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Changing the Digital Security Code
The digital security code is an identification code used to connect the
handset and the base unit. Normally, setting the code is not necessary
unless you are replacing an extra handset.
In the rare situation that you suspect another cordless telephone is
using the same security code, you can change the code.
1) Unplug the AC Adapter.
2) Press and hold
find handset
on the base while you plug in the AC
Adapter, and keep holding
find handset
for 10 seconds.
3) The security code has changed.
* After changing the security code, please be sure to re-register
all the handsets before use.
Re-registering the handset
When you change the security code on the base, the handset needs to
be re-registered.
Follow the simple steps shown below:
1) Check that the phone is not in use (including the intercom), and
make sure that the handset is not in the base unit.
2) Press and hold
find handset
on the base for 5 seconds.
- The charge/voice mail LED will start flashing to tell you that the
system is in the registration mode.
3) Press
menu/enter
on the handset.
4) Press
▲
or
▼
and select “
Registration
”.
Your DCT 4960-2 has
the capability of
expanding to 4
handsets. In any event
that a handset is lost
or damaged, the base
unit security code will
need to be changed,
once a replacement
handset is registered.
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