User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Parts checklist
- Telephone base and charger installation
- Battery installation
- Battery charging
- Tabletop to wall mount installation
- Handset overview
- Telephone base overview
- Using the menu
- Telephone settings
- Telephone operation
- Directory
- Speed dial
- Caller ID
- Add and register a handset
- Replace a handset
- Troubleshooting
- Important safety instructions
- Precautions for users of implanted cardiac pacemakers
- Operating range
- Maintenance
- About cordless telephones
- The RBRC® seal
- Limited warranty
- FCC, ACTA and IC regulations
- Technical specifications
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Temporary tone dialing
If you have pulse (rotary) service only, you can switch from pulse to tone dialing
temporarily during a call.
During a call, press .
Use the dialing keys to enter the relevant number. The telephone sends touch-
tone signals.
The telephone automatically returns to pulse dialing mode after you end the call.
Find handset
Use this feature to nd all system handsets.
To start paging:
Press /FIND HANDSET on the telephone base once and then release. All idle
handsets ring and their screens show
** PAGING **.
To end paging:
Press /FIND HANDSET again on the telephone base once and then release.
Press /HOME, /CELL, or any dialing key on the handset.
Place the handset in the telephone base or charger.
Do not press and hold /FIND HANDSET for more than four seconds. It may lead to
handset deregistration.
Redial list
Each handset stores the last 10 telephone numbers dialed.
To review and dial a number from the redial list:
Press REDIAL when the handset is not in use.
Press , , oror REDIAL repeatedly until the desired entry displays.
Press /HOME or /CELL to dial.
To delete a redial entry:
When the desired redial entry displays, press DELETE.
Chain dialing
Use this feature to initiate a dialing sequence from numbers stored in the directory,
caller ID log or redial list while you are on a call. Chain dialing can be useful if you
wish to access other numbers (such as bank account numbers or access codes)
from the directory, caller ID log or redial list.
To access a number in the directory, caller ID log or redial list while on a call:
To enter the directory, press MENU, then scroll to Directory, and then press
SELECT.
-OR-
To enter the caller ID log, press MENU, then scroll to Caller ID log, and then
press SELECT.
-OR-
To enter the redial list, press REDIAL.
Press
or
to scroll to the desired entry.
Press SELECT to dial the displayed number.
Join a call in progress
You can use up to four system handsets at a time on an outside call. You can buy
additional expansion handsets (DS6501) for this telephone base. You can register
up to ve handsets to the telephone base.
When a handset is on a call, press /HOME, /CELL, or any dialing key on
another handset to join the call.
Press OFF to exit the call. The call continues until all handsets hang up.
Intercom
Use the intercom features for conversations between two handsets.
Press MENU on your handset when not in use.
Press
or
to scroll to Intercom, then press SELECT. When you have three
or more handsets, use the dialing keys to enter a destination handset number.
To answer the intercom call, press /HOME or on the destination handset.
To end an intercom call, press OFF or place the handset back in the telephone
base or charger.
Answer an incoming call during an intercom call
If you receive an incoming home call during an intercom call, there is an alert tone.
To answer the outside call, press /HOME. The intercom call ends automatically.
To end the intercom call without answering the outside call, press OFF. The
intercom call ends and the telephone continues to ring.
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