VTech LS6117 manual

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i Congratulations on purchasing your new VTech product. Before using this telephone, please read the Important safety instructions on page 34 of this manual. This manual has all the feature operations and troubleshooting necessary to install and operate your new VTech telephone. Please review this manual thoroughly to ensure proper installation and[...]

www.vtechphones.com T able of con tents ii Ge tt ing st ar te d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Part s che ckli st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 T elep hone ba se inst allatio n . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bat ter y inst allation a nd char ging . . . . . . . . . 3 Inst all an imag e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hand set layout . . [...]

www.vtechphones.com iii T able of con tents App end ix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9 Hand set dis play scre en mess ages . . . . . . . . 29 Hand set and tel ephon e base in dic ators . . . . . 31 Bat ter y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Impor t ant safet y inst ruc tions . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 T roub lesho oting [...]

www.vtechphones.com 1 Getting started Basic operation To purchase a replacement battery or power adapter, visit our website at www. vtechphones. com or call 1 (800) 595-9511. In Canada, go to www.vtechcanada. com or call 1 (800) 267-7377. • 8. User’s manual 1. Handset T el eph one ba se 7. 6. Telephone base power adapter 5. Telephone line cord [...]

www.vtechphones.com 2 Get ting s tar ted Use o nly th e power ad apter sup plie d wit h thi s pro duc t. T o ord er a rep lace ment , vis it our we bsite at w ww. vte chp hones . co m or cal l 1 (80 0) 595 -9 5 1 1 . In Can ada, g o to w ww. v te chc anada. co m or cal l 1 (800) 267 - 737 7 . The p ower ada pter is inte nde d to be cor rec tly o ri[...]

www.vtechphones.com 3 Getting started Basic operation Get ting s tar ted If th e hand set will n ot be u sed for a lo ng tim e, dis co nnec t and rem ove the bat ter y to prevent po ssi ble leak age. T o pu rch ase a rep lace ment bat ter y , vi sit our webs ite at w w w . v tec hpho nes. co m or cal l 1 (80 0) 595 -9 5 1 1 . In Can ada, g o to w w[...]

www.vtechphones.com 4 Get ting s tar ted If you wish to add an image to the trans parent image cover , go to Ins tall an im age on page 5. Replac e the transparent image c ove r by placing i t at against the hand set and sliding it towards the CHAR GE light until it c licks into place as sh own in Figure 5. Charge th e handset by placing it in t[...]

www.vtechphones.com 5 Getting started Basic operation Get ting s tar ted Install an image P er form steps 2 through 9 of the Batter y installation and char ging proce dure on page 3. Use t he enc losed template to c ut th e desired image so that it ts into the trans parent image cover . Place the sele cted image insid e the transparent image c o[...]

www.vtechphones.com 6 Handset lay out Get ting s tar ted CID (Caller ID) • Press to review the call log when the phone is not in use. While in the menu, press to scroll down. Press to lower the listening volume during a call. • • /FLASH • Press to make or answer a call. • During a call, press to answer a second call when you hear a call w[...]

www.vtechphones.com 7 Getting started Basic operation Get ting s tar ted T ele phone base la y out FI ND H AN DS ET Press t o page t he han dset . • IN U SE l ight Flas hes when there is an inc omin g call or another telephone on th e same line i s in us e. On wh en th e hand set is i n use. • • VOI CE MA IL li ght Flas hes when th ere is new[...]

www.vtechphones.com 8 T elephone settings Ringer v olume Y ou can chang e the handset ringer volume to a c omfor table lev el. The ringer c an also be turned off so the teleph one does not ring when t here are incoming c alls. T o ad just the ring er volume : Pre ss M E N U/ S EL EC T to d is pl ay t he m en u w he n th e handset is not in use. Pre[...]

