Set Date And Time; Home Area Code; Dial Mode; Temporary Tone Dialing - VTech CS6648-3 User Manual

Set date and time

NOTE
Make sure you set the date and time
including the year correctly; otherwise the
answering system does not announce the
correct day of the week for your recorded
messages time stamp.
1. Press MENU when the handset/
telephone base is not in use.
2. Press or
time, then press SELECT.
3. Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter
the month (MM), date (DD) and year
(YY). Then press SELECT.
4. Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the
hour (HH) and minute (MM). Then
press or
5. Press SELECT to save the settings.
You hear a confirmation tone.

Home area code

If you dial your local calls using only
seven digits (area code not required),
you can program your home area code
so that when you receive a call within
your local area, the telephone number
is automatically stored without the area
code in the caller ID log.
1. Press MENU when the handset/
telephone base is not in use.
2. Press or
then press SELECT.
3. Press or
code, then press SELECT.
4. Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter a
three-digit home area code.
• Press DELETE on the handset to
delete a digit.
• Press and hold DELETE on the
handset to delete all digits.
Press X/DELETE on the telephone
base to delete all digits.
to scroll to Set date/
to choose AM or PM.
to scroll to Settings,
to scroll to Home area
5. Press SELECT to confirm. You hear
a confirmation tone.
NOTE
If, in the future, your telephone service
provider requires you to dial the area code
when making a local call, or, if you move to
a location that requires it, follow the steps
above to delete the home area code you
have already programmed. After you have
deleted the home area code, _ _ _ will appear
on the screen.

Dial mode

The dial mode is preset to touch-tone
dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) service,
you must change the dial mode to pulse
dialing before using the telephone to
make a call.
1. Press MENU when the handset/
telephone base is not in use.
2. Press or
then press SELECT.
3. Press or
then press SELECT.
4. Press or
or Pulse, then press SELECT to
save your selection. You hear a
confirmation tone.

Temporary tone dialing

If you have pulse (rotary) service only,
you can switch from pulse to tone dialing
temporarily during a call. This is useful if
you need to send touch-tone signals to
access your telephone banking or long
distance services.
1. During a call, press TONE .
2. Use the dialing keys to enter the
number you wish to dial. The
telephone sends touch-tone signals.
It automatically returns to pulse
dialing mode after you end the call.
10
to scroll to Settings,
to choose Dial mode,
to choose Touch-tone