VTech IS8128-11 - Telephone Base Display Icons; Telephone Base Alert Tones; Operate; Make, Answer or End a Home Call

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• While reviewing a
caller ID log entry,
press repeatedly to
add or remove 1 in
front of the telephone
number before dialing
or saving it in the
phonebook.
• Press and hold to
set or to dial your
voicemail number.
• Press to switch to tone
dialing temporarily
during a call if you
have pulse service.
• While entering names,
press to change the
next letter to upper or
lower case.
• Enter space character
during text editing.
• Press repeatedly
to display other
dialing options when
reviewing a caller ID
log entry.
• Press and hold to
enter the QUIET mode
setting screen, or to
deactivate QUIET
mode.
Telephone base display icons
BASE
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NEW
MSG #
1
2
• Handset ringer is off.
• New voicemail received
from your telephone service
provider.
• Home line is in use.
1
2
• Bluetooth device 1 and/or
device 2 is/are connected to
the telephone.
• Cell line is in use.
NEW
• There are new Caller ID log
entries.
10
MSG #
• Number of new messages
recorded.
ECO
• The ECO mode activates
automatically to reduce
power consumption when
the handset is within range
of the telephone base.
Telephone base alert tones
1 short
beep
• Plays at the end of each
message playback.
Beeps
every 10
seconds
• Message alert tone is
on and there are new
messages.
1 long
beep
• Call screening is on and the
answering system is about
to record a message.
• Plays at the end of all
messages playback.
Operate
Make, answer or end a home
call
Make a home call
• Press HOME/FLASH or on the
handset, then enter the telephone
number.
-OR-
• Press HOME on the telephone base,
then enter the telephone number.
Predial a home call
• Enter the telephone number, then
press HOME/FLASH or to
dial.
-OR-
• Enter the telephone number using
the telephone base, then press
HOME to dial.
Answer a home call
• Press HOME/FLASH or on
the handset.
-OR-
• Press HOME on the telephone base.
End a home call
• Press OFF/CANCEL, or put the
handset in the telephone base or
charger.
-OR-
• Press HOME on the telephone base.
Using a Bluetooth headset to answer a
home call:
You can use a Bluetooth headset to
answer home calls. However, you
need to keep the device within 15
feet of the telephone base for optimal
performance. Please see the user’s
manual of your Bluetooth headset for
more information.
To answer or end a home call using a
Bluetooth headset:
• Press the call key on your headset.
NOTES
• The handset displays Unable to call if
the telephone line is in use.
• The screen shows the elapsed time
as you talk (in hours, minutes and
seconds).
• When predialing (preview
numbers before dialing), press
MUTE/DELETE/VOICE on the
handset to backspace and delete;
press and hold REDIAL/PAUSE to
insert a dialing pause (a P appears).