VTech I6727 manual

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Inst allat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Par ts ch eck list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 T eleph one ba se ins tall ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Inst all ha nds et batt er y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bel t cli p & heads et . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Head set . . . . . [...]

T able of con tents Han dset i con s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Bat ter y info rmati on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 T ro uble shoo ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Imp or tant s afet y instr uc tion s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Op eratin g rang e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Mai nten[...]

www.vtechphones.com 1 Installation Basic operation Installat ion Par ts che cklis t Reme mber to save your sal es r ece ipt a nd o rigi nal p ackag ing in c ase it is nec ess ar y to ship your tele phon e for warr ant y ser vi ce. Che ck to ma ke sure the te leph one pa ckag e inc lude s the fo llowi ng: 8. Handsets (2) 10. User’s manual 1. Batte[...]

www.vtechphones.com 2 • Use o nly t he V T ec h bat ter y and AC po wer ada pter su ppli ed wit h thi s tele pho ne. • T his p ower uni t is in tend ed to be cor rec tl y orie nted in a ver ti cal or o or mo unt po siti on. Th e pro ngs ar e not des ign ed to ho ld the p lug i n plac e if it i s plu gge d into a c eil ing or an un der t he t[...]

www.vtechphones.com 3 Installation Basic operation • If th e hand set w ill not b e use d for a pro lon ged p erio d, rem ove the bat ter y to pr event po ssib le le akag e. • T o p urch ase rep lac emen t bat teri es, vis it us o n the web at w w w. v tec hpho nes.c om or ca ll V T e ch Co mmuni cat ion s, Inc . at 1 (800) 595 - 951 1 in the U[...]

www.vtechphones.com 4 Installat ion Bel t clip & head set ( option al) For hands-free telephone conversations, use any industry standard 2.5mm headset (purchased separately). For best results, use a VTech 2.5mm headset. • T o p urc has e a hea dset , vis it us on t he web at w ww. v te chp hon es. co m or ca ll V T e ch Cus tome r Ser vi ce a[...]

www.vtechphones.com 5 Installation Basic operation Installat ion About c aller I D The cal ler ID wit h cal l wait ing fe ature i n th is tel eph one l et you s ee t he na me an d tel epho ne nu mber of th e ca ller b efore a nsweri ng th e cal l, even wh en you ’ re alre ady o n a ca ll. Th ese feat ures r equir e ser vi ces p rovid ed by your l[...]

www.vtechphones.com 6 If you subsc ribe to DS L ser vice If there is interference during teleph one conversations and/or your caller ID features are n ot fun ctioning pro perl y , inst all a DSL lter to the tele phon e line bet ween th e t elep hone base an d the teleph one wall jac k. T o o btain a DS L lter an d more i nform ation a bout DS[...]

www.vtechphones.com 7 Installation Basic operation Installat ion Wall mounting bra cket inst allation (optional) Y ou r tel epho ne b ase com es w ith the wedg e in stal led, read y for de sk top u se. I f you prefer to m ount your tele phon e on the wall ( opt iona l) , it is desi gned to mou nt on a st and ard telep hone wal l pl ate. For wall m [...]

www.vtechphones.com 8 T elephone settings Han dset layout 1 . Ear piec e 2. C ID ( c aller ID) 3. H eads et jack (2. 5mm) 4. /FL ASH 5. D ial pad keys (0 -9, * , #) 6. / SPEA KER 7 . REDIAL / P AUSE 8. M icr opho ne 9. H and set dis play 1 0. Dire ctor y 1 1 . Volume ( ( / ) 1 2. NavKey Pr es s t he c en te r Na vKe y t o d i sp l ay men us. Pres s[...]

www.vtechphones.com 9 Basic operation Telephone settings T elephone settings T ele phone b ase layout 1 . CHARG E light 2. IN USE li ght 3. VOICE MAIL l ight 4. FIND HA NDSE T 5. Ante nna Ante nna 1 2 3 4 5[...]

www.vtechphones.com 10 Ringe r melo dy This feature al lows you to cho ose from ten ringe r ton es for in comi ng calls . T o cho ose a r ing er tone: • Press t he ce nter NavKey in id le mo de to di splay me nu. • Press the up o r down NavKey or t o re ach to rea ch R IN GE R T ON E , an d pres s the c enter N avKey to c onr m. • Press th[...]

