Getting started
Battery installation and charging
Install the battery as shown below. After installing the battery, you may be able to make and receive short calls. For best performance, charge the handset for at least 16 hours before use. When not in use, place the handset in the telephone base or charger. See page 31 for battery operating times.
| Battery indicators | Battery status | Action | |||
| The screen is blank. | Battery has no charge | Charge until the screen shows | |||
|
|
|
|
| and the handset cannot | LOW BATTERY (at least 10 |
|
|
|
|
| be used. | minutes). |
| The screen shows | Battery has very little | Charge until the screen shows | |||
| PLACE IN CHARGER | charge and the handset | LOW BATTERY (about four | |||
| and |
| flashes. | cannot be used. | minutes). | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| The screen shows | Battery has enough | Charge until the screen shows | |||
| LOW BATTERY, | charge to be used for a | HANDSET X (about one | |||
|
| flashes, and the | short time. | hour). | ||
|
| handset beeps. |
|
| ||
| The screen shows | Battery is charged. | To keep the battery charged, | |||
| HANDSET X. |
| place it in the telephone base | |||
|
|
|
|
|
| or charger when not in use. |
1.If the battery compartment cover is on the handset, press the indentation and slide the cover to remove.
2.Plug the battery connector securely into the socket inside the handset battery compartment, matching the
3.Place the battery with the label THIS SIDE UP facing up and the wires inside the battery compartment.
4.Align the cover flat against the battery compartment, then slide it towards the center of the handset until it clicks into place.
5.Charge the handset by placing it in the telephone base or charger. The CHARGE light is on when the handset charges.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
CHARGE
light
• When the screen shows LOW BATTERY, the backlight is disabled (except the speakerphone and voicemail lights).
•If the handset will not be used for a long time, disconnect and remove the battery to prevent possible leakage.
•To purchase replacement batteries, visit our website at www.vtechphones. com or call 1 (800)
