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Bluetooth
Bluetooth setup
To use a Bluetooth enabled cell phone or headset with your DS6421, you
must rst pair and connect your Bluetooth device(s) with the telephone base.
All DS6421/6401 handsets can be used to make or answer on the cell
phone line.
Bluetooth wireless technology operates within a short range (30 feet). When
you pair a Bluetooth cell phone or Bluetooth headset to the telephone base,
move closer to the telephone base to maintain sufcient signal strength.
Add a cell phone
Before you begin, make sure that you have cellular coverage and your
Bluetooth enabled cell phone is not connected to any other Bluetooth device.
Refer to your cell phone user's manual to learn how to
search for or add new Bluetooth devices.
To pair and connect a cell phone:
Press MENU on the handset when it is not in use.
Press or to highlight Bluetooth, then
press SELECT.
Press SELECT to choose Add device, then press
SELECT to choose Add cellular. The screen displays
Please wait... followed by 1. If cell is connected to BT
device, please disconnect it.
If there are already four paired devices on the
device list, the 4th device on the device list will be
automatically removed, regardless of whether the
new device pairing is successful or not (page 24).
If there are already two active devices on the device
list with prex D1: or D2:, the handset shows Only
2 devices can be ready for connection. You are
prompted to deactivate an active device.
Press NEXT. The screen displays 2. Place cell phone
next to base.
All devices that are connected to the telephone
base are disconnected until the pairing process is
completed.
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BLUETOOTH
Add device
Device list
Download dir
Change PIN
BACK
SELECT
ADD DEVICE
Add cellular
Add headset
BACK
SELECT
Set cell to
search base:
VTech DS6421
discoverable
PIN:0000
Directory
Caller ID log
Intercom
Bluetooth
Ringers
BACK
SELECT