VTech Telecommunications 80-5735-02 Users Manual

Getting started

Telephone base & charger installation

If you subscribe to high-speed Internet service (Digital Subscriber Line - DSL)
through your telephone lines, you must install a DSL filter between the
telephone base and the telephone wall jack. The filter will prevent noise
and caller ID problems caused by DSL interference. Please contact your DSL
service provider for more information about DSL filters.

Install the telephone base and charger as shown below.

Telephone base installation

1. Plug the small

end of the power
adapter into the
power jack on
the underside of
the telephone
base.

5. Plug the

large end of
the power
adapter into an
electrical outlet
not connected
to a wall switch.

DSL filter
(available from your DSL Internet
provider)

Telephone line cord

2. Plug one end of

the telephone
line cord into the
telephone jack
on the underside
of the telephone
base.

3. Route cords

through slots.

4. Plug the other

end of the
telephone line
cord into a
telephone jack.

Charger installation

Plug the power
adapter into an
electrical outlet not
connected to a wall
switch.

NOTES:

1. Use only the supplied rechargeable battery, replacement battery (part numberUse only the supplied rechargeable battery, replacement battery (part number
89-1332-00-00) or equivalent. To order a replacement battery, visit our website at

www.telephones.att.com or call 1 [phone]. In Canada, dial
1 [phone].

2. This power adapter is intended to be correctly oriented in a vertical or floor mount position.
The prongs are not designed to hold the plug in place if it is plugged into a ceiling, under­the-table or cabinet outlet.

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Getting started

Installation options

The telephone base is designed for both desktop installation and wall mount
installation. If wall mounting is desired, a telephone outlet wall mounting
plate with mounting studs is required. This mounting plate is available for
purchase at many hardware or consumer electronics retailers and may require

professional installation.

Desktop to wall mount installation

1. Plug the telephone line
cord and power adapter
into the telephone base.
Bundle the telephone
line cord and route cords
through the slots, then
secure with a twist tie.

2. Plug the power adapter
and telephone line cord
into the wall outlets, then
align the mounting studs
on the telephone outlet
plate with the mounting
holes on the telephone
base.

3. Place the telephone
base mounting holes
just above the mounting
studs, then slide the
telephone base down
until it is secure.

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