BC
SN5307
Amplified Accessory Handset
with Picture Dial Buttons
for use with
VTech SN5127/SN5147
telephone system
User’s manual
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Congratulations
on purchasing your new VTech product.
Before using this product, please read
Important safety instructions.
This user’s manual provides you with
installation and operation instructions.
Please read this manual thoroughly to
ensure proper installation and operation of
this VTech product.
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User’s manual
What’s in the box
Your product package contains the
following items. Save your sales receipt and
original packaging in the event warranty
service is necessary.
Install the battery
Install the battery as shown below.
• Use only supplied battery.
• If the handset will not be used for a long
time, disconnect and remove the battery to
prevent possible leakage.
Handset overview
1 – Visual ringer indicator
2 – Earpiece
3 – CHARGE light
4 – Photo speed dial keys
• Press to dial a preset number.
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• Make or answer a call.
• During a call, press to answer an
incoming call when you receive a
call waiting alert.
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• Hang up a call.
• Silence the ringer temporarily while
the phone is ringing.
• Mute the paging tone.
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• Make or answer a call using the
speakerphone.
• Switch between the speakerphone
and the earpiece.
8 – Microphone
9 – Charging pole
10 – Speakerphone
11 – Battery compartment cover
12 – VOL+
• Increase the ringer volume and the
listening volume.
13 – VOL-
• Decrease the ringer volume and the
listening volume.
• Silence the ringer temporarily while
the phone is ringing.
• Mute the paging tone.
Charger overview
1 – Charging pole
Photo speed dial
Your handset has four photo speed dial
keys. It retrieves the four direct memory
entries set in your SN5127 telephone base,
or retrieves the first four direct memory
entries set in your SN5147 telephone base.
Make sure you store the direct memory
M1, M2, M3 and M4 on your telephone
system respectively. For details, see the
Set photo speed dial section in the Quick
start guide or online Complete user’s
manual of the telephone base.
Insert photos for speed dial
keys
You can insert photos into the photo speed
dial compartments, or write the contact
names on cards and insert them into the
compartments.
To add a photo, crop your desired photo
into the size specified below, and then
insert the photo into the photo speed dial
compartment, as shown below.
• The handset is shipped with protective
stickers covering the photo speed dial
compartments. Remove the protective sticker
before use.
Settings
Adjust ringer volume
You can adjust the ringer volume level, or
turn the ringer off.
• When the handset is not in use, press
VOL- or VOL+.
• When the ringer volume is set to off,
the handset still rings when you press
PAGE/INTERCOM at the telephone base.
Caller ID announce
The voice announce caller ID feature lets
you know who the caller is. When you have
an incoming call, the handset speaks “Call
from...” and the name of the caller based
on the phonebook in your telephone base
or the caller ID information.
If the caller’s name is private or unknown,
the phone number up to the last 11 digits
will be announced. If the caller’s phone
number is also private or unknown, no
information will be announced.
To turn on or off this feature, refer to the
Caller ID announce section in the Quick
start guide or the online Complete user’s
manual of the telephone base.
• To use the caller ID announce feature, you
must subscribe to caller ID service from your
telephone service provider.
For SN5127/SN5147 telephone
1. Press and hold PAGE at the telephone
base for about five seconds until the
visual ringer indicator light turns on.
Keep holding PAGE until the visual
ringer indicator light begins to flash.
Release PAGE.
2. Immediately press PAGE again while the
light is still flashing.
You hear a confirmation tone and the
CHARGE light on the handset flashes when
the deregistration process completes. It
takes about 10 seconds to complete the
deregistration.
If deregistration fails, you need to reset the
system and try again. To reset, unplug the
power and the telephone line cord from
the telephone base. Then, plug the cords
back in again.
ECO mode
This power conserving technology reduces
power consumption for optimal battery
performance. The ECO mode activates
automatically whenever the handset is
synchronized with the telephone base.
General product care
Taking care of your telephone
Your cordless telephone contains sophisticated
electronic parts, so it must be treated with care.