www.vtechphones.com 9 Basic operation Telephone settings T elephone settings If th e rin ger volum e is tur ned of f whil e scr oll ing thr ough t he opt ions i n the RI N GER T ON E menu , the s ampl e of th e ring er wil l not be h eard . • RINGER TONE 1 >RINGER TONE KEY TONE Ringer to ne T h i s m e n u a l l o w s y o u t o c h o o s e f r[...]

www.vtechphones.com 10 T elephone settings >KEY TONE LANGUAGE Ke y tone The hand set beeps as you press ke ys. Y ou m a y tur n the key tone feature on or off. T o chan ge the set ting: Pre ss M E NU / S EL EC T to d is pl ay t he m en u w he n th e handset is not in use. P r e s s o r t o s e l e c t > K E Y T O N E , t h e n p r e s s ME NU[...]

www.vtechphones.com 11 Basic operation Telephone settings T elephone settings >CLR VOICE MAIL DIRECTORY TURN INDICATOR OFF? Clear vo ice mail If you subs cribe to voi cemail ser v ice pro vid ed by your lo cal t elep hone co mpany , NE W VOI CE M AIL and w ill ap pear on the hand set, and the V O IC EMA IL light on the telephone base will ash[...]

www.vtechphones.com 12 T elephone operation Make a call Press /FL ASH . Dial the numb er . - OR- Dial the numb er . Press /FL ASH . Ans wer a call Press / FL ASH or any of the dia ling ke ys ( 0 - 9 , # , * ). End a call Press OFF/CLE AR , or put the hands et in the telephone bas e. Mute The mute feature allows you to hear the other par ty whi le t[...]

www.vtechphones.com 13 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operation RINGER MUTE Ringer mute Y ou can mute the ringer temp orarily wh en the telephone i s ringing. Press OFF/C LE AR or MU TE to tem porar ily s ilenc e t he ringer . The next c all will ring nor mally . Call w aiting If you subscr ibe to call waiting ser vic e from your te[...]

www.vtechphones.com 14 T elephone operation Chain dial ing This feature allows you to dial number s stored in the d irector y , c all log or red ial list while you are on a call. T o d ial a number in the d irector y: Press MEN U/ SELEC T tw ice to enter the director y menu. Scroll by pressin g or to nd the desired entr y . Press MEN U/ SELEC T [...]

www.vtechphones.com 15 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operation Directory The direct or y can sto re up to 50 entries . Each ent r y ma y hav e up to 30 dig its and 1 5 characters. The di recto r y can be acces sed when the ha ndse t is no t in use by pressing once or M EN U/S ELECT t hree times. The s creen d isplays DI REC TORY EM[...]

www.vtechphones.com 16 T elephone operation >DIRECTORY CALL LOG >STORE REVIEW ENTER NUMBER _ ENTER NAME _ Store a directory entr y Press ME NU/ SE LECT t wic e when t he handset is not in use. P ress or to se lect >ST ORE, then pr ess MENU/SEL ECT . The scree n displays ENTE R NU MBE R . Use the dialing keys to ent er the num ber . Press R[...]

www.vtechphones.com 17 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operation Character chart Use the dia l pa d and the chart be low to ent er a name ( up to 1 5 chara cte rs ) . Each pres s of a par ticular key causes the characters to be d isplayed in the following order: Number key Characters by number of key presses 123456789 1 1 # , , - . &[...]

www.vtechphones.com 18 T elephone operation Search the director y Entries are sor ted alphabetic ally . T o s earch the dire ctor y: Press once, or ME NU /SE LECT three times to enter the direc tor y . Press or to scroll through t he director y . T o s tar t an alphabetic al search: Press once, or ME NU/ SE LECT three times to enter the direc tor y[...]

www.vtechphones.com 19 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operation EDIT NAME VTECH_ Edit a d irector y entry Press once, or ME NU/ SE LECT three times to enter the direc tor y . Press or to s croll to the d esired entr y , or use t he alphabetic al search to nd it. Pr es s M E N U / S E L EC T to c o n r m y ou r s e l ec t i o n[...]

