V-tech CareLine SN6166 User manual

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User’s manual
Models:
SN6166/SN6167 BC

Congratulations
on purchasing your new VTech product. Before using this pendant,
please read Important safety instructions on pages 21-22 of
this manual.
This manual has all the feature operations necessary to install and
operate your new pendant. Please review this manual thoroughly to
ensure proper installation and operation of this innovative and feature
rich VTech product. For support, shopping, and everything new at
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Parts checklist
Your package contains:
User’s manual•
Pendant charger with charger adapter•
Pendant belt clip•
Pendant with lanyard•

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Pendant charger installation
Install the pendant charger as
shown below.
1. Switch on the pendant.2.
Place the pendant in the pendant charger to charge.3.
Pendant charger
power adapter
Electrical outlet not
controlled by a wall
switch
Turns red when charging.
Turns green when fully charged.

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Pendant battery charging
The pendant status light indicates the battery status. If necessary, place
the pendant in the pendant charger to charge. For best performance,
keep the pendant in the pendant charger when not in use. The battery
is fully charged after three hours of continuous charging.
If the pendant status light flashes red and you hear “Low battery,”
you need to charge the pendant without interruption to give it enough
charge to use for a short time. When the battery is low, the pendant
status light flashes red. If you are on a call in low battery mode, the
pendant plays short beeps to alert you.
Battery indicators Battery status Action
The pendant status light
flashes red.You hear “Low
battery” when there is only
30 minutes talk time left.
You hear an alert tone every
minute.
The battery has very
little charge.
Charge without
interruption.
The pendant status light is
solid red.
The battery has
enough charge to be
used for a short time.
Charge without
interruption.

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Pendant attachment
Pendant lanyard:
The pendant lanyard is already attached to the pendant.You can
adjust the length of the lanyard for comfortable wearing, or remove the
necklace when necessary.
Pendant belt clip:
Remove the necklace of the pendant lanyard or the whole pendant
lanyard before you use the pendant belt clip.
Press down on the push
button slider to adjust the
length of the lanyard for
comfortable wearing.
Necklace
Press down the tabs on both
sides of the lanyard clip to
remove the necklace of the
lanyard.
Push the pendant into the belt clip until it clicks in place.

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Add and register a pendant
When first purchased, charge the pendant in the pendant charger.You
hear three beeps every 10 seconds when the pendant is not registered.
The new pendant should be charged without interruption for at least
30 minutes before registering it to the telephone base.
Make sure the pendant is out of the pendant charger and turned on.
To register a pendant to your SN1157/SN1197/SN6147/SN6197
telephone base:
Press MENU on the telephone base when idle.
Scroll to Settings, then press SELECT.
Scroll to Registration, then press SELECT.
The telephone base shows Registering...
Please wait.
Put the pendant in the pendant charger.
The pendant status light flashes red and green to indicate the
registration is in progress. Then PENDANT Registered appears
on the telephone base, and both devices beep. The pendant is now
registered with the telephone base. It takes up to 60 seconds to
complete registration.
If you have already set the photo speed dial keys 1and 2, the
telephone base displays Copied Photo Speed Dial 1 to Pendant
Memory 1. Press NEXT, then the telephone base displays Copied
Photo Speed Dial 2 to Pendant Memory 2. Then press OK.
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If you have not set the photo speed dial keys 1and 2, see To
set photo speed dial in the SN1157/SN1197/SN6147/SN6197
Abridged user’s manual to set them.
If registration fails, the telephone base displays Registration failed and
you hear an error tone. Start again from Step 1 above.
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Add and register a pendant
To register a pendant to your SN6127/SN6187 telephone base:
Press and hold /FIND HANDSET at the side of
the telephone base until the IN USE light turns
solid red.
Put the pendant in the pendant charger. The
pendant status light flashes red and green to
indicate the registration is in progress. The pendant
beeps. Then it is registered with the telephone
base. It takes up to 60 seconds to complete
registration.
If registration fails, you hear an error tone.
Start again from Step 1 above.
Deregister all devices
If you want to replace a device, or reassign the designated handset
number of a registered handset, you must deregister all devices that are
registered to the telephone base. Then register each device individually.
To make deregistration easier, read all of the instructions on this and the
next page before you begin.
To deregister all devices from your SN1157/SN1197/SN6147/
SN6197 telephone base:
Press and hold FIND HS at the side of the
telephone base for about 10 seconds until the
telephone base shows Registering... Please
wait followed by Deregister all devices?, then
release FIND HS.
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You cannot register a pendant if any other system device is in use.
If the pendant is not registered and you press or VOICE, you will hear,
“Not registered.”
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Immediately press YES or FIND HS. Then all devices are
deregistered. The deregistration process takes about 10 seconds
to complete.
To confirm deregistration, switch on the pendant and press . When the
pendant has been successfully deregistered, you hear “Not registered.”
To deregister all devices from your SN6127/SN6187
telephone base:
Press and hold /FIND HANDSET at the side of the telephone base
for about 10 seconds until the telephone base IN USE light turns
solid red and then flashes red, then release /FIND HANDSET.
Immediately press /FIND HANDSET. Then all devices are
deregistered. The deregistration process takes about 10 seconds
to complete.
To confirm deregistration, switch on the pendant and press . When the
pendant has been successfully deregistered, you hear “Not registered.”
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You cannot deregister all devices if any system device is in use.
Deregister all devices

