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  • Page 1

    i Congratulations on purchasing your new VTech product. Before using this telephone, please read the Important safety instructions on page 46 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[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com T able of con tents ii Ge t ting s tar t ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Part s che ck list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 T elep hone b ase ins tall ation . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bat ter y inst allati on and c hargi ng . . . . . . . . . 3 Moun ting brac ket insta llatio n . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Hand set layout . [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com iii T able of con tents Set telep hone b ase ri nger . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Set remote ac ce ss co de . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Set mes sage al er t tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Outg oing ann ounc eme nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Play your announ ceme nt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Rec ord your own ann ounc eme [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 1 Getting started Basic operation Get ting started 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. Quick start guide 2. Handset T el e p h o ne b a se w i t h mou ntin[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 2 Get ting started Use o nly t he power ad apter sup pli ed wi th th is pro duc t. T o orde r a rep lac emen t, vis it our we bsi te at w ww. vtec hph ones. co m or ca ll 1 (80 0) 595 -9 51 1 . In Can ada, g o to w ww. vtec hc anada . co m or ca ll 1 (80 0) 267 - 7377 . The p ower ada pter is inte nd ed to be cor rec tl y ori en[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 3 Getting started Basic operation Get ting started If th e hand set w ill not be u se d for a lon g per iod o f tim e, remove t he bat ter y to pr event pos si ble l eakag e. T o pu rch ase a rep lac emen t bat ter y , vis it our webs ite at w w w. v tec hph one s. co m or ca ll 1 (80 0) 595 -9 51 1 . In Can ada, g o to w ww. vt[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 4 Get ting started Mounti ng brack et installat ion Y our telep hone base comes with the mounti ng brack et install ed, rea dy for desktop use. Y ou may also mount your telephon e onto a standard tele phone wall plate. Wall mounting bra cket inst alla tion: T o prepare the telep hone base for wall m ounting, you will need to rem[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 5 Getting started Basic operation Get ting started Mounti ng brack et installat ion ( continued) De sk top / ta bletop b racke t insta llatio n: Y our pho ne c omes ready for t able or d esk top use. If you have rep ositione d t he bracket for wall mounting and now want to return to desk top us e, follow thes e steps: Inser t th[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 6 Handset lay out Get ting started /VOL-/CID • When the telephone is not in use, press to review the call log. • Pre ss and hold whi le the tel ep ho ne is not in use to a dju st rin ger vol ume . • During a call, press to decrease the listening volume. A double beep will sound at the lowest setting. • Press to scroll do[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 7 Getting started Basic operation Get ting started T elephone base lay out / RE PEAT P r e s s t o r e p e a t a m e s s a g e o r p r e s s t w i c e t o p l a y b a c k previ ous m ess age s (pag e 38). • Me ss ag e win dow Show s the statu s and numb er of mes sag es (p age 4 1 ). • REC OR D Press to re co rd a memo (p ag[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 8 T elephone settings Date and time If you subscr ibe to c aller ID ser vi ce, the date an d tim e will be set automatically with the nex t incomin g call. If you do not ha ve caller ID serv ice, you can set the date and time manually . Press PROG when the han dset is not in use. Press or until DA TE / T I ME is di splayed. P re[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 9 Basic operation Telephone settings T elephone settings Ringer Y ou can sele ct from dif ferent ring ers. Press PROG when the han dset is not in use. Press or until the sc reen displays RI NG ER : and the current set ting. Press SELEC T . Th e current settin g ashes, and you will hear a sample of th e ringer . Press or to se[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 10 T