VTech CS6199-4 User Manual

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Compatible with

Hearing Aid T-Coil

TIA-1083

Abridged user’s manual

CS6199-4/CS6199-42

DECT 6.0 cordless telephone

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Introduction

To help protect the environment, this Abridged user’s manual provides you with
basic installation and use instructions. A limited set of features are described in
abbreviated form.

Please refer to the online Complete user’s manual for a full set of installation and
operation instructions at www.vtechphones.com.

Before using this VTech product, please read Important safety instructions on
page 11 of this user’s manual.

Parts checklist

Your telephone package contains the following items. Save your sales receipt and
original packaging in the event warranty service is necessary.

Handsets (4)

Chargers and
charger adapters (3)

Telephone base

Abridged user’s manual

Telephone
line cord

Quick start guide

Telephone base
power adapter

compartment
covers (4)

Batteries (4)Battery

Abridged user’s
manual

Quick start
guide

BC

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Telephone base and charger installation

Install the telephone base and charger as shown below.

Electrical outlet
(not controlled
by a wall switch)

Telephone wall jack

A DSL lter (not

included) is required
if you have DSL high­speed Internet service.

The DSL lter must

be plugged into the
telephone wall jack.

Telephone base
power adapter

Telephone
line cord

Charger
adapter

Telephone base

Use only the power adapters and batteries supplied with this product.
To order replacements, visit our website at www.vtechphones.com or call

1 [phone]. In Canada, go to www.vtechcanada.com or call
1 [phone].

CAUTION:

If you subscribe to telephone service from a cable company or a VoIP service provider, contact
your cable/VoIP service provider for more information.

Charger

Battery installation

Install the battery as shown below.

Insert the battery connector

1. Place the battery with the label
securely into the socket.

2.

THIS SIDE UP facing up and
the wires inside the battery
compartment.

Slide the battery compartment cover

3.
towards the center of the handset until

Place the handset in the telephone

4.
base or charger to charge.

it clicks into place.

The LCD
backlight
turns on for
10 seconds
to denote the
battery starts
to charge.

IMPORTANT:

Check for a dial tone by pressing . If you hear a dial tone, the installation is successful.

If you do not hear a dial tone:

Make sure the installation procedures described above are properly done.

•
It may be a wiring problem. If you have changed your telephone service to digital service

•
from a cable company or a VoIP service provider, the telephone line may need to be
rewired to allow all existing telephone jacks to work. Contact your cable/VoIP service
provider for more information.

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Battery charging

Once you have installed the battery, the screen indicates the battery status. For
best performance, keep the handset in the telephone base or charger when not in
use. The battery is fully charged after 11 hours of continuous charging.

Battery indicators Battery status Action

The screen is blank, or
displays Put in charger
and ashes.

The screen displays
Low battery and ashes.

The screen displays
HANDSET X.

The battery has no or very little
charge. The handset cannot
be used.

The battery has enough charge
to be used for a short time.

The battery is charged. To keep the battery

Charge without interruption
(at least 30 minutes).

Charge without interruption
(about 30 minutes).

charged, place it in the
telephone base or charger
when not in use.

Handset overview

MENU/SELECT

Show the menu.

/ /VOLUME

Review the directory when

•
the phone is not in use.

Increase the listening volume

•
during a call or message
playback.

Scroll up while in a menu, or

•
in the directory, caller ID log
or redial list.

Move the cursor to the right

•
when entering numbers or
names.

REDIAL/PAUSE

Press repeatedly to review

•
the redial list.

Press and hold to insert a

•
dialing pause while dialing
or entering a number.

/FLASH

Make or answer a call.

•

Answer another incoming

•
call during a call.

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Press repeatedly to add

•
or remove 1 in front of
the caller ID log entry
before dialing or saving
it to the directory.

Press and hold to set or

•
dial your voicemail number.

TONE

Switch to tone dialing

•
temporarily during a call.

Make or answer a call using

•
the handset speakerphone.

During a call, press to switch

•
between the speakerphone and
the handset.

Dialing keys

Enter numbers or characters.

•

Answer an incoming call.

•

•

While in a menu, press to

•
select an item, or save an
entry or setting.

OFF/CANCEL

Hang up a call.

•

Silence the ringer temporarily

•
while the handset is ringing.

Press and hold to erase the

•
missed call indicator while the
phone is not in use.

Press to return to the previous

•
menu, or press and hold to
return to idle mode, without
making changes.

CID/ /VOLUME

•

Review the caller ID log when
the phone is not in use.

•

Decrease the listening volume
during a call or message
playback.

•

Scroll down while in a menu,
or in the directory, caller ID log
or redial list.

•

Move the cursor to the left
when entering numbers or
names.

QUIET#

Press and hold to set and turn

•
on the quiet mode, or turn it off.

