Using Your Answering System; Chain Dialing; Setting Up The Answering System; Selecting A Greeting - Uniden DXAI8580 Series Owner's Manual

6-7. Chain Dialing

If you often have to enter a series of digits or some type of code number during a call, you can save that code
number to a phonebook entry. When your call connects, just use the phonebook speed dial to transmit the
saved code number. (This is referred to as chain dialing.)
1) Enter the code number (up to twenty digits) into the phonebook (See section 6-1 on Entering a New
Number into the Phonebook). Be sure to enter the code number into the phonebook exactly as you would
enter it during a call.
During a call, when you hear the prompt that tells you to enter the code number, press [ /memory] to
2)
open the phonebook.
3) Find the phonebook entry number you want to use (See section 6-2 on Finding Phonebook Entries).
4) Press [select/channel]. The phone sends the digits of the code number exactly as you saved them in the
phonebook entry.

7) Using Your Answering system

7-1. Setting Up the Answering System

Here are some general tips on using your answering system menu:
To open the answering system menu, press [menu/clock] on the base.
•
The voice prompt announces each menu item. Press [menu/clock] to go to the next item. If you are already
•
at the last menu item, the base beeps and returns to standby.
• When you hear the menu item you want, use [vol/select/
options for that menu item. To quickly scroll through the options when setting the time or security code,
press and hold [vol/select/
Press [set] to select the current option.
•
• If you wait longer than five seconds before pressing a key, the system returns to standby. When you're setting
the time, you have two minutes before the system exits the menu.
Press [ ] to exit the menu and return to standby.
•
If you receive an incoming call or if a handset presses the [TALK/flash], the system automatically exits the
•
menu.
The flow chart below shows the answering system menu items and the available options:
Press Press
Time Time
Press Press
Security Security
code code
Press Press
Ring Ring
time time
Press Press
Record Record
time time
Press Press
Message Message
alert alert
Press Press
Language Language
Press Press
7-2. Setting Your Outgoing Message (Greeting)
The answering system comes with two prerecorded outgoing messages, or greetings. The default greeting says:
"Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone."
If you change the answering system to announce only (so it won't record any messages), the greeting changes
to:
"Hello. No one is available to take your call. Please call again."
Recording your own greeting
When you record your own greeting, the answering system does not delete the two prerecorded greetings: it
saves your greeting along with them.
1) With the phone in standby, press and hold [greeting]. The base beeps and announces "Record greeting."
2) Start recording your message. Your greeting must be at least two seconds but no more than thirty seconds.
The message counter display counts down from thirty so you know how many seconds you have left.
3) When you are finished recording, press [greeting], [
plays your greeting back for you.

Selecting a greeting

You can switch between the prerecorded greeting and your personal greeting any time:
With the phone in standby, press [greeting] to hear the currently-selected greeting.
1)
While the greeting is playing, press [greeting] again to switch to the other greeting. After the greeting
2)
finishes playing, the base sounds a confirmation tone.
] or [vol/select/
use use
The system The system
announces announces
"Time" "Time"
Press Press
use use
The system The system
announces announces
"Security "Security
code" code"
Press Press
use use
The system The system
announces announces
"Ring time" "Ring time"
Press Press
use use
The system The system
announces announces
"Record "Record
time" time"
Press Press
use use
The system The system
announces announces
"Message "Message
alert" alert"
Press Press
use use
The system The system
announces announces
"Language" "Language"
Press Press
The system beeps and returns to standby. The system beeps and returns to standby.
] and [vol/select/
].
1 1
1. Select the day ( 1. Select the day (
2. Select the hour ( 2. Select the hour (
3. Select the minutes ( 3. Select the minutes (
to: to:
A A
4. Select am/pm ( 4. Select am/pm (
to save the setting. to save the setting.
Set a security code ( Set a security code (
answering system when you're away from home. answering system when you're away from home.
The default security code is The default security code is
to: to:
to save the setting. to save the setting.
Set the number of rings the system will wait before it Set the number of rings the system will wait before it
2 2
answers. Select answers. Select , ,
to have the system answer in 2 rings if you have any new to have the system answer in 2 rings if you have any new
to: to:
message or 4 rings if you don't. message or 4 rings if you don't.
to save the setting. to save the setting.
Set how much time callers have to leave messages. Set how much time callers have to leave messages.
1 1 4 4
Select Select or or minutes; select announce only ( minutes; select announce only (
the system answer but not let callers leave messages. the system answer but not let callers leave messages.
to: to:
to save the setting. to save the setting.
Have the system sound a tone when you have new Have the system sound a tone when you have new
messages. Select on ( messages. Select on (
every 15 seconds until you listen to all new messages. every 15 seconds until you listen to all new messages.
to: to:
to save the setting. to save the setting.
Change the language of the voice prompts. Change the language of the voice prompts.
E E
Select English ( Select English ( ), French ( ), French (
This doesn't affect the handset display. This doesn't affect the handset display.
to: to:
to save the setting. to save the setting.
] or [set]. The base sounds a confirmation tone,
] to scroll through the
7 7
- - ); then press SET. ); then press SET.
1 1 12 12
- - ); then press SET. ); then press SET.
00 00 59 59
- - ); then press SET. ); then press SET.
P P
or or ). ).
01 01 99 99
- - ) so you can access the ) so you can access the
80 80
. .
4 4 6 6
, or , or rings; select toll saver ( rings; select toll saver (
) or off ( ) or off ( ). The tone sounds ). The tone sounds
F F
), or Spanish ( ), or Spanish (
) )
A A
) to have ) to have
S S
). ).