VTech Model 6032 manual

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www.vtechphones.com i The EN ERGY S TAR ® pr ogram (www.e nergyst ar.gov ) reco gnize s and encoura ges the use of products that save energy and help protect our environm ent. We are proud to mark this product with the ENERGY STAR ® label indicating it meets the latest energy efficiency guidelines. This manual has all the feature operations and t[...]

www.vtechphones.com ii Inst allat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Par ts ch eck list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Inst all ha nds et batt er y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 T ele phon e base i nst allati on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Des k /t able b racket i nsta llati on . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

www.vtechphones.com iii T able of con tents Act ivate the a nsweri ng syste m . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Set nu mber of r ing s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Set tel epho ne bas e date an d time . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Set tel epho ne bas e melo dy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Set tel epho ne bas e rin ger volu me . . . . . . . . . .[...]

www.vtechphones.com 1 Installation Basic operation Installat ion Par ts che cklis t Reme mber to s ave your s ales r ece ipt a nd or igin al pac kagi ng in ca se it is n ece ssar y to s hip you r tele phon e for warr ant y ser vi ce. Che ck to ma ke sure the t elep hone p ackag e inc lud es the fo llow ing: To purchase replacement b a t t e r i e s[...]

www.vtechphones.com 2 Inst all hand set bat te ry • Rem ove batter y c omp ar tmen t cover by pres sin g on the i nde ntati on and s lidi ng dow nwards . • Alig n the t wo holes i n the plu g with th e soc ket pins acc ordi ng to the co lor-c oded l abel in t he batter y co mpar tm ent, t hen sna p the p lug int o plac e. • Plac e the bat ter[...]

www.vtechphones.com 3 Installation Basic operation Installat ion Inst all th e te lep hon e ba se a nd the cha rge r a s sh own bel ow. Ch oose a l oca ti on a way fro m a ny e lec tro nic equipment and appliances such as per sonal computers, computer rout ers, television sets, microwa ve ovens and refrigerators. Avoid excessive heat, cold, dust or[...]

www.vtechphones.com 4 Dial t yp e If you h ave tou ch- tone ser vi ce, your telep hone is read y to use as so on a s t he b atter y is cha rged . If you have pu lse (rotar y) ser v ice, t he di al t ype m ust be chan ged. T o chan ge th e dia l ty pe, refer to the Di al t ype s ect ion on p age 12. Installat ion De sk / t able br acket inst allat i[...]

www.vtechphones.com 5 Installation Basic operation DSL l ter (for DSL us ers) T o sin gle tel epho ne jac k (RJ1 1C ) T ele phon e line c ord If you subscri be to DS L ser vice If you r ece ive h igh spe ed inter net t hrou gh your te leph one lin e (com monl y r eferre d to as DSL), and you are exper ien cing inter fer enc e dur ing telep hone [...]

www.vtechphones.com 6 T elephone settings Han dset layout 1 . Ear piec e 2. / ( d irec tor y/vol ume) 3. (speaker phon e ) 4. /FL ASH 5. Dia ling keys (0 -9, * , #) 6. REDIAL / P AUSE 7 . Mic rop hone 8. Han dset d ispl ay 9. MENU/SELECT 1 0. CID/ ( call er ID/vo lume) 1 1 . OFF/CLEAR 1 2. MUTE 1 3 . REMOVE 1 2 4 5 3 7 8 10 9 11 12 13 6[...]

www.vtechphones.com 7 Basic operation Telephone settings T elephone settings T elep hone ba se layout 1 . CHARG E light 2. IN USE li ght 3. /REPE A T 4. Mes sage w ind ow 5. FIND HA NDSE T 6. Spe aker 7 . VOICEMAIL l ight 8. X /D ELETE 9. VOLUME +/- 1 0. /SKIP 1 1 . ANS O N/OFF (answer on /off ) 1 2. Mic rop hone 1 3 . NO. OF RIN GS 1 4. ANN C ( an[...]

www.vtechphones.com 8 T elephone settings Dat e and time • Press MEN U/ SE LEC T to dis play men u when i n idle m ode. • Press or to reac h DA TE / TI ME . Pre ss ME NU /S ELE CT . • Use t he keypad to s et the year. Press M EN U/S EL ECT . • Use t he keypad to s et the date. Pre ss M EN U/ SEL ECT . • Use t he keypad to s et the t ime. [...]

www.vtechphones.com 9 Basic operation Telephone settings The h and set wi ll not r ing wh en th e rin ger vo lume i s at the l owest s ett ing. A rin ger of f i con wil l be di splaye d. Whi le th e tele pho ne is rin gin g, you ca n temp orar ily sil enc e the r ing er by pre ssin g OF F/CL EAR o r MU TE . The r ing er of f ic on wil l be di spl a[...]

