VTech Telecommunications 80 8584 00, 80 8696 00 User Manual

Abridged user’s manual

IS7121/IS7121-2/IS7121-22

DECT 6.0 cordless telephone
with wireless doorbell

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IMPORTANT

Refer to the Installation guide provided in this product package to install this
product before you can configure your telephone system.

Introduction

To help protect the environment, this Abridged user’s manual provides you
with some basic setting and operation 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 13 of this user’s manual.

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Parts checklist

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

Battery Pack

BT164392/BT264392

2.4V 550mAh Ni-MH

WARNING : DO NOT BURN OR

PUNCTURE BATTERIES

Made in China CR1222

Handset

(1 for IS7121)
(2 for IS7121-2/
IS7121-22)

Battery compartment
cover

(1 for IS7121)
(2 for IS7121-2/IS7121-22)

Battery

(1 for IS7121)

(2 for IS7121-2/
IS7121-22)

Screws for doorbell
wall mount (2)

Wall anchors (2)

Screw for
doorbell (bottom)

Doorbell power
adapter

Wall mount
bracket

Alkaline
battaries (2)

Doorbell overview

Handset charger
and charger adapter

(1 for IS7121-2/
IS7121-22)

Abridged user’s manual Installation guide

Telephone base

Telephone base
power adapter

Doorbell

Telephone
line cord

Abridged user’s manual Installation guide

Infrared LEDs

/DOORBELL

Camera lens

Doorbell light

2

Handset overview

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14

2

3

4

5

6

7

1 – CHARGE light

2 –

/VOL-/CID

Scroll down while in a menu, or in the

•
directory, caller ID log or redial list.

Decrease the listening volume.

•
Review the caller ID log.

•

/FLASH

3 –

Make or answer a call.

•

4 – 1

Set or dial your voicemail number.

•

5 – Dialing keys

6 –

Switch to tone dialing temporarily.

•
Switch the character between upper

•
and lower case.

7 –

Make or answer a call.

•
Switch between the speakerphone and

•
the handset earpiece.

8 – MUTE/DELETE

Mute the microphone.

•
Delete digits or characters.

•

9 – REDIAL/PAUSE

Review the redial list.

•
Insert a dialing pause.

•

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12

11

10

9

8

10 –

Set and turn on the quiet mode, or turn

•
it off.

Show other dialing options when

•
reviewing a caller ID log entry.

•

Toggle the name order when saving the
caller ID entry into the directory.

11 – OFF /CA N CEL

Hang up a call.

•
Return to the previous menu or idle

•
mode without making changes.

12 –

/VIEW

Start video streaming.

•

/VOL+/

13 –

Scroll up while in a menu, or in the

•
directory, caller ID log or redial list.

Increase the listening volume.

•
Review the directory.

•

14 – Softkeys (2)

Select a menu item displayed above

•
the key.

15 – PUSH TO TALK (PTT)

Begin a one-to-one or one-to-group

•
broadcast.

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Telephone base overview

1

2

3

4

1 – Message window

2 –

/ANS ON/OFF

•

Turn on or off the answering system.

/FIND HANDSET

3 –

Page all system handsets.

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/REPEAT

4 –

Repeat a message.

•
Press twice to play the previous

•
message.

/PLAY/STOP

5 –

Play messages.

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Stop playing messages.

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9

8

7

6

5

/SKIP

6 –

Skip to the next message.

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7 – +/VOL/-

Adjust the listening volume.

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8 – X/DELETE

Delete the playing message.

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9 – DOORBELL light

10 – IN USE light

Using the handset menu

Press OFF/CANCEL to wake up the sleeping screen.

L

1.

2.

3.

•

•

MENU when the handset is not in use.

Press
Press
Press

or until the screen displays the desired feature menu.

SELECT.

To return to the previous menu, press CANCEL.
To return to idle mode, press and hold CANCEL.

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Telephone settings

Default settings are indicated by asterisks (*).

Settings menu Description Options

LCD language Set the handset display language. English*;

CID time sync Enable the date and time to be set by incoming

Rename devices Change the name for each system device. Local handset;

Annc Caller ID Enable the telephone base and/or the handsets

LCD brightness Set the handset screen brightness.

