V-tech IP8301 User manual

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Congratulations

on purchasing your new VTech product.

Before using this telephone, please read the

Important safety instructions

on page 89 of this manual.

The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing. Some of the

contents in the phone may differ depending on the software version in your phone. This manual has

all the feature operations and troubleshooting necessary to install and operate your new VTech

telephone. 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 VTech, visit

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

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Table of Contents

Package Contents List 5

Getting to know the ip8301 6

Phone Keypad and Screen Layout 6

Handset Status Icons 7

Using the Handset 8

Chart of characters 9

Chart of symbols 10

Base Layout 11

Activation 12

Activating the Phone 12

Basic Calling eatures 13

Answering a call 13

aking a call 14

aking an internal “Intercom” call 15

Answering an external call during an

“Intercom” call 16

Call waiting for External Calls 16

Redial 17

Basic Phone Operations 18

Handset Speaker phone and hands-free 18

ute 18

Volume 18

Remote irmware Upgrade 19

Multiple Profiles 20

Create New user 21

Profile login and logout 22

Profile Settings 23

Delete User 23

Auto Logout 24

Change Display Name 25

Phone Settings 26

Ringer Volume 26

Keypad Tone 27

Contrast 28

Reset Settings 29

Ring Tones 30

Time 31

Registration Settings 33

Handset Settings 33

Base Settings 36

Help 42

Help – Call Features 42

Help – Online Services 43

Online Services 44

Weather Updates 44

Headlines 45

Yellow Pages 47

Call Log 53

issed calls 54

Answered Calls 55

Dialed calls 56

Advanced eatures 57

Visual Voice ail 57

Email 65

Address Book 72

Battery 85

Operating Range 86

Maintenance 86

About Cordless Telephones 87

Voice Modem Connections 88

Important Safety Instructions 89

Warranty 91

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Regulations 93

Technical Specifications 95

requency control 95

Transmit frequency 95

Receive frequency 95

Channels 95

Nominal effective range 95

Size 95

Weight 95

Power requirements 95

Memory 95

Troubleshooting 96

During Installation 96

During Activation 97

Feature Specific 103

Index 105

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Package Contents List

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Getting to know the ip8301

Phone Keypad and Screen Layout

eatures

8. Display Screen – Screen for

Visual display

9. Right softkey – Press this key to

select the action shown on the

bottom right of the screen.

10. REDIAL/REMOVE – Press this

key to bring up a list of recently

dialed numbers, or to delete

characters when entering text.

11. O – Press this key to end a call.

Press this key from any menu or

submenu to return to the idle

screen.

12. Navigation Keys - Use this key

for navigating menu screens and

for positioning the cursor when

editing text.

While on a call, press the up or

down Navigation key to adjust the

listening volume.

Press the center SEL to select the

highlighted item.

1. Earpiece - Audio output for

telephone calls.

2. (Home key) – Press this

key to toggle between Phone

content and Comcast related

content

3. Left softkey – Press this key to

select the action shown on the

bottom left of the screen.

4. (speaker) – Press this key

to turn the speakerphone on or

off.

5. - Press this key to get a

dial tone. After pre-dialing a

number, press this key to make

a call.

Press this key to answer call

waiting.

6. Keypad - These keys are used

for dialing phone numbers, or

entering text.

7. Microphone – Audio input for

telephone calls.

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Handset Status Icons

No connection to the telephone base. ake sure the telephone base is

powered on and the telephone is within its range.

The handset is not registered to a telephone base. See page 40 for registration

instructions.

Handset has signal and is communicating with the telephone base.

There are new voicemail messages.

There are new email messages

The telephone line is in use.

Battery indicator. An animated battery icon is displayed when the battery is

charging.

The ringer volume is set to zero.

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Using the Handset

Softkeys

The handset has two softkeys that serve multiple functions. The text shown above the softkey indicates the current

function of the key. If no text is shown, then the key has no function

Basic navigation

• Press up or down navigation key or to move from one text box to another.

• Press the left or right navigation key or to move the cursor character by character within the same

text box

• Press the center NavKey/SEL/ to select a given option.

• Return to the idle screen at anytime by pressing OFF.

Entering text

Use the dial pad to enter characters while in a text entry field. The first key press will display the first character

presented on the key. Pressing the key repeatedly will cycle through the characters on the key (see Chart of

characters on pages 8-9).

Text Entry Tips

• Pressing the # key in text entry mode alternates between lower case mode, upper case mode, and numeric

mode. The upper right corner of the screen will display which mode is activated.

• Pressing the * key in text entry mode will present a chart of different symbols that you can select from. Use

the navigation key to scroll though the options and press the center Navigation key/SEL/ to insert the

symbol.

• Press 1 to enter a space. If the # key was used to enable numeric mode, then it will enter a 1.

• Press the left or right navigation keys or to move the cursor to the right of the character you want to

delete and press REDIAL/RE OVE to delete text.

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Chart of characters

Use the dial pad and the chart below to enter a text. Each press of a particular key causes characters to be

displayed in the following order:

Lower case:

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Upper case:

Chart of symbols

Press the * key in text entry mode will present a chart of different symbols as shown in the following table.

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