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  • Page 1 8121 8121-2 8121-3 8121-4 8121-5 Click on the in the manual to watch the video tutorials. User’s manual Scan the QR code to go and subscribe our tutorial channel...
  • Page 2 VTech telephone. Please review this manual thoroughly to ensure proper installation and operation of this innovative and feature rich VTech product. For support, shopping, and everything new at VTech, visit our website at www.vtechphones.com. In Canada, please visit phones.vtechcanada.com.
  • Page 3 Important safety instructions reassembling can cause electric shock when the product is subsequently used. 13. Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords. When using your telephone equipment, basic safety 14. Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer precautions should always be followed to reduce the servicing to an authorized service facility under risk of fire, electric shock and injury, including the...
  • Page 4 19. For pluggable equipment, the socket outlet shall • Charge the battery provided with this product be installed near the equipment and shall be only in accordance with the instructions and easily accessible. limitations specified in this manual. CAUTION: Use only the batteries Precautions for users of implanted cardiac indicated in this manual.
  • Page 5 évier de cuisine, communiquez avec le département de service à d’un bac de lavage ou d’une piscine, ou dans un la clientèle de VTech dans les cas suivants : sous-sol humide ou sous la douche. • Lorsque cordon d’alimentation...
  • Page 6 dans le les instructions de fonctionnement. Les au rebut les batteries usagées conformément aux réglages incorrects des autres commandes instructions du fabricant. Débrancher les lignes pourraient provoquer un dommage qui téléphoniques avant le remplacement des piles. pourrait exiger un travail exhaustif de la part 21.
  • Page 7 À propos des téléphones sans fil area. Confidentialité : Les mêmes caractéristiques qui VTech’s participation makes it easy for you to drop constituent des avantages pour les téléphones sans off the spent battery at local retailers participating in fil affichent également des restrictions. Les appels the program or at authorized VTech product service téléphoniques sont transmis entre le combiné...
  • Page 8 FCC, ACTA and IC regulations requirement: CAN ICES-3 (B)/NMB-3(B). FCC Part 15 FCC Part 68 and ACTA This equipment has been tested and found to This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC comply with the requirements for a Class B digital rules and with technical requirements adopted by device under Part 15 of the Federal Communications the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments...
  • Page 9 California Energy Commission battery will be given the opportunity to correct the problem and the telephone service provider is required to charging testing instructions inform you of your right to file a complaint with the This telephone is set up to comply with the energy- FCC.

  • Page 10: Table Of Contents

    Operate Install | Set up Make, answer or end a home call What is in the box Install the battery Make a home call Connect the telephone base Predial a home call Connect the charger Answer a home call Charge the battery End a home call Check the battery level Make, answer or end a cell call 32...
  • Page 11 Delete all phonebook entries Introducing Bluetooth © Redial list Glossary of terms Review a redial list entry VTech Connect to Cell™ application Redial a call from list Save a redial entry to the Bluetooth setup phonebook Add a Bluetooth cell phone...
  • Page 12 Download/Transfer your cell phone Allow list phonebook entries via Bluetooth 59 Add an allow list entry Connect / disconnect an active Review allow list Bluetooth device Save a caller ID log entry to allow Auto Bluetooth connection list Remote voice control Edit an allow list entry About Smart call blocker* Delete an allow list entry...
  • Page 13 Contents Configure | Settings Blocked calls Screen unknown home calls Set languages Screen robocalls Set voice language Option while on a call Set date and time Answering system Dial modes Difference between the built-in Set dial mode answering system and voicemail Area code settings service Set home area code...
  • Page 14 Voicemail settings [Telephone service provider] Set speed dial voicemail number Voicemail (visual message waiting) indicator Clear voicemail indicator/indication Add and register handset Handset screen display messages General product care Taking care of your telephone 109 Avoid rough treatment Avoid water Electrical storms Cleaning your telephone Technical specifications...
  • Page 15 Contents...

  • Page 16: Install | Set Up

    Install | Set up What is in the box Your telephone package contains the following items. Save your sales receipt and original packaging in case it is necessary to ship your telephone for warranty service. THIS SIDE UP / CE CÔTÉ VERS LE HAUT Battery Pack / Bloc-piles : BT162342/BT262342 (2.4V 300mAh Ni-MH) WARNING / AVERTISSEMENT :...

