REPLACING THE BATTERY PACK
GETTING STARTED
To purchase replacement battery packs, call VTECH Communicationsat
Spare Battery Charger
The VT 1940 has a
NOTE:
Setting Up Your VTech VT 1940
Choose an area near an electrical outlet and a telephone wall jack.
AC Power Adapter
Plug the AC power adapter into an electrical outlet and the DC connecter to the back of the base unit.
TELEPHONE | 1 | LC |
WALLdACK |
TONE IPULSE SWITCH
BASE RINGER OWOFF
SWITCH
In order to benefitfrom this feature, you must obtain an optional Spare Battery from an authorized VTech dealer, or by contacting VTech Customer Serv- ice at
Installation
Remove the Spare Battery charger cover by pressing the release tab and lifting up.
Power Backup |
When a Spare Battery pack is installed |
in the Base Unit, the VTech VT 1940 |
uses this battery pack to provide |
operational backup in case of a power |
failure. If you have a fully charged |
battery pack in the Spare Battery pack |
charger and there is a power outage, |
Charge the handset battery pack beforeuse. The batterypack recharges automatically whenever the handset is in the base unit. The batteries must be charged for 16 hours before using your phone for the first time.
Place a battery pack in the Spare Battery charger. Make sure the metal charging contacts on the underside of the battery pack are aligned with the charging contacts in the Spare Battery charger.
| you will still be'able to place and |
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| receive calls on the Handset for up to |
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1 | five hours. |
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Note: |
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| During Power Backup mode the Base | I | |
| Unit telephone functions are not oper- | ||
Iable. |
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| Replacing a | Drained Handset |
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| battery |
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The Spare battery pack can also be used to replace a drained Handset battery pack to ensure uninterrupted use. Be sure to put the drained battery pack in the spare Battery chargerrif recharging.
'lease that the 'pare Battery charges at a 'lowerrate than a battery pack charging in the
Handset. It takes 24 hours to fullv charge a battery pack in the spare Battery charger.
ACAUTION:
Use only CLASS 2 9V DC POWER
Handset Ringer
The handset ringer is programmedON as the factory default setting. Refer to PROGRAMMING THE RINGER for more information.
Setting the Tonelpulse Switch
- The TONElPULSE switch is locatedon the bottom of the base unit and is factory set to TONE. If you have touch tone service, do not change the switch
*setting. If you have rotary (Pulse) service, set the switch to PULSE.
Connect Telephone Line Cord
Plug one end of the telephone cord into a wall jack and the other end into the back of the Base Unit.
