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SN6307

Photo Speed Dial Handset

for use with

VTech CareLine™

User’s manual

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on purchasing your new VTech product. 
Before using this product, please read 

Important safety instructions

.

This user’s manual provides you with 
installation and use instructions. Please 
read this manual thoroughly to ensure 
proper installation and operation of this 
VTech product.

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User’s manual

Parts checklist

Your product package contains the 
following items. Save your sales receipt 
and original packaging in the event 
warranty service is necessary. 

1

3

THIS SIDE UP

Install the battery

Install the battery as shown below.

NOTES

• 

Use only supplied battery.

• 

If the handset will not be used for a long time, 
disconnect and remove the battery to prevent 
possible leakage.

Connect and charge the battery

NOTES

• 

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 is intended to be correctly 
oriented in a vertical or floor mount position. 
The prongs are not designed to hold the plug 
in place if it is plugged into a ceiling, under-
the-table or cabinet 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).

NOTES

• 

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.

Handset overview

1 – Incoming call light
2 – Earpiece
3 – CHARGE light
4 – Photo speed dial keys

• 

Press to dial a preset number.

5 – 

• 

Make or answer a call.

• 

Press to put the current call on hold.

• 

During a call, press to answer an 
incoming call when you receive a  
call waiting alert.

6 – 

• 

Hang up a call.

• 

Silence the ringer temporarily while 
the phone is ringing.

• 

Mute the paging tone.

7 – 

• 

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

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.

Incoming 
call light

• 

Flashes orange slowly when 
the handset received 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 line 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.

Before use

There are two types of Careline series 
telephone. The instructions to register 
and configure your SN6307 handset are 
different for those two types of Careline 
systems series telephone.
Use the diagrams on the right to identify 
your Careline telephone, and then refer to 
the respective section for instructions.

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 only 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.

Identify your Careline telephone

1

2

For SN6127/SN6187 telephone:

Add and register a handset

Register each new SN6307 handset to 
your Careline series telephone base before 
use. Your telephone system supports a 
maximum of 12 devices.

NOTE

Charge the new handset without interruption 
for at least 30 minutes before registering it to 
the telephone base.

1.  Press and hold 

/FIND HANDSET

 at 

the telephone base until the 

IN USE

 

light turns red.

2.  Put the handset in the charger. The  

handset 

CHARGE

 light alternates 

red and green quickly to indicate the 
registration is in progress.

You hear a confirmation tone when the 
registration process completes. It takes up 
to 60 seconds to complete the registration.
If registration fails, you hear an error tone, 
and the 

CHARGE

 light 

alternates

 red and 

green slowly when it is taken out of the 
cradle. Start again from Step 1 above.

NOTES

• 

You cannot register a handset if any other 
system device is in use.

• 

When you already have 12 registered 
devices and you try to register another 
handset to the telephone base, you hear four 
beeps from the telephone base.

Set photo speed dial entries

Your handset has four photo speed 

dial keys. It retrieves the photo speed 

dial entries from the phonebook in the 

telephone base.
Make sure you store the photo speed dial 

entries in the phonebook naming 

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

 and 

Photo 4

 respectively.

NOTES

• 

Names for the photo speed dial entries are 

case-sensitive.

• 

A space must be entered between “

Photo

” and 

the number when entering the name of a photo 

speed dial entry.

• 

Deleting an entry in phonebook will remove 

the associated photo speed dial entry.

1.  On a SN6127/SN6187 handset, press 

MENU

 when idle.

2.  Press 

q

 or 

p

 to scroll to 

Phonebook

and then press 

SELECT

.

3.  Press 

q

 or 

p

 to scroll to 

Add contact

and then press 

SELECT

.

4.  When the handset displays 

ENTER 

NUMBER

, use the dialing keys to enter 

a number (up to 30 digits).

• 

Press 

q

 or 

p

 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 

P

 appears).

-OR-

Copy a number from the redial list by 
pressing 

REDIAL

 then press 

q

p

 or 

REDIAL

 repeatedly to find the desired 

number. Press 

SELECT

 to copy the 

number.

5.  Press 

SELECT

 to save.

6.  When the handset displays 

ENTER 

NAME

, use the dialing keys to enter 

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

 or 

Photo 4

.

Press once or several times on the 
dialing keys to enter the selected 
character. 
By default, the first character of each 
word is uppercase, and the rest is 
lowercase.

• 

Press 

q

 or 

p

 to move the cursor to 

the left or right.

• 

Press 

0

 to add a space.

• 

Press 

 to switch between the 

uppercase and lowercase characters.

• 

Press 

DELETE

 to erase a character.

• 

Press and hold 

DELETE

 to erase all 

characters.

7.  Press 

SELECT

 to save. The handset 

displays 

Saved

 and you hear a 

confirmation tone.

For SN1157/SN1197/SN6147/SN6196/SN6197 telephone: 

Add and register a handset

Register each new SN6307 handset to 
your Careline series telephone base before 
use. Your telephone system supports a 
maximum of 12 devices.

NOTE

Charge the new handset without interruption for 
at least 30 minutes before registering it to the 
telephone base.