Press repeatedly to show other

•
dialing options when reviewing
a caller ID log entry.

INT

Start an intercom conversation

•
or transfer a call.

MUTE/DELETE

Mute the microphone during

•
a call.

Delete digits or characters

•
while using the dialing keys.

Silence the ringer temporarily

•
while the handset is ringing.

Delete the displayed entry

•
while in the directory, caller ID
log or redial list.

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Telephone base overview

Message window

Shows the number of

•
messages, and other
information of the
answering system or
telephone base.

VOL+ and VOL-

Adjust the volume during

•
message playback.

Adjust the telephone base

•
ringer volume when the
phone is not in use.

X/DELETE

Delete the playing message.

•

Press twice to delete

•
all previously reviewed
messages when the phone
is not in use.

Using the menu

Press MENU when the phone is not in use.

1.

Press or until the screen displays the desired feature menu.

2.

Press SELECT.

3.

To return to the previous menu, press CANCEL.

•

To return to idle mode, press and hold CANCEL.

•

Press to page all system

•
handsets.

/REPEAT

Press to repeat a

•
message.

Press twice to play the

•
previous message.

/SKIP

Skip to the next

•
message.

ANS ON/OFF

Turn the answering

•
system on or off.

/ PLAY/STOP

Play or stop playing

•
messages.

Telephone settings

Default settings are indicated by asterisks (*).

Settings menu Description Options

LCD language Set the screen display language. English*

Français
Español

Voicemail # Set the speed dial voicemail number. Voicemail #

Clr voicemail Turn off the voicemail indicators (see the note

below).

Key tone Set whether the handset beeps whenever a

key is pressed.

Home area code Set the home area code so that the caller ID

log stores only seven digits for local
telephone numbers.

Dial mode Set the telephone to be touch-tone or pulse

dialing.

Use the Clr voicemail feature when the telephone indicates there is new voicemail
but there is none. For example, when you have accessed your voicemail while away
from home. The Clr voicemail feature only turns off the indicators; it does not delete
your voicemail messages. As long as you have new voicemail messages, your
telephone service provider continues to send the signal that turns on the indicators.

The following are some of the telephone features you may wish to set. Refer to
Telephone settings in the online Complete user’s manual for complete instructions
on setting all telephone features.

-

Reset VM Icon?

Key tone:On*
Key tone:Off

Home area code
_ _ _

Touch-tone*
Pulse

Set date and time

If you subscribe to caller ID service, the day, month and time are set automatically
with each incoming call. You can also set the date and time manually.

Press MENU when the handset is not in use.

1.

Scroll to Set date/time and then press SELECT.

2.

Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the month (MM), date (DD) and year (YY).

3.

Then press SELECT.

Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the hour (HH) and minute (MM).

4.

Then press or to choose AM or PM.
Press SELECT.

5.

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Ringer volume (handset)

You can adjust the ringer volume level, or turn the ringer off.

Press MENU when the handset is not in use.

1.

Scroll to Ringers and then press SELECT twice.

2.

Press or to sample each volume level, then press SELECT.

3.

When the ringer volume is set to Off, the handset still rings when you press on the
telephone base.

Telephone operation

Make a call

Press or and then dial the telephone number.

•

Answer a call

Press , or any dialing key.

•

End a call

Press OFF or put the handset to the telephone base or charger.

•

Speakerphone

During a call, press to switch between speakerphone

•
and normal handset use.

Volume

During a call, press VOLUME/ or VOLUME/ to adjust

•
the listening volume.

Mute

The mute function allows you to hear the other party but the other party cannot hear you.

During a call, press MUTE. The screen displays Muted.

1.

Press MUTE again to resume the conversation. The screen displays

2.

Microphone on briey.

Call waiting

When you subscribe to call waiting service from your telephone service provider,
you hear an alert tone if there is an incoming call while you are already on a call.

Press FLASH to put the current call on hold and take the new call.

•
Press FLASH at any time to switch back and forth between calls.

•

Temporary ringer silencing

When the telephone is ringing, you can temporarily silence the ringer of that handset
without disconnecting the call. The next call rings normally at the preset volume.

Press OFF or MUTE, then displays and Ringer muted displays briey.

•

Temporary tone dialing

If you have pulse (rotary) service only, you can switch from pulse to touch-tone
dialing temporarily during a call.

During a call, press TONE .

1.

Use the dialing keys to enter the relevant number. The telephone sends

2.

touch-tone signals. It 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 on the telephone base. All idle handsets ring and

•
display ** Paging **.

To end paging:

Press on the telephone base.

•
Press , , OFF or any dialing key on a handset.

•
Place the handset in the telephone base or charger.

•

Do not press and hold for more than four seconds. It
may lead to handset deregistration. If To register HS...
and ...see manual displays alternately on the handset,
refer to Troubleshooting to register the handset to the
telephone base.

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