VTech IA5879 Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
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Table of contents
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Parts check list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Choose a location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Install handset battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Power connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Telephone line connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Data port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Desk bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Charge the handset battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Check for dial tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Set dial mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Set handset date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Handset ringer/battery save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Base ringer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
If you subscribe to DSL service . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Belt clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Basic operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Handset operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Base operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Temporary tone dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Message waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Headset jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Operating range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Display screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Speed dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Store a speed dial entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Edit a speed dial entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Delete a speed dial entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Calling from speed dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Reassign locations in speed dial . . . . . . . . . . 18
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Store a directory entry in the handset . . . . . . . . 19
Edit a directory entry in the handset. . . . . . . . . 19
Delete a directory entry in the handset . . . . . . . 20
Store a speed dial entry in the directory
from the handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dial a directory entry from the handset . . . . . . . 21
Directory memory capacity at the base . . . . . . . 22
Store a number in the directory at the base . . . . . 22
Store a redial number in the directory at the base . 22
Dial from the directory at the base. . . . . . . . . . 22
Delete a directory entry at the base . . . . . . . . . 23
Replace a directory entry at the base . . . . . . . . 23
Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
About caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Review call history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Delete a record from call history. . . . . . . . . . . 26
Dial a number from call history . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Store a call history number in the directory . . . . . 26
Display screen messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28