  • Page 17: Install The Battery

    Install the battery Connect the telephone base NOTES NOTES • Use only the battery provided. • Use only the adapters provided. • Charge the battery provided with this • Make sure the electrical outlets are product only in accordance with the not controlled by wall switches.

  • Page 18: Connect The Charger

    Connect the charger Once you have installed the battery, the handset LCD display indicates the battery NOTES status (see the table below). • Use only the adapters provided. • Make sure the electrical outlets are Battery Battery Action not controlled by wall switches. indicators status •...

  • Page 19: Check The Battery Level

    Check the battery level NOTES • Place the handset in the charger will After you have installed the battery, bypass the set date and time, and check the battery level on the handset voice guide. screen. • For best performance, keep the •...

  • Page 20: Improve The Telephone Signal Strength

    Improve the telephone signal Before use strength Set date and time After you install your telephone or power returns following a power outage and battery depletion, the handset will prompt you to set the date and time. NOTE • Make sure you set the date and time including the year correctly;...

  • Page 21: Set Up Smart Call Blocker Through Voice Guide (Before Use)

    Set up Smart call blocker through Voice Alternate way to set up Guide (Before use) 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the After the date and time setting is done main menu when the telephone is or skipped, the handset will prompt if not in use.

  • Page 22: Set Up Answering System Through Voice Guide (Before Use)

    Set up Answering System through Voice • After a power outage, the handset Guide (Before use) prompts you to set the date and time. After the date and time setting is done After the Smart call blocker setting is done or skipped, the handset will prompt if or skipped, the handset will then prompt you want to set up Smart call blocker...

  • Page 23: Install

    Install Alternate way to set up 1. Press MENU/SELECT on the handset Mount the telephone base (optional) in idle mode. 2. Press q CID or p to scroll to Answering sys, and then press MENU/SELECT. 3. Press q CID or p to scroll to Voice guide, the press MENU/SELECT.

  • Page 24: Operating Range

    Overview Operating range This cordless telephone operates with Handset 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 office.
  • Page 25 • While reviewing a • On when the handset caller ID log entry, CHARGE is charging in the press repeatedly to light telephone base or add or remove 1 in handset charger. front of the telephone number before LCD display dialing or saving it in •...
  • Page 26 • Press to show • During a call, press to phonebook entries Mute the microphone. when the telephone is • When the handset is not in use. ringing, press to mute • Press to scroll up while the ringer temporarily. in a menu.
  • Page 27 • Press to block the • Hang up a call. incoming home call • While in a menu, or cell call when the press to cancel an telephone is ringing. operation, back up to • When on a home call the previous menu, or or cell call, press to exit the menu display;...

  • Page 28: Handset Display Icons

    Handset display icons Handset alert tones • The battery is low • A key is pressed. and needs charging. 1 short • Plays at the end of each beep message playback. • The battery is • End of recording. charging. •...

  • Page 29: Telephone Charger

    Telephone charger Telephone base Charging pole • When the telephone is not in use, press to increase the telephone base ringer VOL + volume. • During call screening or message playback, press to increase the listening volume. • When the telephone is not in use, press to decrease the telephone base ringer...

  • Page 30: Telephone Base Alert Tones

    • Light on when the • On when the handset telephone base is is in use, or when the paired and connected answering system with a Bluetooth is answering an device. IN USE incoming call. • Light flashes when the light •...

  • Page 31: Operate

    Operate NOTES • The handset displays Unable to call if Make, answer or end a home the telephone line is in use. call • The screen shows the elapsed time as you talk (in hours, minutes and Make a home call seconds).

  • Page 32: Make, Answer Or End A Cell Call

    Make, answer or end a cell Answer a cell call call • Press CELL or on the handset. Make a cell call End a cell call CELL on the handset. The • Press OFF/CANCEL, or put the handset 1. Press handset displays Select a device.

  • Page 33: Call Waiting On The Home Line

    Call waiting on the home line Call waiting on the cell line If you subscribe to call waiting service If you subscribe to call waiting service from your telephone service provider, from your cell phone service provider, and someone calls while you are already and someone calls while you are already on a call on the cell line, the screen on a call, the screen flashes...

