Intercom - VTech CS6858-33 User Manual

Intercom

Use the intercom feature for
conversations between two devices. You
can buy additional expansion handsets
(CS6709) for this telephone base. You
can register up to five handsets to the
telephone base.
To initiate an intercom call with a
cordless handset:
1. Press INT on your handset when not
in use.
• If you have one handset, your
handset displays Calling base.
• If you have two or more handsets,
your handset displays Intercom
to: Press 7 for the telephone base
or 1-5 for HANDSET 1 or
HANDSET 5. Your handset
displays Calling base or Calling
HS X.
The destination device rings and its
screen displays HS X is calling.
2. To answer the intercom call on the
destination handset, press
or any dialing key (0-9,
Both handsets now display Intercom
- OR -
To answer the intercom call at the
telephone base, press
INT or any dialing key (0-9,
) . Both devices now display
Intercom
.
3. To end the intercom call on either
handset, press OFF or place the
handset back in the telephone base
or charger. Both handsets display
Intercom ended
- OR -
To end the intercom call at the
telephone base, press
or INT. Both devices display
Intercom ended
, INT
,
, or
/SPEAKER,
, or
.
/SPEAKER
.
NOTES
• You can cancel the intercom call before it
is answered by pressing OFF or INT.
• If the destination device does not answer
the intercom call within 100 seconds, is
accessing the answering system, on a call
or out of range, the originating handset
displays Unable to call and returns to
idle mode.
You can press OFF or MUTE on the
•
destination handset, or CANCEL
or MUTE on the telephone base to
temporarily silence the intercom ringer.
• You can use four devices on two pairs of
intercom calls. For example, when four
devices are used on two pairs of intercom
calls, use the fifth device for an outside call.
• If there is an incoming call while the
originating handset displays Calling HS X
or Calling base, the intercom request will
be stopped and the screen displays
Incoming call.
To initiate an intercom call at the
telephone base:
Press INT on the telephone base
1.
when not in use.
• If you have only one handset, the
telephone base displays Calling
) .
HS 1.
.
• If you have two or more handsets,
the telephone base displays
Intercom to: Press 1-5 for
HANDSET 1 to HANDSET 5. The
telephone base displays Calling
HS X.
The destination handset rings and its
screen displays Base is calling.
2. To answer the intercom call on the
destination handset, press
or any dialing key (0-9,
Both handsets now display Intercom
3. To end the intercom call at the
telephone base, press
or INT. Both devices display
Intercom ended
15
, INT
,
, or
/SPEAKER
.
) .
.