elephone settings Dial mode If you ha ve touch tone ser vice, the telep hone is read y for use as so on as the batter y is charge d. If you hav e pulse ( r otar y) s er vic e, you will n eed to change the dial mo de. Press PROG when the han dset is not in use. Press or until the sc reen displays DI AL MO DE: and th e curren[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 11 Basic operation Telephone settings T elephone settings Language Press PROG when the han dset is not in use. Press or until L ANG UA GE is displ ay ed. Press SELEC T . T he current set ting ashes. Pr ess or unti l the screen displa ys the desir ed language ( Engl ish , E spanol or Francais ) . Press SELEC T to conrm your[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 12 T elephone operatio n Make call s Press / FL ASH an d then use th e dial pad ke ys to dial a number . - O R - Ente r the phone num ber rst. Y ou c an press to backspac e and press CHA N / R EM O VE to erase digit s. Press / FL ASH to di al. Ans wer call s Press any di al pad ke ys ( e xcept /VOL-/CID, /VOL+/ and O FF ) to [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 13 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operatio n Call w aitin g If you subscrib e to call waiting ser vice an d you are on a c all when a new call comes in, you will hear a beep. The caller ID information will be displ ay ed if you subscr ibe to c ombine d caller ID with c all waiting ser v ice fr om your loc al tele[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 14 T elephone operatio n Redial The telepho ne store s ve most re cent ly d iale d tele phon e num bers on the redial list. When the list is full, the oldest entr y is deleted to make room for the new entr y . Press R ED IAL / P A USE , the n pres s , or R ED IAL / P A USE repeatedl y to review the redial list. Press C HAN / [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 15 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operatio n Directory The director y can store u p to 20 entries (including nine speed dial entries ) . Each entr y may consist of a numb er up to 24 digits and a name up to 1 4 c haracters. Store a directory entr y Press PROG when the han dset is not in use. The scree n displays [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 16 T elephone operatio n Dial key Characters by number of key presses 123456 1 1 2 A B C 2 3 D E F 3 4 G H I 4 5 J K L 5 6 M N O 6 7 P Q R S 7 8 T U V 8 9 W X Y Z 9 0 0 * * # & , , - . # Character chart Use the dial pad k ey s and the char t below to enter a name ( up to 1 4 c haracters) . An error tone will s ound if you tr[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 17 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operatio n Edit a d irectory entr y Pr es s / VOL + / wh e n th e ha n d se t is no t in us e. Th e sc r e e n d i s p lay s DI REC TORY . Press or to scroll t hrough the entr ies stored in the direc tor y alphab etically . - OR - Press the d ial pad ke y for the rst let ter o[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 18 T elephone operatio n Press or to choose Y (yes ) if you wish t o customize this entry , or choo se N ( no ) for a n ormal rin ger . If you ch oose Y , a will be di splayed wi th the director y entr y . Press SELEC T to conrm an d you will hear a conrmation tone. Delete a director y entry Pre s s / VOL + / wh en th e ha[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 19 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operatio n Copy a d irectory entr y into speed dial Pre s s / VO L+ / wh en th e ha nd s et is no t i n us e. Th e sc re e n d i s p lay s DI REC TORY . Press or to scroll t hrough the entr ies stored in the direc tor y alphab etically . - OR - Press the d ial pad key for the [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 20 T elephone operatio n Spe ed dial Y our telep hone can store up to nine telep hone numbers with names ( up to 1 4 characters and 24 d igits in each loc ation ) in the sp eed dial m emor y lo cations you assign in each h andset. Store a speed dial entr y Press PROG when the handset is not in u se and then press or until t he s[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 21 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operatio n Press or to c hoose Y (yes ) if you wi sh to customize this entr y , or c hoose N ( no ) for a normal ringer . If y ou choo se Y , a will be displayed with the entr y Press SELEC T or PROG to conr m. Y ou will h ear a conrmation tone. Edit a s pee d dial entry Pr[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 