Configure your telephone

Use the handset menu

  1. Press MENU/SELECT when the phone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key until the screen displays the desired feature menu.

  3. Press MENU/SELECT.

  • To return to the previous menu, press OFF/CANCEL.

  • To return to idle, press and hold OFF/CANCEL.

LCD language

The LCD language is preset to English. You can select English, French or Spanish to be used in all screen displays.

  1. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset when the telephone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key to choose Settings and then press MENU/SELECT twice.

  3. Press down key or up key to choose English, Français or Español.

  4. Press MENU/SELECT twice to save your setting. You hear a confirmation tone.

NOTE

  • If you accidentally set the LCD language to Spanish or French, press MENU/SELECT and then enter Star/tone key 364 Pound key to change the handset LCD language back to English while the handset is not in use.

Voice language

You can select the voice language (English or French) to be used for the voice prompts in your answering system and caller ID announce.

NOTE

  • This feature is available in Canada version only.

  1. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset when the telephone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key to choose Settings and then press MENU/SELECT.

  3. Press down key or up key to choose Voice language and then press MENU/SELECT.

  4. Press down key or up key to choose English or Français.

  5. Press MENU/SELECT to save your setting. You hear a confirmation tone.

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/SELECT on the cordless handset when the telephone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key to choose Set date/time and then press MENU/SELECT.

  3. Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the month (MM), date (DD) and year (YY). Then press MENU/SELECT.

  4. Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the hour (HH) and minute (MM). Then press any dialing keys (0 - 9, Star/tone key or Pound key) to toggle between AM and PM.

  5. Press MENU/SELECT to save your setting. Your hear a confirmation tone.

Talking digits

You can choose whether the digits are to be announced whenever you press the number keys.

  1. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset when the telephone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key to choose Talking digits and then press MENU/SELECT.

  3. Press down key or up key to choose On or Off.

  4. Press MENU/SELECT to save your setting. You hear a confirmation tone.

Caller ID announce

The caller ID announce feature lets you know who’s calling without having to look at the display. When you have an incoming call, the handset and/or the telephone base speaks “Call from...” and the name of the caller based on the phonebook or caller ID information. If the caller’s name is private or unknown, the phone number up to the last 11 digits will be announced. If the caller’s phone number is also private or unknown, no information will be announced. The caller ID announce feature is set to On by default.

  1. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset when the telephone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key to choose Caller ID annc and then press MENU/SELECT.

  3. Press down key or up key to choose On or Off.

  4. Press MENU/SELECT to save your setting. You hear a confirmation tone.

NOTES

  • To use the caller ID announce feature, you must subscribe to caller ID service from your telephone service provider.

  • This feature does not announce information for call waiting calls.

  • It takes at least 2 rings for the phone to receive caller ID information and announce it. If the phone is answered before the end of the second ring, the phone won’t have time to announce the caller’s information.

  • Pronunciation of names may vary with this feature. Not all names may be pronounced correctly.

  • Caller ID announce is available in English only.

Use caller ID to automatically set date and time

If you subscribe to caller ID service, you can choose to set the date and time for each incoming call by the caller ID information automatically. The default setting is On.

  1. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset when the telephone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key to choose Settings and then press MENU/SELECT.

  3. Press down key or up key to choose CID time sync and then press MENU/SELECT.

  4. Press down key or up key to choose On or Off.

  5. Press MENU/SELECT to save your setting. You hear a confirmation tone.

Set voicemail number

If you subscribe to a voicemail service offered by your telephone service provider, you can save your voicemail number to Dialing key 1 for quick access. The voicemail number is shared by all devices.

To retrieve voicemail from your service provider:

  1. Press and hold 1 when the cordless handset is not in use.

  2. Use the dialing keys to enter the voicemail access number provided by your telephone service provider (up to 30 digits) when prompted.

  3. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset to save. The handset displays Voicemail # saved. You hear a confirmation tone.

- OR -

  1. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset in idle mode to enter the main menu.

  2. Press down key or up key to choose Settings and then press MENU/SELECT.

  3. Press down key or up key to choose Voicemail # and then press MENU/SELECT.

  4. Use the dialing keys to enter the voicemail number (up to 30 digits).

  5. Press MENU/SELECT to save. The handset displays Voicemail # saved. You hear a confirmation tone.

While entering numbers, you can:

  • Press MUTE/DELETE to backspace and erase a digit.

  • Press and hold MUTE/DELETE to erase the entire entry.

  • Press down key or up key to move the cursor to the left or right.

  • Press and hold TONE/PAUSE to insert a dialing pause.

After you saved the voicemail number, you can press and hold 1 to retrieve voicemail.

Dial mode

The dial mode is preset to touch-tone dialing. If you have pulse (rotary) service, you need to change the dial mode to pulse dialing before using the telephone.

  1. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset when the telephone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key to choose Settings and then press MENU/SELECT.

  3. Press down key or up key to choose Dial mode and then press MENU/SELECT.

  4. Press down key or up key to choose Touch-tone or Pulse, then press MENU/SELECT to confirm your selection. You hear a confirmation tone.

Sound settings

Key tone

The cordless handset is set to beep with each key press. You can adjust the key tone volume or turn it off. If you turn off the key tone, there are no beeps when you press keys.

  1. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset when the telephone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key to select Settings and then press MENU/SELECT.

  3. Press down key or up key to select Key tone and then press MENU/SELECT.

  4. Press down key or up key to select the desired volume or Off, then press MENU/SELECT to save. You hear a confirmation tone.

Ringer volume

You can set the ringer volume level of the cordless handset and telephone base to one of five levels or turn the ringer off.

If you turn both handset and base ringer off, the caller ID will not be announced.

  1. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset when the telephone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key to select Ringers and then press MENU/SELECT.

  3. Press down key or up key to select Handset or Base and then press MENU/SELECT.

  4. Press down key or up key to select Ringer volume and then press MENU/SELECT.

  5. Press down key or up key to sample each volume level.

  6. Press MENU/SELECT to save. You hear a confirmation tone.

- OR -

Slide the VOL control on the cordless handset or on the telephone base to adjust the volume.

CAUTION

  • For hearing protection, do not put the cordless handset near your ear when the telephone is ringing. Loud ringer sound may damage your hearing. Adjust the volume to lower the ringer sound if you find it too loud.

NOTES

  • If you turn off the volume, the cordless handset will be silenced and display Ringer off icon and Ringer off.

  • When the ringer volume is set to Off, the cordless handset still rings when you press PAGE/INTERCOM at the telephone base.

Ringer tone

You can choose one of ten ringer tones for the cordless handset or telephone base.

  1. Press MENU/SELECT on the cordless handset when the telephone is not in use.

  2. Press down key or up key to select Ringers and then press MENU/SELECT.

  3. Press down key or up key to select Handset or Base and then press MENU/SELECT.

  4. Press down key or up key to select Ringer tone and then press MENU/SELECT.

  5. Press down key or up key to sample each ringer tone.

  6. Press MENU/SELECT to save. You hear a confirmation tone.

NOTE

  • If you turn off the ringer volume, you will not hear ringer tone samples.