VTech LS6217 manual

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Congratulations on purchasing your new VTech product. Before using this telephone, please read the Important safety instructions on page 33 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 o[...]

T able of contents Ge t ting st ar te d .........................1 Part s che ckl ist ............................ 1 T e leph one bas e inst allatio n .......2 Bat ter y inst allatio n and char ging .................................. 3 Chang eable h ands et bracket ..... 4 Chang eable te leph one bas e brac ket .................................... [...]

1 T ele pho ne li ne co rd Par ts ch eck list Y our tele phone c ont ains th e followin g items. S av e your sa les rec eipt an d orig inal pac kaging i n the event warrant y se r vic e is nec ess ar y . T ele pho ne ba se wi th tele pho ne bas e brac ket ins tall ed T ele pho ne ba se bra ckets (2) T ele pho ne ba se power ad apter User ’s manua[...]

2 T ele phon e base ins tall ation Inst all the tel epho ne base a s shown b elow. The teleph one bas e is des igne d for tab letop us e only . Make sure th at the ele ctr ica l outlet i s not co ntroll ed by a wall switc h. If you subs cri be to dig ital su bsc rib er line (DSL) high -sp eed Intern et ser vi ce throu gh your tele phone l ine, you [...]

3 Get ting started Bat ter y in stall ation an d chargi ng Inst all the bat ter y as s hown be low . Af ter inst alling t he bat ter y , you mi ght be abl e to make and rec eive sh or t call s. For best p er forma nce, ch arge th e hand set for at least 16 hours b efore use. Whe n not in use, pl ace the h ands et in the tel epho ne bas e. See page [...]

4 Get ting started Chang ea ble ha ndset b racke t Y our tele phone c ome s with t wo add itio nal hand set brac kets. If desi red, chan ge it to sui t your moo d or match your ro om de cor . T o re move th e hand set b rac ket: Remove the h andset i mage c ard and th e clear p lasti c cover , i f any . Se e T o re move th e hand set i mag e car d [...]

5 Get ting started Chang ea ble te leph one ba se bra cket Y our tele phone c ome s with t wo add itio nal telep hone b ase brac kets. If desir ed, cha nge it to su it your moo d or match your r oom d ecor. T o re move th e tel eph one b ase b rack et: Hol d the tele phon e base wi th bot h hands . Put your thumb s on the telep hone ba se brac ket [...]

6 Get ting started Han dset im age ca rd Y our tele phone c ome s with ni ne hand set imag e card s. If des ired, at tac h one onto the b ack of th e hand set. Y ou c an also c reate your own imag e card. T o cr eat e your own ha nds et ima ge ca rd: Use a sup plie d hands et image c ard as a tem plate to cut a d esire d image so that it fit s ont[...]

7 Get ting started T o re move th e hand set i mag e car d: Press d own rml y on the to p center of t he bat ter y com par tme nt cover and slid e downward s to detac h it fro m the han dset. Slid e the c lear pla stic c over and hand set image c ard d own and away from the han dset . Alig n the bat ter y co mpar t ment cover at agai nst the [...]

8 Get ting started VOL - / /CID Press to r eview th e cal l log whe n the te lep hone i s not in us e (pag e 22). Whi le in a me nu, pre ss to scr oll d own. Dur ing a c all, pr ess to l ower the l isten ing vo lume ( page 13 ). MENU/SELECT Press t o show t he men u. Whil e in a men u, pres s to sel ec t an item, o r save an entr y o r set tin g. O[...]

9 Get ting started T ele phon e base layout FI ND H AN DS ET Press t o page t he han dse t. IN USE light Flas hes w hen t here i s an inc omi ng c all, or an oth er tele pho ne sha rin g the s ame li ne is in u se. On wh en th e han dset i s in us e. VOICEMAIL light Flas hes w hen you h ave new voic ema il, a ser v ic e of fere d by your tel eph on[...]

10 Ringe r volume Y ou can s et the ri nger volu me or turn t he rin ger of f. Press M EN U/ S E LEC T to show th e menu wh en the hand set is not in u se. Press or to selec t > RI N GE R VOLUME , then p ress ME N U / S ELEC T . Press or to adjust th e volume. A sam ple of eac h ring er volume p lays as you scro ll thro ugh th e choi ces. Press [...]