  • Page 34: Predial Via Home Call And Cell Call

    Predial via home call and cell Answer an incoming cell call call while on a home call If you are on a home call and you receive Predial a home call an incoming cell call, you will hear a Enter the telephone number, then press beep.

  • Page 35: View Dialing Options

    View dialing options NOTE • If you have turned on your answering Although the caller ID log entries may system and you do not answer contain 10 digits (the area code plus the incoming home call, the call is the 7-digit number), in some areas, you answered by your answering system.

  • Page 36: Option While On A Call

    Option while on a call Join a call When you are on a home or cell call Join a call in progress and speaking to the caller, and you do Another handset can join you on home not want to continue the call, you can call.

  • Page 37: Intercom

    Intercom device displays Unable to call and returns to idle mode. Initiate an intercom call • To temporarily silence the intercom OFF/CANCEL ringer, press 1. Press MENU/SELECT on the handset MUTE/DELETE on the destination in idle mode. handset/headset. 2. Press q CID or p to highlight •...

  • Page 38: Sound

    Sound NOTES • If you want to cancel an intercom Use speakerphone call and reconnect to the outside During a call, press to switch between call before the destination handset the speakerphone and normal handset answers, press OFF/CANCEL on the use.

  • Page 39: Temporary Ringer Silencing

    Temporary tone dialing Temporary ringer silencing When the telephone is ringing, you If you have pulse (rotary) service only, can temporarily silence the ringer of you can switch from pulse to touch- the handset or telephone base without tone dialing temporarily during a call. disconnecting the call.

  • Page 40: Find Handset

    Find handset • You cannot use the find handset feature while the telephone base is This feature helps you find all system playing messages or the answering handsets. system is being accessed remotely. CAUTIONS • Do not press and hold FIND HS for more than four seconds.

  • Page 41: Use The Phone Menu

    Use the phone menu Phonebook | Phonebook entry 1. Press MENU/SELECT when phone is not in use. The phonebook stores up to 1,000 entries with up to 30 digits for each 2. Press q CID or p until the screen phone number and 15 characters for displays the desired feature menu.

  • Page 42: Add A Phonebook Entry

    Add a phonebook entry • Press MUTE/DELETE on the handset to erase a character. 1. Press MENU/SELECT on the handset • Press and hold MUTE/DELETE on in idle mode. the handset to erase all characters. 2. Press q CID or p to highlight •...

  • Page 43: Add A Predialed Telephone Number To The Phonebook

    Add a predialed telephone number to Review the phonebook entries the phonebook Entries are sorted alphabetically. 1. While the telephone is not in use, 1. Press p on the handset when in use the dialing keys to enter the idle mode. The screen shows the first telephone number (up to 30 digits).

  • Page 44: Search By Name

    Search by name NOTE You can use the enhanced 3-character • If you press a dialing key (0-9) and search to find your contacts quickly and no name starts with any letter on that efficiently. key, the phonebook shows the entry that matches the next letter in the 1.

  • Page 45: Delete A Phonebook Entry

    • Press and hold REDIAL/PAUSE to insert a three-second dialing NOTE pause (a P appears). • Once deleted, you cannot retrieve -OR- that entry. Copy a number from the redial list by Delete all phonebook entries pressing REDIAL/PAUSE and then q CID or , or pressing 1.

  • Page 46: Redial List

    Redial list Save a redial entry to the phonebook Each handset stores the last 10 dialed 1. Press REDIAL/PAUSE on the handset numbers (up to 30 digits each) in the in idle mode. redial list. The list of dialed numbers CID, 2.

  • Page 47: Delete A Redial List Entry

    Chain dialing Delete a redial list entry Use this feature to initiate a dialing 1. Press REDIAL/PAUSE to enter the sequence from numbers stored in the redial list. phonebook, caller ID log or redial list 2. Press CID, while you are on a call. REDIAL/PAUSE repeatedly to browse until the desired entry displays.

  • Page 48: Access A Number From The Redial List

    Caller ID Access a number from the redial list while on a call About caller ID 1. Press REDIAL/PAUSE. This product supports caller ID services CID, 2. Press offered by most telephone service REDIAL/PAUSE until the desired providers. Caller ID allows you to see the number displays.

