Accessory handset for use with vtech models ds6211/ds6211-2/ds6211-3/ ds6211-4/ds6221/ds6221-2/ ds6221-3/ds6221-4/ds6221-5/ ds6222-4/ds6222-5 (18 pages)
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DS6611 Go to www.vtechcanada.com for the latest VTech product news. DS6611-2 DS6611-3 DECT 6.0 cordless telephone with BLUETOOTH wireless technology ® User’s manual (Canada version)
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Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use a For support, shopping, and everything damp cloth for cleaning. new at VTech, visit our website at Do not use this product near water www.vtechcanada.com. such as near a bath tub, wash bowl,...
Do not allow anything to rest on change in performance. the power cord. Do not install this 14. Avoid using a telephone (other than product where the cord may be cordless) during an electrical storm. walked on. There is a remote risk of electric Never push objects of any kind into shock from lightning.
• Do not open or mutilate the battery. conversations could be intercepted Released electrolyte is corrosive and by radio receiving equipment within may cause burns or injury to the eyes range of the cordless handset. For or skin. The electrolyte may be toxic if this reason, you should not think of swallowed.
Find handset ........20 Glossary of terms ......10 Intercom ..........21 Bluetooth setup .........11 Transfer a call ........21 VTech Connect to Cell application ... 11 Answer an incoming call during Add a Bluetooth enabled cell phone... 11 an intercom call ......22 Add a Bluetooth enabled headset ..12 Redial list ........22...
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Caller ID ........25 Review the caller ID log ....25 Memory match ........26 Missed call indicator ......26 View dialing options ......26 Dial a caller ID log entry ....27 Save a caller ID log entry to the phonebook ......27 Delete the caller ID log entries ..27 Call block ........28 Block unknown calls ......28 Add a call block list entry ....28...
NOTE To purchase replacement batteries or power 1 set for DS6611-2; adapters, visit our website at 2 sets for DS6611-3 www.vtechcanada.com or call 1 (800) 267-7377.
Overview 5 – • Press repeatedly to show other dialing options when reviewing a Handset overview caller ID log entry. 6 – MUTE/DELETE • Mute the microphone during a call. • Delete digits or characters while using the dialing keys. •...
/HOME/FLASH Telephone base overview 13 – • Make or answer a home call. • Answer an incoming home call when you hear a call waiting alert. 14 – /CELL • Make or answer a cell call. • Answer an incoming cell call when you hear a call waiting alert.
Charger overview There are new caller ID log entries. 1 – Charging pole The handset ringer is off. Handset and Telephone base lights overview Handset lights On when the handset speakerphone is in use. CHARGE On when the handset Display icons overview is charging in the telephone base or handset charger.
Connect Connect the charger You can choose to connect the telephone base for desktop usage or wall mounting. NOTES • Use only the adapters provided. • Even if you do not subscribe to any conventional telephone service, you can pair a Bluetooth enabled cell phone to your telephone base (see Bluetooth), and use the cell line alone without plugging in a telephone line cord.
Install and charge the battery 2 Align the holes on the bracket with the standard wall plate and slide the Install the battery as shown below. bracket down until it clicks securely in place. NOTES • Use only supplied battery. •...
Charge the battery When it is fully charged, you can expect the following performance: Place the handset in the telephone base or the charger to charge. Operation Operating time While in handset Seven hours CHARGE light use (talking*) remains on when While in Three hours charging.
Before use Operating range This cordless telephone operates with After you install your telephone or the maximum power allowed by the power returns following a power outage, Federal Communications Commission the handset will prompt you to set the (FCC). Even so, this handset and date and time.
Make sure there are • Make and receive calls using your no physical obstacles between the cell phone plan while utilizing the DS6611 and the cell phone, such as ease and comfort of your home large furniture or thick walls. telephone system. •...
A maximum of familiar with using your Bluetooth two cell phones can be paired with the enabled cell phone and your new DS6611 telephone base. telephone system. Pairing - this refers to the process of...
Add a Bluetooth enabled cell phone To use a Bluetooth enabled cell phone with your DS6611, you must first pair and Before you begin, make sure that connect it with the telephone base. All you have cellular coverage and your...
If the pairing process fails, turn off the Bluetooth feature on your cell CELL 2/HEADSET device phone and on the DS6611 by pressing light turns on. CELL 1/ CELL 2/HEADSET. Then repeat the steps above to pair and •...
( ) displays. make sure the cell phone is paired and The corresponding device light connected to the DS6611. Make sure the ( CELL 1 and/or handset battery is charged for at least CELL 2/HEADSET ) turns on.
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For example, if you have home, mobile and work numbers for a particular contact, the three categories may not transfer to your DS6611. • For certain cell phones, you may need to press a key on your cell phone to confirm...
Configure your telephone Set date and time Press MENU when the handset is not Using the handset menu in use. Press MENU when the phone is not Press to highlight in use. Set date/time, and then press SELECT. Press until the screen displays the desired feature menu.
Home area code Dial mode If you dial your local calls using only The dial mode is preset to touch-tone seven digits (area code not required), dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) you can program your home area code service, you must change the dial so that when you receive a call within mode to pulse dialing before using the your local area, the telephone number...
Telephone Operations Make a home call /HOME or Press on the handset. When you hear a dial tone, dial the Handset control key panel: number. The handset displays Unable to • call if the telephone line is in use. NOTES •...