11 T elephone set tings LCD langu age Y ou can s elec t EN GL IS H , FR AN ÇAI S or ESPAÑO L to be used i n all scr een di splays. Press M EN U/ S E LEC T to show th e menu wh en the hand set is not in u se. Press or to selec t > LCD L AN GUAGE , t hen pres s ME N U / S ELEC T . Press or to scrol l throu gh the c hoic es. Press M EN U /S EL EC[...]

12 T elephone set tings Cle ar voicem ail If you subs cri be to voic email se r vic e of fered by your telep hone c omp any , NE W VOIC EM AI L and app ear on the h ands et, and th e VOIC EM AI L light on the te leph one bas e ash es when you h av e new voi cemai l mess ages. Cont act your l oca l teleph one c ompany for m ore infor mation an d [...]

13 Make a c all Press . Y ou hear a di al tone. Dial t he numb er . Predi al a call Dial t he numb er . Press . Answer a ca ll Press or any of the di aling keys ( 0 - 9 , # , * ) . End a ca ll Press O FF/ CL EA R or put th e hand set in the tel epho ne bas e. V o lume Duri ng a call, pr ess VOL + or VOL - to adju st the li stening vol ume. 1. 2. 1.[...]

14 T elephone operation Mute The mu te func tion al lows you to hear th e other par t y but the oth er par t y cann ot hear you. Duri ng a call, pr ess M UTE o n the han dset . The hand set scre en shows M UT ED for a few sec ond s and MUT E app ears unt il the mu te func tion i s turne d off. Press M UTE ag ain to resum e the c onversati on. The h[...]

15 T elephone operation Chain di aling Use thi s feature to initi ate a dialin g seque nce fr om numb ers stor ed in th e direc tor y , cal l log or re dial wh ile you are on a c all. Chain di aling c an be us eful if you wi sh to acc ess ot her numb ers (such as bank ac cou nt inform ation or ac ces s co des) from the dire ctor y, call log or redi[...]

16 T elephone operation Dir ector y The dir ector y can sto re up to 50 ent ries w ith up to 3 0 digi ts for eac h phon e number a nd 1 5 char acter s for each name. When t here are no re cor ds in t he direc tor y , the s creen shows D IR ECT ORY EM PT Y . When t he dire ctor y i s full and you tr y to save an entr y , the s creen s hows LI ST FU [...]

17 T elephone operation Char acte r char t Use the d ial pad an d the c har t below to e nter a name (up to 1 5 ch aracter s ). Each pr ess of a par t icul ar key causes the c harac ters to be d isp layed in the follow ing ord er: Num be r key Ch ara ct ers by n umb er o f key pr es se s 123456789 1 1 # , , - . & 2 A B C 2 a b c 3 D E F 3 d e f[...]

18 T elephone operation Se arch t he dir ector y Entries ar e sor ted al phabet ica lly . T o s earch t he dire ctor y: Press when t he hand set is not i n use. - OR - Press M EN U/ S E LEC T when t he hand set is not in u se. Press or to se lec t > DI REC TORY an d then pre ss ME N U / S ELEC T t wice. Press or to br owse. Alpha bet ical se arc[...]

19 T elephone operation Edit a dir ector y e ntr y Use the f ollowin g steps to ed it an entr y in the d irec tor y . Press when t he hand set is not i n use. - OR - Press M EN U/ S E LEC T when t he hand set is not in u se. Press or to sele ct > D IR ECT ORY and the n press M E NU / SE LECT tw ice. Press or , or u se the al phab etica l searc h[...]

20 T elephone operation About c alle r ID This pr odu ct sup por t s call er ID ser vi ces prov ide by mo st loc al tele phon e ser vi ce c ompan ies. De pend ing on your ser vic e subs cri ption, you may see the c aller ’ s num ber , or the c aller ’s name and num ber that are se nt by the telep hone c ompa ny after th e rst or s eco nd rin[...]