www.vtechphones.com 11 Basic operation Telephone settings >DIAL TYPE DIAL TYPE TONE T elephone settings • Press the u p or dow n NavKey or to rea ch to rea ch K EY TO NE t hen pr ess the c enter N avKey . • Press the u p or down N avKey or to ch oos e b etwe en ON o r O FF th en pres s the c enter N avKey . Lan guage Th e l an gu ag e m en u[...]

www.vtechphones.com 12 Basic o peration Sp eakerp hone • Dur ing a c all, press /S PEA KE R on the han dset to sel ec t bet ween spe akerp hone an d nor mal han dset u se. Mute The m ute fun cti on allo ws you to hear t he oth er par t y , b ut they wi ll not be ab le to hear yo u. T o us e the mu te func tio n: • Dur ing a ca ll, pres s MU TE [...]

www.vtechphones.com 13 Basic operation Telephone settings Basic o peration V olume • Dur ing a ca ll, u se t he vo lume but ton on the rig ht si de of t he h ands et to adju st the l isten ing volu me. • Press th e VOL or VOL volume con trol key to adju st the volume to a co mfor ta ble level. Ringe r mute Thi s feature all ows you to mute the [...]

www.vtechphones.com 14 Basic o peration • If th e des tinat ion han dset d oes not p ick u p the inte rco m cal l, the o rig inati ng han dset c an retu rn to th e ext erna l cal l by pre ssin g / FL AS H, or OFF/ CLE AR . • If a c all rem ains on ho ld for a bou t 100 sec on ds, the s cre en of the o rig inati ng han dset s hows UN ABL E TO CA[...]

www.vtechphones.com 15 Basic operation Telephone settings Basic o peration Switc h bet wee n extern al and inte rnal calls Whe n on an ex tern al c all a nd you wis h to i nterc om an other syste m han dset in your h ome wi thou t end ing th e exter nal ca ll: • Pres s IN T . The s cree n will d isp lay TR ANS FE R TO : • Pres s th e h and set [...]

www.vtechphones.com 16 Dir ector y The director y on the handset can store up to 5 0 entries, each entry consist s up to 3 2 digi ts and 16 char acter s. • Th e d irec tor y c an be ac ces sed wh ile in id le mod e by pr essi ng or th e cen ter NavKey tw ice. • Press OFF/C LE AR to exit t he menu w ith out savi ng any ch ange s. • DI RE CTO R[...]

www.vtechphones.com 17 Advanced operation Ad vanced operatio n Dir ector y Ch ar t of cha rac te rs Use th e di al pa d an d th e ch ar t be low to e nter a nam e (up to 16 ch aracte rs) . Each pr ess of a pa rt icu lar key caus es cha racte rs to be d isp layed in th e follow ing or der: • Whe n enter ing charac ters , pres s MU TE / RE MOVE to [...]

www.vtechphones.com 18 Ad vanced operatio n Dir ector y Se arc h th e dire cto r y Entr ies are sor te d al pha beti ca lly, and nam es b egi nni ng w ith num ber s are pre sented r st. A n a lpha beti cal se arch c an be do ne afte r e nterin g the d irec tor y . For exam ple, pr ess 5 ( JKL ) on ce to nd Jen ny , t wic e to n d Kr isten [...]

www.vtechphones.com 19 Advanced operation Ad vanced operatio n De le te a dir ec tor y ent r y • Pres s to e nter the direc tor y , or press the ce nter NavKey to c hoos e RE VI EW wh en in th e dire ctor y me nu. • Use the up or d own NavKey or to scrol l t o t he de sired entr y , or us e the a lpha beti cal se arch t o nd th e numb er . ?[...]

www.vtechphones.com 20 Ad vanced operatio n • Due t o regi onal ser v ice dif fer enc es, the c all er ID info rmat ion may not b e availa ble fo r ever y in com ing ca ll. In ad diti on, the c all ers m ay inte ntio nall y blo ck t heir n ame and /or tel eph one num ber. • The t ime of a ll han dset s is auto mati cal ly set and u pdat ed wit [...]