Make a cell call NOTES The handset displays Unable to call if • /CELL on the handset. The Press your cell phone is in use. handset displays Select a device. • The handset shows the elapsed time as • If you have only one cell phone you talk (in hours, minutes and seconds).
Refer to the user’s cell phone affects your cell call volume manuals of the respective product for more on the DS6611 handset. information. NOTES Call waiting on the home line •...
Call waiting on the cell line To access a number from the redial list while on a call: When you subscribe to call waiting service with your cell phone service Press REDIAL to enter the redial list. provider, the handset flashes Press or REDIAL repeatedly to you hear a beep if someone calls while...
Intercom Transfer a call While on an outside call, you can use Use the intercom feature for the intercom feature to transfer the call conversations between two devices. from one handset to another. To initiate an intercom call: To transfer a call: Press MENU when the handset is not Press MENU when the handset is not in use.
Redial list Answer an incoming call during an intercom call Each handset stores the last 10 If you receive an incoming home call telephone numbers dialed (up to 30 (up to 30 during an intercom call, you will hear an digits).
Phonebook When Enter name displays, use the dialing keys to enter a name (up The directory can store up to 1000 to 15 characters). Each time you entries, which are shared by all press a key, the character on that handsets.
Alphabetical search While entering names and numbers, you can: Press when the phone is not in use. • Press to move the cursor to the left or right. -OR- Press DELETE to erase a digit. • Press MENU when the phone is not in use.
Caller ID Delete all phonebook entries Press MENU when the phone is not If you subscribe to caller ID service, in use. information about each caller appears Press to highlight Phonebook, after the first or second ring. If you and then press SELECT. answer a call before the caller information appears on the screen, it to highlight Delete all,...
-OR- If you do not want to review the missed calls one by one, press and hold Press MENU when the phone is not CANCEL on the handset when not in in use. use to clear the missed call indicator. All to scroll to Caller ID Press the entries are then considered old and...
Dial a caller ID log entry Delete the caller ID log entries Search for the desired caller ID log Search for the desired caller ID log entry (see Review the Caller ID log). entry (see Review the Caller ID log). Press DELETE to delete the When the desired entry displays, displayed entry.
Call block Add a call block list entry Press MENU when the phone is not If you subscribe to caller ID service, you in use. can set the telephone to block unknown calls and certain undesired calls. to highlight Call block, Press and then press SELECT.
Save a caller ID log entry to call Edit a call block list entry block list Search for the desired caller ID log entry (see Review the call block list). Search for the desired caller ID log entry (see Review the Caller ID log). When the desired entry displays, press SELECT.
Sound settings Handset ringer volume You can set the ringer volume or turn Key tone the ringer off on each handset. When You can turn the key tone on or off for the ringer is off, appears on the each handset. If you turn the key tone screen.
Retrieve voicemail from Cell phone voicemail telephone service If you have voicemail service active on your cell phone, and you do not Voicemail is a feature available from answer the incoming cell call, the call most telephone service providers. It will be answered by your cell phone’s may be included with your telephone voicemail.
Expand your telephone Screen messages system There is an incoming Blocked call call from a blocked You can add new handsets (DS6600), caller. cordless headsets or speakerphones There are no entries Call log to your telephone system (purchased in caller ID log history. empty separately) to your telephone system.
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An extension phone, There are no Line in use Phonebook or one of the handsets phonebook entries. empty is in use. There are no call List empty The phonebook is full. Phonebook block list entries. You cannot save any full new entries unless The handset Low battery...
ECO mode General product care Taking care of your telephone This power conserving technology Your cordless telephone contains reduces power consumption for optimal sophisticated electronic parts, so it must battery performance. The ECO mode be treated with care. activates automatically whenever the handset is synchronized with the Avoid rough treatment telephone base.
Frequently asked I cannot dial Make sure there is a dial out. tone before dialing. It is questions normal if the handset takes a second or two Below are the questions most frequently to synchronize with the asked about the cordless telephone. telephone base before producing a dial tone.
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I hear other Disconnect the There is The handset may be out calls when telephone base from the interference of range. Move it closer using the telephone wall jack. Plug during a to the telephone base. telephone. in a different telephone. If telephone If you subscribe to you still hear other calls,...
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The telephone Caller ID is a I subscribe to a Make sure your does not subscription service. nontraditional computer is powered receive caller You must subscribe telephone on, and your Internet is ID or the to this service from service that working properly.
® The RBRC seal on the nickel-metal FCC Part 15 hydride battery indicates that VTech Communications, Inc. is voluntarily This equipment has been tested and participating in an industry program to found to comply with the requirements collect and recycle these batteries at the...
any interference received, including jack for two lines. See the installation interference that may cause undesired instructions in the user’s manual. operation. Privacy of communications The Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) may not be ensured when using this is used to determine how many devices telephone.
United States of America the reason for the call before hanging up. and Canada. Perform such activities in off-peak hours, What will VTech do if the Product is such as early morning or late evening. not free from defects in materials Industry Canada and workmanship during the limited warranty period (“Materially...
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Product(s) to the service location. water or other liquid intrusion; or VTech will return repaired or replaced Product that has been damaged due Product under this limited warranty. to repair, alteration or modification...
30 digits and you. In no event shall VTech be liable 15 characters for any indirect, special, incidental, Caller ID log: consequential, or similar damages 50 memory locations;...
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