Appendix – VTech DS6421-26 Manual User Manual

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Appendix

Expand your telephone system

The handsets provided with your telephone system are already registered.

Additional handsets registered to the telephone system are assigned

in sequential order. For instance, if you already have

HANDSET 1 and

HANDSET 2, the new registered handset is assigned HANDSET 3. This

telephone system accommodates up to 12 handsets.

Add and register a handset

You can add new handsets (

DS6401, purchased separately) to your

telephone system, but each handset must be registered with the telephone

base before use. When first purchased, each expansion handset shows

Put handset on BASE to register after a battery is installed. You may

need to charge the handset before registering it to the telephone base. For

more details on battery charging, see the table on page 5.
To register a handset:

Make sure the handset is out of the

telephone base or handset charger and

shows

Put handset on BASE to register.

Place the handset you wish to register in the

telephone base.
The handset displays

Registering handset...

on the handset and the red

IN USE light on

the telephone base turns on. It takes about 90

seconds to complete the registration process.

The handset displays

HANDSET X Registered

(

X represents the registered handset number).

The

IN USE light on the telephone base turns

off and you hear a confirmation tone from the

handset when registration completes.

If registration fails, the system will automatically try to

try, the handset displays

Registration failed

then

Put handset on BASE to register and the

telephone base beeps. This may take up to five

minutes to occur.
To reset the handset, remove it from the telephone

base. When the handset displays

Put handset on

BASE to register, try the registration process again.

You cannot register a handset if any other system

handset is in use.

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