  • Page 49: Save A Caller Id Log Entry To The Phonebook

    Save a caller ID log entry to the intentionally block their names and/or phonebook telephone numbers. You can only view a maximum of 15 digits of every caller 1. While reviewing the caller ID log, ID log entry. press q CID or p to browse through the caller ID log.

  • Page 50: Save A Caller Id Log Entry To Block List

    Save a caller ID log entry to block list • Press to change the next letter to upper or lowercase. 1. Search for the desired caller ID log 7. Press MENU/SELECT to save. entry (see Review call block list). • You hear a confirmation tone. 2.

  • Page 51: Save A Caller Id Log Entry To Allow List

    Save a caller ID log entry to allow list Save a caller ID log entry to Star name list 1. Search for the desired caller ID log entry (see Review call block list). 1. Search for the desired caller ID log Review call block list).

  • Page 52: Review The Caller Id Log

    Review the caller ID log Dial a caller ID log entry Review the caller ID log to find out who 1. Search for the desired entry in the called, to return the call or to copy the caller ID log (see Review the caller ID caller’s name and number into your log).

  • Page 53: Caller Id Memory Match

    Caller ID memory match Missed call indicator If the incoming telephone number When a cordless handset or the matches the last 7 digits of a telephone telephone base is in idle mode and has new or missed calls, its screen shows XX number in your phonebook, the name that appears on the screen matches Missed calls.

  • Page 54: Introducing Bluetooth

    Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Advanced American Telephones and its with better reception, you can leave parent, VTech Holdings Limited, is under license. your cell phone at that location VTech while you use the IS8121/IS8121-2/ Holdings Limited is a member of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

  • Page 55: Glossary Of Terms

    • If you experience poor sound quality, with using your Bluetooth devices and it may be caused by the distance your new VTech telephone system. between your cell phone and the Active device slots - the Device list has telephone base. To improve the...

  • Page 56: Vtech Connect To Cell™ Application

    Discoverable mode - before a Bluetooth Connect To Cell application. enabled device can be paired, it must VTech Connect to Cell comprises Caller be set to this mode. When pairing your ID manager and Alerts manager that cell phone, the telephone base will be help you integrate your cell phone with set to this mode.

  • Page 57: Bluetooth Setup

    2. Turn on the Bluetooth feature of your cell phone and search for or add new devices. Once your cell phone finds your VTech phone ( VTech DECT 6.0 ), press the appropriate key on your cell phone to continue the pairing process.

  • Page 58: Add A Bluetooth Headset

    q CID or p to highlight your NOTES headset, if necessary, then press • The pairing process may take up to MENU/SELECT. one minute. If the pairing process fails, try again. NOTES • The steps for the pairing process • The pairing process may take up to may vary for different cell phones.

  • Page 59: Review The Bluetooth Device List

    Review the Bluetooth device list Download a cell phonebook 1. Press MENU/SELECT on the handset 1. Press MENU/SELECT on the handset in idle mode. in idle mode. 2. Press 2. Press highlight Bluetooth, then press highlight Bluetooth, then press MENU/SELECT. MENU/SELECT.

  • Page 60: Connect / Disconnect An Active Bluetooth Device

    Connect / disconnect an active Bluetooth NOTES device • Cell phone contacts If you need to connect your paired cell downloaded from the phone memory phone to the telephone base manually: only. You can transfer the contacts from your SIM card to your cell phone 1.

  • Page 61: Auto Bluetooth Connection

    Remote voice control Auto Bluetooth connection If you have connected a cell phone When an active device moves within IS8121/IS8121-2/IS8121-3/ Bluetooth range of the telephone IS8121-4/IS8121-5 telephone system, base, or is turned on within range, the you can activate the voice-controlled telephone base tries to connect to the application (voice app) of the cell phone, device.
  • Page 62 • Your cell phone’s data or Wi-Fi signal 4. To end the current remote voice is in full strength and your cell phone control session, press OFF/CANCEL can connect to the Internet. on the handset. You can restart by • Try to activate the voice app on your following Steps 1-3 mentioned above.

  • Page 63: About Smart Call Blocker

    About Smart call blocker* app and Google Now, it may prompt you to select which voice app to use, If you have subscribed to caller ID service, and whether use it for just once or then you can use Smart call blocker to always.

