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CS5119 Go to www.vtechphones.com to register your product for CS5119-15 enhanced warranty support and CS5119-16 the latest VTech product news. CS5119-2 DECT 6.0 cordless telephone User’s manual...
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Do not use For support, shopping, and everything liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a new at VTech, visit our website at damp cloth for cleaning. www.vtechphones.com. In Canada, 4. Do not use this product near water please visit www.vtechcanada.com.
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are not sure of the type of power the product to normal operation. supply in your home or office, consult • If the product has been dropped your dealer or local power company. and the telephone base and/or 9. Do not allow anything to rest on handset has been damaged.
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Battery About cordless telephones • Privacy: The same features that • CAUTION: Use Only Supplied Battery. make a cordless telephone convenient • Do not dispose of the battery in a fire. create some limitations. Telephone Check with local waste management calls are transmitted between the codes for special disposal instructions.
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• Nickel-metal hydride rechargeable batteries: Dispose of these batteries in a safe manner. Do not burn or puncture the battery. Like other batteries of this type, if burned or punctured, they could release caustic material which could cause injury.
Table of contents Call waiting ..........10 Chain dialing ..........10 Find handset..........11 What’s in the box ........1 Redial list..........11 Overview............. 2 Review a redial list entry ......11 Telephone base overview ......2 Dial a redial list entry ........11 Handset overview ........
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Sound settings ......... 20 Key tone ............ 20 Ringer tone ..........20 Ringer volume ........... 20 Temporary ringer silencing ......20 Quiet mode ..........20 Retrieve voicemail from telephone service ..........21 Retrieve voicemail ........21 Set your voicemail number ......21 Turn off the new voicemail indicators ..
• 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. 1 set for CS5119/CS5119-15/ CS5119-16 2 sets for CS5119-2 Abridged Important user’s...
Overview 3 – • Show the menu. Telephone base overview • While in a menu, press to select an item, or save an entry or setting. 4 – • Hang up a call. • Return to the previous menu or idle mode without making changes.
Display icons overview 11 – • Enter space character during text The battery icon flashes editing. when the battery is low and needs charging. 12 – • Press repeatedly to add or remove 1 The battery icon animates when the battery is charging. in front of the caller ID log entry before dialing or saving it to the phonebook.
Connect Mount the telephone base You can choose to connect the telephone base for desktop usage or wall mounting. NOTES • Use only the adapters provided. • Make sure the electrical outlets are not controlled by wall switches. • The adapters are intended to be correctly oriented in a vertical or floor mount position.
Install the battery Check the battery level Install the battery as shown below. After you have installed the battery, check the battery level on the handset NOTES screen. • Use only supplied battery. • If the battery icon is , or , then go • Charge the battery provided with this to Before use section to set the date...
Before use Battery Battery Action indicators status After you install your telephone or power The screen The battery Charge returns following a power outage, the is blank, or has no or without handset will prompt you to set the date displays Put very little interruption...
Configure your telephone Operating range This cordless telephone operates with Use the handset menu the maximum power allowed by the 1. Press MENU when the phone is not Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Even so, this handset and in use. telephone base can communicate over 2.
Home area code Dial mode If you dial local calls using only seven The dial mode is preset to touch-tone digits (area code not required), you dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) service, can program your home area code so you need to change the dial mode to that when you receive a call within your pulse dialing before using the telephone.
Telephone operations Make a call • Press , and then dial the telephone number. Handset control key panel: NOTES • The screen shows the elapsed time as you talk (in hours, minutes and seconds). • While entering numbers, press and hold PAUSE to insert a dialing pause (a P appears).
Mute • You have only caller ID service, or only call waiting service; or The mute function allows you to hear the • You do not subscribe to caller ID or other party but the other party cannot call waiting services. hear you.
Redial list NOTES • You cannot edit a phonebook entry while Each handset stores the last on a call. Refer to the Phonebook section 10 telephone numbers dialed. Entries are for more details. shown in reverse chronological order. • You cannot copy a caller ID log entry into When there are already 10 entries, the the phonebook while on a call.
Multiple handset use • If the destination handset does not answer the intercom call within 100 seconds, is on a call or out of range, the originating Intercom handset displays Unable to call and returns to idle mode. Use the intercom feature for • If there is an incoming call while the conversations between two handsets.
Phonebook 2. To answer the intercom call on the destination handset, press The phonebook can store up to INT or any dialing key on the 50 entries, which are shared by all destination handset. The outside call handsets. Each entry may consist of a is still on hold and both handsets telephone number up to 30 digits, and a now display Intercom.
Alphabetical search 4. Use the dialing keys to enter the name. Additional key presses show 1. Follow the steps in Review a other characters of that particular phonebook entry to enter the key. The first character of every word phonebook. is capitalized.
Caller ID 4. The screen displays Delete all?. Press SELECT to confirm. The If you subscribe to caller ID service, handset displays Deleting... and information about each caller appears then you hear a confirmation tone. after the first or second ring. If you answer a call before the caller Edit a phonebook entry information appears on the screen, it will...