Wallpaper Set the handset wallpaper. Wallpaper 1*;

Voicemail # Set the speed dial voicemail number. Voicemail #

Clr voicemail Turn off the voicemail indicators (see the

Key tone Set whether the handset beeps whenever a

Dial mode Set the telephone to be touch-tone or

caller ID information.

to announce the incoming caller ID information.

note below).

key is pressed.

pulse dialing.

Français;
Español

On*;
Off

Doorbell

Set all On/Off;
Local handset;
Base

*

Wallpaper 2;
Wallpaper 3;
Wallpaper 4;
Wallpaper 5

Reset voicemail
indication?

*

Off;

Touch-tone*;
Pulse

-

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.

Handset ringer volume

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

1.

2.

3.

MENU when the handset is not in use.

Press
Scroll to Ringers and then press SELECT twice.
Press or to sample each volume level or press OFF to turn off the ringer,

then press

•

SET to save.

When the ringer volume is set to Off, the handset still rings when you press

/FIND HANDSET at the bottom of the telephone base.

Chime volume

You can adjust the telephone base or handset chime volume level, or turn the
chime off.

Press

1.

2.

3.

4.

MENU when the handset is not in use.

Scroll to Chime and then press
Press
Press

then press

or to choose Local handset or Base, then press SELECT.
or to sample each volume level or press OFF to turn off the ringer,

SET to save.

SELECT twice.

Quiet mode

You can turn on the quiet mode for a period of time. During this period, all tones
(except paging tone) and call screening are muted. When you turn on the quiet
mode, the answering system turns on automatically.

1.

Press and hold

2.

Use the dialing keys (0-9), or
to save.

•

To turn off the quiet mode, press and hold

when the handset is not in use.

or to enter the duration (hour), then press SET

when the handset is not in use.

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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

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

MENU when the handset is not in use.

Scroll to Date & Time and then press SELECT.
Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the month (MM), date (DD) and year (YY).

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

Then press
Press SET to save.

SET.

or to choose AM or PM

.

Doorbell operation

Answer a chime

Press SPEAK when the visitor presses /DOORBELL.

•

Start a video streaming session

Press /VIEW or VIEW when the visitor presses /DOORBELL.

•

-OR-

Press

•

Options while video streaming:

•

Press the flashing
Press

•

End a video streaming session

•

Press OFF.

/VIEW when the phone is not in use.

If you do not connect the doorbell to AC power, you cannot start a video streaming

•
session with a handset.

SPEAK to talk to the visitor.

SNAP to take a photo shot of the visitor.

Answering an incoming call during video streaming

If you receive an outside call during a video streaming session, there is an
alert tone.

•

To answer the outside call, press
session ends automatically.

•

To end the video streaming session without answering the outside call, press
OFF. The video streaming session ends and the telephone continues to ring.

on the handset. The video streaming

View captured photos

1.

Press MENU when the phone is not in use.

2.

Scroll to Photo log and then press SELECT.

•

If you have more than one doorbell, scroll to the desired doorbell or scroll to

All, and then press

SELECT.

Delete a captured photo

•

When the desired photo displays, press DELETE.

Delete all captured photos

1.

Press MENU then the phone is not in use.

2.

Scroll to Photo log and then press

3.

Scroll to Delete all and then press SELECT. Press YES.

SELECT.

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 back in the telephone

•
base or charger.

Handset speakerphone

During a call, press to switch between the speakerphone and the

•
handset earpiece.

Volume

During a call, press /VOL- or /VOL+ to adjust the listening volume.

•

Equalizer

During a call, press EQUILZR repeatedly to change the quality of the audio to

•
best suit your hearing.

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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

1.
Microphone off.

Press MUTE to resume the conversation. The screen

2.
displays Microphone on briefly.

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 without
disconnecting the call. The next call rings normally at the preset volume.

To silence the handset ringer:

Press OFF, MUTE or

•
displays briefly.

To silence the telephone base ringer:

Press VOL/- on the telephone base.

•

SILENCE, then displays and Ringer muted

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

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 find all system handsets.

To start paging:

•

To end paging:

•

•

/FIND HANDSET on the telephone base. All idle handsets ring and

Press
display ** Paging **.

Press

/FIND HANDSET again on the telephone base.

Press

, , CANCEL or any dialing key on the handset.

Redial list

Each handset stores the last 10 telephone numbers dialed. When there are already
10 entries, the oldest entry is deleted to make room for the new entry.

