INSTALLATION
The instructions below are for both table and wall installation.
1Choose a spot near an electrical outlet and a telephone jack.
•This phone requires a modular telephone jack and a standard electrical outlet (110v AC).
•The outlet should not be controlled by a wall switch; if the switch is turned off, operation can be affected.
2Install the handset battery.
•Remove the battery compartment cover on the handset by pressing on the indentation and sliding the cover downward.
•Plug the battery pack cord into the handset, insert the battery pack and rest the cords on top of the battery pack.
•Replace the cover by sliding it on its track up over the battery compartment until it snaps firmly in place.
3Set the handset ringer switch.
Set the switch on the side of the handset to ON so the handset will ring. When this switch is set to OFF, the handset will not ring.
*NOTE: If you set the ringer switch to OFF, the handset battery will last longer. However, when the ringer switch is set to OFF, you will always
need to press on the handset to answer a call, even if the handset has been in the base. When the ringer switch is set to OFF, the ANS SYS light will not flash to indicate new messages.
4 Connect the telephone line and power cords.
CAUTION: Use only the AC power adapter supplied with this
telephone. Power Supply
Output: 12V DC, 900mA
FOR TABLE INSTALLATION ONLY
•Plug one end of the telephone line cord into the jack on the base. Plug the other end of the line cord into a modular phone jack. Make sure the plug snaps firmly in place.
•Plug the power cord into the jack labeled POWER on the back of the base. Plug the AC adapter on the power cord into an
electrical outlet.
*NOTE: When the system is first connected to AC power, it will go through an automatic initialization routine. After this routine is completed,
CL will flash in the message counter display, indicating that the clock needs to be set. See “Setting the Clock” in the section on “ANSWERING SYSTEM
INSTALLATION
FOR WALL MOUNTING ONLY
Turn the base over and you will see a wedged,
To wall mount the phone:
•Remove the mounting bracket by pushing in the two tabs at the large end of the bracket and lifting the bracket from the base.
•Plug the power cord into the jack labeled POWER on the back of the base. Guide the power cord from the jack through the straight channel on the bottom of the base, so that any excess cord extends straight out of the channel end farthest from the jack. Wrap any excess cord around the two
•Plug one end of the telephone line cord into the jack on the base. Guide the cord from the jack through the curved channel on the bottom of the base. Wrap any excess cord around the two crescent- shaped tabs on the underside of the mounting bracket but be sure to leave enough cord free to extend to the wall jack. Take the end of the cord and insert it through the
•Place the bracket back on the base so that the thickest end of the bracket will be closest to the floor when in wall mount position.
•Plug the end of the telephone line cord into the modular phone jack on the wall. Make sure the plug snaps firmly into place.
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