Telephone base overview using the menu, Telephone settings – VTech CS6519-2 Abridged manual User Manual
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Telephone base overview
Using the menu
Press
MENU when the phone is not in use.
Press or until the screen displays the desired feature menu.
Press
SELECT.
To return to the previous menu, press
CANCEL.
To return to idle mode, press and hold
CANCEL.
Telephone settings
Default settings are indicated by asterisks (*).
Settings menu
Description
Options
LCD language
Set the screen display language.
English*
Français
Español
Voicemail #
Set the speed dial voicemail number.
Voicemail #
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Clr voicemail
Turn off the voicemail indicators (see the note
below).
Reset VM Icon?
Key tone
Set whether the handset beeps whenever a
key is pressed.
Key tone:On*
Key tone:Off
Home area code
Set the home area code so that the caller ID
log stores only seven digits for local
telephone numbers.
Home area code
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Dial mode
Set the telephone to be touch-tone or pulse
dialing.
Touch-tone*
Pulse
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.
Ringer volume
You can adjust the ringer volume level, or turn the ringer off.
Press
MENU when the handset is not in use.
Scroll to
Ringers and then press SELECT twice.
Press or to sample each volume level, then press
SELECT to save.
When the ringer volume is set to
Off, the handset still rings when you press
/FIND HANDSET on the telephone base.
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 when the handset is not in use.
Scroll to
Set date/time and then press SELECT.
Use the dialing keys (
0-9) to enter the month (MM), date (DD) and year (YY).
Then press
SELECT.
Use the dialing keys (
0-9) to enter the hour (HH) and minute (MM).
Then press or to choose
AM or PM.
Press
SELECT to save.
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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.
IN USE light
Flashes when there is an incoming call, or
another telephone sharing the same line is
in use.
Flashes when handsets are being
deregistered.
On when a handset is in use.
On when a handset is being registered.
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/FIND HANDSET
Press to page all system handsets.
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