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Registering a cordless telephone with the FRITZ!Box

You want to register a cordless telephone with the FRITZ!Box? ✔ Here we show you how to easily connect your DECT telephone.

You can register cordless telephones from different manufacturers with your FRITZ!Box. Simply use the wizard in the FRITZ!Box user interface or your telephone's menu to register them. This way you can register a FRITZ!Fon with up to four FRITZ!Boxes. To switch the active base station, select "Menu > Settings > Registration > Select Base".

Requirements / Restrictions

  • A maximum of six cordless telephones can be registered with the FRITZ!Box.
  • The cordless telephone must support the DECT-GAP profile.

    Note:DECT-GAP is a widely used standard for cordless telephones that is supported by all FRITZ!Fon models.

Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.

1 Using the FRITZ!Box wizard to register a telephone

  1. Click "Telephony" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click "Telephony Devices" in the "Telephony" menu.
  3. Click the "Configure New Device" button.
  4. Enable the option "Telephone (with or without answering machine)" and click "Next".
  5. Enable the option "Cordless (DECT) telephone" and click "Next".
  6. Start the registration procedure on the telephone, then click "Connect" and follow the instructions.
  7. If you are asked for the PIN, enter the FRITZ!Box's four-digit PIN on the telephone and confirm it with "OK".

    Note:You only have to enter the PIN if you changed the preconfigured PIN "0000" in the FRITZ!Box user interface in the menu "Telephony > DECT > Base Station". When using the wizard to register telephones, you do not have to push any buttons on the FRITZ!Box.

2 Using the telephone's menu to register a telephone

Registering FRITZ!Fon

  1. Switch the telephone on and press the right select key "Register". If "Register" is not displayed above the right select key:
    1. Press the "Menu" key.
    2. Select the menu item "Settings" and press "OK".
    3. "Registration" > "Register" > "OK"
  2. Wait until the message "Press and hold DECT button on base station!" appears.
  3. Within 2 minutes: Push the DECT button on the FRITZ!Box. Hold down the button for at least 6 seconds until the DECT or Info LED on the FRITZ!Box starts to flash. The FRITZ!Box is in registration mode as long as the LED flashes.
  4. If you are asked for the PIN, enter the FRITZ!Box's four-digit PIN on the telephone and confirm it with "OK".

    Note:You only have to enter the PIN if you changed the preconfigured PIN "0000" in the FRITZ!Box user interface in the menu "Telephony > DECT > Base Station".

Registering a cordless telephone from another manufacturer

  1. Set your telephone to registration mode. The procedure depends on the telephone you are using. Refer to the manufacturer of the device for information on how to set it up, for example consult the manual.
  2. Push the DECT button on your FRITZ!Box. Hold down the button for at least 6 seconds until the DECT or Info LED on the FRITZ!Box starts to flash. The FRITZ!Box is in registration mode as long as the LED flashes.
  3. If you are asked for the PIN, enter the FRITZ!Box's four-digit PIN on the telephone and confirm it with "OK". The PIN "0000" is preconfigured in the menu "Telephony > DECT > Base Station" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.



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