If you - like me - bought a Vista 350 phone a few years ago and are getting sick of the rotating advertisements on the screen (including the most recent one with a mispelled word in it), I have the solution to do a factory reset on your phone. It took considerable digging on the Net to find this, but I give it to you (and pass it to the poweredbycoffee.net archives) so that it is recorded for permanent reference. There have gotta be a billion of these phones in Ontario alone, so I figure I'm doing the world a huge favour.
WARNING: You will lose your dialing directory and all settings by performing this procedure. This procedure wipes your phone to the condition it was in when it came off the assembly line. Other procedures on the Internet involve disassembly of the phone and messing with the battery. This is the software reset procedure. NO TOOLS REQUIRED.
1. Hit Options
2. Choose Time/Date
3. Set the time to Jan 1 12:00am
4. Hit Done
5. Hit Done
6. Hit Options
7. Hit Link
8. Now quick like a bunny when the big display of numbers comes up on the screen, hit the # key quick before it goes away.
Your phone is now completely reset. Grab your cell phone and call yourself (or get a friend to call you) and let it ring twice so your clock will reset from the CID signal.
Posted by netnomad at November 25, 2003 03:05 PMOr... if you're lucky enough to get your hands on a virgin display attachment, replace your old one, and your directory will still be there but the ads will be gone.
Posted by: MattyG at November 25, 2003 03:11 PM... I've got one of these beasts as well. Weren't these supposed to be the 'future proof' phone that would allow enhancements and upgrades for years to come ? :(
Posted by: Greg at November 26, 2003 09:07 AMWhere can I find a manual for the Vista 350. My message light is constantly flashing yet I am told I have no messages.
Thanks.
Posted by: Grant at December 18, 2003 10:30 AMWould you have any idea or info about the printer
function on the vista 350? There is a RJ-11 plug on the back and also a print function. How does this work? Thanks!
Probably a dumb question, but I am also lacking a manual for the Vista 350, so here goes: is this a one or two-line phone?
I just got a second line put in and, assuming that the jack labeled "2" in the back of the phone would allow me to have two phone lines connected to the one phone - I plugged it in to the 350. The message displays "Extension in use" as if the line is now permanently open and there seems to be no way to switch between phone lines. If this is just a one-line phone, then what's that second jack for?
Posted by: Michael at April 21, 2004 05:11 PMThe second jack is for another phone or fax machine utilizing the SAME line.
I found the VISTA 350 software reset procedure usefull. It worked for four months, now, the advertisements are back! What gives?