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CS6214 Go to www.vtechphones.com (US) to register your product for enhanced CS6214-11 warranty support and the latest VTech CS6214-2 product news. CS6214-21 Go to phones.vtechcanada.com (Canada) for the latest VTech product VG101 news. VG101-11 DECT 6.0 cordless telephone User’s manual...
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Please review this manual thoroughly to ensure proper installation and operation 3. Unplug this product from the wall of this innovative and feature rich VTech outlet before cleaning. Do not use product. liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.
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supply in your home or office, consult handset has been damaged. your dealer or local power company. • If the product exhibits a distinct 10. Do not allow anything to rest on the change in performance. power cord. Do not install this product 15.
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Pacemaker patients of battery is used for the handset. Use only the supplied rechargeable • Should keep wireless telephones at least batteries or replacement batteries six inches from the pacemaker. (BT162342/BT262342) for the handset. • Should NOT place wireless telephones Do not dispose of batteries in a fire.
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• Rechargeable batteries: Exercise care in handling batteries in order not to create a short circuit with conducting material such as rings, bracelets and keys. The battery or conductor may overheat and cause harm. Observe proper polarity between the battery and the battery charger.
Table of contents Delete a redial list entry ........10 Directory ............11 Important safety instructions ......II Add a directory entry .........11 Review a directory entry ........11 What’s in the box ..........1 Alphabetical search ..........12 Overview ............2 Delete a directory entry ........12 Handset overview ..........2 Edit a directory entry ..........12 Telephone base overview ........3...
Save your sales receipt and original packaging in the event warranty service is necessary. NOTE 1 set for CS6214-2 • To purchase a replacement battery or power adapter, visit our website at www.vtechphones.com or call 1 (800) 595-9511. In Canada, go to phones.vtechcanada.com or call...
Overview 5 – # • Show other dialing options when reviewing a caller ID log entry. Handset overview 6 – REDIAL/PAUSE • Review the redial list. • Insert a dialing pause while dialing or entering numbers into the directory. 7 – DELETE •...
Connect Telephone base overview You can choose to connect the telephone base for desktop usage or wall mounting. NOTES • Use only the adapters provided. • Make sure the electrical outlets are not controlled by wall switches. • The adapters are intended to be correctly oriented in a vertical or floor mount position.
Connect the charger Mount the telephone base Charge the battery Place the handset in the telephone base or the charger to charge. Once you have installed the battery, the handset LCD display indicates the battery status (see the following table). Install and charge the battery Install the battery Install the battery as shown below.
Before use Battery Battery Action indicators status After you install your telephone or power The screen The battery Charge returns following a power outage, the is blank, or has no or without handset will prompt you to set the date displays Put in very little interruption...
Configure your telephone If there is a call while the handset is out of range, it may not ring, or if it does ring, the Use the handset menu call may not connect well when you press . Move closer to the telephone base, 1.
Home area code Dial mode If you dial local calls using only seven digits The dial mode is preset to touch-tone (area code not required), you can program dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) service, your home area code so that when you you need to change the dial mode to receive a call within your local area, the pulse dialing before using the telephone.
Telephone operations Make a call • Press , and then dial the telephone number. Handset control key panel: NOTES • The screen shows the elapsed time as you talk (in hours, minutes and seconds). • If the handset is moved out of range while on a call, it will beep three times.
Call waiting Chain dialing When you subscribe to call waiting service Use this feature to initiate a dialing from your telephone service provider, you sequence from numbers stored in the hear an alert tone if there is an incoming directory, caller ID log or redial while you call while you are already on a call.
Redial list NOTES • You cannot edit a directory entry while on a Each handset stores the last five telephone call. Refer to the Directory section for more numbers dialed. Entries are shown in details. reverse chronological order. When there •...
Directory 6. Use the dialing keys to enter the name. Additional key presses show The directory can store up to 30 entries, other characters of that particular key. which are shared by all handsets. Each The first character of every word is entry may consist of a telephone number capitalized.
Alphabetical search Edit a directory entry 1. Follow the steps in Review a directory 1. Search for the desired entry in the entry above to enter the directory. directory (see Review a directory entry or Alphabetical search). 2. Use the dialing keys to enter the letter associated with the name.
