Telephone Installation - VTech CD1153 User Manual

Getting started

Telephone installation

Install the telephone base as shown below. If you subscribe to high-speed Internet
service (DSL - digital subscriber line) through your telephone line, you must install a DSL
filter between the telephone line cord and the telephone wall jack. The filter prevents
noise and caller ID problems caused by DSL interference. Please contact your DSL
service provider for more information about DSL filters.
1. Plug one end of the coiled handset cord into the handset jack on the left side of the
telephone base. Plug the other end into the jack at the bottom of the handset.
2. Plug one end of the telephone line cord into the TEL LINE jack on the back of the
telephone base. Plug the other end of the telephone line cord into a telephone wall
jack or a DSL filter.
3. Lift the handset or press
Handset
SPEAKER to check for a dial tone.
Coiled handset cord
Telephone wall jack
A DSL filter (not included)
is required if you have DSL
high-speed Internet service.
The DSL filter must be
plugged into the telephone
wall jack.
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