Using Your Phone; Setting The Base Ringer Volume; Making And Receiving Calls; Transferring A Call - Uniden DXAI8580 Series Owner's Manual

Activating AutoTalk (AUTO TALK)
With Auto Talk, you can answer the phone just by picking up the handset from the cradle: you don't have to
press any keys. If the handset is already off the cradle, Auto Talk also lets you answer by pressing any key on the
twelve-key dial pad (instead of just [TALK/flash]).
With the phone in standby, press and hold [cid/menu].
1)
2) Press [ ] to move the pointer to AUTO TALK.
Press [select/channel] to turn Auto Talk on.
3)
Use [ / ] and [
4)
OR
If you're finished, press [END] to return the handset to standby.
Setting the ringer tone (RINGER)
You can set the ring tone separately for each handset.
With the phone in standby, press and hold [cid/menu].
1)
Press [select/channel] to rotate through the four available ring tones (A, B, C, and D). As you switch to
2)
the next ring tone, the handset sounds a sample of that ringer.
When you hear the ringer you want, use [
3)
OR
If you're finished, press [END] to return the handset to standby.
The handset will use the new ring tone starting with the next incoming call.
Setting the handset ringer volume (RING.VOL.)
You can choose from three ringer volume settings separately for each handset. To turn the ringer off, select
RINGER OFF.
With the phone in standby, press and hold [cid/menu].
1)
2) Press [ ] to move the pointer to RING VOL.
Press [select/channel] to rotate through the three available volume levels (HIGH, LOW, and OFF). As you
3)
switch to the next volume level, the handset sounds a sample of the current ring tone at that level.
4) When you hear the volume level you want, use [
item.
OR
If you're finished, press [END] to return the handset to standby.
The handset will use the new ringer volume starting with the next incoming call.
Note: If you set the ring volume to OFF, this handset won't ring. The base and other handset(s) will ring
according to their individual settings.

3-3. Setting the Base Ringer Volume

You can change the base ringer volume with the phone in standby or while the phone is already ringing.
1) On the base, press [ringer]. The message counter display shows the current volume level (Hi = high, Lo =
low, OF = off) and sounds the ringer at that level. If the volume level is off, the voice prompt announces
"Ringer off."
Press [ringer] immediately to switch to the next volume level. As you switch to the next volume level, the
2)
base sounds the ringer at that level and shows that level in the message counter display.
3) When you hear the ringer volume level you want to use, stop pressing [ringer].
Note: If you turn the ringer volume off, the base won't ring. The handsets will ring according to their individual
settings.

4) Using Your Phone

4-1. Making and Receiving Calls

To make a call...
To answer a
call...
To hang up...
4-2. Switching a Call to the Handset Speakerphone
To switch a normal call to the speakerphone, press [
[ ] again.

4-3. Transferring a Call

You can transfer a call from one handset to another.
Note: Only one handset at a time can talk with an outside caller. While one handset is in use, other handsets
cannot listen to conversations or make an outgoing call.
During a call, press [delete/transfer]. This places the call on hold.
1)
2) Press the number key that matches the handset you want to page (1 for Handset 1, 2 for Handset 2, etc.)
or press 0 to page all other handsets. (If you only have two handsets, the phone automatically pages the
second handset for you.)
3) The handset display shows LINE ON HOLD along with the number
of the handset you are paging. Both your handset and the paged
handset sound a paging tone that is distinct from any of the
available ringer tones.
4) If the other handset picks up the call, the paging tone stops, and your handset returns to standby.
To cancel the transfer and return to the caller, press [delete/transfer], [TALK/flash] or [
•
• If no one picks up the transferred call within five minutes, the call will be disconnected.
] to move the pointer to another menu item.
...from a handset
1) Pick up the handset.
Press [TALK/flash].
2)
3) Listen for the dial tone.
4) Dial the number.
OR
1) Pick up the handset.
2) Dial the number.
Press [TALK/flash].
3)
1) Pick up the handset. (If AutoTalk
is on, the phone automatically
answers when you pick it up from
the cradle.)
Press [TALK/flash]. (If Auto Talk is
2)
on, you can also press any key on
the twelve-key dial pad.)
Press [END] or return the handset to the cradle.
/ ] and [ ] to move the pointer to another menu item.
/ ] and [ ] to move the pointer to another menu
...from a handset speaker phone
1) Pick up the handset.
Press [
2)
3) Listen for the dial tone.
4) Dial the number.
OR
1) Pick up the handset.
2) Dial the number.
Press [
3)
1) Pick up the handset.
2) Press [
] on the handset. To switch back to a normal call, press
].
].
].
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Transfer to HS1 Transfer to HS1
].