VTech CS6124_-2-31 Manual - Manual (Page 3)

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Table of contents
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Parts checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Telephone base and charger
installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Wall mounting (optional). . . . . . . . . . .2
Battery installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Battery charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Telephone base layout . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Handset layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Are you are new cable or VoIP
subscriber?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Did you subscribe to voicemail
service from your telephone
service provider? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Telephone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Using the menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Ringer volume (telephone base) . . . .9
Ringer volume (handset) . . . . . . . . . .9
Ringer tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
LCD language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Clear voicemail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Key tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Set date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Home area code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dial mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Make a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Predial a call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Answer a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
End a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Call waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Temporary ringer silencing. . . . . . . . 14
Temporary tone dialing. . . . . . . . . . . 14
Find handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Multiple handset use . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chain dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Redial list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Review and dial from the redial list. . 16
Delete a redial entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Add a directory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Review and dial from the directory . . 18
Alphabetical search . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Edit a directory entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Delete a directory entry . . . . . . . . . . 19
About caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Call log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Missed call indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Memory match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Review and dial from the call log . . . 21
View dialing options . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Save a call log entry to the
directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Delete the call log entries. . . . . . . . .23
Call log display screen messages . .23
Answering system settings . . . . .24
Answering system setup. . . . . . . . . . 24
Answer ON/OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Call screening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Number of rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Remote access code . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Message alert tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Recording time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Record your own announcement . . .26
Play or delete your own
announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Answering system operation . . . .28
Answering system and voicemail . . .28
Message capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
New message indication. . . . . . . . . .29
Call intercept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Message playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Delete all messages . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Record, play or delete memos . . . . .30
Message window displays . . . . . . . . 31
Remote access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32