  • Page 64: Call Categories

    Call categories NOTES Calls are classified into four categories: • Smart call blocker is on, once you install your telephone. It allows all Welcome calls incoming calls to get through and Welcome calls are calls with telephone ring by default. You can change the numbers saved in your allow list or Smart call blocker settings to screen phonebook, and not in your block list.

  • Page 65: Calls Without Numbers (For Home Calls Only)

    Calls without numbers (for home calls Call handling only) • Smart call blocker is set to on, and to Calls without numbers are calls that are allow all incoming calls by default. “out of area“ or with numbers set to When Smart call blocker is on, the “Private“.
  • Page 66 with caller names saved in your star then answer the call, and hear the name list will also ring. caller’s name announced. You can • All incoming calls on your cell line will decide whether to accept or reject get through and ring. the call, or to forward the call to the answering system.

  • Page 67: Set Smart Call Blocker On/Off

    Set profile Set Smart call blocker on/off There are five profile setting options, The Smart call blocker feature is set to which allows you to quickly set up Smart on by default. call blocker. 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the 1.

  • Page 68: Allow Unknown (Default Setting)

    Allow unknown (default setting) these caller names to allow their calls to get through to you. See Star name • Allow all unknown home calls to ring, list. except calls with numbers saved in the block list. - This profile setting sets the telephone to allow all unknown home calls to get through and ring.

  • Page 69: Block List

    Block list a number from the redial list. Press q CID or p , or press Add numbers that you want to prevent REDIAL/PAUSE repeatedly their calls from ringing through. The locate the desired number. Press block list stores up to 1,000 entries. MENU/SELECT to copy the displayed number.

  • Page 70: Review Block List

    Save a caller ID log entry to block list Review block list 1. Search for the desired caller ID log 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the main entry (See Review the caller ID log). menu when the handset is not in use. 2.

  • Page 71: Edit A Block List Entry

    Edit a block list entry letter to upper or lower case. 6. Press MENU/SELECT to save the 1. Search for the desired entry in the entry. Review block list). block list (see 2. When the desired entry displays, Unblock a telephone number press MENU/SELECT.

  • Page 72: Delete All Block List Entries

    Allow list Delete all block list entries Add numbers that you want to allow their 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the main calls to get through to you. The allow list menu when the handset is not in use. stores up to 200 entries. 2.

  • Page 73: Review Allow List

    Review allow list 6. Press MENU/SELECT to move on to the name. 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the 7. When the screen displays Enter main menu when the handset is not name, use the dialing keys to enter in use. a name (up to 15 characters).

  • Page 74: Save A Caller Id Log Entry To Allow List

    Save a caller ID log entry to allow list Edit an allow list entry 1. Search for the desired caller ID log 1. Search for the desired entry in the Review the caller ID log). Review allow list). entry (See block list (see 2.

  • Page 75: Delete An Allow List Entry

    Delete an allow list entry Delete all allow list entries 1. Search for the desired entry in the 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the allow list (see Review allow list). main menu when the handset is not in use. 2. When the desired entry displays, press MUTE/DELETE on the handset.

  • Page 76: Star Name List

    Star name list • Press 0 to add a space. • Press MUTE/DELETE on the handset There are many organizations like schools, to erase a character. medical offices, and pharmacies that use • Press and hold MUTE/DELETE on robocalls to communicate important the handset to erase all characters.

  • Page 77: Review Star Name List

    Edit a star name entry Review star name list 1. Search for the desired entry in the 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the Review star name star name list (see main menu when the handset is not list). in use. 2.

  • Page 78: Delete All Star Name Entries

    Screening announcements Delete all star name entries If you have set profile to screen all 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the main unknown home calls (Screen unknown) menu when the handset is not in use. or screen robocalls (Screen robot), the 2.

  • Page 79: Play Your Current Announcement Of Screening With Caller Name

    Play your current announcement of You can use these announcements, screening without caller name or record your own name to replace “this number” in the announcements. 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the Please refer to Record your name for all main menu when the handset is not screening announcements.

  • Page 80: Record Your Name For All Screening Announcements

    Record your name for all screening Reset all your screening announcements announcements 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the main 1. Press MENU/SELECT to enter the main menu when the handset is not in use. menu when the handset is not in use. 2.