www.vtechphones.com 20 T elephone operation Delete from the directory Press once, or ME NU/ SE LECT three times to enter the direc tor y . Press or to scroll to the desired entr y , or us e th e alp habetical searc h to nd it. Press REM OVE to rem ov e th e displayed entr y . Y ou will hear a conrmatio n tone. 1. 2. 3.[...]

www.vtechphones.com 21 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operation About caller ID The caller ID with call waiting fea ture in this telephone lets you see the name and telephone number of the call er before answering the call, e ven when already on a call. These features require ser vic es provided by your loc al telephone co mpany . C[...]

www.vtechphones.com 22 T elephone operation CALL LOG EMPTY Call log If you subsc ribe to caller ID ser v ice, information about each caller will be d isplayed after the rst or sec ond rin g. The call l og can store up to 50 entries. Y ou can review , re dial, and copy an entr y into the dire ctor y . Entries are dis played in reverse chron ologi[...]

www.vtechphones.com 23 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operation Rev iew the call log Press CI D when the hand set is not in use. Press or to brow se thro ugh the call l og. - OR - Press MEN U/ SELEC T when the hand set is not in use. Press or to select > CALL LOG . Press MEN U/ SELEC T . Press or to brow se thro ugh the call l og[...]

www.vtechphones.com 24 T elephone operation 800-595-9511 1-800-595-9511 595-9511 1-595-9511 Make a call lo g entr y ready to dial Alt houg h th e c all log entr ies rec eived have 1 0 dig its (the area c ode plus the seven- digit number) , in some areas you may need to dial only the se ven digits, or a 1 plus the sev en digits, or a 1 plus the area[...]

www.vtechphones.com 25 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operation Sav e an entr y to the di re ctory When in the call lo g, pres s or to sc roll to t he desired entr y . Press MEN U/ SELEC T . Y ou can edit t he phone numb er , if nec essar y . Make sure the number is in the correc t dialin g format for your area. Press M EN U/S ELECT[...]

www.vtechphones.com 26 T elephone operation Delete from the call log T o d elete one entr y: When in the c all l og, press or to scro ll to th e d esired entr y . Press REM O VE to delete the selec ted entr y . Y ou will hear a conr mation tone. T o d elete all entries: When in the c all log, press or to sc roll to t he desired entr y . Press an[...]

www.vtechphones.com 27 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operation Displays : When: PR I VATE NAME The caller is blocking the nam e informa tion. PR I VATE NUMBER T h e c a l l e r i s b l o c k i n g t h e t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r informa tion. PR I VATE CA LLER T h e c a l l e r i s b l o c k i n g t h e n a m e a n d n u m b e [...]

www.vtechphones.com 28 T elephone operation Redial list The telephone stores the ve most recently dialed numbers on the redi al list. Onc e there are  ve num bers stored on the redial li st, the ol d es t e nt r y wi l l b e d el et ed to m a ke r oo m f or th e n ew entr y . Entries are displayed in rev ers e chron ologic al or der , i. e. f[...]

www.vtechphones.com 29 Appendix Handset displa y screen me ssages AL REA DY SAV ED Th e te lep ho ne num ber you have ent ered i s a lread y sto red in t he directory . CA LL LOG EMPT Y Ther e are no call log en tries. CO NN ECTI NG. . . The cor dless hand set is searching for the telep hone base. CH AR G I NG A handset with low bat tery ha s been [...]

www.vtechphones.com 30 NO LI N E There is no teleph one line conn ected. NO SI G NA L , CA LL E ND ED Communic ation between hand set and teleph one base is lost during a call. ** P AG ING ** FI ND HAN DSE T on the teleph one base has bee n pressed. PH ON E The handset is in u se. PLA CE I N CH ARG ER The batter y is ve r y low . The handset should[...]

