Use The Phone Menu; Directory; Add A Directory Entry - VTech IS7256-3 User Manual

Use the phone menu

1. Press MENU/SELECT when the phone
is not in use.
2. Press q CID or p DIR until the screen
displays the desired feature menu.
3. Press MENU/SELECT to select and
enter the menu.
• To return to the previous menu, press
OFF/CANCEL on the handset or
CANCEL on the telephone base.
• To return to idle mode, press and
hold OFF/CANCEL on the handset or
CANCEL on the telephone base.

Directory

The directory stores up to 1,000 entries
with up to 30 digits for each phone
number and 15 characters for each name.
• Directory entries are stored at the
telephone base and shared by all
system handsets. Any changes made
on one handset apply to all.
• Only one handset can review the
directory at a time. If another handset
tries to enter the directory, its screen
shows Not available.
• When there are no records in the
directory, the screen shows List
empty.
• When you try to save a number
already stored in the directory, the
screen shows Number repeated.
• Directory entries can also be saved to
the allow list or block list. See Allow
list and Block list.
• When Smart call blocker is on, calls
with numbers saved in the directory
will get through and ring on your
telephone. If a number saved in the
directory is also saved in the block list,
calls from this number will be blocked.
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Add a directory entry

1. Press MENU/SELECT on the handset
or telephone base in idle mode.
2. Press q CID or p DIR
highlight Directory, then
MENU/SELECT.
3. Press MENU/SELECT on
handset again to choose Add
new entry, or press q CID or
p DIR on the telephone base to
highlight Add new entry, then press
MENU/SELECT.
4. When the screen shows Enter
number, use the dialing keys to enter
a telephone number (up to 30 digits).
• Press q CID or p DIR to move the
cursor to the left or right.
• Press MUTE/DELETE/VOICE on
the handset or X/DELETE on the
telephone base to erase a digit.
• Press and hold
MUTE/DELETE/VOICE on the
handset or X/DELETE on the
telephone base to erase all digits.
• Press and hold REDIAL/PAUSE
to insert a three-second dialing
pause (a P appears).
-OR-
Press REDIAL/PAUSE to copy a
number from the redial list. Press
q CID or p DIR, or press
REDIAL/PAUSE repeatedly
locate the desired number. Press
MENU/SELECT to copy the displayed
number.
5. Press MENU/SELECT to move on to
the name.
6. Use the dialing keys to enter a
name (up to 15 characters) when
prompted. Press a key repeatedly
to
until the desired character shows on
press
the screen.
• Press q CID or p DIR to move
the
the cursor to the left or right.
• Press 0 to add a space.
• Press MUTE/DELETE/VOICE on
the handset or X/DELETE on
the telephone base to erase a
character.
• Press and hold
MUTE/DELETE/VOICE on the
handset or X/DELETE on the
telephone base to erase all
characters.
• Press TONE to change the next
letter to upper or lower case.
7. Press MENU/SELECT to store your
new directory entry.
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