To review and dial a number from the redial list on the handset:

Press REDIAL when the handset is not in use.

1.
Press

2.
Press

3.

To delete a redial entry on the handset:

When the desired redial entry displays, press DELETE.

, or REDIAL repeatedly until the desired entry displays.
or to dial.

Join a call in progress

You can use four cordless handsets at a time on an outside call. You can buy
additional expansion handsets for this telephone base. You can register up to
12 handsets to the telephone base, including a maximum of two doorbells.

When a handset is on a call, press

•
Press OFF to exit the call. The call continues until all handsets hang up.

•

or on another handset to join the call.

Transfer a call

While on an outside call, you can transfer the call from one handset to another.

During a call, press

1.
Press

2.

•

To answer the call on the destination handset, press

3.

or

When you have more than two handsets, press
destination handset number, then press
to enter a destination handset number.

OPTION.

to scroll to Tra n sfer, then press SELECT.

or to scroll to a

SELECT; or use the dialing keys

or .

Intercom

Use the intercom feature for conversations between two cordless handsets.

INTCOM on the handset when not in use.

Press

1.

When you have more than two handsets, press

•
destination handset number then press
to enter a destination handset number.

To answer the call, press

2.
To end the intercom call, press

3.
telephone base or charger.

, or any dialing key.

END, OFF or place the handset back in the

SELECT; or use the dialing keys

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or to scroll to a

Answer an incoming call during an intercom call

If you receive an outside call during an intercom call, there is an alert tone.

To answer the outside call, press

•
ends automatically.

To end the intercom call without answering the outside call, press OFF. The

•
intercom call ends and the telephone continues to ring.

on the handset. The intercom call

Call transfer using intercom

Use the intercom feature to transfer an outside call on the handset to another
system handset.

During a call, press

1.
Press

2.

•

To answer the call, press

3.
The outside call is now on hold and both system handsets display Intercom.

You can have a private conversation with the other handset.
From this intercom call, you have the following options:

4.

•

•

•

or to scroll to Intercom, then press SELECT.

When you have more than two handsets, press
destination handset number then press
to enter a destination handset number.

You can let the other handset to join you on the outside call in a three-way
conversation. Press
press

SELECT.

You can transfer the call. Press
Tra n sfer. Your handset displays Call transferred. The other handset then

automatically connects to the outside call.
Any handset can end the intercom call by pressing OFF. The outside call

continues until all handsets hang up.

OPTION.

or to scroll to a

SELECT; or use the dialing keys

, or any dialing key.

OPTION. Press or to scroll to Share call, then

OPTION, then press SELECT to choose

Push to talk (PTT)

You can directly broadcast messages from one handset to the speakerphone
of one or multiple handsets. Press and hold PUSH TO TALK to begin two-way
communication.

When the connection is made, both the caller and the destination handsets display
Press and hold [PTT] to talk and beep once. Only one handset can talk at a time.
To do so, press and hold PUSH TO TALK.

Directory

The directory can store up to 50 directory entries which is shared by all handsets.

To add a directory entry:

Enter the number (up to 30 digits) when the phone is not in use then press

1.

SAVE. Then go to Step 3.

-OR-

When the phone is not in use, press

SELECT. Press or to scroll to Add contact and then press SELECT.

Use the dialing keys to enter the number (up to 30 digits).

2.

-OR­Copy a number from the redial list by pressing REDIAL and then press

REDIAL repeatedly to select a number. Press

Press

3.

4.

5.

While entering names and numbers, you can:

•

•

•

•

•

•

To review and dial a number from the directory:

Entries are sorted alphabetically.

1.

2.

3.

NEXT to move on to enter the name.

Use the dialing keys to enter the name (up to 15 characters). Additional key
presses show other characters of that particular key.

Press

SAVE to save.

Press DELETE or BACKSP to backspace and erase a digit or character.
Press and hold DELETE to erase the entire entry.
Press
Press and hold PAUSE to insert a dialing pause (for entering numbers only).
Press
Press 0 to add a space (for entering names only).

Press
Scroll to browse through the directory.
When the desired entry appears, press

or to move the cursor to the left or right.

to switch the character between upper and lower case.

when the phone is not in use.

MENU. Scroll to Directory and then press

, or

INSERT to copy the number.

or to dial.

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