VTech Telecommunications 80 8655 00 User Manual

Abridged user’s manual

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DECT 6.0 cordless telephone

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used with most T-coil equipped hearing aids and cochlear implants. The TIA-1083
Compliant Logo is a trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association. Used
under license.

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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.

Handset Telephone base

Telephone line cord

Abridged user’s manual

Telephone base
power adapter

Battery compartment
cover

Abridged user’s manualBattery

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Telephone base installation

Battery Pack / Bloc-piles :
(2.4V Ni-MH)
WARNING / AVERTISSEMENT :
DO NOT BURN OR PUNCTURE BATTERIES.
NE PAS INCINÉRER OU PERCER LES PILES.
Made in China / Fabriqué en chine

THIS SIDE UP / CE CÔTÉ VERS LE HAUT

Battery Pack / Bloc-piles :
(2.4V Ni-MH)
WARNING / AVERTISSEMENT :
DO NOT BURN OR PUNCTURE BATTERIES.
NE PAS INCINÉRER OU PERCER LES PILES.
Made in China / Fabriqué en chine

THIS SIDE UP / CE CÔTÉ VERS LE HAUT

Battery Pack / Bloc-piles :
(2.4V Ni-MH)
WARNING / AVERTISSEMENT :
DO NOT BURN OR PUNCTURE BATTERIES.
NE PAS INCINÉRER OU PERCER LES PILES.
Made in China / Fabriqué en chine

THIS SIDE UP / CE CÔTÉ VERS LE HAUT

Install the telephone base as shown below.

Telephone wall jack

Electrical outlet
(not controlled by

A DSL lter (not included) is

a wall switch)
required if you have DSL
high-speed Internet service.

The DSL lter must be plugged

into the telephone wall jack.

Telephone ba s e

power adapter

Telephone line cord

Use only the power adapter and battery supplied with this product. To order a replacement, visit our

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

If you subscribe to telephone service from a cable company or a VoIP service provider, contact your

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cable/VoIP service provider for more information.

Battery installation

Install the battery as shown below.

Insert the battery connector securely

1. Place the battery with the label
into the socket as shown below.

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 it
clicks into place.

Place the handset on the telephone base

4.

to charge. The CHARGE light remains on
when charging.

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.

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It may be a wiring problem. If you have changed your telephone ser vice to digital service from a cable

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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 handset screen indicates the battery status. For best
performance, keep the handset in the telephone base 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 battery has no or very
little charge. The handset cannot
be used.

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

Charge without interruption
(at least 30 minutes).

Charge without interruption
(about 30 minutes).

The screen displays

HANDSET 1.

Handset overview

The battery is charged. To keep the battery charged,

place it in the telephone base
when not in use.

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1 – /p/VOLUME

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Review the directory when the phone is not
in use.

Scroll up while in a menu, or in the directory,

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caller ID log or redial list.
Move the cursor to the right when entering

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numbers or names.
Increase the listening volume during a call or

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message playback.

2 – REDIAL/PAUSE

Review the redial list.

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Insert a dialing pause.

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3 –

Make or answer a call.

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Answer an incoming call when you hear a call

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waiting alert.

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4 – 1

Press repeatedly to add or remove 1 in front of

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the caller ID log entr y before dialing or saving it
to the directory.

Set or dial your voicemail number.

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5 – Dialing keys

Enter numbers or characters.

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Answer an incoming call.

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6 –

Switch to tone dialing temporarily during a call.

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7 –

Make or answer a call using the handset

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speakerphone.

Switch between the speakerphone and the

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handset earpiece.

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8 – MUTE/DELETE

Mute the microphone during a call.

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Silence the handset ringer temporarily while

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the phone is ringing.

Delete the displayed entry while reviewing the

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directory, caller ID log or redial list.

Delete digits while predialing.

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9 – MENU/SELECT

Show the menu.

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While in a menu, press to select an item or save

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an entry or setting.

10 – OFF/CANCEL

Hang up a call.

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Return to the previous menu or idle mode

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without making changes.

Delete digits while predialing.

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Silence the handset ringer temporarily while

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the phone is ringing.

Erase the missed call indicator while the

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handset is not in use.

Telephone base overview

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11 – CID/q/VOLUME

Review the caller ID log when the phone is not

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in use.

Scroll down while in a menu, or in the

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directory, caller ID log or redial list.

Move the cursor to the left when entering

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numbers or names.

Decrease the listening volume during a call or

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message playback.

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Show other dialing options when reviewing a

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caller ID log entry.

Set and turn on the quiet mode, or turn it off.

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13 – INT

Start an intercom conversation or transfer

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a call.

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1 – /ANS ON/OFF

Turn on or off the answering system.

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2 – /FIND HANDSET

Page all system handsets.

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3 – q/VOL-

Decrease the listening volume.

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Decrease the telephone base ringer volume.

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4 – IN USE light

5 – /REPEAT

Repeat a message.

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Press twice to play the previous message.

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6 – /PLAY/STOP

Play messages.

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Stop playing messages.

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7 – X/DELETE

Delete the playing message.

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Press twice to delete all old messages.

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8 – Message window

9 – p/VOL+

Increase the listening volume.

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Increase the telephone base ringer volume.

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10 – CHARGE light

11 – /SKIP

Skip to the next message.

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Using the handset 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.

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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*

Français
Español

Voicemail # Set the voicemail number for speed dialing. Voicemail #

Clr voicemail Turn off the voicemail indicators (see the note below). Reset VM Icon?

