VTech 5873 Telephone User Manual


 
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Appendix
Add additional handsets
Your telephone can accommodate up to eight cordless handsets. You can
add new handsets (VTech i5808, purchased separately) anytime. Up to three
handsets can be on a call at the same time.
The handset provided with your telephone system is automatically registered as
Handset 1 (i5871), or Handset 1 and Handset 2 (for i5873). Additional handsets
will be assigned in numerical order (2, 3, 4, etc.) when they are registered.
Before using a separately purchased handset, it must be registered with the
base unit.
Registration of handsets
Make sure the additional handset is fully charged before registration.
On the base unit, press the softkey
MENU in idle mode.
Press the softkey
three times to reach REGISTER HANDSET, and press
the softkey SELECT to select.
The base unit screen displays
READY TO REGISTER NEW HANDSET,
press the softkey REGISTER on the handset.
The handset screen displays
Registration in Progress. Within 15-60
seconds, the screen displays Found Base, and the base unit and handset
will beep.
The maximum number of handsets for use at any time is three, and the possible
combinations include:
Three handsets and the base unit on an external call.
Two handsets and the base unit on an external call, and one handset
accessing the answering system.
One handset and the base unit are on an external call, and two handsets
are on intercom.
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