Handset Overview; Telephone Base Overview - VTech DS6511 User Manual

Handset overview

CHARGE light
On when the handset is charging.
VOLUME/ /
Review the directory when the
phone is not in use.
Increase the listening volume
during a call.
Scroll up while in a menu, or in the
directory, caller ID log or redial list.
Move the cursor to the right when
entering numbers or names.
/CELL
Make or answer a cell call.
Answer an incoming cell call when
you hear a call waiting alert.
/HOME/FLASH
Make or answer a home call.
Answer an incoming home call
when you hear a call waiting alert.
1
Press repeatedly to add or
remove 1 in front of the caller ID
log entry before dialing or saving
it to the directory.
Press and hold to set or dial your
voicemail number.
Switch to tone dialing
temporarily during a call.
Make or answer a call using the
handset speakerphone.
During a call, press to switch between
the speakerphone and the handset.
REDIAL/PAUSE
Press repeatedly to review the redial list.
Press and hold to insert a dialing pause
while entering a number.

Telephone base overview

1 and 2
Press to connect the paired
cell phone.
Press and hold to add or
replace a cell phone.
IN USE light
Flashes when there is an
incoming call, or another
telephone sharing the
same line is in use.
On when the handset is
in use.
VOLUME/
Review the caller ID log when the
phone is not in use.
Decrease the listening volume during
a call.
Scroll down while in a menu, or in the
directory, caller ID log or redial list.
Move the cursor to the left when
entering numbers or names.
MENU/SELECT
Show the menu.
While in a menu, press to
select an item, or save an entry
or setting.
OFF/CANCEL
Hang up a call.
Silence the ringer temporarily
while the handset is ringing.
Press and hold to erase the
missed call indicator while the
phone is not in use.
Press to return to the previous
menu, or press and hold to
return to idle mode, without
making changes.
Dialing keys
Enter numbers or characters.
Press repeatedly to show other
dialing options when reviewing
a caller ID log entry.
Press and hold to set and turn
on the quiet mode, or turn it off.
MUTE/DELETE
Mute the microphone during a call.
Delete digits or characters while
using the dialing keys.
Silence the ringer temporarily while
the handset is ringing.
Delete the displayed entry while
in the directory, caller ID log or
redial list.
4
/CID
1 and 2 lights
On when the telephone
base is paired and
connected with a
Bluetooth device.
Alternates when the
telephone base is in
discoverable mode.
FIND HANDSET
Press to page all system
handsets.