www.vtechphones.com 10 Out of r ange ton e The hand set wi ll be ep dur ing a conver sati on wh en it i s out o f rang e fro m the te leph one ba se. Thi s tone i s preset t o ON . • Press MEN U/ SE LEC T to dis play the m enu wh en in id le mo de. • Press or t o reach S ET UP H S . Press M EN U/ SE LECT . • Press or t o reach T ON ES . Pres [...]

www.vtechphones.com 11 Basic operation Telephone settings T elephone settings Edit han dset na me • Press MEN U/ SE LEC T to dis play the m enu wh en in id le mo de. • Press or t o reach S ET UP H S . Press M EN U/ SE LECT . • Press or to re ach HA ND SE T NAM E . Pres s ME NU /S ELEC T . Press REM OVE to bac kspa ce and e rase c harac ter s.[...]

www.vtechphones.com 12 Cle ar voicema il If you su bsc rib e to voic emai l s er vic es provid ed by your loc al teleph one co mpany , N EW VO IC EMA IL wil l app ear on th e han dset d isp lay and the VOI CE MA IL lig ht o n t he tele phon e b ase will a sh when you have a n ew voi cema il m essa ge. Th is fe ature allow s you to tur n of f the[...]

www.vtechphones.com 13 Basic operation Telephone settings T elephone settings Res et to def ault set tings The h ands et and th e telep hone b ase ca n be ind ivi dual ly rese t to their defau lt set ti ngs by sel ect ing R ES ET in the SE TUP HS o r SE TU P BS menu s res pec tivel y . • Press MEN U/ SE LEC T to dis play men u when i n idle m ode[...]

www.vtechphones.com 14 Basic o peration Opti ons while on ca lls Sp eakerp hone • Press to alter nate bet wee n spea kerph one an d norm al han dset us e. Mute • P r e s s M U T E o n t h e h a n d s e t t o s i l e n c e t h e m i c r o p h o n e d u r i n g a co nversat ion. Y o u can st ill hea r the c aller bu t the c aller c ann ot hear yo[...]

www.vtechphones.com 15 Basic operation Pres s and ho ld FI ND H AN DSE T to pag e the han dset w hile lis tenin g to mes sag es. • Find han dset • Press F IN D HAN DS ET on t he tele phon e base to l ocate t he han dset wh en in id le mo de. The h ands et will r ing an d P AG IN G wil l ash o n its s cree n. • Press FI ND HAN DS ET again o[...]

www.vtechphones.com 16 Ad v anced operation eMPtY vtecH 1-595-9511 Dir ector y The d irec tor y ca n s tore up to 5 0 e ntri es. Eac h e ntr y may co nsis t o f a num ber up to 24 di git s and a nam e up to 15 charac ters. • The s cree n dis plays EM P T Y if ther e are no re cor ds in t he dire ctor y. • The s cree n dis plays FU LL if t he di[...]

www.vtechphones.com 17 Advanced operation Ad v anced operation Char acte r of char t Use th e keypad and t he ch art b elow to en ter a name (up to 1 5 char acter s ). Eac h pres s of a par ticu lar key caus es cha racte rs to be d isp layed in th e follo wing or der: • Press REM OVE to bac kspa ce and e rase a s ingl e char acter. • Pres s and[...]

www.vtechphones.com 18 Ad v anced operation Stor e a direc tor y entr y • Press MEN U/ SE LEC T tw ice to e nter the D I REC TORY . • Press or t o reach S TOR E and t hen pre ss M EN U/S EL ECT . • The scr een disp lays EN TER NU MB ER . Use the keypad to enter the num ber and t hen pr ess M EN U/ SEL ECT . • The s cree n d ispl ays E NTE R[...]

www.vtechphones.com 19 Advanced operation Ad v anced operation De lete fro m the dir ector y • Press / or ME NU /S ELEC T thre e time s to enter t he dire ctor y. • Pres s o r t o sc roll to the d esire d ent r y and t hen p ress M EN U/ SE LEC T . T o d ele te on e ent ry • Press REM OVE . • The s cree n disp lays DE LET ED and you ’ll h[...]

www.vtechphones.com 20 About c aller I D If yo u sub scr ibe t o ca ller I D ser v ice fro m your l oc al tel epho ne c omp any , t his featur e di splays th e name an d tel eph one num ber o f th e c aller be fore answer ing a cal l (even wh en yo u are on ano ther cal l). Th e c all er I D fe atures of t his pr odu ct wi ll work o nly if yo u s u[...]

