VTech Telecommunications 80 1005 00 Users manual

Table of contents

1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 3

2 UNPACKING YOUR COMPANION™ II CORDLESS.......................................................................... 3

2.1 S

2.2 S

2.3 S

ET UP THE COMPANION

ET UP THE CORDLESS BASE

ETTING UP YOUR COMPANION™

3 USING YOUR COMPANION

ORDLESS

II C

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CORDLESS WITH OTHER DEVICES

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 II CORDLESS *** NEED NEW PICTURE WITH YAHOO

REMOVED***...................................................................................................................................................... 6

3.1 G

3.2 Q

3.3 K

ENERAL INFORMATION

UICK KEYS

EYBOARD

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4 YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT ....................................................................................................................... 7

4.1 C

4.2 L

4.3 C

4.4 D

REATING YOUR PRIMARY ACCOUNT

OGGING INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ............................................................................................................. 12

REATING A SECONDARY ACCOUNT

ELETING A SECONDARY ACCOUNT

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5 WRITE AN E-MAIL MESSAGE ............................................................................................................. 13

6 SEND AND RECEIVE AN E-MAIL ........................................................................................................ 14

7YOUR MAIL.............................................................................................................................................. 14

7.1 Y

7.1.1 Inbox

7.1.2 Outbox

7.1.3 Sent Mail

7.1.4 Drafts

7.1.5 Mail Archive

7.2 R

7.3 R

7.4 F

7.5 M

7.6 A

7.7 D

7.8 P

7.9 M

7.10 M

OUR MAILBOXES

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EADING AN E-MAIL MESSAGE

EPLYING TO AN E-MAIL MESSAGE

ORWARDING AN E-MAIL MESSAGE

OVING AN E-MAIL MESSAGE TO THE MAIL

DDING A SENDER TO THE ADDRESS BOOK

ELETING AN E-MAIL MESSAGE

RINTING AN E-MAIL MESSAGE

ARKING AND UNMARKING MESSAGES

AILBOX SUMMARY

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8 ADDRESS BOOK ...................................................................................................................................... 22

8.1 O

8.2 C

8.3 U

8.4 D

8.5 I

8.6 A

8.6.1 Creating an Address Book Group

8.6.2 Adding Contacts to an Address Book Group

8.6.3 Deleting Contacts from an Address Book Group

8.6.4 Deleting an Address Book Group

PENING YOUR ADDRESS BOOK

REATING AN INDIVIDUAL ADDRESS BOOK CONTACT

PDATING AN INDIVIDUAL ADDRESS BOOK CONTACT

ELETING INDIVIDUAL ADDRESS BOOK CONTACT

NSERT E-MAIL ADDRESS FROM ADDRESS BOOK INTO AN E-MAIL MESSAGE

DDRESS BOOK GROUPS

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9 YOUR ACCOUNT ..................................................................................................................................... 25

9.1 Y

OUR PROFILE

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9.2 Y

9.3 Y

9.4 M

9.4.1 Installing a Memory Card

9.4.2 Opening your Memory Card Manager

9.4.3 Creating a new Memory Card folder

9.4.4 Renaming a Memory Card folder

9.4.5 Deleting a Memory Card folder

9.4.6 Copying e-mail messages to Memory Card folder

OUR SIGNATURE

OUR PASSWORD .................................................................................................................................. 26

EMORY CARD

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10 ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT................................................................................................................... 28

10.1 C

10.2 M

10.2.1 Turning MailScreen On/Off

10.2.2 Adding and Deleting e-mail Addresses from MailScreen

10.2.3 Unlocking an E-mail Message

HANGE PAYMENT INFORMATION .......................................................................................................... 28

AILSCREEN MANAGER

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11 YOUR SETTINGS ..................................................................................................................................... 31

11.1 D

11.2 C

EVICE SETTINGS

ONNECTION SETTINGS

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12 RECAPTURE YOUR ACCOUNT ........................................................................................................... 34

13 BATTERIES ............................................................................................................................................... 36

13.1 C

HARGE THE HANDSET BATTERY PACK

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14 GETTING HELP........................................................................................................................................ 37

15 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ................................................................................................... 38

16 TROUBLESHOOTING............................................................................................................................. 40

17 SAFETY INFORMATION........................................................................................................................ 41

18 WARRANTY STATEMENT .................................................................................................................... 43

19 FCC NOTICE ............................................................................................................................................. 44

20 INDEX ......................................................................................................................................................... 45

1 INTRODUCTION

Welcome to a whole new way to stay in touch with friends and family!

cordless

is designed to make sending and receiving e-mail as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Vtech’s Companion™ II

With

Companion™ II cordless

Internet connection, or learn how to use a mouse. We understand that communicating with e-mail should be quick and easy, so

We've teamed up with HomeRelay Communications to make it easy for you to e-mail anytime, anywhere. HomeRelay creates your e-mail account, manages your account, and delivers e-mail messages, news, and information.

