Quick start guide

for model DS3101

Battery installation

1. Align the two holes of the battery plug with the

socket pins in the handset battery compartment,

Battery charging

The battery may have enough charge for short calls. For optimal performance, please charge the handset for 16 hours. You can keep the battery charged by returning the handset to the charger after each use. When the battery power is fully depleted, a full recharge takes about 16 hours.

For further information on battery, please see the Battery section of the user’s manual.

The battery needs charging when:

Adding your new handset

The DS3101 handset will show NOT REGISTERED on the screen when newly purchased. This DS3101 handset needs to be registered to the telephone base before use. You can register up to five handsets to the telephone base.

To register a handset to your telephone base:

Before registering an additional handset, make sure that the handset is installed and charged.

Replacing a handset

When you are replacing rather than adding a handset, for your handsets to be numbered sequentially, you need to delete all the handset registrations on the telephone base and then register all handsets again.

To de-register all handsets

1. Press and hold FIND HANDSET on the telephone

base for about 10 seconds (until the IN USE light

on the telephone base turns on and starts to flash),

then release the FIND HANDSET button.

 

matching the red and black wires of the color-coded

 

label.

2.

Place the battery with the label THIS SIDE UP facing

 

up and the wires in the lower right corner inside the

 

battery compartment.

3.

Align the cover flat against the battery compartment

 

cover, then slide it towards the unit until it clicks

 

into place.

A new battery is installed in the handset.

The handset beeps.

The battery indicator on the handset display is flashing.

Electrical outlet not controlled by a wall switch

1. Plac e the unregistered

handset in the telephone

base or charger. If PRESS

FIND HNDST 4 SEC ON

BASE does not appear on the

handset screen after a few

seconds, remove the handset

and place it in the telephone

base or charger again.

2. On the telephone base, press

and hold FIND HANDSET for

about four seconds (until the

IN USE light on the telephone

NOT REGISTERED

PRESS FIND HNDST

4 SEC ON BASE

2.

Press and release FIND HANDSET again. You must

 

press FIND HANDSET while the IN USE light is still

 

flashing. The IN USE light will flash for approximately

 

seven seconds.

3.

All handsets registered to the same telephone

 

base will show CONNECTING... and it will take

 

about 10 seconds to complete the de-registration

 

process. All handsets will show NOT REGISTERED

 

if deregistration is successful.

NOT REGISTERED

1

2

Place the handset in the

 

 

 

charger. The CHARGE light is

 

 

 

on when the handset is properly

Power adapter

 

 

positioned in the charger.

 

base turns on) and then release

the button. The handset will

show PLEASE WAIT... and it

will take about 10 seconds to

complete the registration. The

handset will show HANDSET

X REGISTERED and will beep

if registration is successful.

PLEASE WAIT...

HANDSET X

REGISTERED

After deleting the registrations of all handsets, you will need to individually register each handset with the telephone base. For complete feature instructions, please refer to your user’s manual.

NOTES:

• If the de-registration process is not successful, you may

need to reset the system and try again. To reset: pick up the

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CHARGE light

NOTE: Use only the power adapter and battery (or equivalent) supplied with your VTech telephone.

When the registration is complete, the newly registered handset will be assigned the next available handset registration number. For instance, if you already have HANDSET 1 and HANDSET 2, the next registered handset will be HANDSET 3.

NOTES:

If the registration is not successful, the display will show NOT REGISTERED. To reset the handset, remove the handset from the telephone base or charger and place it back in. Try the registration process again.

You cannot register a handset if any telephone connected to the same telephone line is in use.

If you experience difficulty registering a handset, see the

Troubleshooting section on page 9 of the user’s manual.

registered handset and press the

/FLASH button, then

press the OFF/CLEAR button and place the handset back

into the telephone base. You may also reset by unplugging the

power from the telephone base, then plugging it back in.

• You cannot de-register the handset(s) if any telephone

connected to the same telephone line in use.

IMPORTANT!

If your product is not working properly:

Refer to the Troubleshooting section of the user’s manual.

Visit our website at www.vtechphones.com. In Canada, go to www.vtechcanada.com

Call our customer service at 1 (800) 595-9511. In Canada, call 1 (800) 267-7377.

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VTech DS3101 quick start Battery installation, Battery charging, Adding your new handset, Replacing a handset