www.vtechphones.com 21 Advanced operation Ad v anced operation Call log The info rmati on of t he c aller wi ll b e di spl ayed if you subs cri be t o c aller ID ser v ice fr om your l oca l telep hone c omp any . • The c all lo g can s tore up to 5 0 entr ies. • Entri es are di splayed i n chro nolo gic al ord er with t he mo st rec ent entr y[...]

www.vtechphones.com 22 Ad v anced operation Stor e a call log numb er • Press CI D/ to e nter the c all l og. - OR - Press MEN U/ SE LEC T . Press or to s elec t CALL LO G . • Press M EN U/ SE LEC T and th en pres s or to s cro ll to the d esire d entr y . • Press MEN U/ SE LEC T and th e scr een di splays E NT ER NA ME . • Use t he keypad [...]

www.vtechphones.com 23 Advanced operation Ad v anced operation De lete fro m the ca ll log • Press CI D/ to ente r the c all lo g. - OR - Press MEN U/ SE LEC T . Press or to s elec t CALL LO G . T o d ele te on e ent ry • Press o r to s cro ll to the d esir ed entr y a nd the n pres s REM OVE . • The scre en d isp lays DE LE TED and you’ll [...]

www.vtechphones.com 24 Ad v anced operation Redi al The r edia l list c an stor e up to 10 of the mo st rec entl y dial ed num ber s. • Whe n th ere ar e alr eady 10 entr ies in t he redi al l ist, th e ol dest ent r y will b e del eted to make r oom fo r newly d iale d numb ers. • The s cree n dis plays EM P T Y if ther e is no re cor d on th [...]

www.vtechphones.com 25 Advanced operation Dial f rom re dial • Press RED IA L / P AU SE to ente r the re dial l ist. • Press or to scr oll to t he des ired en tr y . • Press / FL ASH or to dia l. De lete fro m redi al • Press RED IA L / P AU SE to ente r the re dial l ist. T o d ele te on e ent ry • Press o r to s cro ll to the d esir ed [...]

www.vtechphones.com 26 Ans wering s ystem o peration Me ssag e capaci ty The answer ing sys tem c an re cor d up to 99 m essa ges, d epe ndin g on t he l engt h of ea ch me ssag e. The total ma ximu m rec ord ing time is 1 5 minu tes. Mess age will remain availab le for r eplay until they are de leted. X / DE LE TE Pre ss to d elet e cur rent m ess[...]

www.vtechphones.com 27 Advanced operation Ans wering s ystem o peration Activate t he answering system The AN S O N /O FF must be on (the butt on light will be on) i n o rder for the mac hine to answe r cal ls an d rec ord mes sage s. If t he bu tto n lig ht is o ff the n call s will n ot be ans wered. T o tur n o n /off t he ans weri ng sys tem, p[...]

www.vtechphones.com 28 Ans wering s ystem o peration BS MelodY BS rINGer vol MelodY 1 MelodY 2 SetuP BS dAte/tIMe Se t telep hone ba se melo dy There are six ring melodies to choose from. • Pres s M EN U/ SE LEC T o n h and set to d isp lay m enu whe n in id le mod e. • Press or t o reach S ET UP B S . Press M EN U/ SEL ECT . • Press or to re[...]

www.vtechphones.com 29 Advanced operation Ans wering s ystem o peration Pers onal ide ntic ation numb er (PI N) A four -d igit secur it y code is requir ed for remote acces s to the answering system f rom any tou ch tone telep hone. T he factory default code is 0000 . T o cha nge t he PIN on your te leph one: • Press MEN U/ SE LEC T on the h a[...]

www.vtechphones.com 30 Ans wering s ystem o peration Outgoi ng announc ement s An outg oing an noun ceme nt is t he mes sage ca ller s h ear when ca lls are answer ed by the a nsweri ng syste m. The tele phon e is pres et wi th an ann ounc emen t that answer s c alls wit h “ Hello, plea se le ave a me ssag e af ter th e ton e . ” Y ou can use t[...]

www.vtechphones.com 31 Advanced operation Ans wering s ystem o peration Mes sag es ca n onl y be de leted af ter th ey are playe d. If vol ume on the t elep hon e bas e is set t o 0 , ca ll scr eeni ng is of f, i.e. you ca nnot he ar the mes sag e lef t by the c all er dur ing the r ec ordi ng pro ces s. • • Me ssag e playback • Press / PL A [...]

