- VTECH USER'S MANUAL Cordless Telephone ia5874, ia5876, ia5877

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Basic Operation
BASIC OPERATION
Telephone Directory
Your phone can store 20 (including the nine speed dial entries) telephone numbers with names (up to
15 characters for the name and 24 digits for the number in each location) in the handset.
Store a Number/Name in the Directory
1. Press PROG. The screen displays DIRECTORY.
2.
Press SELECT. The screen displays ENTER NAME.
3. Using the chart in page 16, enter up to 15 characters for the name you’re storing with the number.
Use to backspace and make corrections; use to advance and add a space.
4. When you nish entering the name, press SELECT
or PROG. The screen displays ENTER
NUMBER.
5. Enter the telephone number. Use
to backspace and make corrections. Press REDIAL/PAUSE to
store a pause if necessary.
— OR —
Press REDIAL/PAUSE
to display the last number (up to 24 digits) dialed from this handset.
6. Press SELECT
or PROG. The screen displays DISTINCT RING? and the current setting.
7. Press
or to choose Y (yes) if you wish the phone to alert you to calls from this number by
changing to a distinctive ringer after the rst ring. Choose N for a normal ringer.
8. Press SELECT
or PROG to conrm. If you chose Y in Step 7, a will be displayed with the directory
entry.
Edit a Number/Name Stored in the Directory
1. Press . The screen displays DIRECTORY.
2. Press
or to scroll alphabetically through entries stored in directory.
— OR —
Press the dial pad key for the rst letter of the entry you want to edit.
• Press OFF at any
time to exit the
directory.
• When the memory
is full the screen will
display MEMORY
FULL, an error
tone sounds and
you will not be
able to store a
new number until
you delete a stored
number to make
room for another
entry.