, you don’t need to wait for a computer to start-up, learn to configure an

designed a product to do just that!

vtech

2 UNPACKING YOUR COMPANION™ II CORDLESS

Verify that you have all the items listed below:

1. Companion™ II cordless keyboard

2. Companion™ II cordless base

3. 6V AC/DC adaptor (2)

4. 6’ telephone cord

5. Ni-Mh Rechargeable Battery

6. User manual

7. Quick Start Guide

8. Quick Reference Card

9. HomeRelay Internet Services Agreement

The following items are not included but may be required:

1. Second telephone cord

2. Printer. Your Companion II cordless will work with any printer that supports plain text printing. Refer to your printer’s User Manual to see if plain text is supported. Note: your

II cordless

3. Parallel printer cable

does not support USB connection.

Companion

™

2.1 Set up the Companion II Cordless

Your Companion II Cordless is designed to be portable. The keyboard can be powered with a rechargeable battery, AC adaptor, or both. We recommend that you keep your Ni-Mh battery charged inside your prevent any information from being lost. It is very important to only use the AC adaptor and battery that are included with your damage the product.

: Before signing up for service on your Companion II cordless, please make sure the battery

NOTE

has charged for at least 16 hours. Otherwise you should sign up for service on your Companion II cordless with the AC adaptor plugged in. Use only AT&T Battery 2414, SKU# 23403.

• Remove Battery Compartment cover by pressing the tab and lifting upward.

Companion™ II cordless

at all times in the event of an electrical failure to

. Other AC adaptors and batteries may

• Locate the 2-pronged connector in the bottom right of the battery compartment. Attach the red and black wire from the battery pack to the connector in the battery compartment.

• Replace the cover by sliding it into the track and snap it into place.

Plug the AC adaptor into an electrical outlet.

•

2.2 Set up the cordless base

The base unit of your Companion II Cordless must be connected to a telephone jack and a working electrical outlet in order to register your device, as well as sending and receiving e-mails. Follow the steps below to connect your base unit.

 Plug in the AC adaptor into an electrical outlet.  Plug one end of the telephone line cord into the back of the base labeled

other end of the telephone line cord to a wall telephone jack.

Phone Line

2.3 Setting up your Companion™ II cordless with other devices

Follow the diagrams below to connect your telephone, caller ID, answering machine, and printer.

Companion™ II cordless

to other devices such as a

. Plug the

3 USING YOUR COMPANION II CORDLESS *** NEED NEW PICTURE

WITH YAHOO REMOVED***

Adjustable

Screen

Writ e Ema ilStatus Light

Co nn ect

Main Menu

Address Book

Help

3.1 General Information

Screen

can all be adjusted based on your preferences.

This screen is adjustable for easy viewing. The contrast and size of the letters on the screen

On/ Off

Mail Box

More Options

Action Keys

Cursor Control

Status Light

connected to HomeRelay.

3.2 Quick keys

There are eight quick keys designed to let you get things done faster and they are located above the keyboard.

Connect -

Write E-mail -

Main Menu -

inside a user account.

Address Book -

account. When you are writing an e-mail message, press this key to open the Address Book and insert an e-mail address into the message.

More Options -

see additional options.

Press this key to see additional help information, if applicable.

Help -

The light above the Connect button lets you know the

Press this button to send and receive e-mail.

Press this button to begin writing a new e-mail message from inside a user account.

Press this key to quickly return to the main menu of your

Press this key to quickly access your electronic address book from inside a user

If a right arrow Î is displayed on the bottom right of the screen, press this button to

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from

Mail Box –

Outbox, Draft, Sent Mail, and Mail Archive. These mailboxes help you organize your e-mail messages. Each time you press this key, your with your Inbox.

On/Off -

Every e-mail account on the

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Use this button to turn your

Companion™ II cordless

contains five mailboxes: Inbox,

will cycle through each mailbox, starting

on or off.

Action Keys

key.

3.3 Keyboard

The layout of the keyboard on your typewriter or a computer keyboard.

- Press any one of the three orange keys to activate the command displayed above each

Press this key to return to the previous screen or to clear a pop-up window from the screen. Press this key to move the cursor forward.

Press this key if you want to type using all capital letters. Press this key again to return to typing lower case letters This key is used in conjunction with other keys. For example, when typing, if you hold down the “Shift” key and press a key with a character above it, the top character on the key will be displayed. Also, holding down the “Shift” key allows you to select multiple items, when applicable. Press this key to insert any new text you type to the left of the cursor. The cursor shape will change to blinking _.