www.vtechphones.com 32 Ans wering s ystem o peration Dur ing re mote ac ces s, if no key is pr ess ed wit hin eig ht se con ds, the r emote ac ces s cal l is auto mati call y dis co nne cted . • Remo te acce ss Y ou c an ac ces s many fe atures of your answe ring system re motel y from any touc h ton e telep hone. A four-d igit secu rit y cod e i[...]

www.vtechphones.com 33 Advanced operation Ans wering s ystem o peration The m ess age c ounter u suall y dis plays t he tot al num ber of i nco ming m ess ages. See t he lis t below f or expla natio ns of oth er dis plays in t his wi ndow. Me ssag e window displays 0 No mess ages. 0 (ashing) The clock ne eds to be set. 1 - 99 T otal number of ol[...]

www.vtechphones.com 34 Handset and telephone ba se indi cators Han dset ico ns T elep hone ba se lights Han dset light • Rin ger of f. (Bat ter y ind icat or) • Cyc les (l ow , m edi um, and f ull) whe n hand set bat ter y is c harg ing. • On wh en th e hand set sp eakerp hone i s in use. IN USE • Flas hes w hen th ere is an i nco ming c al[...]

www.vtechphones.com 35 Appendix Handset disp la y screen messages Display: When: cAl l There is an inco ming call. co NNe ct ING . . . Th e cord les s hand set is s earc hing fo r the tel epho ne bas e. eM PtY Ther e are no en trie s in the c all l og, dir ecto r y , or re dial l ist. eN ded Y ou have ju st end ed a ca ll. fu ll The d irec tor y is[...]

www.vtechphones.com 36 Handset disp la y screen messages Display: When: PA G I N G T h e h a nd s e t l o c a to r ha s b e en a c ti v at e d o r t he h an d s e t i s b ei n g page d. PH oNe T he han dset i s in use. wAr N I N G cHe cK BAtte rY ! The b atter y i s not ins tall ed or no t inst alle d prop erly i n the ha nds et. - OR - The b atter[...]

www.vtechphones.com 37 Appendix Batter y Af ter t he bat te ry i s fully ch arg ed for 16 hour s, you can exp ec t the f ollowing p er form anc e: Op eratio n Op eratin g time Whi le in us e (talki ng) 1 0 hour s Whi le not in u se (stand by*) 1 00 h ours *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 w[...]

www.vtechphones.com 38 Import ant safety instr uction s Whe 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: 1. Rea d and un der st and al l ins tru cti ons. 2. Fol low al l warn ing s and in str uc tion s mar ked on t he pr odu ct. 3. Unp lug t his p rod uct f rom t he wal l out let be fore c l[...]

www.vtechphones.com 39 Appendix T roub leshooti ng Problem Suggestion My teleph one does not work at a ll. • M ak e s u re t he b at t e r y is i ns t a l le d an d c ha r g ed c o rr e c t l y ( p ag e 2 ). F or o pt i m um d ai l y 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 [...]

www.vtechphones.com 40 Problem Suggestion The b atter y d oes no t cha rge in t he han dset or th e hand set bat ter y do es not ac cep t cha rge. • Make sure th e ha nds et i s p lace d i n t he telep hone ba se c orr ect ly . T he CH ARG E li ght on the tele phon e base s houl d be on. • Rem ove th e bat ter y fro m t he h and set a nd then r[...]

www.vtechphones.com 41 Appendix T roub leshooti ng Problem Suggestion Ther e is no d ial ton e. • Fir st, tr y al l the ab ove sugg esti ons. • Move th e cor dles s hand set c loser t o the tel epho ne bas e. It mig ht be out o f rang e. • The te leph one li ne co rd mig ht be ma lfun cti onin g. T r y inst allin g a new tele pho ne line c or[...]

www.vtechphones.com 42 T roub leshooti ng Problem Suggestion The te leph one d oes not r ing wh en ther e is an in com ing ca ll. • Make sur e the r inge r is on (see pag e 9 for han dset an d page 27 f or telep hon e base). • Make sur e the tel eph one li ne cor d and p ower adapte r are plu gge d in pro perl y ( see pa ge 3) . • The cord le[...]

www.vtechphones.com 43 Appendix T roub leshooti ng Problem Suggestion I can not di al out . • Fir st, tr y al l the ab ove sugg esti ons. • Make sur e there is a di al tone b efore di alin g. It is no rmal i f the c ordl ess h ands et takes a s eco nd or t wo to syn chro nize wi th th e tele phon e bas e befo re pro duc ing a di al ton e. Wait [...]

www.vtechphones.com 44 T roub leshooti ng Problem Suggestion Ther e is noi se or inter fe renc e dur ing a tel epho ne co nversat ion. My c alls c ut in an d out whe n I am usin g the cor dle ss han dset . • The h ands et may be ou t of rang e. Move it c lose r to the tel epho ne bas e. • Ap plian ces or oth er cord less tel epho nes plu gge d [...]

