VTech CD1281 User Manual

Table of contents
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Parts checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Telephone overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Screen icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Display screen messages . . . . . . . . 5
Telephone installation . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installation options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Desktop to wall mount installation . . 8
Wall mount to desktop
installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Telephone settings . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About the feature menu . . . . . . . . . 13
Feature summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Time and date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Screen contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Repeated calls setting . . . . . . . . . . 16
Call list order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Area codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Home area code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Local area code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . 22
Make and answer a call . . . . . . . . 22
Speakerphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Last number redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Make an emergency call . . . . . . . . 23
Chain dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Volume control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Handset volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Speakerphone volume. . . . . . . . . . 25
Volume boost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Mute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Temporary tone dialing . . . . . . . . . 27
Speed dial memory . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Speed dial memory overview . . . . 28
Create a speed dial number . . . . . 28
Review the speed dial numbers . . 29
Dial a speed dial number . . . . . . . . 29
Remove a speed dial number . . . . 29
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Directory overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Create a new directory entry . . . . . 30
Character chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Review the directory entries . . . . . 33
Edit a directory entry . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Dial a directory entry . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remove a directory entry . . . . . . . 35
Copy a directory entry to a
speed dial memory location . . . . 35
Caller ID operation. . . . . . . . . . . . 36
About caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
How caller ID works . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
About the call log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Missed and total calls . . . . . . . . . . 38
Review the call log. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Call log display screen messages . 39
Dial a call log entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Save a call log entry into the
directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Save a call log entry into a
speed dial memory location . . . . 42
Delete the call log entries . . . . . . . 43
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Important safety instructions . . . . . 50
FCC, ACTA and IC regulations . . . 52
Limited warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Technical specications. . . . . . . . . 58
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

VTech CD1281 Specifications

General

Brand	VTech
Model	CD1281
Category	Telephone
Language	English