VTech CS6859 User Manual
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- Page 1 CS6859 Go to www.vtechphones.com to register your product for CS6859-2 enhanced warranty support and CS6859-3 the latest VTech product news. CS6859-4 DECT 6.0 cordless telephone User’s manual...
- Page 2 Congratulations Important safety instructions on purchasing your new VTech product. Before using this telephone, please read When using your telephone equipment, Important safety instructions. basic safety precautions should always This manual has all the feature operations be followed to reduce the risk of fire,...
- Page 3 Do not allow anything to rest on • If the product exhibits a distinct the power cord. Do not install this change in performance. product where the cord may be 14. Avoid using a telephone (other than walked on. cordless) during an electrical storm. Never push objects of any kind into There is a remote risk of electric this product through the slots in the...
- Page 4 codes for special disposal instructions. handset by radio waves, so there is a • Do not open or mutilate the battery. possibility that the cordless telephone Released electrolyte is corrosive and conversations could be intercepted may cause burns or injury to the eyes by radio receiving equipment within or skin.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Table of contents What’s in the box ....1 Transfer a call ..... 14 Intercom . - Page 6 Table of contents About the built-in answering FCC, ACTA and IC regulations . . . 40 system and voicemail service ..26 California Energy Commission Set your built-in answering battery charging testing system ..... . . 27 instructions .
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Page 7: What's In The Box
NOTE To purchase replacement batteries or power 1 set for CS6859-2 adapters, visit our website at 2 sets for CS6859-3 www.vtechphones.com or call 1 (800) 595-9511. In Canada, go to 3 sets for CS6859-4 www.vtechcanada.com or dial... -
Page 8: Overview
Overview 5 – • Press repeatedly to show other Handset overview dialing options when reviewing a caller ID log entry. 6 – INT • Press to start an intercom conversation or transfer a call (for multi-handset models only). 7 – Microphone 8 –... -
Page 9: Telephone Base Overview
Telephone base overview 14 – REDIAL/PAUSE • Press repeatedly to review the redial list. • Press and hold to insert a dialing pause while entering a number. 15 – VOLUME/ / • Review the directory when the phone is not in use. •... -
Page 10: Charger Overview
• Move the cursor to the left when 9 – entering numbers or names. • Press repeatedly to show other dialing options when reviewing a OFF/CANCEL caller ID log entry. • Press and hold to erase the missed call indicator while the 10 –... -
Page 11: Display Icons Overview
Display icons overview Handset and Telephone base lights overview Handset icons Handset lights The battery icon flashes On when the handset when the battery is low and speakerphone is in use. needs charging. CHARGE On when the handset is The battery icon animates charging in the telephone when the battery is base or handset charger. -
Page 12: Connect
Connect Connect the charger You can choose to connect the telephone base for desktop usage or wall mounting. NOTES • Use only the power adapters supplied with this product. • Make sure the electrical outlets are not controlled by wall switches. •... -
Page 13: Install And Charge The Battery
Install and charge the battery 3. Plug the telephone line cord (or DSL filter) into the wall jack. Align the Install the battery as shown below. holes on the back of the telephone base with the standard wall plate. NOTES Slide the bracket down until it clicks •... -
Page 14: Charge The Battery
Charge the battery When it is fully charged, you can expect the following performance: Place the handset in the telephone base Operation Operating time or the charger to charge. While in handset Seven hours use (talking*) While in Three hours and 30 speakerphone minutes mode (talking*) -
Page 15: Before Use
Before use Operating range This cordless telephone operates with After you install your telephone or the maximum power allowed by the power returns following a power outage, Federal Communications Commission the handset will prompt you to set the (FCC). Even so, this handset and date and time. -
Page 16: Configure Your Telephone
Configure your telephone Set date and time NOTE Press MENU when the phone is not • Make sure you set the date and time in use. including the year correctly; otherwise the Press until the screen displays answering system does not announce the correct day of the week for your recorded the desired feature menu. -
Page 17: Home Area Code
Home area code Dial mode If you dial your local calls using only The dial mode is preset to touch-tone seven digits (area code not required), dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) you can program your home area code service, you must change the dial so that when you receive a call within mode to pulse dialing before using the your local area, the telephone number... -
Page 18: Telephone Operations
Telephone Operations Make a call Press on the handset. on the handset. When you hear a dial tone, dial the Handset control key panel: number. The handset displays Unable to • call if the telephone line is in use. NOTES •... -
Page 19: Volume Control
Volume control To join a call: : • When a handset is already on a call, To adjust the listening volume at press on another handset to the handset: join the call. During a call, press /VOLUME/ . Press OFF or place the handset •... -
Page 20: Find Handset
To access a number from the Transfer a call caller ID log while on a call: While on an outside call, you can Press MENU. transfer the call from one handset to another. to highlight Caller ID Press log, and then press SELECT. During a call, press MENU. -
Page 21: Intercom
Intercom NOTES • You can cancel the intercom call before it Use the intercom feature for is answered by pressing OFF or INT. conversations between two devices. You • If the destination device does not answer can buy additional expansion handsets the intercom call within 100 seconds, is (CS6709) for this telephone base. -
