to charge the battery for at least 16 • If the phone will hours before using your phone not be used for a long period of time, Set Language remove the battery • P ress PROG, then press or until LANGUAGE is displayed to prevent possible Press SELECT. leakage • If you have any • T he current setting blinks Press or until the screen displays the correct languag
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Installation Set Handset Date and Time If you subscribe to caller ID service, the date and time will be set automatically with the first incoming • I n the event of a call If you do not have caller ID service, you can set the date and time manually: power outage, or if • P ress PROG, then press or until DATE/TIME is displayed Press SELECT. your phone’s power • T he month is flashing. Press or until the screen displays the correct month Press SELECT cord is unplugged, the time set
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Basic Operation Telephone Operation Handset Operation . Make a Call Press before or after dialing number to place a call 2. Flash/Call Waiting Press to begin a call, then dial a number During a call, 6 press to receive an incoming call, if call waiting is activated . Chan 7 1,2 While on a call, press CHAN to switch to a clearer channel 8 . Delete 10 Press to delete one or all calls in the call log See page 20 for complete instructions . Answer a Call (any key) Press a
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Telephone Operation Base Operation . Locate Handset • Press the LOCATE HANDSET key to page the handset • Press it second time to cancel a page • The base will ring the handset for � one minute before ending the page automatically • The handset can also cancel the page by pressing the OFF key 0 BASIC OPERATION www.vtechphones.com
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Basic Operation Telephone Operation Operating Range This cordless telephone operates within the maximum power allowed by the Federal • Only one handset of Communications Commission (FCC) Even so, this handset and base can communicate over only a your phone system can certain distance — which can vary with the locations of the base and handset, the weather, and the be in use (off hook) at a time For example, construction of your home or office. if HS1 is on a call and If you re
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Telephone Operation Display Screen Messages Screen Displays: When: There is a call coming in ** RINGING ** The handset is waiting for dial tone CONNECTING... The handset is in use PHONE ON The handset is in the base and the battery CHARGING is charging The base is paging the handset ** PAGING ** The battery needs to be recharged BATTERY LOW The handset is changing to another of the SCANNING... 30 channels available Displays and a sad tone sounds when the CAN’T CONNECT base power is
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Basic Operation Speed Dialing You can store telephone numbers you call frequently in two different ways, as speed dial numbers, or in the directory Each number can have up to 24 digits You will program names to go with the numbers, each can have up to 15 characters • The entries you stored in speed Up to ten numbers and names can be stored, total You can store as many as nine numbers with dial memory will names into speed dial memory locations you assign (1 through 9) You can als
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Speed Dialing Press Once Twice 3 Times 4 Times 5 Times 6 Times • When directory memory is full the 1 1 screen displays MEMORY FULL, A B C 2 2 an error tone sounds, and you D E F 3 3 cannot store a new number G H I 4 4 until you delete a record in speed J K L 5 5 dial memory or the directory M N O 6 6 • I f the speed dial location is P Q R S 7 7 not empty, your new entry will be T U V 8 8 stored in place of the old and the W X Y Z 9 9 first entry will be deleted Take 0 0 ca
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Basic Operation Speed Dialing Edit a Number/Name in Speed Dial 1 Press and hold the memory location key (1 through 9) of the SPEED EDIT ERASE entry you wish to edit 8005959511 2 When the screen displays the entry you want to edit, press 01 SELECT. Then press or until EDIT flashes. 3 Press SELECT. The screen displays the name and number The cursor appears at the end of the name Use and the dial pad keys to edit the name Press , SELECT to move on to edit the number Use to
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Telephone Directory Your phone can store 10 (including the nine speed dial entries) numbers with names (up to 15 characters for the name and 24 digits for the number) in each handset • Press REDIAL/ When memory is full the screen displays MEMORY FULL, an error tone sounds, and you will not be PAUSE to display able to store a new number until you delete a stored number the last number dialed from this Store a Number/Name in the Directory phone to store it in speed dial memory 1 Press PR
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Basic Operation Telephone Directory Edit a Number/Name in the Directory 1 Press (DIR). The screen displays DIRECTORY. • Press OFF at 2 Press or to scroll alphabetically through the entries stored in the directory any time to exit -OR- directory Press the dial pad key for the first letter of the entry you want to edit. 3 When the screen displays the entry you want to edit, press SPEED EDIT ERASE SELECT. Then press or until EDIT flashes. 8005959511 4 Press SELECT. The scr
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Telephone Directory Dial a Number from the Directory 1 Press (DIR). The screen displays DIRECTORY. • P ress OFF at any 2 Press or to scroll alphabetically through entries stored in directory time to exit direc- tory -OR- Press the dial pad key for the first letter of the entry you want to dial. 3 When the number you want to dial is displayed, press TALK. Move a Number/Name to the Memory 1 Press (DIR). The screen displays DIRECTORY. 2 Press or to scroll alphabetically through
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Basic Operation Caller ID Operation Your phone has a caller ID (CID) with call waiting feature that works with service from your local phone service provider Caller ID with call waiting lets you see who’s calling before you answer the phone, even when you’re on another call You may need to change your phone service to use this feature Contact your service provider if: • You have both caller ID and call waiting, but as separate services (you may need combined service) • You have only caller
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Caller ID Operation About Call History (Caller ID) Your phone can store up to 30 calls in its caller ID memory The most recent call will have the highest • If you answer a call number When the memory is full, the oldest call will be deleted to make room for new incoming call before the caller ID information For each call that comes in, the screen displays the following information between the information first and second rings: appears on the • Your caller’s name (15 letters ar