Key tone Set whether the handset beeps whenever a key

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

Dial mode Set the telephone to be touch-tone or

Auto Answer Set whether the handset answers a call automatically

Use the Clr voicemail feature when the telephone indicates there is new voicemail but there is none.

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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 ser vice provider continues to send the signal that turns on
the indicators.

is pressed.

only seven digits for local telephone numbers.

pulse dialing.

whenever you pick it from the telephone base or a
charger when there is an incoming call.

Key tone:On*
Key tone:Off

Home area code

Touch-tone*
Pulse

Off*
On

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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.

Press MENU when the handset is not in use.

1.

Scroll to Ringers and then press SELECT.

2.

Press SELECT again to choose Ringer volume.

3.

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

4.

When the ringer volume is set to Off, the handset still rings when you press /FIND HANDSET at the

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telephone base.

Quiet mode

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

Press and hold when the handset is not in use.

1.

Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the duration (hour), then press SELECT to save.

2.

To turn off the quiet mode, press and hold on the handset when the phone 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 MENU on the handset when 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). Then

3.

press SELECT.

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

4.

choose AM or PM.
Press SELECT.

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q or p

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Telephone operation

Make a call:

Press , and then dial the telephone number.

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Answer a call:

Press , or any dialing key.

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-OR-

Pick up the handset from the telephone base when the auto answer

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feature is turned on.

End a call:

Press OFF or put the handset back in the telephone base.

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Handset speakerphone

During a call, press to switch between the handset speakerphone

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and the handset earpiece.

Volume

During a call, press p /VOLUME or q/VOLUME.

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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 handset displays Muted.

1.
Press MUTE again to resume the conversation. The handset displays Microphone on briey.

2.

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.

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

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Temporary ringer silencing

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

To silence the handset ringer:

Press OFF or MUTE on the handset. displays and Ringer muted displays briey.

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To silence the telephone base ringer:

Press q/VOL- on the telephone base.

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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 on the handset.

1.
Use the dialing keys to enter the relevant number. The telephone sends touch-tone signals. It

2.
automatically returns to pulse dialing mode after you end the call.

Find handset

Use this feature to nd the system handset.

To start paging:

Press /FIND HANDSET at the telephone base. All idle handsets

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ring and display Paging .

To end paging:

Press /FIND HANDSET at the telephone base.

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-OR-

Press , OFF, or any dialing key on the handset.

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-OR-

Place the cordless handset in the telephone base.

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Do not press and hold /FIND HANDSET for more than four seconds. It may lead to

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handset deregistration.

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:

Press REDIAL when the handset is not in use.

1.

Press q, p or REDIAL repeatedly until the desired entry displays.

2.
Press

3.

To delete a redial entry:
When the desired redial entry displays, press DELETE.

or

to dial.

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Join a call in progress

You can use two cordless handsets at a time on a call. You can buy additional expansion handsets
(LS6105/LS6105-13/LS6105-15/LS6105-16/LS6105-17) for this telephone base. You can register

up to ve handsets to the telephone base.

When a handset is on a call, press or on another cordless handset to join the call.

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To exit the call, press OFF on the cordless handset or place it on the telephone base. The call

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continues until all handsets hang up.

Transfer a call

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

During a call, press MENU.

1.
Press q or p to scroll to Transfer, then press SELECT. When you have more than two handsets,

2.
use the dialing keys to enter a destination device number (1 to 5 for HANDSET 1 to HANDSET 5).

To answer the call on the destination handset, press , or any dialing key.

3.

Intercom

Use the intercom feature for conversations between two cordless handsets.

Press MENU on the handset when not in use.

1.
Press q or p to scroll to Intercom, then press SELECT. When you have more than two handsets,

2.
use the dialing keys to enter a destination device number (1 to 5 for HANDSET 1 to HANDSET 5).

To answer the intercom call with the destination handset, press , or any dialing key.

3.
To end the intercom call, press OFF or return the cordless handset to the telephone base.

4.

Answer an incoming call during an intercom call

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

Using the cordless handset:

To answer the outside call, press . The intercom call ends automatically.

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

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ends and the telephone continues to ring.

Directory

The directory can store up to 50 directory entries which are 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 SELECT. Then go

1.
to Step 3.

-OR­When the phone is not in use, press MENU then scroll to Directory, and then press

SELECT twice.

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

2.

-OR-

Copy a number from the redial list by pressing REDIAL and then press q, p or REDIAL
repeatedly to select a number. Press SELECT to copy the number.

Press SELECT to move on to enter the name.

3.
Use the dialing keys to enter the name (up to 15 characters). Additional key presses show other

4.
characters of that particular key.

Press SELECT to save.

5.

While entering names and numbers, you can:

Press DELETE to backspace and erase a digit or character.

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Press and hold DELETE to erase the entire entry.

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Press q or p to move the cursor to the left or right.

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Press and hold PAUSE to insert a dialing pause (for entering numbers only).

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Press 0 to add a space (for entering names only).

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To review and dial a number from the directory:

Entries are sorted alphabetically.

Press when the phone is not in use.

1.
Scroll to browse through the directory, or use the dialing keys to start a name search.

2.
When the desired entry appears, press or to dial.

3.

To edit a directory entry:

When the desired entry displays, press SELECT.

1.
Use the dialing keys to edit the number, then press SELECT.

2.
Use the dialing keys to edit the name, then press SELECT.

3.

To delete a directory entry:

When the desired entry displays, press DELETE.

1.
When the handset displays Delete contact?, press SELECT.

2.

To delete all directory entries:

Press MENU when the phone is not in use.

1.
Scroll to Directory and then press SELECT.

2.
Scroll to Del all conts then press SELECT twice.

3.

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