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Pendant overview
Press to answer or end a call.
Pendant status light
Stays solid red when the pendant is charging.
Flashes red when the pendant is in low
battery.
Stays solid green when the pendant is fully
charged.
Flashes red and green when the base is paging
the pendant.
Flashes quickly in red and green during pendant
registration.
Flashes orange three times when the pendant is
not registered.
Pendant light (ring around )
On steady when the pendant is in use.
Flashes quickly when there is an
incoming call.
Flashes twice every three seconds when
another telephone system device is
in use.
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Press to call speed dial 1.
VOL- and VOL+
Press to adjust the listening volume during
a call or message playback.
Press to adjust the pendant ringer volume
while in idle mode.
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Press to call speed dial 2.
ON and OFF switch
Switch to turn the pendant on or off.
VOICE
Press to use the voice command feature.
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Speed dial
To set photo speed dial keys 1 and 2 for the SN1157/SN1197/
SN6147/SN6197 telephone base:
There are four photo speed dial keys on the telephone base. The speed
dial keys 1and 2on the pendant correspond to the photo speed dial
keys 1and 2on the telephone base respectively.
We recommend you store two contacts that you may need to call them
more often or immediately to photo speed keys 1and 2.
The telephone prompts you to set photo speed dial 1and photo speed dial 2
when it is initially powered up.
When the telephone base displays Set Photo Speed Dial 1 and
Pendant Memory 1, press YES.
When MEMORY 1 NUMBER displays, use the dialing keys to enter
a number (up to 30 digits):
Press or to move the cursor to the left or right.
Press X/DELETE or BACKSPACE to erase a digit.
Press and hold X/DELETE to erase all digits.
Press and hold PAUSE to enter a dialing pause (a Pappears).
Press NEXT.
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When MEMORY 1 NAME displays, use the dialing keys to enter
a name (up to 15 characters). Each time you press a key, the
character on that key appears. Additional key presses produce
other characters on that key. Press the key repeatedly until the
desired character appears. The first character of each word
is capitalized.
Press or to move the cursor to the left or right.
Press 0 to add a space.
Press X/DELETE or BACKSPACE to erase a character..
Press and hold X/DELETE to erase all characters.
Press SAVE. The screen displays Saved Photo Speed Dial 1 and
Pendant Memory 1. Press NEXT.
When the telephone base displays Set Photo Speed Dial 2 and
Pendant Memory 2, press YES.
When MEMORY 2 NUMBER displays, use the dialing keys to enter
a number (up to 30 digits):
Press or to move the cursor to the left or right.
Press X/DELETE or BACKSPACE to erase a digit.
Press and hold X/DELETE to erase all digits.
Press and hold PAUSE to enter a dialing pause (a Pappears).
Press NEXT.
When MEMORY 2 NAME displays, use the dialing keys to enter a
name (up to 15 characters).
Press or to move the cursor to the left or right.
Press 0 to add a space.
Press X/DELETE or BACKSPACE to erase a character..
Press and hold X/DELETE to erase all characters.
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Press SAVE. The screen displays Saved Photo Speed Dial 2 and
Pendant Memory 2. Press OK.
To set and dial a photo speed dial:
Press the desired speed dial key.
When MEMORY X NUMBER displays, use the dialing keys to enter
a number (up to 30 digits):
Press or to move the cursor to the left or right.
Press X/DELETE or BACKSPACE to erase a digit.
Press and hold X/DELETE to erase all digits.
Press and hold PAUSE to enter a dialing pause (a Pappears).
Press NEXT.
When MEMORY X NAME displays, use the dialing keys to enter
a name (up to 15 characters). Each time you press a key, the
character on that key appears. Additional key presses produce other
characters on that key. Press the key repeatedly until the desired
character appears. The first character of each word is capitalized.
Press or to move the cursor to the left or right.
Press 0 to add a space.
Press X/DELETE or BACKSPACE to erase a character..
Press and hold X/DELETE to erase all characters.
Press SAVE.The screen displays Memory X saved and you hear a
confirmation tone.
Press on the photo speed dial key to dial.
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Speed dial
To set speed dial for your SN6127/SN6187 telephone base:
There are two speed dial keys, 1and 2, on the pendant.
Use a handset to store two contacts that you may need to call them
more often or right away. The handset displays To set pendant, see
manual when it is initially powered up. Press CANCEL and follow the
steps below to set speed dial entries.
Press MENU when the handset is not in use.when the handset is not in use..
Press or to scroll to Pendant, then press SELECT.
Press or to scroll to Memory 1 or Memory 2, then
press SELECT.
When MEMORY X NUMBER displays, use the dialing keys to enter
a number (up to 30 digits):
Press or to move the cursor to the left or right.
Press DELETE to erase a digit.
Press and hold DELETE to erase all digits.
Press and hold PAUSE to enter a dialing pause (a Pappears).
Press SELECT.
When MEMORY X NAME displays, use the dialing keys to enter a
name (up to 15 characters). Each time you press a key, the character
