How to turn the ringer off on M5216?

Temporary ringer off While the handset is ringing for an outside call, you can turn the ringer off temporarily by pressing {OFF}.Adjusting the base unit ringer volume Press {^} or {V} repeatedly to select the desired volume.To turn the ringer off, press and hold {v} until the unit beeps 2 times

Adjusting the Ringer, Earpiece and Speaker Volume

Adjusting the Ringer Volume

You can choose from four ringer volume settings (off, low, medium, and high) separately on each handset or the base.

With the phone in standby, press or on the handset or VOLUME or VOLUME on the base. The handset or base sounds the ringer at that level.

Use on the handset or VOLUME on the base to make the ringer volume louder. Use on the handset or VOLUME on the base to make it softer or turn it completely off.

When you hear the ringer volume level you want to use, stop pressing keys.

The handset or base will use the new ringer volume starting with the next incoming call.

Note: If you set the ringer volume to Off, the handset or base won't ring. Other handsets or base will ring according

to their individual settings.

Muting the Ringer (One call only)
While the phone is ringing, press /Mute or END on the handset or on the base to mute the ringer

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The base ringer is dependent to your handset ringer. If you lower the volume or turn off the handset ringer, the base ringer will follow.

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Jas247

Turn the volume all the way up. maybe this will help u

1 Press (MUTE/FUNCTION).
2 Scroll to “Ringer setting” by
pressing öor ñ, and press á.
3 Press áat “Ringer volume”.
4 Select the desired volume by
pressing öor ñ.
•Each time you press öor ñ, the
volume will change and ring.
•To turn the ringer OFF:
press örepeatedly until “Off ?” is
displayed.
5 Press á(Save key).
•A beep sounds.
To turn the ringer ON:
Press ñin step 4.
•The ringer will sound at the LOW level.
•You can exit the programming mode any time by pressing (OFF).
•If set to OFF, “Ringer off” will be displayed while the handset is not in use.
•If you have received new calls, “Ringer off” will not be displayed but
“Received calls” will be displayed while the handset is not in use.
“Ringer off” will be displayed for about 5 seconds after completing operations
or lifting the handset from the base unit or the charger.
•You can also select the ringer volume while an external call is being received.
Press öor ñwhile the handset is just ringing.
•You can change the ringer tone for external calls. See page 49.
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Ringer volume
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Ringer volume
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The headset volume is turned to zero. Hit the "menu" key on the headset and it should take you to "ringer setting", hit select for the ringer volume and turn the volume up. Not very intuitive but that should get you going!

press menu,scroll down to ringer settings,hit select,scroll to ringer volume and hit select then press up the round button in the middle until you hear it make a "ring" sound. adjust your preferred volume and hit save.

Hold the Low volume key on the base unit for sometime. A beep will sound that means the ringer of the base unit is off.

To turn off the ringer on my Vtech cordless phones, I have had to turn off the base ringer & all handsets.

Base Ringer:
Press Menu and listen carefully, continue to press menu until you hear "Base Ringer, to change base ringer press change", hit change and it will say "Off", then you must hit the PLAY/STOP button to save your change.
Handset:
Press the program button and use your "up/down" key to cycle until you see the Ringer selection. Press SELECT and then use your "up/down" key(s) to cycle until the OFF selection is see on the handset screen. Press select.

To turn your ringer back on, you do the following. For your handset, you push Menu, scroll to ringer settings, then push select, Press select again for ringer volume, then scroll up to turn on and increase the ringer volume. Then press Save once its at the desired volume. To change your base ringer, while it is not in use, push the ringer up button until you hear the desired setting. That should fix your problems.