Page 22: Answer An Incoming Call During An Intercom Call
Call transfer using intercom - OR - To end the intercom call on the Use the intercom feature to transfer an destination handset, press OFF outside call from one device to another. or place the handset back in the During a call, press INT on your telephone base or charger. -
Page 23: Redial List
Redial list • If the destination device does not answer within 100 seconds, is in use, on a call or is out of range, the originating Each handset stores the last device displays Unable to call and then 10 telephone numbers dialed (up to reconnects to the outside call. -
Page 24: Directory
Directory Press the key repeatedly until the desired character appears. The first The directory can store up to 50 entries, character of every word is capitalized. which are shared by all handsets. Press SELECT to save. You hear Each entry may consist of a telephone a confirmation tone and then the number up to 30 digits, and a name up handset returns to the previous... -
Page 25: Review Directory Entries
While entering names and Alphabetical search numbers, you can: Press when the phone is not in use. -OR- • Press to move the cursor to the left or right. Press MENU when the phone is not in use. • Press DELETE to erase a digit. Press and hold DELETE to erase Press to highlight... -
Page 26: Speed Dial
Speed dial Reassign a speed dial entry Press MENU when the phone is not You can copy up to 9 directory entries into the speed dial locations (0 and in use. 2-9) so that you can dial these numbers to scroll to Directory, Press using fewer keys than usual. -
Page 27: Delete A Speed Dial Entry
Caller ID Delete a speed dial entry Press MENU when the phone is not If you subscribe to caller ID service, in use. information about each caller appears to scroll to Directory, Press after the first or second ring. If then press SELECT. -
Page 28: Memory Match
-OR- If you do not want to review the missed calls one by one, press and hold Press MENU when the phone is not CANCEL on the handset when not in in use. use to clear the missed call indicator. All to scroll to Caller ID Press the entries are then considered old and... -
Page 29: Dial A Caller Id Log Entry
Dial a caller ID log entry Delete the caller ID log entries Search for the desired caller ID log Search for the desired caller ID log entry (see Review the Caller ID log). entry (see Review the Caller ID log). Press DELETE to delete the When the desired entry displays, press... -
Page 30: Sound Settings
Sound settings Handset ringer volume You can set the ringer volume or turn the Key tone ringer off on each handset. When the ringer is off, appears on the screen. You can turn the key tone on or off for each handset. -
Page 31: Temporary Ringer Silencing
Temporary ringer silencing Quiet mode When the telephone is ringing, you can You can turn on the quiet mode for a temporarily silence the ringer of the period of time (1-12 hours). During this handset without disconnecting the call. period, all tones (except paging tone) The next call rings normally at the preset are muted. -
Page 32: About The Built-In Answering System And Voicemail Service
About the built-in Telephone base control key panel: answering system and voicemail service For message recording, your telephone has a built-in answering system, and it also support voicemail service offered by your telephone service provider (subscription is required, and fee may apply). -
Page 33: Set Your Built-In Answering
Set your built-in answering Default announcement system The telephone is preset with a greeting that answers calls with “Hello, please The answering system can record leave a message after the tone.” You and store up to 99 messages. Each can use this preset announcement, or message can be up to three minutes in replace it with your own. -
Page 34: Delete Your Announcement
Delete your announcement Turn the call screening on or off Press MENU when the phone is not Use this feature to choose whether in use. incoming messages can be heard while they are being recorded. to scroll to Answering Press sys, and then press SELECT. -
Page 35: Set The Recording Time
Using your built-in Set the recording time answering system You can set the recording time limit for each incoming message. New message indication Press MENU when the phone is not XX new messages displays and in use. /PLAY/STOP on the telephone base Press to scroll to Answering flashes when there are new answering... -
Page 36: Delete All Messages
To play messages on a handset: To delete all old messages on a handset: Press MENU when the phone is not in use. Press MENU when the phone is not in use. Press SELECT to choose Play messages. to scroll to Answering Press sys, and then press SELECT. -
Page 37: Set Remote Access Code
Call screening Skip to the next message (during playback). To screen a call at the telephone Record a new base: announcement. If the answering system and call End the call. screening are turned on, the Turn the answering announcement and the incoming system on or off. -
Page 38: Call Intercept
Using your built-in Call intercept answering system and If you want to talk to the caller whose message is being recorded, press voicemail service /HOME or on the handset. You can use your answering system and voicemail service together by setting Record, play, and delete your answering system to answer before memos... -
Page 39: Retrieve Voicemail From Telephone Service
Retrieve voicemail from Expand your telephone telephone service system Voicemail is a feature available from You can add new handsets (CS6709, most telephone service providers. It purchased separately) to your telephone may be included with your telephone system. Your telephone base supports a service, or may be optional. -
Page 40: Screen Messages
Screen messages A system handset or Line in use another telephone on the same line is The telephone base Base is in use. is calling (for intercom calling calls). The battery needs to Low battery be recharged. There are no caller ID Call log log entries. - Page 41 The telephone base The handset is out of Out of range Unable to has lost power, or range while on a call. or no pwr at call the handset is out of base Failed phone call (the range. telephone line is in use).