Press this key to insert the @ symbol. Press this key to and any text you type will replace the existing text. The cursor shape will change to blinking .

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is very similar to the layout of a

Press this key to delete any character to the right of the cursor. Press this key to delete any character to the left of the cursor.

Press this key to move the cursor to the next line in an e-mail message, select a default option, or to confirm an action. Use this key to move the cursor up one page on your screen. Press this key to move the cursor down one page on your screen.

Use this key to quickly launch the These are your arrow keys to move the cursor up, down, left or right on the screen. Use the up and down arrow keys to move to another field on a screen, and use left and right arrow keys to see the options from a list. Use this key to insert a space between words or letters. The Space Bar can also be used to mark messages or Address Book contacts.

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Settings menu.

4 YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT

You can create up to five (5) e-mail accounts on your has its own set of mailboxes and address book. The first account you must create on your

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are referred to as secondary or child accounts. The following features are available only to the primary account:

is referred to as the primary or guardian account. The remaining accounts

Companion™ II cordless.

Each e-mail account

 Add secondary accounts  Delete secondary accounts  Manage MailScreen  Change payment information

4.1 Creating your primary account

Before you can use your be asked to provide the following information during the set up:

1. Contact information. If someone other than yourself will be the primary user of this

Companion™ II cordless

own.

2. Billing information. Specify how you want to pay for your e-mail service and the person responsible for payment. Only major credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover) is accepted. You will be asked to select one of the service plans available at the time of registration.

3. A user ID for your e-mail address and a password. If the user ID you requested is not available, you will be prompted to enter a new one.

The set up process typically takes 5 to 10 minutes to complete. Enter all the information requested in every screen. Use up and down on the Cursor Control or Enter key to move between each line. Where applicable, select of your set up since a message may occur that requires you to respond. Verify your account information at the end of the set up to make sure everything is correct.

to go to the next screen and

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, be sure to provide that person’s contact information instead of your

to return to the previous screen. Be sure to monitor the progress

Back

, you need to set up your primary account. You will

How to create a primary account:

1. When you just turn your 4-1) explaining the basic functionality of your Companion. Select

Figure 4-1

2. Set the date and time (Figure 4-).

Figure 4-2

Companion™ II cordless

on, you will see an Introduction screen (Figure

to continue.

3. After this, your If you agree with the terms, select

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Agree

will display the Terms and Agreement screen (Figure 4-3).

to continue.

Figure 4-3

4. The next screen (Figure 4-4) outlines the steps it will take to set up your account on your

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Figure 4-4

. Select

Begin

to continue.

5. Select the country where you will be using the device (Figure 4-5).

Figure 3-5

6. Enter your or the primary user contact information. This will be used in the event we need to contact you (Figure 4-6).

Figure 4-6

7. Enter the billing information of the person responsible for payment. Your address information is needed for credit card validation (Figure 4-7).

Figure 4-7

8. Enter the additional information about yourself or the primary user (Figure 4-8).

Figure 4-8

9. Enter a user ID and password (Figure 4-9). The user ID must be between 3 and 32 characters; password must be between 6 and 32 characters. The user ID can be any combination of upper and lower case letters (A-Z, a-z), numbers (0-9), and the underscore (_), and it must begin with a letter. If the user ID you requested is not available, you will be prompted to enter a new one.

The password must be between 6 and 32 characters and the

password as they are for the user ID except a password allows some other characters including !, $, #. To be sure you enter your password correctly, you will be asked to enter it twice.

Figure 4-9

10. You are ready to connect to HomeRelay to complete the registration process. Be sure your telephone cord is plugged into the back of the device. Select (Figure 4-10).

Figure 4-10

rules are the same for the

Connect

. This can take a few minutes

11. You will see several screens showing the status of your connection. Figure 4-11 is an example of when your

Figure 4-11

12. You will be asked to select a service plan. Use the left and right on the Cursor Control to see all available plans. When you find the one you want, select

Figure 4-12

Companion™ II cordless

is connecting to HomeRelay.

to continue (Figure 4-12).

Select

13. You will again see several screens showing the status of your connection. To insure proper set up of your account, do not disconnect the phone line or press any keys on the keyboard.

Congratulations! Your device is now registered with HomeRelay. Figure 4-13 shows your account information along with the service plan you are signed up for. Be sure to write your username and password down and store in a safe place to review if necessary. Figure 4-14 shows the dial up numbers your

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contact our customer service if any of the information is incorrect.

Figure 4-13

Figure 4-14

will use to connect to our server to send and receive mail. Please review and

4.2 Logging into your account

To access your Mailboxes or Address Book, you first need to log in. Your uses the log in process to help identify which person is currently using the product.