www.vtechphones.com 31 Appendix Handset and telephone base indi cators T ele phone base l ights Handset ligh ts IN USE Flashes wh en there is an incomi ng call or an other telephone on the s ame line is in use. On when th e handset is in use. • • VOICEMAIL Flashes when there is a new m essage stored in your telep hone company voicemail ser vi c[...]

www.vtechphones.com 32 Handset icons MUT E Microp hone is muted. • Ringer of f. • NE W New call log entries. • NE W VOIC E MA IL N ew voicemail recei ved from the loc al telephone c ompany . • Bat ter y ind icator Cycles (low , med ium, and full) when the handset bat tery i s charging. Flashes when t he batter y is low and need s charging. [...]

www.vtechphones.com 33 Appendix Batter y It t ak es up t o 16 h our s for t he b at te r y to be full y cha rg ed . Whe n it i s full y cha rg ed , you ca n exp ec t th e foll owin g pe r form anc e: Op erati on Op erati ng tim e Whi le in us e (talk ing) Eight h our s Whi le not in u se (stan dby*) Four an d a half d ays *Ha nds et is o ff t he te[...]

www.vtechphones.com 34 Import ant safety instru ctions Whe n u sin g y our tel eph one e qui pme nt, ba sic s afet y p rec aut ion s s hou ld al ways b e fol lowe d to re du ce th e r isk o f r e, e lec tr ic sh oc k a nd inj ur y , in cl udi ng th e fol lowi ng: Rea d and un der st and a ll in str uc tio ns. Foll ow al l warn ing s and i nst ru[...]

www.vtechphones.com 35 Appendix T roubleshootin g If you have dif culty with your telephone , please tr y the suggestions below . For Custome r Servic e , visit our website at ww w . v tec hphones.com, or c all 1 ( 80 0) 595- 95 1 1 ; in Canada, c all 1 (800) 267 - 7377 . Problem Suggestion My teleph one doe s not work at a ll. M ak e s u r e t [...]

www.vtechphones.com 36 T roubleshootin g Problem Suggestion T h e b a t t e r y d o e s n o t c ha rg e i n th e h an d se t or th e han ds et bat t er y is not c harg ing . Make sure t he hand set is pla ced in t he telep hon e b ase co rrec tl y . T he CH ARG E ligh t o n t he han dset s houl d be on. If you at tac h the t rans paren t imag e cov[...]

www.vtechphones.com 37 Appendix T roubleshootin g Problem Suggestion The telep hone does not ri ng w he n th er e is an inc omi ng ca ll. Make sur e the r ing er is on ( page 8). Make sur e the te leph one l ine c ord an d power ad apter are p lug ged i n pro perl y (pag e 2 ). The h and set may be to o far fro m the te leph one b ase. Move i t clo[...]

www.vtechphones.com 38 T roubleshootin g Problem Suggestion I can not di al out . Fir st, tr y a ll the a bove sug ges tio ns. Make sure th ere is a dial tone be fore dia ling. It is nor mal if th e hands et takes a sec ond or t wo to sy nch roni ze wit h t he te leph one befor e pr odu cin g a dial tone. Wait an ext ra s ec ond befor e dia ling. I[...]

www.vtechphones.com 39 Appendix T roubleshootin g Problem Suggestion T h er e i s in t e r f e r en c e d u r i n g a t e l e p h o n e co nversat ion. My calls fade out when I am usi ng t he c ord les s han dset . The h and set may be ou t of ran ge. Move i t clo ser to th e tele phon e bas e. Do you have DSL ser vic e? If yes, you must have a DSL[...]

www.vtechphones.com 40 T roubleshootin g Problem Suggestion I hear oth er call s when usi ng the te lep hone. Dis co nnec t t he te leph one bas e fro m th e tel epho ne wa ll ja ck. Plug in a dif fer ent te lep hone. If you sti ll hear ot her ca lls, t he prob lem i s prob abl y in the w irin g or loc al ser v ic e. Call your lo ca l tele pho ne c[...]