Avoid rough treatment
Place the handset down gently. Save the
original packing materials to protect your
telephone if you ever need to ship it.
Avoid water
Your telephone can be damaged if it gets wet.
Do not use the handset outdoors in the rain,
or handle it with wet hands. Do not install the
telephone base near a sink, bathtub or shower.
Electrical storms
Electrical storms can sometimes cause power
surges harmful to electronic equipment. For
your own safety, take caution when using
electrical appliances during storms.
Using the photo speed dial
handset
Make a call
• Press a photo speed dial key to dial.
-OR-
• Press or , and then a photo
speed dial key to dial.
Answer a call
• Press or .
End a call
• Press or place the handset back in
the charger.
Speakerphone
• During a call, press to switch
between the speakerphone and the
earpiece.
Adjust listening Volume
• During a call, press VOL- or VOL+.
Call waiting
When you subscribe to call waiting service
from your telephone service provider, you
hear an alert tone if there is an incoming
call while you are already on a call.
• Press to put the current call on hold
and take the new call.
• Press at any time to switch back and
forth between calls.
Temporary ringer silencing
When the telephone is ringing, you can
temporarily silence the handset ringer
without disconnecting the call. The next
call rings normally at the preset volume.
• Press VOL- or .
Join a call in progress
You can use a maximum of two devices at a
time on an outside call.
• Press or to join the call.
• To exit the call, press or place the
handset back in the charger. The call
continues until all devices hang up.
Find handset
You can use the PAGE/INTERCOM feature
on the telephone base to find misplaced
handsets.
To stop the paging tone:
• Press a photo speed dial key, , or
to take the intercom call.
• Press or VOL- to mute the paging
tone.
Deregister handset
Your telephone system supports a
maximum of four cordless handsets.
If you have registered four handsets and
you want to register another SN5307
handset, you have to deregister all
handsets first. Then, register your desired
handsets individually.
• Deregister with caution! Once done, all
handsets will be deregistered from your
telephone system.
• You cannot deregister all handsets if any
other system device is in use.
• Even if your handsets have run out of battery,
you can still deregister them by following the
instructions in this section.
• To register any cordless handset back to the
telephone base, refer to the user’s manual of
your SN5127/SN5147 telephone for details.
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Connect and charge the battery
• Use only the adapter provided.
• Charge the battery provided with this
product only in accordance with the
instructions and limitations specified in this
manual.
• The adapter’s prongs are not designed to
hold the weight of the handset. Make sure
you connect the adapter to a wall outlet that
is in vertical or floor mount position. Do not
connect it to undermount and ceiling outlet.
Otherwise, your handset would fall out of the
outlet.
Connect the charger
Charge the battery
Once you have installed the battery and
placed the handset in the charger, the
CHARGE light indicates the battery status
(see the table below).
• For best performance, keep the handset in
the charger when not in use.
• The battery is fully charged after 12 hours of
continuous charging.
CHARGE
light
Battery status Action
Flashes
red every
10 seconds
The battery
has very little
charge and the
handset is not
in charger. The
handset cannot
dial out.
Charge without
interruption
(at least
30 minutes).
Red The battery has
enough charge
to be used for a
short time.
Charge without
interruption
(at least
30 minutes).
Green The battery is
fully charged.
To keep
the battery
charged, place
it in the charger
when not in
use.
Before use
Add and register a photo speed dial
handset
Register each new SN5307 handset to your
SN5127/SN5147 telephone base before
use. Your telephone system supports a
maximum of four handsets.
• Charge the new handset without interruption
for at least 30 minutes before registering it to
the telephone base.
To register a photo speed dial
handset to the SN5127 telephone
base
1. Press and hold PAGE at the telephone
base for about five seconds until the
visual ringer indicator light turns on.
Release PAGE.
Lights overview
The following table summarizes the lights
patterns on the handset under various
conditions.
Light Pattern
CHARGE
light
• Red when the handset battery is
charging.
• Flashes red every 10 seconds
when the handset battery is low
and not charging.
• Green when the handset battery
is fully charged.