  • Page 81: Voice Guide To Set Smart Call Blocker

    Voice guide to set Smart call through and ring. If you want to block a cell call, add the number to blocker the block list. See Block list. This feature is an easy and alternative way • You can press OFF/CANCEL on the handset to quit the voice guide at for you to do the basic setup of Smart any time.

  • Page 82: Call Handlings With Smart Call Blocker

    Call handlings with Smart call star name list. See Save a caller ID log entry to star name list. blocker Allowed calls If Smart call blocker is on, the following types of incoming calls can get through to you and ring on your telephone system: •...
  • Page 83 Blocked calls Screen unknown home calls If Smart call blocker is on, incoming home If Smart call blocker is on, and you have or cell calls with numbers saved in your set profile to screen unknown home block list will not ring. The telephone calls, the telephone plays a screening plays the block announcement “Calls...
  • Page 84 the screening options, you can press NOTES OFF/CANCEL to hang up the call. • You can set Smart call blocker to screen • If Smart call blocker is on and you and filter all unknown home calls. receive a call waiting home call: You can easily add incoming phone •...
  • Page 85 Screened call options NOTES After the telephone screen a home call • For home calls that are “out of area”, and starts ringing, the handset screen “Private”, or without caller ID, only Screened call. displays Press options 1 and 4 will be available. The HOME/FLASH or to pick up the telephone announces...
  • Page 86 Screen robocalls NOTES If Smart call blocker is on, and you have set profile to screen robocalls, the telephone • The telephone announces to the caller plays a screening announcement to with “Hello. Calls to this number are the caller when receiving the following being screened by Smart call blocker...”...
  • Page 87 Option while on a call HOME/FLASH or to take When you are on a home or cell call the new call, or press CALL BLOCK and speaking to the caller, and you to block it. do not want to continue the call, you •...
  • Page 88 Answering system The main differences between them are: Voicemail Built-in Difference between the built-in answering from Category answering system and voicemail service telephone system service Your telephone has separate indicators for two different types of voice messages: Messages are Messages stored in the are stored those recorded on its built-in digital...
  • Page 89 Use your built-in answering system Telephone base ringer volume while adjusting. New message indication Speaker volume level of the telephone base while adjusting. If XX new messages display on the handsets, there are new messages in Turn on or off the answering system the built-in answering system.
  • Page 90 Playback messages the previous message. • Press X/DELETE to delete the current You can listen to messages at the message. The system advances to the telephone base or on a cordless handset. next message. When playback begins, the total number •...
  • Page 91 Delete all messages • Press OFF/CANCEL to stop the playback. Using the base 1. Press X/DELETE in idle mode. The telephone announces, “To delete all old messages, press DELETE again.” 2. Press X/DELETE again. All previously reviewed messages are erased and the telephone announces, “All old messages...
  • Page 92 Answering system remote access NOTES • If you do not enter a valid remote You can reach your answering system access code, the system answers the remotely by dialing your home telephone call automatically. number from any touch-tone telephone. • Once the messages have played, the 1.
  • Page 93 Call intercept while using answering Turn on or off the call screening system Use this feature to choose whether When a caller is leaving a message on incoming messages can be heard over your answering system, you can stop the telephone base when they are being recording and talk to the caller by recorded.
  • Page 94 Annoucement • Press switch between speakerphone mode and handset Default announcement mode. The telephone is preset with a greeting HOME/FLASH to answer the • Press that answers calls with “Hello, please call. leave a message after the tone.” You can use this preset announcement, or Screen calls at the base replace it with your own.
  • Page 95 Retrieve voicemail Delete your announcement MENU/SELECT 1. Press when When you received a voicemail, the phone is not in use. handset and the telephone base display New voicemail and 2. Press q CID or p to scroll to Answering sys, and then press To retrieve, you typically dial an access MENU/SELECT to select.
  • Page 96 Configure | Settings 3. Press q CID or p to highlight Clr voicemail, then press MENU/SELECT Set languages to turn the voicemail indicator off. The LCD language is preset to English. NOTES You can select English, French or Spanish • Your telephone service provider to be used in all screen displays.
  • Page 97 Set voice language Set date and time NOTE NOTE • This feature is exclusive for Canada • Make sure you set the date and version. time including the year correctly; otherwise the answering system does not announce the correct The voice prompt language is preset to day of the week for your recorded English.