21 T elephone operation Call log If you subs cri be to ca ller ID ser v ice, infor matio n about e ach c aller wil l appe ar af ter the r st or sec ond r ing. If you an swer a call befor e the c aller infor matio n app ears on t he sc reen, it wi ll not be s av ed i n the c all log. The c all log s tores up to 5 0 entri es. Each e ntr y has u p [...]

22 T elephone operation Review th e call log Press CID whe n the han dset is n ot in use. Press or to br owse throu gh the c all lo g. - OR - Press M EN U/ S E LEC T when t he hand set is not in u se. Press or to se lec t > CALL LOG , t hen pres s ME N U / S ELEC T . Press or to se lec t > REV IE W , t hen pres s ME N U / S ELEC T . Press or [...]

23 T elephone operation Dial a c all log e ntr y When i n the ca ll log, pr ess or to br owse. Press to dial t he entr y . Save a call log e ntr y to th e dire ctor y When i n the ca ll log, pr ess or to br owse. Press M EN U/ S E LEC T to sele ct an en tr y . T he scr een dis plays ED IT N UM BE R . Use the d ialin g keys to edit the num ber . Pre[...]

24 T elephone operation Call log d isplay scr ee n mes sage s Displ ays When PRI VAT E NAM E The c alle r is blo ck ing th e name. PRI VAT E NUM BER The c alle r is blo ck ing th e tele phon e numb er . PRI V ATE C AL LE R The c alle r is blo ck ing th e name a nd num ber . UN KN OW N NA ME Thi s call er’s name i s unavailab le. UN KN OW N NU MB [...]

25 Han dset di splay scr een m ess age s AL REA DY SAV ED The tel epho ne numb er entered is a lready stored i n the dire ctor y. CA LL LOG EMP TY T here are no c all lo g entrie s. CO NN ECTI NG. . . The c ordl ess han dset is s earc hing for th e telep hone ba se. CH AR G I N G The han dset wi th low bat ter y is re char ging. D I R ECTO RY E MPT[...]

26 Appendix Han dset a nd tele phon e base in dicator s Han dset lig hts CHARGE On wh en the han dset i s charg ing in th e teleph one base. T ele phon e base ligh ts IN USE Flash es when t here is an i nco ming c all or anot her telep hone sh aring t he same l ine is in u se. On wh en the han dset i s in use. VOICEMAIL Flash es when you h ave new [...]

27 Appendix Bat ter y It t ak es u p to 16 hou rs fo r th e ba tt er y to b e fu lly c ha rg ed . Wh en it i s ful ly ch ar ge d, yo u can exp ec t th e fo llow ing p er fo rm anc e: Op erat io n Op erat ing t ime Whi le in h and set u se (t alk ing*) Up to e igh t hour s Whi le no t in us e (stan dby **) Up to s ix day s *Op erat ing t ime s var y[...]

28 Appendix T roubl eshoo ting If you have dif cu lt y with your tel epho ne, pleas e tr y the su gge stion s below. For Customer S er vic e, visit o ur website at w w w. v tech phone s.com, or c all 1 (800) 595 - 95 1 1 ; in Canad a, ca ll 1 (800) 267 -73 7 7 . My te lep hon e do es not wor k at all . Make sur e the b atte r y is in sta lled a [...]

29 Appendix T roubl eshoo ting The C HA RGE lig ht is of f. Clea n the c harg ing c ont ac ts on t he han dset a nd tel eph one ba se eac h mo nth wi th a pen cil e rase r or a dr y no n- abra sive fa bri c. Make sur e the p ower ada pter an d tele phon e lin e cor d are plu gg ed in c orre ct ly an d sec urel y . Unp lug th e power ad apter. W ai [...]

30 Appendix T roubl eshoo ting I can not dia l out . Fir st, tr y all th e above su gg esti ons. Make sur e ther e is a di al ton e befor e dial ing. I t is nor mal i f the h and set ta kes a sec on d or t wo to syn chr onize wi th th e tele pho ne bef ore pro du cin g a dial t one. Wait an ex tra se co nd be fore di alin g. If th e other te lep ho[...]

