Getting started
Optional backup battery installation
Install four AA batteries (purchased separately) to use some features of this telephone in the event of a power failure. If power fails with working batteries installed, all the lines of this telephone will work only with the corded handset. You can answer calls, and dial calls using the telephone base dial pad and the one touch or redial features. No other features will work until AC power is restored.
Install the telephone base as shown below:
Step 1 Open the backup battery compartment
cover.
Step 2 | Place the batteries |
| in the compartment |
| following the polarity |
| label |
NOTES:
Step 3 | Align the cover flat |
| against the battery |
| compartment, then |
| slide it to the left |
| until it clicks into |
| place to lock the |
| cover. |
1.Use disposable AA alkaline batteries only. Do not use rechargeable batteries.
2.When there is no AC power, the screen backlight is off.