22 T elephone operatio n SPEED EDIT DEL 8005959511 01 Delete a spe ed dial entr y Press and hold the s peed dial location k ey ( 1 - 9 ) of t he desired entry when the handset is not in use. When th e screen displays the desire d entr y , press SE LECT . Then pres s or until DE L ( delete ) ash es. Press SELEC T . T he screen[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 23 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operatio n SPEED EDIT DEL 8005959511 01 Reassign speed dial location s Press an d hold the s peed dial location ke y ( 1 - 9 ) of the desired entry when the handset is not in use. Wh e n th e s c r ee n d is p lay s t he de si re d e nt r y , pre s s SELEC T . Press or until SPEE[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 24 T elephone operatio n About caller ID The caller ID with call waiting feature in this telephone lets you see the name and telephone number of the caller before answering the c all, even wh en already on a ca ll. Th ese features req uire s er vi ces provi ded by your loc al tel epho ne company . Contac t your telephone com pan[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 25 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operatio n Call log If yo u subscrib e to calle r ID service, inform at ion about each calle r will be displ a y ed after the r st or seco nd ring. The call l og can store up to 4 5 entries. When the call log i s full, t he earli est entr y will be deleted to mak e roo m for n[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 26 T elephone operatio n Rev iew the call lo g Press / VOL- /C ID to view the c all log when in i dle mod e. Press or to scroll thro ugh the entrie s. There will be an err or tone when you reach the end of the call l og list and the screen will d isplay END O F LI ST . Make call lo g entries ready to di al Althoug h the call l o[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 27 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operatio n Dial a call log n umber Press / VOL- /C ID to enter the call l og when the han dset is not in use. Press or to selec t the desired entr y , then press / FL ASH . - OR - Press / VOL- /C ID to enter the call l og when the han dset is not in use. Press or to selec t the d[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 28 T elephone operatio n Sav e a call lo g entry to the director y Press / VOL- /C ID to enter the call l og when the han dset is not in use. Press or to sel ect the des ired e ntr y . If you wi sh to change how th e numb er is sav ed, press # re peatedly until the desired option displays. See the M ake call log entri es r eady [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 29 Basic operation Telephone operation T elephone operatio n Delete from the call log De lete a n entr y: Press / VOL- /C ID to enter the call l og. Press or to selec t the entr y to be deleted. Press CHAN /RE MOVE . Y ou will hear a co nrmation bee p. De lete a ll entri es: Press and hold CHAN / RE MOVE when the telephone is[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 30 T elephone operatio n Displays : When: PR I VATE NAME The calle r is blocking the name info rmation . 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 CAL LER 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 r information. UNK NOW N NAM E Thi[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 31 Basic operation Ans wer in g s y stem Answering system Message capacit y The answering syst em can recor d up to 95 messages, dep ending on the leng th of each message. Each individ ual message can be up t o four minutes in length, and t he total ma ximum re cordin g time is a pproximately 1 2 minutes. Mes sages will remain a[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 32 Ans wer in g s y stem If you have c alle r ID ser v ic e the cl oc k will b e set autom atic al ly wi th inc om ing c all s, but you w ill n eed to make sur e the year is c orr ec t. Press a nd ho ld / SK IP or / RE PEAT whi le set ti ng the m inute s or year to ad vanc e or de cre ase by inc rem ents o f ten. • • Acti va[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 33 Basic operation Ans wer in g s y stem Answering system Ans weri ng s y stem setup The answering system uses voice prompts to gu ide you thro ugh the steps to set up th e answering system. Press / PLA Y/STOP anytime to save and exit the SE T UP menu. Set number of rin gs Thi s featu re a llows you to sele c t t he number of ri[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 34 Ans wer in g s y stem Set telephone base ringer