AT&T E5654B user manual Adding new handsets, To add a new handset

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Adding new handsets

Your telephone can accommodate up to four cordless handsets. You can add new handsets (E560-2, purchased separately) to the E5655 at any time, but each handset must be registered with the base before use.

The handset provided with your E5655 is automatically registered as Handset 1. Additional handsets will be assigned numbers in the order they are registered (Handset 2, Handset 3, or Handset 4).You can register a maximum of 4 handsets.

The E5654B has four handsets automatically registered as Handsets 1, 2, 3 and 4.You cannot register any additional handsets to the E5654B.

>DISPLAY BASE ID DIAL TYPE

Enter Base ID, then press SELECT.

ENTER BASE ID

HANDSET 2

Handset 1 Handset 2 Handset 3

Before using a new E560-2 handset, you must register it with the base. During registration, you must enter the 15-digit ID number of the telephone base.

To locate the Base ID number, press SELECT/MENU on the base, scroll down to highlight DISPLAY BASE ID, then press SELECT/MENU.The screen will display the unique ID code for the system.This number can be used when adding or replacing handsets.

To add a new handset:

•Make sure your handset battery is properly installed and charged.

•Your handset will display ENTER BASE ID.

•On your handset enter the 15-digit base ID number from the base menu.

•Press SELECT/MENU on the handset to accept the code and complete registration.

NOTE: If an invalid base ID code is entered, you will hear an error tone and the handset will continue to display ENTER BASE ID. To make correc- tions while entering the code, you can erase digits by pressing the DELETE key.

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Once a valid base ID code is entered and accepted , the new handset will be assigned the next available handset number (Handset 2, Handset 3, or Handset 4).You can register a maximum of four handsets per base unit.

Handset 4

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