Find Handset; Intercom; Initiate An Intercom Call; Answer An Incoming Call During An Intercom Call - VTech IS7256-3 User Manual

Find handset

This feature helps you find all system
handsets.
CAUTIONS
• Do not press and hold FIND HS for
more than four seconds. It may lead
to handset deregistration.
• If the handset displays To register HS...
and ...see manual, refer to Frequent
asked questions to register the handset
back to the telephone base.
To start paging
• Press FIND HS on the telephone
base when it is not in use. All idle
handsets ring and display **Paging**.
To end paging
Press HOME/FLASH,
OFF/CANCEL or on the handset.
-OR-
• Press FIND HS again on the
telephone base.
-OR-
• Place the handset in the handset
charger.
NOTE
• If you press MUTE/DELETE/VOICE on
a handset, the ringer of that handset
is silenced but the paging tone
continues on the other handsets.

Intercom

Use the intercom feature for conversations
between two devices.
You can register up to five handsets to
the telephone base.

Initiate an intercom call

Using a cordless handset
1. Press MENU/SELECT on the handset
in idle mode.
2. Press q CID or p DIR to highlight
Intercom, then press MENU/SELECT.
3. Press q CID or p DIR to select a
device. The handset shows Calling
HS X or Calling Base (X represents
the handset number). The destination
handset rings and shows HS X is
calling.
CELL,
To answer an intercom call with the
cordless handset:
• Press HOME/FLASH,
OFF/CANCEL or on the handset.
Both devices now show Intercom.
To end an intercom call with the cordless
handset:
• Press OFF/CANCEL or place the
handset back in the telephone base
or charger.
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Using the telephone base
1. Press INT on the telephone base.
-OR-
MENU/SELECT
Press
telephone base in idle mode, then
press q CID or p DIR to highlight
Intercom. Press MENU/SELECT.
2. Press q CID or p DIR to select a
device. The telephone base shows
Calling HS X (X represents the
handset number). The destination
handset rings and shows Base is
calling.
To answer an intercom call with the
telephone base:
• Press HOME or
telephone base. Both devices now
show Intercom.
To end an intercom call with the
telephone base:
CELL,
• Press CANCEL on the telephone
base.
NOTES
• To cancel the intercom call before it
is answered, press OFF/CANCEL on
the handset, or press CANCEL or INT
on the telephone base.
• If the destination device does not
answer the intercom call within 100
seconds, or if the device is in use, on
a call, or out of range, the initiating
telephone base displays No answer,
try again, or the initiating handset
displays Unable to call, and returns
to idle mode.
• To temporarily silence the intercom
on the
ringer, press
MUTE/DELETE/VOICE
destination handset/headset,
press CANCEL on the telephone
base.
• You can only use one pair of devices
at a time to make intercom calls.
Answer an incoming call during an
intercom call
If you receive an incoming home call
during an intercom call, you will hear an
alert tone. Handsets and telephone
base flash and display the caller ID.
CELL on the
If you receive an incoming cell call
during an intercom call, you will hear
an alert tone. Handsets and telephone
base flash and display the caller ID.
To answer a home call during an intercom
call using the cordless handset:
• Press HOME/FLASH to answer
the home call and the intercom call
ends automatically.
• Press OFF/CANCEL to end the
intercom call.
continues to ring. Then, press
HOME/FLASH.
• To end the intercom call without
answering the outside call, press
OFF/CANCEL. The intercom call ends
and the telephone continues to ring.
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OFF/CANCEL or
on the
or
The telephone