This feature allows you t o selec t the telephon e base ring er volume lev el. Press S ET UP when in idle mo de until the system announc es the telephone base ring er settin g. There are three levels : HI (high ) , OF ( off ) and LO (low ) . Press /SKI P or / REPE A T until the [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 35 Basic operation Ans wer in g s y stem Answering system Set message ale rt tone This featu re programs the s ystem t o beep e very 1 0 secon ds to aler t you of new messages when the tele phone is not in us e. The tone will stop whe n all new messages have been reviewed. T o set th e message aler t ton e : Press SE T UP w hen [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 36 Ans wer in g s y stem Outgoi ng ann ouncement The outgoing announcement is the greeting callers hear when calls are answered by the answering system. The telep hone is preset with a gree ting that answ ers calls with “ Hello , please leav e a message after the t one. ” Y ou can use this preset announcement, or replace it [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 37 Basic operation Ans wer in g s y stem Answering system Record y our o wn anno uncement Pr ess ANN C while in idle mode and the syste m will announce “ Announcement . Press PLA Y or press R ECOR D . ” Press REC ORD and t he system anno unces, “R ecord after the tone. Press STOP when you are done. ” Af ter t he tone, s [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 38 Ans wer in g s y stem New message indication T h e m e s s a g e d i s p l a y c o u n t e r w i l l f l a s h w h en t h e r e a r e n ew a n s w e r i n g system messages. If the new mess age aler t tone is turned on, the telephone base will bee p every ten secon ds when there are unreviewed messages. Message playback Press[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 39 Basic operation Ans wer in g s y stem Answering system Delete all messages Press X / DE LETE wh en t he system is not in use. T he system will announc e “ T o de lete al l old messages, pres s DE LETE again. ” P ress X /D ELE TE again. All pre viously heard messages will be erased and the sy stem will announce “ All old[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 40 Ans wer in g s y stem Call screenin g If the answering syst em is on, you can listen at the telephone base to a caller leaving a message on the an swering syst em. If the base volume is set to 1 , you will not hear your messages as ca llers leave them. Call in tercept Wh en a c all er i s leav in g a mes s age o n th e an swe[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 41 Basic operation Ans wer in g s y stem Answering system Wind ow displays: Whe n: 0 No mess ages. 1 - 95 T ota l number of old mess age(s ) rec orded. 0 - 94 (ashi ng) T otal num ber of new and old messag es recor ded. The teleph one base may have lost and reg ained power . Time and day may need to be set. 1- 95 & F (alt[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 42 Ans wer in g s y stem If you pau se mo re tha n four se co nd s af ter eac h rem ote co mman d co mpl eted, the sy stem will a nno unc e the h elp m enu opt ion s. If no rem ote co mman d is ente red w ith in 1 5 sec ond s, th e rem ote acc es s cal l wil l be autom atic al ly dis co nne cte d. Whe n the answer ing s ystem is[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 43 Appendix Displa ys : When : CAN’ T CONNE CT There is no power connected to the telephone base or the handset is too far aw a y f rom the t elephone base . C ID EMPTY There a re no call log entries . CO NN ECTI NG. . . The c ordles s handset is searc hing for the telephon e base. D IRECTO RY EM PT Y There are no director y e[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 44 Handset displa y screen messages Displa ys : When : R I NG ER OFF The handse t ringer is tu rned off. SCA NN I N G . . . T h e te l e p h o n e b a s e i s s e ar c h i n g f o r a n o t h e r av a i l a b l e channel.