31 Appendix T roubl eshoo ting The l oc atio n of your tel eph one ba se c an im pact t he pe r form anc e of your c ord les s pho ne. For bet ter r ece pti on, in stal l the te lep hon e base i n a cen tral ized lo cat ion wi thi n your ho me or of  ce, away fro m walls o r other o bst ruc ti ons. In m any env iron ment s, elevati ng th e tele [...]

32 Appendix T roubl eshoo ting Call er I D ent rie s do not m atch t he nu mbe rs I n ee d to dial . Call er ID ser v ic e del iver s 1 0 di git s (the area c od e plu s the s even- di git s num ber). If you ne ed to d ial so meth ing ot her th an 10 digit s, see page 2 2 for in str uc tion s on cha ngi ng th e numb er . If you di al seven d igi ts[...]

33 Appendix Imp or tant s afet y inst ruct ions Whe n usi ng yo ur tel eph on e equ ipm ent , bas ic s afet y pre ca uti ons s ho uld a lways b e foll owed t o red uc e th e ris k of r e, ele ct ric s ho ck a nd in jur y, incl ud ing t he fo llow ing: Rea d and u nde rs tan d all i nst ru cti on s. Foll ow al l warn ing s an d ins tru ct ion s m[...]

34 Appendix Op erat ing rang e 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 or ofc[...]

35 Appendix About c ordl ess te lep hones Priv acy: T he s ame fe ature s th at make a c ord le ss te lep hon e co nveni ent c reat e som e lim it atio ns. T el ep hon e ca lls ar e tra ns mit te d bet wee n the t ele pho ne b ase a nd th e co rdl es s han ds et by rad io wave s, so t her e is a po ss ibi lit y t hat th e co rdl es s tele ph one c [...]

36 Appendix Warrant y Wh at do e s thi s lim ite d wa rra nt y cov er ? The m anu fac tur er of th is V T ec h Pro du ct war ran ts to t he ho ld er of a va lid pr oo f of pur ch ase (“ Con sum er ” or “ you ” ) that t he Pro du ct a nd al l acc es sor ie s prov id ed in t he s ale s pac kag e (“ Pro duc t ” ) are fr ee fr om de fec ts [...]

37 Appendix Warrant y How d o you g et wa rr ant y s er vi ce? T o o bt ain war ran ty s er v ic e in th e Uni ted S tate s of Am eri ca , ple ase c al l 1 (80 0) 595 - 951 1 . In Can ada , ple ase c al l 1 (80 0) 267- 73 77 . N OTE: Bef ore c all ing f or ser v ic e, pl eas e revi ew th e use r’s man ual - a c he ck of t he Pro du ct ’s co ntr[...]

38 Appendix FCC, ACT A and I C reg ulation 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 installation[...]

39 Appendix FCC, ACT A and I C reg ulation s If this equipment is causing harm to the telephone network, the telephone company may temporarily discontinue your telephone service. The telephone company is required to notify you before interrupting service. If advance notice is not practical, you will be notied as soon as possible. You will be giv[...]

40 Appendix Freque ncy co ntro l Cr yst al co ntro lle d PLL synt hes izer T ran smi t freq uen cy Han dset: 1921 . 53 6 - 1928.4 48 MHz T ele pho ne ba se: 1 921 .5 36 - 1 92 8.4 48 MHz Chan nel s 5 Nom inal ef fec tive ran ge Ma xi mum powe r allowe d by FCC and I C. Actu al op erati ng ran ge mig ht var y ac cor din g to envir onm enta l co ndi [...]

41 A Alp hab etic al se arc h 1 8 Answe r a cal l 1 3 B Bat ter y 3 , 27 C Call er ID 20 Call l og 21 Call l og di spl ay scre en me ssag es 24 Call wa itin g 1 4 Chai n dial ing 15 Char acter c har t 1 7 Char ging 3 Clea r voic emai l 1 2 D Date and t ime 1 1 Del ete from r edi al 24 Del ete from t he c all lo g 23 Del ete from t he di rec tor y 1[...]

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