Expand Your Telephone System; Add And Register A Handset; Replace A Handset - VTech DS6311-2 User Manual

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Expand your telephone system

The handset provided with your telephone system is pre-registered as
HANDSET. Additional handsets registered to the telephone system are
assigned in sequential order. If you register another new handset to your
telephone system, the new registered handset is assigned HANDSET 2.
This telephone system accommodates up to 12 handsets.
Add and register a handset (optional)
You can add new handsets (DS6301, purchased separately) to your
telephone system, but each handset must be registered with the telephone
Press and hold FIND HANDSET on base for 4 sec, then press # on
handset after a battery is installed. You may need to charge the handset
before registering to the telephone base. For more details on battery
charging, see the table on page 4.
To register a handset:
1. Press and hold FIND HANDSET on the telephone base for about four
seconds until the red IN USE light turns on.
#
2. Press on the handset. Its screen shows Registering...Please wait and
it takes up to 60 seconds to complete the registration. The handset shows
HANDSET X Registered (X represents the handset number assigned)
and you hear a beep when the registration completes.
• If the registration fails, the handset shows Registration failed for a few
seconds and then Press and hold FIND HANDSET on base for 4 sec,
then press # on handset. Try the registration process again.
• You cannot register a handset if any other system handset is in use.
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Replace a handset

If you want to replace a handset or re-assign the designated handset number
of a registered handset, you must deregister all the handsets and then
individually register each handset.
To make deregistration easier, read all of the instructions on this page before
you begin.
To deregister all handsets:
1. Press and hold FIND HANDSET on the telephone base for about 10
seconds until the IN USE
2. Press FIND HANDSET again at once. You must press FIND HANDSET
while the IN USE
seven seconds.
3. All system handsets show Press and hold FIND HANDSET on base for
4 sec, then press # on handset when the deregistration completes. The
deregistration process takes about 10 seconds to complete.
If deregistration fails, you may need to reset the telephone and try again.
To reset:
1. Pick up the regisered handset and then press
2. Press OFF/CLEAR and place the handset back in the telephone base.
-OR-
• Unplug the power from the telephone base, then plug it back in.
You cannot deregister a handset if any system handset is in use.
FIND HANDSET.
IN USE
/TALK/FLASH.
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