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Page 42: Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked I cannot dial Make sure there is a dial out. tone before dialing. It is questions normal if the handset takes a second or two Below are the questions most frequently to synchronize with the telephone base before asked about the cordless telephone. - Page 43 I hear other Disconnect the telephone The telephone Caller ID is a subscription calls when base from the telephone does not service. You must using the wall jack. Plug in a different receive caller subscribe to this service telephone. telephone. If you still hear ID or the from your telephone other calls, the problem is...
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Page 44: Eco Mode
ECO mode The answering Make sure the answering system does system is on. When the This power conserving technology not record answering system is on, ANS ON should display messages. reduces power consumption for optimal on the handset and the battery performance. -
Page 45: General Product Care
Taking care of your telephone The RBRC seal on the nickel-metal Your cordless telephone contains hydride battery indicates that VTech sophisticated electronic parts, so it must Communications, Inc. is voluntarily be treated with care. participating in an industry program to... -
Page 46: Fcc, Acta And Ic Regulations
FCC, ACTA and IC and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including regulations interference that may cause undesired operation. Privacy of communications FCC Part 15 may not be ensured when using this This equipment has been tested and telephone. -
Page 47: Industry Canada
RJ11 jack should normally be used for may make changes in its facilities, connecting to a single line and an RJ14 equipment, operation, or procedures jack for two lines. See the installation that could affect the proper functioning instructions in the user’s manual. of this product. -
Page 48: California Energy Commission
California Energy For C-UL compliance only Commission battery Mesures de sécurité importantes charging testing Afin de réduire les risques d’incendie, instructions de blessures corporelles ou d’électrocution, suivez toujours ces This telephone meets the California Energy mesures préventives de base lorsque Commission (CEC) regulations for energy vous utilisez votre téléphone : consumption. - Page 49 à la clientèle concentrations de gaz inflammables, de VTech dans les cas suivants: à moins que la ventilation soit • Lorsque le cordon d’alimentation adéquate. Une flammèche dans est endommagé...
- Page 50 un incendie ou une explosion. sans fil): De tels environnements peuvent L’organisme ‘Wireless Technology comprendre: des endroits où l’on Research, LLC (WTR)’, une firme utilise de l’oxygène médical sans de recherche indépendante, a mené ventilation adéquate; des gaz une évaluation pluridisciplinaire des industriels (dissolvants de nettoyage, interférences entre les téléphones des vapeurs d’essence, etc.);...
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Page 51: Limited Warranty
Canada. fréquences pouvant causer des interférences aux téléviseurs et aux What will VTech do if the Product is not free from defects in materials magnétoscopes. Pour réduire ou and workmanship during the prévenir de telles interférences, ne placez pas le socle du téléphone... - Page 52 Product(s) to the service location. water or other liquid intrusion; or VTech will return repaired or replaced Product that has been damaged due Product under this limited warranty. to repair, alteration or modification...
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Page 53: Technical Specifications
30 digits and so the above limitation may not apply to 15 characters you. In no event shall VTech be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, Handset caller ID log: consequential, or similar damages 50 memory locations;... - Page 54 And your life. VTech Communications, Inc. A member of THE VTECH GROUP OF COMPANIES. VTech is a registered trademark of VTech Holdings Limited. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2014 for VTech Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. 12/14. CS6859-X_WEBCIB_V4.0...