  • Page 98 Dial modes Area code settings Set dial mode Set home area code The dial mode is preset to touch-tone If you dial your local calls using only dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) service, seven digits (area code not required), you need to change the dial mode to you can program your home area code pulse dialing before using the telephone...
  • Page 99 Ringer NOTE • If, in the future, your telephone Set ringer tone service provider requires you to dial You can select the ringer tones for the area code when making a local incoming home and cell calls. call, -OR-, if you move to a location that requires it, delete the home area To set the ringer tone on home line: code you have already programmed,...
  • Page 100 Set ringer volume Telephone base ringer volume You can select the ringer volume for When the telephone base is idle, press incoming home and cell calls. When the VOL + or VOL - on the telephone base to ringer is off, appears on the screen.
  • Page 101 Sound settings and avoid paying long distance charges when calling from out of Set number of rings your local area. You can set the answering system to 6. Press MENU/SELECT to save. answer an incoming call after two, three, four, five or six rings; or toll saver. NOTE •...
  • Page 102 Set listening volume Set key tone While on a call or message playback, you You can turn the key tone on or off for can adjust the listening volume on the each handset and the telephone base. If handset or telephone base. you turn the key tone off, there are no If it is a cell call and the volume is too loud, beeps when you press the keys.
  • Page 103 Set QUIET mode key tone when QUIET mode is on, the sample plays but the feature is When QUIET mode is turned on, the still muted after saving the setting. telephone silences all sounds during the • After QUIET mode is turned off or set period of time (1-12 hours).
  • Page 104 Answering system settings Voice guide to set up answering system Set your built-in answering system This feature is an alternative way for you to do the basic setup of the answering The answering system can record and system. You can follow the voice guide store up to 99 messages.
  • Page 105 Message playback settings Set remote access code If you have new messages, the telephone You can set your own remote access plays only the new messages (oldest code from 00 to 99. first). If there are no new messages, To change the remote access code: the telephone plays back all messages (oldest first).
  • Page 106 Alert setting Voicemail settings [Telephone service provider] Turn on or off the message alert tone When the message alert tone is set to on, Set speed dial voicemail number and there is at least one new message, the This feature lets you save your voicemail telephone base beeps every 10 seconds.
  • Page 107 Voicemail (visual message waiting) Clear voicemail indicator/indication indicator Use this feature when the telephone If you subscribe to a voicemail service indicates there is new voicemail but offered by your telephone service there is none. For example, when you provider, New voicemail and the have accessed your voicemail while icon appear on the handset and away from home.
  • Page 108 Add and register handset Handset screen display messages When your handset is deregistered from the telephone base, follow the steps below to register it back to the telephone Blocked call An incoming call is base. Expandable up to 5 handsets with blocked.
  • Page 109 General product care Low battery The battery needs to be charged. Microphone Mute is off so the other Taking care of your telephone party can hear your Your cordless telephone contains voice. sophisticated electronic parts, so it must Muted The microphone is off, be treated with care.
  • Page 110 Technical specifications DECT 6.0 digital technology The VTech DECT 6.0 products offer Frequency • Crystal controlled PLL unsurpassed range performance and control synthesizer sound clarity. This is achieved through • Handset: 1921.536-1928.448 a unique antenna design and advances Transmit frequency •...
  • Page 111 Frequently asked Simulated full-duplex handset and base speakerphones questions The simulated full-duplex speakerphone on your handset and telephone base Below are the questions most frequently allow both ends of a call to speak and asked about the cordless telephone. be heard at the same time. Optimal If you cannot find the answer to your performance is subject to external question, visit our U.S.
  • Page 112 The limited warranty period for the Product extends systems outside the unit. for ONE (1) YEAR from the date of purchase. If VTech replaces a Materially Defective Product under the How do you get warranty service? terms of this limited warranty, this limited warranty To obtain warranty service in Canada, go to phones.
  • Page 113 In no event shall VTech assumes no risk for damage or loss of the VTech be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, Product in transit. If the Product failure is not covered...
  • Page 114 Go to www.vtechphones.com (US) to register your product for enhanced warranty support and the latest VTech product news. phones.vtechcanada.com (Canada) for Go to the latest VTech product news. Scan the QR code for support information Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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