Caller ID 2. Press SELECT twice and then press q or p to browse. If you subscribe to caller ID service, NOTE information about each caller appears after • You hear two beeps when you reach the the first or second ring. If you answer a call beginning or end of the caller ID log.
View dialing options Dial a caller ID log entry When the number is shown in the correct Although the caller ID log entries received format for dialing, press to dial. have 10 digits (the area code plus the seven-digit number), in some areas, you Save a caller ID log entry to the may dial only the seven digits, or a 1 plus directory...
Sound settings Delete the caller ID log entries 1. When in the caller ID log, press q or Key tone p to browse. 2. When the desired caller ID log entry You can turn the key tone on or off. displays, press DELETE.
Ringer volume Retrieve voicemail When you received a You can adjust the ringer volume level, or voicemail, the handset New voicemail turn the ringer off. and New displays 1. Press MENU when the handset is not voicemail. in use. 10:15 12/25 To retrieve, you typically 2.
Register a handset When your handset is deregistered from the telephone base, follow the steps below to register it back to the telephone base. 1. Remove the handset from the telephone base. 2. Press and hold /FIND HANDSET at the telephone base for about four seconds until the IN USE light turns on.
Screen messages The telephone number Number you enter is already repeated stored in the directory. There are no caller ID log Call log The handset cannot Out of entries. empty communicate with the range or telephone base. Check no pwr at There are no directory Directory the telephone base...
General product care Frequently asked questions Taking care of your telephone Below are the questions most frequently asked about the cordless telephone. If you Your cordless telephone contains cannot find the answer to your question, sophisticated electronic parts, so it must be visit our U.S.
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I cannot dial out. Make sure there is a dial I hear other calls Disconnect the telephone tone before dialing. It when using the base from the telephone is normal if the handset telephone. wall jack. Plug in a takes a second or two different telephone.
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The telephone Caller ID is a subscription I subscribe to a Make sure your computer does not service. You must nontraditional is powered on, and receive caller subscribe to this service telephone your Internet is working ID or the from your telephone service that uses properly.
RBRC ® in a particular installation. If this equipment program or at authorized VTech product does cause harmful interference to radio service centers. Please call or television reception, which can be...
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received, including interference that may instructions in the user’s manual. cause undesired operation. Privacy of The Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) is communications may not be ensured when used to determine how many devices you using this telephone. may connect to your telephone line and To ensure safety of users, the FCC has still have them ring when you are called.
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functioning of this product. The telephone This product meets the applicable service provider is required to notify you if Innovation, Science and Economic such changes are planned. Development Canada technical specifications. If this product is equipped with a corded or cordless handset, it is hearing aid compatible.
California Energy Commission For C-UL compliance only battery charging testing Mesures de sécurité importantes instructions Afin de réduire les risques d’incendie, de This telephone is set up to comply with the blessures corporelles ou d’électrocution, energy-conserving standards right out of suivez toujours ces mesures préventives de the box.
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à la clientèle le socle, si le téléphone se trouve à de VTech dans les cas suivants : proximité d’un endroit comportant des concentrations de gaz inflammables, à • Lorsque le cordon d’alimentation moins que la ventilation soit adéquate.
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Une flammèche dans un tel endroit uniquement aux téléphones numériques pourrait provoquer un incendie ou sans fil) : une explosion. De tels environnements L’organisme ‘Wireless Technology peuvent comprendre: des endroits Research, LLC (WTR)’, une firme de où l’on utilise de l’oxygène médical recherche indépendante, a mené...
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raison, vous ne devez pas percevoir les communications téléphoniques sans fil comme étant aussi confidentielles que celles des téléphones à cordons. • Alimentation électrique : Le socle de ce téléphone sans fil doit être branché à une prise électrique fonctionnelle. La prise électrique ne doit pas être contrôlée par un interrupteur mural.
United States of America and Canada. water or other liquid intrusion; or What will VTech Communications do if the 2. Product that has been damaged due Product is not free from material defects to repair, alteration or modification...
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Product(s) to the service location. VTech above limitation may not apply to you. will return replaced product under this In no event shall VTech be liable for any limited warranty to you, transportation, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, delivery or handling charges prepaid.
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