www.vtechphones.com 21 Advanced operation Ad vanced operatio n • Whi le rev iewi ng the c all l og, p res s # rep eate dly to di splay t he ot her dia lin g opti ons . The ava ila ble opt ion s are: ( 1 + are a cod e + num ber, area c ode + num ber, 1 + num ber, numb er onl y). • Whe n savi ng or de leti ng a num ber on o ne han dset , it wil l[...]

www.vtechphones.com 22 Ad vanced operatio n Call er ID Han dset dis play scre en me ssag es Dis play: Mea ns: PR I VATE NA ME The other par t y is blocki ng the name informati on. PR I VATE NU MBER The oth er par ty i s bloc king th e telepho ne number informati on. PR I V ATE CA LLE R The ot her par ty is bl ock ing the name an d number inform ati[...]

www.vtechphones.com 23 Advanced operation Ad vanced operatio n Red ial list The telep hon e stor es th e ve most rec entl y dia led numb ers i n th e red ial lis t. Y ou c an rev iew , re dial, o r save numb ers i nto the d irec tor y . • �he n there are al ready  ve entri es in the re dial li st, the o lde st entr y is del eted to ma ke [...]

www.vtechphones.com 24 Handset disp lay sc re en messages ALREADY SAVED The telepho ne n umber you have entered is a lready stored in the direc tor y . CAL L LOG EMPTY There are no call log entries. CA LL I NG H AN DSE T X Cal ling a nothe r hand set. CO NNE CT I NG. . . . . . The cor dle ss han dset i s searc hing f or the te leph one ba se. D IRE[...]

www.vtechphones.com 25 Appendix Handset disp lay sc re en messages R I NG ER MU TE Th e ring er is mut ed temp orar ily dur ing i nco ming c all. SAVED Y ou r oper ation h as bee n saved. UNA BLE TO CAL L TRY AG A I N T arget handset is out of range, or on an external call during intercom call. UNA BLE TO SAVE You a re a t te m p t in g to s av e c[...]

www.vtechphones.com 26 Handset and base i ndicato rs Han dset ico ns Base lig hts Han dset light s MU TED • M icr opho ne is mu ted. • Rin ger of f. NE W • New c all log e ntri es. NE W VOI CE MAI L • New voi cem ail re ceive d. SPE AK ER • In sp eaker phon e mod e. Bat te r y indi cato r • Cyc les (l ow , me dium, a nd full) w hen ha n[...]

www.vtechphones.com 27 Appendix Batter y Af ter t he b at ter y is fu lly ch arg ed , you can ex pe ct th e foll owing p er for man ce: Op eratio n Op eratin g time Whi le in us e (talki ng) 8 hour s Whi le not in u se (stand by*) 96 h ours (4 days) *Ha nd set is o ff t he te lep hon e bas e but n ot in u se. The b atter y n eeds c harg ing wh en: [...]

www.vtechphones.com 28 T roublesh ootin g Problem Suggestion My teleph one does not work at a ll. Make sure the bat ter y is inst alle d a nd c harg ed cor rec tly (see p ages 3 a nd 27). For opt imum dai ly per for man ce, retur n the c ord less h ands et to the te leph one ba se af ter use. Ma ke s ure th e p ower ad apt er is se cur ely pl ug ge[...]

www.vtechphones.com 29 Appendix T roublesh ootin g Problem Suggestion T he ba t te r y d oe s n o t cha rge i n the hand set or th e han dset b atter y does not accept charge . Make sur e t he han dset is place d in the charg er cor rec tly. Th e C HAR GE li ght on t he tele phon e bas e or char ger sh ould b e on. Rem ove t he bat ter y from t he [...]

www.vtechphones.com 30 T roublesh ootin g Problem Suggestion The CHARGE Indicat or on the te leph one bas e is a shin g. Thi s is a si gnal that the batte ry is very low, co mpl etely depl eted, or wh en there is no ele ctr ic al co ntac t bet ween th e bat ter y and th e tele phon e base. Ensure the c onne ctor of th e bat ter y is s ecure ly p[...]

www.vtechphones.com 31 Appendix T roublesh ootin g Problem Suggestion The tel ephone does not ri ng w he n t he re is a n inc omi ng cal l. T es t a work ing te lep hone at t he tel eph one jack . If anot her te leph one has the same pro blem, the pro blem is in the tele phon e jac k. C onta ct your lo cal te lep hone com pany (char ges may app ly)[...]

