Handset Battery Charging; Handset Overview - VTech DS6641 User Manual

Handset battery charging

Once you have installed the battery, the screen indicates the battery status. For
best performance, keep the handset in the handset charger when not in use. The
battery is fully charged after  hours of continuous charging.
Battery indicators
The screen is blank, or
shows Put in charger and
flashes.
The screen shows
Low battery and
flashes.
The screen shows
HANDSET X.

Handset overview

/ /VOLUME
• Review the directory when
the phone is not in use.
• Increase the listening volume
during a call or message
playback.
• 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.
CHARGE light
• On when the handset is
charging in the handset
charger.
/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  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.
TONE
• Switch to tone dialing
temporarily during a call.
• Make a home line call using
the handset speakerphone.
• Answer a call using the
handset speakerphone.
• During a call, press to switch
between the speakerphone
and the handset earpiece.
Dialing keys
• Enter numbers or characters.
• Answer an incoming call.
Battery status
The battery has no charge or
very little charge. The handset
cannot be used.
The battery has enough
charge to be used for a
short time.
The battery is charged.
3
Action
Charge without interruption
(at least 30 minutes).
Charge without interruption
(at least 30 minutes).
To keep the battery charged,
place it in the handset
charger when not in use.
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 handset ringer
temporarily while the phone is
ringing.
• Press and hold to erase the
missed call indicator when 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.
CID/ /VOLUME
• Review the caller ID log when
the phone is not in use.
• Decrease the listening volume
during a call or message
playback.
• 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.
#
QUIET
• Press and hold to set and
turn on the quiet mode, or turn
it off.
• Press repeatedly to show
other dialing options when
reviewing a caller ID log entry.
MUTE/DELETE
• Mute the microphone during
a call.
• Delete digits or characters
while using the dialing keys.
• Silence the handset ringer
temporarily while the phone is
ringing.
• Delete the displayed entry
while in the directory, caller ID
log or redial list.
• Press to delete the playing
message or announcement.
REDIAL/PAUSE
• Press repeatedly to review the
redial list.
• Press and hold to insert a
dialing pause while entering
a number.