1.  Press 

MENU

 on the telephone base 

when it is not in use.

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BASE

 CALL LOG 

 

 PHONEBOOK 

2.  Press 

 or   to scroll to 

Settings

, and 

then press 

SELECT

.

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Set date/time
Annc Caller ID

Settings           
   BACK    

 

   SELECT   

3.  Press 

 or   to scroll to 

Registration

then press 

SELECT

. The telephone 

base shows 

Registering... Please wait

.

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SETTINGS

Dial mode

Registration       
   BACK    

 

   SELECT   

4.  Put the handset in the charger. The 

handset 

CHARGE

 light alternates

 

red and green

 quickly to indicate the 

registration is in progress.

You hear a confirmation tone when the 
registration process completes. It takes up 
to 60 seconds to complete the registration.
If registration fails, you hear an error tone, 
and the 

CHARGE

 light 

alternates

 red and 

green slowly when it is taken out of the 
cradle. Start again from Step 1 above.

NOTES

• 

You cannot register a handset if any other 
system devices is in use.

• 

The telephone base shows 

Registration 

slots are full

 when you try to register more 

than 12 devices to it.

• 

To cancel the registration, press 

CANCEL

 or 

BACK

.

Set photo speed dial entries

Your handset has four photo speed dial 

keys. It retrieves the same set of photo 

speed dial entries stored in the telephone 

base.
If you have assigned the photo speed dial 

entries at the telephone base before, your 

handset is ready to use. Skip this part and 

read 

Insert photos for speed dial keys

.

NOTES

• 

You can store the same phone number in 

more than one photo speed dial slots.

• 

If you have a pendant (

SN6167

) registered to 

your telephone base, the speed dial entries 
of the pendant are the same as the first two 
photo speed dial entries of the telephone 
base and the handset.

• 

Editing or deleting an entry in phonebook 

does not affect the photo speed dial entries.

1.  Press 

MENU

 on the telephone base 

when it is not in use.

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BASE

 CALL LOG 

 

 PHONEBOOK 

-OR-

Press an unassigned photo speed dial 
key on the telephone base, and then go 
to Step 4.

2.  Press 

 or   to scroll to 

Photo speed 

dial

, and then press 

SELECT

.

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Answering system

Photo speed dial             

Phonebook

   BACK    

 

   SELECT   

3.  Press 

 or   to choose an unassigned 

photo speed dial slot, and then press 

SELECT

.

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1:<Unassigned>                  

2:<Unassigned>
3:<Unassigned>

   BACK    

 

   SELECT   

4.  When the base displays 

MEMORY X 

NUMBER

, use the dialing keys to enter 

a number (up to 30 digits).

• 

Press 

q

 or 

p

 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 

P

 appears).

5.  Press 

NEXT

.

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MEMORY 1 NUMBER

_

 BACKSPACE  

 

   NEXT    

6.  When the base displays 

MEMORY X 

NAME

, use the dialing keys to enter a 

name (up to 15 characters).
Press once or several times on the 
dialing keys to enter the selected 
character. 
By default, the first character of each 
word is uppercase, and the rest is 
lowercase.

• 

Press 

q

 or 

p

 to move the cursor to 

the left or right.

• 

Press 

0

 to add a space.

• 

Press 

 to switch between the 

uppercase and lowercase characters.

• 

Press 

X/DELETE

 or 

BACKSPACE

 to 

erase a character.

• 

Press and hold 

X/DELETE

 to erase 

all characters.

7.  Press 

SAVE

. The screen displays 

Memory X saved

 and you hear a 

confirmation tone.

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MEMORY 1 NAME

_

 BACKSPACE  

 

   SAVE    

Read the instructions for  
SN1157/SN1197/SN6147/SN6196/SN6197 telephone.

Read the instructions for SN6127/SN6187 telephone.

Insert photos for speed dial
keys

You can add desired photos into the  
photo speed dial compartments, or write 
the contact name on the photo speed  
dial cards.
To add a photo, use the photo speed dial 
card as a tool to crop your desired photo, 
and then insert it as shown below.

NOTE

The handset is shipped with protective stickers 
covering the photo speed dial compartments. 
Remove the protective sticker before use.

1

2

26.8 mm

14.5 mm

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+

.

NOTE

When the ringer volume is set to off, the 
handset still rings when you press  

/FIND HANDSET

 or 

FIND HS

 at the 

telephone base.

Quiet mode

Your handset follows the quiet mode setting 
in the telephone base. When the quiet mode 
is on, all tones (except paging tone) are 
muted.
Refer to the 

Quiet mode

 section in the 

user’s manual of your Careline series 
telephone base for the setting.

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 or 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 user’s 

manual of the telephone base.

NOTES

• 

To use the caller ID announce feature, you 
must subscribe to caller ID service from your 
telephone service provider.

• 

When there are up to five handsets/pendants 
registered, the telephone system supports 
caller ID announce for all handsets/pendants.  
If six or more handsets/pendants are 
registered, the system supports caller 
ID announce for the first four registered 
handsets/pendants only.

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