VTech 5873 - Manual (Page 57)

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Special features
Phonebook tab functions
The VTech Phonebook Manager can be used to create, modify and backup phonebook files from
your handset. The phonebook manager has many useful functons:
• Export exstng contacts from any contact manager (such as Mcrosoft Outlook
® , Palm ® , etc.) to
a comma separated text file. Import those contacts into the phonebook manager and transfer the
entre phonebook to your handset.
• Transfer the phonebook from your handset to your PC and save t to dsk. Connect a dfferent
handset and transfer the phonebook from your PC to the new handset. Ths allows you to store
a copy of the phonebook on your PC and transfer t to dfferent handsets.
• Use the phonebook manager to backup your handset phonebook onto your PC. If you need to
restore the phonebook on your handset, there s already a copy stored on your PC.
• Use the phonebook manager to create a phonebook offline on your PC. When finished editing,
connect your handset and transfer t from the PC to your handset.
Creating an empty phonebook
To create an empty phonebook to nput data:
• Double-clck on the VTech Phonebook Manager con on your PC.
• Clck on the Phonebook tab.
• Select the
CREATE PHONEBOOK button.
• Usng the Phonebook Manager applcaton, make any necessary changes to the phonebook.
You can add entres or mport contacts from other PC applcatons such as Mcrosoft Outlook ®
or Palm ® .
• When finished editing the phonebook, you must either save the data to your hard drive or transfer
t to your handset:
• Select the SAVE PHONEBOOK button to save the data to your PC’s hard drve.
-OR-
• The phonebook
manager
applcaton does
not perform any
synchronzaton
of the phonebook
between the
PC and the
handset. When
the Transfer to
Handset button
s pressed, the
entre phonebook
s transferred
to the handset
replacng
the exstng
phonebook on
the handset.
• Ths operaton
wll replace the
phonebook on
your handset
wth the new
one currently
transferred from
the phonebook
manager.
Special features