www.vtechphones.com 41 Appendix T roubleshootin g Problem Suggestion Th e sys tem d oe s not r e c e i v e c a l l e r I D o r t h e s y s te m d o e s n o t disp lay caller ID duri ng cal l waiti ng. Make sure you subsc ri be to c alle r ID wit h call waiti ng features prov ide d by the lo cal tele pho ne co mpany. The c all er may not be c all in[...]

www.vtechphones.com 42 T roubleshootin g Problem Suggestion C O N N E C T I N G . . . i s sh ow n i n th e han d set d i s p l ay w i n d o w. W h y do n’t I g et a di al tone wh en I tr y to us e th is tele pho ne? The h and set may be ou t of ran ge. Move i t clo ser to th e tele phon e bas e. Make sur e the power c ord is sec urely plug ged i [...]

www.vtechphones.com 43 Appendix T roubleshootin g Problem Suggestion Com mon c ure for ele ctr oni c equi pme nt. If t he telep hon e is not res pon ding nor mal ly , t r y pu tt ing the cor dle ss hand set in t he te lep hone bas e. If it do es not r esp ond, t r y the fo llowi ng (in t he ord er lis ted): Dis co nnec t th e power to th e tele pho[...]

www.vtechphones.com 44 Operating range 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 home o[...]

www.vtechphones.com 45 Appendix About cordless telephones Priv acy: The same feature s th at ma ke a c ord les s te lep hon e co nveni ent create som e lim it atio ns. T el eph one cal ls are tra nsm it ted bet ween the te lep hon e base an d the co rdl ess ha nds et by radi o waves, so the re is a pos sib ilit y th at the co rdl ess te lep hon e c[...]

www.vtechphones.com 46 W arranty Wh at do es t his l imi te d warr an ty c over ? The m anuf act urer of th is VTech Prod uc t wa rra nts to th e h old er of a va lid pro of of pur cha se (“ Con sum er ” o r “ you ”) t hat the Pro du ct and al l ac ces sor ies pr ovi ded in th e s ale s p ack age (“ Pro duc t ” ) ar e fr ee fro m d efe [...]

www.vtechphones.com 47 Appendix 8. Ch arg es for i nst all atio n or set u p, adju st ment o f cus tom er co ntro ls, a nd in st alla tio n or rep air of s ystem s out si de th e uni t. How d o you g et wa rra nt y se r vic e? T o o btai n w arra nt y s er vi ce in th e Un ite d S tate s o f A mer ica , plea se ca ll 1 (8 00) 595 - 951 1. In Cana d[...]

www.vtechphones.com 48 FCC , ACT A and IC regulations 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 ins[...]

www.vtechphones.com 49 Appendix FCC , ACT A and IC regulations RJ14 jack for two lines. See Installation Instructions in the user’s manual. The Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) is used to determine how many devices you may connect to your telephone line and still have them ring when you are called. The REN for this product is encoded as the 6th an[...]

www.vtechphones.com 50 T echnical specications Freque ncy c ontr ol Cr yst al co ntro lled PL L synth esizer T ra nsmi t freq uenc y Han dset: 1921 . 53 6-1 9 28.4 48 MHz T el eph one ba se: 1 921 .5 36 - 1 928 .44 8 MHz Chan nels 5 Nom inal ef fe ct ive ran ge Ma xim um power a llowed by FC C and IC. Ac tual o per ating r ang e may var y acc or[...]

www.vtechphones.com 51 Appendix Index A Answe r a call 12 B Bat ter y 3, 33 C Call l og 22 Call l og di spl ay scre en mes sag es 27 Call wa itin g 1 3 Call er ID 21 Chai n dial ing 1 4 Char acter c har t 1 7 Char ging 3 Clea r voic e mail 1 1 D Del ete from r edi al 28 Del ete from t he dir ec tor y 20 Del ete from t he c all lo g 26 Dia l a call [...]

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