2. Press SELECT twice and then press If you do not want to review the missed calls one by one, press and hold q or p to browse. CANCEL on the idle handset to erase NOTE the missed call indicator. All the entries • You hear two beeps when you reach the are then considered old.
Dial a caller ID log entry Delete the caller ID log entries When the number is shown in the correct 1. When in the caller ID log, press q or format for dialing, press to dial. p to browse. 2. When the desired caller ID log Save a caller ID log entry to the entry displays, press DELETE.
Call block 6. Press SELECT to move on to enter the name. The handset displays If you have subscribed to caller ID Enter name. service, you can set the telephone 7. Use the dialing keys to enter the to block unknown calls and certain name.
Mute first ring 3. Use the dialing keys to edit the number, then press SELECT. The Your telephone rings once for blocked handset displays Enter name and calls. You can choose to mute the first then the stored name. ring for all incoming calls, so that there 4.
Sound settings 4. Press SELECT to save. You hear a confirmation tone. Key tone NOTES You can turn the key tone on or off for • If the ringer volume is set to Off, the idle screen displays each handset. • When the ringer volume is set to Off, the 1.
Retrieve voicemail from -OR- 1. Press MENU when the handset is telephone service not in use. Voicemail is a feature available from 2. Press q or p to choose Settings most telephone service providers. It may and then press SELECT. be included with your telephone service, 3.
Expand your telephone Screen messages system You are calling Calling HS X You can add new handsets (CS5109), another handset (for (for models with two cordless headsets (IS6200) or intercom calls). or more handsets speakerphones (MA3222 or AT&T only) TL80133) to your telephone system. All You have just ended Ended accessories are sold separately.
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You have turned The battery is Muted Put in off the handset very low. Place charger microphone. The the handset in the other party cannot telephone base hear you but you or charger for can hear the other recharging. party. The quiet mode is Quiet mode There are...
ECO mode General product care This power conserving technology Taking care of your telephone reduces power consumption for optimal Your cordless telephone contains battery performance. The ECO mode sophisticated electronic parts, so it must activates automatically whenever be treated with care. the handset is synchronized with the Avoid rough treatment telephone base.
Frequently asked I cannot dial Make sure there is a dial out. tone before dialing. It is questions normal if the handset takes a second or two Below are the questions most frequently to synchronize with the asked about the cordless telephone. telephone base before producing a dial tone.
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I hear other Disconnect the telephone The telephone Caller ID is a subscription calls when base from the telephone does not service. You must using the wall jack. Plug in a receive caller subscribe to this service telephone. different telephone. If you ID or the from your telephone still hear other calls, the...
LCD The RBRC seal on the nickel-metal ® and then enter 364# to language to hydride battery indicates that VTech Spanish or change the handset LCD French, and I language back to English. Communications, Inc. is voluntarily don’t know how...
FCC, ACTA and IC following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, regulations and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including FCC Part 15 interference that may cause undesired NOTE: This equipment has been operation. Privacy of communications tested and found to comply with the may not be ensured when using this requirements for a Class B digital...
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plug is provided with this product. notice is not practical, you will be notified It is designed to be connected to a as soon as possible. You will be given compatible modular jack that is also the opportunity to correct the problem compliant.
California Energy The Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) for this terminal equipment is 1.0. The Commission battery REN is an indication of the maximum charging testing number of devices allowed to be instructions connected to a telephone interface. The termination on an interface may consist This telephone is set up to comply with the of any combination of devices subject energy-conserving standards right out of...
For C-UL compliance only obstruées en plaçant l’appareil sur un lit, divan, tapis ou autre surface Mesures de sécurité similaires. Ne placez pas cet appareil à proximité d’un élément de importantes chauffage ni d’une plinthe électrique. Afin de réduire les risques d’incendie, de De plus, ne l’installez pas dans une blessures corporelles ou d’électrocution, unité...
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à la clientèle le combiné chargé sur le socle, si de VTech dans les cas suivants : le téléphone se trouve à proximité d’un endroit comportant des • Lorsque le cordon d’alimentation concentrations de gaz inflammables, est endommagé...
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• Rechargez la pile incluse avec cet sans fil affichent également des appareil, selon les instructions et restrictions. Les appels téléphoniques limites spécifiées dans ce guide sont transmis entre le combiné sans d’utilisation. fil et le socle par le biais d’ondes radio ;...
This limited warranty extends only to the Consumer for Products purchased and used in the United States of America and Canada. What will VTech do if the Product is not free from defects in materials and workmanship during the limited warranty period (“Materially Defective Product”)?
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7. Product returned without a valid proof Product extends for ONE (1) YEAR from of purchase (see item 2 below); or the date of purchase. If VTech repairs or 8. Charges for installation or set up, replaces a Materially Defective Product...
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Some states/ provinces do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to you. In no event shall VTech be liable for any indirect, special, incidental,...
Technical specifications Frequency Crystal controlled PLL control synthesizer Transmit Handset: frequency 1921.536-1928.448 MHz Telephone base: 1921.536-1928.448 MHz Channels Nominal Maximum power allowed by effective FCC and IC. Actual operating range range may vary according to environmental conditions at the time of use. Power Handset: 2.4V Ni-MH battery requirements...
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