How to log into your account:

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1. On the Welcome screen, select your user ID. Press the user ID.

2. Enter your password, if necessary. If you did not type in the correct password, you will be prompted to reenter the password. Select enter your password when you log into your account, see section 8.3, Your Password.

or press the

More Options

Enter

key if you don’t see your

key. If you do not wish to

3. The next screen will be the Main Menu. You can select any of the programs in the Main Menu to begin using your

4.3 Creating a secondary account

Once the primary account is created, you can create up to four secondary accounts. To create these accounts, you will be asked to provide the following information:

 Contact information.  A user ID and password.

How to create a secondary account:

1. Log in using the primary account.

2. Select

3. Enter contact information. Select

4. Enter verification information. Select

5. Enter user ID and password.

6. Select

Your the progress of your connection since a message may appear on the screen that requires you to respond.

Account Management

Connect

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from the Main Menu screen.

will connect to HomeRelay and create the account. Be sure to monitor

or press the

key to continue.

Enter

key to continue.

4.4 Deleting a secondary account

You can delete any of the secondary accounts from your all e-mail messages and address book contacts associated with that account would also be deleted.

How to delete a secondary account:

1. Log in using the primary account.

2. Select

3. Select

4. Select the e-mail user ID you wish to delete.

5. Select

6. Select

Account Management Delete Account

or press the

Next Connect

to confirm your delete request.

from the Main Menu screen.

Enter

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. Please note that

Your

Companion™ II cordless

will connect to HomeRelay to delete the secondary account.

5 WRITE AN E-MAIL MESSAGE

You can write as many messages as you want and save them in the Outbox. When you press

Connect

Connection settings), all the messages in your Outbox will be sent.

How to write an e-mail message:

1. Log into your account.

2. Press the

or if your

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button to bring up the following screen:

is set to automatically connect (see section 11.2,

3. Type in the recipient’s complete e-mail address in the “To:” line. To send the same e-mail to more than one person, separate each e-mail address with a comma (e.g., jsmith@abc.com, becky@xyz.com). You can also insert e-mail address(es) from your Address Book (see section 8, Address Book).

4. Press the “carbon copy” and is typically used if the sender is not directing the message to a specific person. To enter more than one e-mail address, separate each e-mail address with a comma.

5. Press the recipient know what the e-mail message is going to be about. It’s always a good idea to enter a subject.

6. Press the

7. When you are done typing your message, select This will place the message in the Outbox so it can be sent the next time you connect.

8. If for some reason you cannot complete your message but want to save what you have typed so far, select

Enter

key or down on the Cursor Control to move to the “Cc:” line. The “Cc:” means

Enter

key or down on the Cursor Control to move to the Subject line. A subject lets the

key or down on the Cursor Control to begin typing the e-mail message.

Enter

to save the message in Outbox.

Save as Draft

Save In Outbox

. This will place the incomplete message in your Drafts Mailbox.

6 SEND AND RECEIVE AN E-MAIL

To send e-mail messages you have written and to receive new e-mail messages to your

Companion™ II

cordless

messages for all the e-mail accounts on your been received, you will be disconnected from HomeRelay and a message will display telling you how many new e-mail messages you have.

, simply press the

button to connect to HomeRelay. HomeRelay will check for new e-mail

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. Once your e-mail message(s) have

7 YOUR MAIL

7.1 Your Mailboxes

7.1.1 Inbox

All of the new e-mail messages you receive go directly to your Inbox. On the left side of the Inbox screen, you may see one of two different pictures next to each message:

The e-mail message has not been opened or read.

The e-mail message is locked and requires approval from the primary user before it can be read. The message is locked because the sender is not on your MailScreen (see section 10.2, MailScreen Manager).

There are two ways to access your Inbox:

1. Log into your account.

2. From the Main Menu, select

Your Mail.

3. Select

1. Log into your account.

2. Press the

Inbox.

Mailbox

key once.

7.1.2 Outbox

All of the messages you have written, but have not sent, are stored in your Outbox. For example, after you finish typing a new message, you can select Outbox for delivery. The next time you press the

There are two ways to access your Outbox:

1. Log into your account.

2. From the Main Menu, select

Your Mail.

Save to Outbox

Connect

, the message(s) in your Outbox will be sent.

to place the new message in your

3. Select

1. Log into your account.

2. Press the

7.1.3 Sent Mail

All of the messages you have sent successfully are stored in Sent Mail. If you want to refer to a message you have sent, you can always check your Sent Mail mailbox.

There are two ways to access your Sent Mail:

1. Log into your account.

2. From the Main Menu, select

Outbox.

Mailbox

key twice.

Your Mail.

3. Press

More Options.

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