www.vtechphones.com 32 T roublesh ootin g Problem Suggestion Ther e is noi se or inter fe renc e dur ing a tel epho ne co nversat ion. My c alls fad e out or cut i n and ou t when I am us ing th e cord les s han dset. The h ands et may be ou t of rang e. Move it c loser t o the tel epho ne bas e. Ap plian ces or oth er cord less tel epho nes plu gg[...]

www.vtechphones.com 33 Appendix T roublesh ootin g Problem Suggestion I hear oth er call s when usi ng the te leph one. Dis con nec t t he te leph one base fro m th e tel eph one jack . Plu g in a d if ferent tele pho ne. If you stil l h ear othe r c alls , t he pro blem is p roba bly in th e w irin g o r l oca l s er vic e. C all your lo cal tele [...]

www.vtechphones.com 34 T roublesh ootin g Problem Suggestion The m ess ages on the sy stem are ver y dif  cult to h ear . Press VOL / on the s ide of t he han dset to i ncre ase t he spe aker volum e. • M y c o r d l es s h a n d s e t b ee p s f i ve t im e s a n d i s n o t p e r f o r m i n g nor mall y . Make s ure t he powe r cor d is se [...]

www.vtechphones.com 35 Appendix Import ant safety instr uctions �he n usi ng you r tele pho ne eq uip ment , bas ic saf ety p rec aut ions s hou ld al ways be f ollo wed to r edu ce th e ris k of re, e lec tri c sho ck a nd inj ur y , in cl udin g the f oll owin g: 1. Rea d and un der st and al l ins tru cti ons. 2. Fol low al l warn ing s and[...]

www.vtechphones.com 36 Operating ran ge This cordless telephone operates with the maximum power allowed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Even so, this handset and telephone base can communicate over only a certain distance ----which can vary with the locations of the telephone base and handset, the weather, and the layout of your hom[...]

www.vtechphones.com 37 Appendix Wha t do es thi s limi ted w arr ant y cove r? The manu fact urer o f thi s VTech Produ ct w arra nts to the h old er of a v alid proo f of pu rch ase ( “Co nsum er” or “ you” ) tha t the Produ ct a nd al l acc ess ori es pro vid ed in t he s ales p ack age (“ Pro duc t ”) are free from defe cts in ma ter[...]

www.vtechphones.com 38 FCC , A CT A and IC regulation s FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the requirements for a Class B digital device under Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules. These requirements are intended to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential i[...]

www.vtechphones.com 39 Appendix This equipment may not be used with Party Lines. If you have specially wired alarm dialing equipment connected to your telephone line, ensure the connection of this equipment does not disable your alarm equipment. If you have questions about what will disable alarm equipment, consult your telephone company or a quali[...]

www.vtechphones.com 40 T echnica l specications Freque ncy c ontro l Cr yst al con troll ed PLL synt hesi zer T ra nsmi t frequ ency T el epho ne bas e: 5725- 58 50 MHz Han dset: 240 0 -248 3 MHz Rec eive fr eque ncy T el epho ne bas e: 2 4 00 -248 3.5 M Hz Han dset: 5725 - 58 50 MHz Chan nels 9 5 Nom inal ef fe cti ve range Ma xim um power al l[...]

www.vtechphones.com 41 Index A Ab out ca ller ID 5 Ab out co rdle ss tel epho nes 3 6 Advan ced o perat ion 16-2 3 A n s we r a n i n c o m i n g c a l l d u r i n g a n inter com c all 15 B Bas e layout 9 Bas ic op eratio n 1 2- 1 5 Bat ter y 27 Bel t cli p 4 C Call er ID 5, 1 9 -22 Call wa iting 13 Char t of c harac ters 1 7 Clea r voic e mail 1 [...]

www.vtechphones.com 42 Index Rin ger volu me 10 S Save an ent ry t o the di rec tor y 21 Sear ch th e dire ctor y 18 Stor e a dire ctor y en tr y 1 6 Spe akerp hone 12 Swi tch bet ween exter nal a nd i nterc om cal l 1 5 T T ab le of c ontent s ii, iii T ec hni cal s pec ic atio ns 40 The R BRC ® Seal 3 9 T el epho ne bas e inst allat ion 2 T e[...]

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