Multiple Handset Use; Intercom - VTech CS5158-3 User Manual

Multiple handset use

Intercom

Use the intercom feature for
conversations between the telephone
base and a cordless handset, or two
cordless handsets. Your telephone
base supports up to five handsets. You
can buy additional expansion handsets
(CS5108) for this telephone base.
To initiate an intercom call with a
cordless handset:
1. Press INT on your handset when not
in use.
• If you have only one handset, the
telephone base shows Calling
base. The telephone base rings
and shows HS 1 is calling.
• If you have two or more handsets,
your handset shows Intercom to:.
Press 7 for the telephone base or
1-5 for HANDSET 1 to HANDSET
5. Your handset shows Calling HS
X/Calling base. The destination
handset rings and shows HS X is
calling.
2. To answer the intercom call, press
, INT or any dialing key (0-9,
or ) on the destination handset.
Both handsets now display Intercom.
-OR-
To answer the intercom call at the
telephone base, press
INTERCOM, or any of the dialing
keys. Both devices now show
Intercom.
3. To end the intercom call on either
handset, one party presses
or places the handset back in the
telephone base or handset charger.
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To initiate an intercom call at the
telephone base:
1.
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OFF,
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-OR-
To end the intercom call at the
telephone base, press INTERCOM
or when using the base
speakerphone.
NOTES
To cancel the intercom call before it is
answered, press OFF or INT.
Press OFF or MUTE on on the cordless
handset, or CANCEL or MUTE on the
telephone base to temporarily silence the
intercom ringer.
If the destination handset does not answer
the intercom call within 100 seconds, is
on a call or out of range, or not powered,
the originating handset displays Unable
to call and returns to idle mode.
If there is an incoming call while the
originating handset displays Calling HS
X, the intercom request will be stopped
and the screen displays Incoming call.
You can use four handsets on two pairs
of intercom calls. For example, when
four handsets are used on two pairs of
intercom calls, use the fifth handset for an
outside call.
If the telephone base is on a call, or does
not answer the intercom call within 100
seconds, your handset displays Unable
to call and then returns to idle mode.
Press INTERCOM on the telephone
base when not in use.
• If you have only one handset, the
telephone base shows Calling HS
1. The handset rings and shows
Base is calling.
• If you have two or more handsets,
the telephone base shows
Intercom to:. Press 1-5 for
HANDSET 1 to HANDSET 5. The
telephone base shows Calling HS
X. The destination handset rings
and shows Base is calling.