on that key appears. Additional key presses produce other characters
on that key. Press the key repeatedly until the desired character
appears. The first character of each word is capitalized.
Press or to move the cursor to the left or right.
Press 0 to add a space.
Press DELETE to erase a character..
Press and hold DELETE to erase all characters.
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Speed dial
Press SELECT to save. Then the handset displays
Memory X saved.You hear a confirmation tone.
To edit a speed dial entry:
Press MENU when the handset is not in use.when the handset is not in use..
Press or to scroll to Pendant, then press SELECT.
Press or to scroll to Memory 1 or Memory 2, then
press SELECT.
When MEMORY X NUMBER displays, use the dialing keys to edit
the number (up to 30 digits):
Press or to move the cursor to the left or right.
Press DELETE to erase a digit.
Press and hold DELETE to erase all digits.
Press and hold PAUSE to enter a dialing pause (a Pappears).
Press SELECT.
When MEMORY X NAME displays, use the dialing keys to edit the
name (up to 15 characters). Each time you press a key, the character
on that key appears. Additional key presses produce other characters
on that key. Press the key repeatedly until the desired character
appears. The first character of each word is capitalized.
Press or to move the cursor to the left or right.
Press 0 to add a space.
Press DELETE to erase a character..
Press and hold DELETE to erase all characters.
Press SELECT to save. Then the handset displays
Memory X saved.You hear a confirmation tone.
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Make a call
Press 1 or 2 to dial the corresponding speed dial number.
Answer a call
Press .
End a call
Press or place the pendant in the pendant charger.
Volume control
During a call, press VOL- or VOL+.
Temporary ringer silencing
When the telephone is ringing, you can temporarily silence
the pendant ringer without disconnecting the call. The next
call rings normally at the preset volume.
Press VOL-.
Find handset/pendant
This feature helps you find misplaced handsets and pendants.
To start the paging tone:
Press FIND HS on the right side of the telephone base.
To stop the paging tone on the pendant:
Press .
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Transfer a call
While on an outside call, you can transfer the call from a cordless
handset or the telephone base to another system device.
To transfer a call, see the Abridged user’s manual that come with your
telephone base.
To answer the call on the pendant, press .
Join a call in progress
Another pendant can join an outside call.You can share an outside
call with the telephone base and up to four system devices at the
same time.
You can buy additional accessory pendants (SN6166/SN6167) for
the telephone base.You can register up to 12 handsets/pendants to
the telephone base.
To join a call with a pendant:
Press to join the call.
Press or place the pendant in the pendant charger to exit the call.
Intercom
Use the intercom feature for conversations between two system devices.
To initiate an intercom call, see the SN1157/SN1196/SN1197/SN6127/
SN6146/SN6147/SN6187/SN6196/SN6197 Abridged user’s manual
or online Complete user’s manual at www.vtechphones.com for
detailed information.
To answer the intercom call on a pendant, press .
To end the intercom call on the pendant, press or place the pendantor place the pendant
back in the pendant charger.
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About voice command
By saying certain commands to the pendant, you
can hear information such as the date or time, or call
speed dial numbers, or even review
call log, messages or reminders.
Use voice command
Press VOICE on either side of the pendant when the telephone is idle.
After you hear a beep, say your command to the pendant.
Common commands
“What can I say?” - To hear a list of voice commands.
“What time is it?” - To hear the current time.
“What is the date?” - To hear the current date.
“Call speed dial X.” - To call a speed dial number.
“Intercom all.” - To send out intercom request to all devices.
“Cancel.” - To return to idle mode.
Voice command
VOICE
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Reminders
Press VOICE and say “Review reminders.” The system will
automatically review all missed reminders. If you do not have any
reminders, the system will announce, “You don’t have any reminders
for today.”
During the playback, press VOICE and say one of the following commands:
“What can I say?” - To hear a list of voice commands.
“Skip reminder.” - To skip to the next reminder.
“Repeat reminder.” - To repeat the reminder.
“Stop.” - To stop the reminder playback.
“Cancel.” - To continue the reminder playback.
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Messages
Press VOICE and say “Review messages.”
During the playback, press VOICE and say one of the following commands:
“What can I say?” - To hear a list of voice commands.
“Skip message.” - To skip to the next message.
“Repeat message.” - To repeat the message.
“Slow playback.” - To slow down the message playback.
To resume normal playback, press VOICE
and say “Play normal.”
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“Stop.” - To stop the message playback.
“Delete.” - To delete the current message.
“Cancel.” - To continue the message playback.
Voice command
Use voice command