• Alternates red and green quickly
when handset registration is in
progress.
• Alternates red and green
slowly when the handset is not
registered and not in charger.
Visual
ringer
indicator
• Flashes orange slowly when the
handset is receiving an incoming
call.
• Green when the handset is on
earpiece mode.
• Flashes green slowly when the
handset received an incoming
call.
• Flashes green twice every 3
seconds when the line is in use
while the handset is idle.
• Orange when the handset is on
speakerphone mode.
Voice prompts
The following table summarizes voice
prompts you hear under certain conditions.
Voice Prompt Condition
“Not registered” Any key is pressed when the
handset is not registered.
“Out of range” Any key is pressed when the
handset is out of range.
“Low battery”
A photo speed dial key, , or
is pressed when the
handset battery is low.
2. Put the handset in the charger. The
handset CHARGE light alternates red and
green quickly to indicate the registration
is in progress.
3. You hear a confirmation tone when
the registration process completes. It
takes up to 60 seconds to complete the
registration.
4. If registration fails, you hear an error
tone, and the CHARGE light alternates
red and green slowly when it is taken
out of the charger. Start again from Step
1 above.
• You cannot register a handset if any other
system device is in use.
• When you already have four registered
handsets, and you try to register another
handset to the telephone base, you hear four
beeps from the telephone base.
To register a photo speed dial
handset to the SN5147 telephone
base
1. Press and hold at the telephone
base for about five seconds until the
visual ringer indicator light turns on.
Release .
2. Put the handset in the charger. The
handset CHARGE light alternates red and
green quickly to indicate the registration
is in progress.
3. You hear a confirmation tone when
the registration process completes. It
takes up to 60 seconds to complete the
registration.
4. If registration fails, you hear an error
tone, and the CHARGE light alternates
red and green slowly when it is taken
out of the charger. Start again from Step
1 above.
• You cannot register a handset if any other
system device is in use.
• When you already have four registered
handsets, and you try to register another
handset to the telephone base, you hear four
beeps from the telephone base.
Operating range
This cordless handset operates with the
maximum power allowed by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC). Even
so, this handset and telephone base can
communicate over a certain distance -
which can vary with the locations of the
telephone base and handset, the weather,
and the layout of your home or office.
When the handset is out of range, the
handset plays the voice prompt “Out of
range” if any key is pressed. If there is a call
while the handset is out of range, it may
not ring, or if it does ring, the call may not
connect well when you press . Move
closer to the telephone base, then press
to answer the call.
During a call, if the handset is moved out of
range, the call will end automatically, and
you will hear a notification tone.
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Cleaning your telephone
Your telephone has a durable plastic casing that
should retain its luster for many years. Clean it
only with a soft cloth slightly dampened with
water or mild soap. Do not use excess water or
cleaning solvents of any kind.
Storage
When you are not going to use the handset for
some time, remove the rechargeable battery
from the handset. Store the handset, the
charger and the adapter in a cool and dry place.
Frequently asked questions
Below are the questions most frequently asked
about the cordless telephone. If you cannot find
the answer to your question in the below table,
visit our website at www.vtechphones.com or
call 1 (800) 595-9511 for customer service. In
Canada, go to www.vtechcanada.com or call
1 (800) 267-7377.
My handset
does not work
at all.
Make sure the charger is
installed properly, and battery
is installed and charged
correctly. For optimum daily
performance, return the
handset to the charger after
use.
Make sure the handset has
registered to a SN5127/SN5147
telephone base.
I cannot dial
out.
Make sure you have set the
photo speed dial entries in the
telephone base as instructed.
For details, see the Set photo
speed dial section in the
Quick start guide or online
Complete user’s manual of the
telephone base.
I experience
poor sound
quality when
using the
handset
speakerphone.
For increased sound quality
while using the handset
speakerphone, place the
handset on a flat surface with
the keys facing up.
The handset
does not ring
when there is
an incoming
call.
Press VOL+ to increase the
ringer volume when the
handset is not in use.
The handset may be too
far from the telephone
base. Move it closer to the
telephone base.
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