www.vtechphones.com 45 Appendix T roub leshooti ng Problem Suggestion I hear oth er call s when usi ng the te leph one. • Disconnec t the telephone base from the telephone jack. Plug in a different telephone . If there are stil l ot her calls , t he prob lem is prob ably in the wirin g o r l oca l s er vic e. C all your loca l tel eph one co mpan[...]

www.vtechphones.com 46 Problem Suggestion The sy stem do es not re cei ve call er ID or th e system d oes not di spl ay calle r ID dur ing c all wait ing. • Make sure you subs cri be to ca ller ID wi th call waiting features provi ded by th e l oca l te leph one co mpany. • The c alle r may not be c alli ng from a n area wh ich s uppo r ts cal [...]

www.vtechphones.com 47 Appendix Problem Suggestion The a nsweri ng system do es not re cor d mes sage s. • Make sur e the an swerin g system i s on. The m ess ages on t he answer ing sys tem are inc omp lete. • If a c all er leaves a ver y long mess age, par t of it may be los t when the system di sco nnec ts the cal l afte r four min utes. •[...]

www.vtechphones.com 48 T roub leshooti ng Problem Suggestion My c ordl ess ha nds et bee ps and i s not per for ming n orm ally. • Make s ure t he powe r cor d is se curel y plu gge d into the tele pho ne ba se. Plug the uni t into a dif fere nt work ing e lec tri cal ou tlet n ot cont roll ed by a wall sw itch . • Move th e cor dles s hand set[...]

www.vtechphones.com 49 Appendix 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[...]

www.vtechphones.com 50 About co rdless telephones Priva cy: The same feature s that m ake a c ordle ss tel epho ne co nvenien t create some limi tatio ns. T elep hone call s are t ransm itte d bet ween t he tel ephon e bas e and the cord les s ha nds et by rad io wav es, s o th ere is a poss ibi lit y t hat t he c ord les s tel eph one conver sat i[...]

www.vtechphones.com 51 Appendix W arranty 4. Pr odu ct t o the ex ten t tha t the p rob lem i s cau sed by u se wi th n on-V T e ch a cc ess ori es; or 5. Pr odu ct w hos e warr ant y/qu ali ty s tic ker s, pro du ct se ria l num ber p late s or el ect ron ic se ria l num ber s have b een r emove d, al tere d or re nde red i lle gib le; or 6. Pr od[...]

www.vtechphones.com 52 FCC , A CT A and IC r egul ation 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[...]

www.vtechphones.com 53 Appendix FCC , A CT A and IC r egul ation 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 pos[...]

www.vtechphones.com 54 Th e RBR C ® S eal o n the n ic kel- met al -hyd rid e bat ter y in di cate s tha t VTech C omm uni cati on s, Inc . is vo lunt ari ly pa rt ic ipat ing i n an in du str y pr ogr am to c oll ect a nd re cyc le th ese b at teri es at t he en d of th eir us efu l live s, wh en ta ken ou t of ser v ic e wit hin t he Uni ted S t[...]

www.vtechphones.com 55 Appendix T echnica l specications Freque ncy c ontro l Cr yst al con troll ed PLL synt hesi zer T rans mit fr eque ncy Han dset: 1921 .5 36 - 1928.4 48 MHz T ele phon e base: 192 1 . 53 6- 1 928.4 48 MHz Chan nels 5 Nom inal ef fe cti ve rang e Ma xim um power al lowed by FCC a nd IC. Act ual op erati ng rang e may var y a[...]

www.vtechphones.com 56 Index A Ab out co rdle ss tel epho nes 50 Act ivate the a nsweri ng syste m 27 Advan ced o perat ion 16 Answe ring sy stem op erati on 2 6 B Bas ic op eratio n 14 Bat ter y 9, 37 C Call er ID 20 Call l og 21 , 36 Call wa iting 1 4 Char t of c harac ters 1 7 Clea r voic email 12 D Date and t ime 8 Del ete all me ssag es 31 Del[...]

www.vtechphones.com 57 R Rec ord you r own ann ounc emen t 3 0 Red ial 24 Rem ote acc ess 32 Rese t to defaul t set ting s 13 Review r edi al 24 Review t he ca ll log 21 Review t he dir ect or y 16 Rin g melo dy 8 Rin g volume 9 S Sear ch th e dire ctor y 1 6 Set nu mber of r ing s 27 Set tel epho ne bas e date an d time 27 Set tel epho ne bas e me[...]

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