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One Talk W78B IP DECT Cordless Phone
Activate / Set Up Device

2026-10-23 01:03:07.892

One Talk W78B IP DECT Cordless Phone
Activate / Set Up Device

Activate your One Talk W78B IP DECT cordless phone to get started. This ensures you can make calls and connect to your company network.

Before you begin

The One Talk W78HV Cordless phone is used with the One Talk W78B IP DECT base station.
Up to 5 One Talk W78HV Cordless phones can be registered to one One Talk W78B IP DECT base station, and each cordless handset can be registered to 4 different base stations.
Activation requires a valid US address for E911 functionality.
A soft reset is needed on the desk phone when a new endpoint is added to the One Talk MDN.

Steps

  1. Insert the battery into the cordless handset and attach the belt clip if preferred.
    Insert battery
  2. Connect the charging cradle and charge the handset.
    Use the supplied power adapter (5V/0.6A). A third-party power adapter may damage the cordless phone.
    Check the charging status in the upper-right corner of the display.
  3. Turn the handset on.
  4. Set up the base station using either the desktop or wall mount setup option.
  5. Connect the base station to the power and network by selecting one of the following options:
    Contact your IT admin before selecting the power option.
    • AC Power
      Use the Verizon supplied power adapter (5V/0.6A). A third-party power adapter may damage the base station.
    • PoE (Power over Ethernet)
      Ensure the hub/switch is Power over Ethernet (PoE) compliant.
    Power and Ethernet connections
  6. Wait for the phone to finish the initialization process.
  7. After starting up and confirming the 911 address, the phone is ready for use.
  8. To register the first and additional handsets:
    Press the
    Reg soft key
    on the handset to register quickly or do the following:
    1. Press and hold the
      Paging button
      (looks like a Wi-Fi icon) on the base station until the registration LED flashes. The base station is now in registration mode.
      If the base station doesn't identify a DECT phone within 90 seconds, registration mode switches off automatically.
    2. On the W78HV handset, press
      OK
      then navigate:
      Settings
      Registration
      Register Handset
      .
      The handset begins searching for the base station which is in registration mode.
    3. Press
      OK
      after the base station is found.
    4. Enter the base station PIN (default: 0000) then select
      Done 
      to finish registration.
      After registration, the phone prompts “Handset Subscribed” and “Base NO. (the last 4 characters of the connected Base’s MAC address)”.
      After the handset is initialized successfully, an icon with the internal handset number and handset name appears on the phone screen.
      If registration wasn't successful, the handset screen notifies you that the registration failed.
  9. To de-select handsets:
    1. On the W78HV handset, press
      OK
      then navigate:
      Settings
      Registration
      De-reg. Handset
      .
    2. Enter the base station PIN (default: 0000) then press
      Done
      or
      OK
      .
      The screen displays the handset names that are registered to the same base station. The name of the cordless handset itself is highlighted and followed by a left arrow.
    3. When prompted, select the option to confirm and de-register the handset.