VTech IA5879 Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
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Basic operation
Directory
Your phone can store 20 (including the nine speed dial entries) telephone numbers with names (up
to 15 characters for the name and 24 digits for the number in each location) in the handset.
Store a directory entry in the handset
1. Press PROG. The screen displays DIRECTORY.
2. Press SEL/INT. The screen displays ENTER NAME.
3. Using the chart on page 16, enter up to 15 characters for the name you want to store with the
number. Use to backspace and make corrections; use to advance and add a space.
4. When you nish entering the name, press SEL/INT. The screen displays ENTER NUMBER.
5. Enter the telephone number. Use to backspace and make corrections. Press REDIAL/PAUSE
to store a pause if necessary.
— OR —
Press REDIAL/PAUSE to display the last number (up to 24 digits) dialed from this handset.
6. Press SEL/INT. The screen displays DISTINCT RING? and the current setting.
7. Press or to choose Y (yes) if you wish the phone to alert you to calls from this number by
changing to a distinctive ringer after the rst ring. Choose N for a normal ringer.
8. Press SEL/INT to conrm. If you chose Y in step 7, a will be displayed with the directory
entry.
Edit a directory entry in the handset
1. Press . The screen displays DIRECTORY.
2. Press or to scroll alphabetically through entries stored in directory.
— OR —
Press the dial pad key for the rst letter of the entry you want to edit.
Press and hold
PROG at any
time to exit the
directory.
• When the
memory is full
the screen
will display
MEMORY FULL,
an error tone
sounds and you
will not be able
to store a new
number until you
delete a stored
number to make
room for another
entry.