[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 45 Appendix Batter y Af te r th e bat t er y is f ully c ha rg ed fo r 16 hour s, you c an exp e ct t he fo llow ing p er fo rm anc e: Op erati on Op erati ng ti me Whi le in u se (talk in g) Five ho urs Whi le not i n use (sta ndby *) Six d ays *Ha nd set i s of f th e tele ph one b as e but n ot in u se. The b atte r y nee ds [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 46 Import ant safety instructi ons Wh en us in g your t el eph on e eq uip me nt, b as ic s afet y p rec au tio ns s ho uld a lway s be f oll owe d to re du ce t he r is k of r e, ele c tri c sh oc k an d inj ur y, inc lu di ng th e fo llo win g: Rea d and u nd er st an d all i nst ru ct io ns . Fol low a ll wa rni ng s an d [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 47 Appendix T roubleshooti ng Problem Suggestion My teleph one doe s not work at a ll. M a ke s ur e t h e b a t t e r y i s i n s t a l l e d a n d c h a r g e d c or r e c t l y ( p a g e 3) . F o r o p t i m u m d ai l y per fo rma nc e, retur n the h and set to t he tele pho ne ba se af ter u se. Ma ke su re th e p owe r ad [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 48 Problem Suggestion The b atte r y do es not cha rge i n the h and set or th e hand set b atte r y do es not ac c ept cha rge. Make sure the hands et is place d in the telep hon e base corr ec tly. T he hands et CHA RG E ligh t sho uld b e on. Rem ove t he bat ter y fr om the han ds et and the n re- in sta ll it in the han ds [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 49 Appendix T roubleshooti ng Problem Suggestion Ther e is no d ial to ne. Fir st, tr y all the a bove su gge sti ons . Move th e han dset c lo ser to t he tel eph one ba se. It m ight b e out o f rang e. The te lep hon e lin e cor d mig ht be m alfu nc tio nin g. T r y i nst alli ng a new te lep hon e line c or d. Dis co nne ct[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 50 T roubleshooti ng Problem Suggestion The te lep hon e do es not r ing wh en th ere i s an in co ming c all. Make sur e the h and set r ing er is on ( page 9) an d/or t he tel eph one ba se r ing er is on ( page 3 4). Make sur e the te lep hon e lin e cor d and p ower ad apter are p lug ge d in pro per ly (p age 2). The h and [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 51 Appendix T roubleshooti ng Problem Suggestion I can not d ial ou t. Fir st, tr y all the a bove su gge sti ons . Make sure th ere is a dial ton e before di alin g. It is norm al if the han dset t akes a seco nd or t wo to sync hron ize w it h t he telep hon e base befor e p rod uc ing a dial tone. Wait a n ex tr a s ec ond be[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 52 T roubleshooti ng Problem Suggestion Ther e is no ise or inter ferenc e dur ing a te lep hon e co nvers atio n. My c alls c ut in a nd ou t whe n I am usi ng th e cor dl ess h and set. The h and set may be o ut of r ang e. Move it c los er to th e tele pho ne ba se. Ap plia nc es or other co rdl ess tel eph one s plugg ed int[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 53 Appendix T roubleshooti ng Problem Suggestion I hear oth er cal ls whe n usi ng th e tele pho ne. Di sc on ne ct th e te le ph on e ba se fr om t he tel ep ho ne ja ck . Pl ug in a d if fe re nt te le ph on e. If ther e are stil l other ca lls, t he prob lem i s proba bl y in the wir ing or lo cal se r vi ce. Call your lo ca [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 54 Problem Suggestion The sy stem d oes not re ce ive ca ller ID, or th e system d oe s not di sp lay cal ler ID dur ing c all wai tin g. Make sure you subs cr ibe to call er ID wit h call waiti ng feature s provi de d by the loca l telep hon e co mpany. The c all er may not b e cal lin g from a n area w hic h sup por ts cal ler[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 55 Appendix Problem Suggestion The a nnou nc eme nt mes sag e is not c le ar . Whe n r eco rd ing the announ ce ment , m ake s ure you sp eak in a nor mal tone of voi ce abo ut n ine inc hes f rom t he tel eph one b ase. Make sur e the re is no b ackgr oun d noi se (telev isi on, mu sic, t raf c , etc. ) whe n rec ord ing . ?[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 56 T roub leshoot ing Problem Suggestion The m ess age s on the sy stem are ve r y dif  cu lt to hea r . Press VOL+ o n the te lep hon e bas e to inc rea se th e sp eaker volu me. • My c ord les s han dset bee ps an d is not per fo rmi ng no rma lly. Make sure the power c or d i s s ec urel y p lugg ed into the tele pho ne [...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 57 Appendix 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 yo[...]

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    www.vtechphones.com 58 About cordless telephones Priv acy: The sam e feature s that make a co rd les s t ele pho ne conv eni ent creat e s om e l imi tat ion s. T e lep ho ne call s are t ran smi tt ed bet ween the teleph on e b ase and th e cor dl es s hand se t by radi o waves , so the re is a p os si bil it y that the cor dl es s tele ph on e co[...]

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