Getting To Know Your New Phone; Setting Up Your Phone; Parts Of The Handset; Using The Handset Menu - Uniden DXI8560 Series Owner's Manual

2) Getting to Know Your New Phone

2-1. A few Hints on the Manual
This manual uses several different type styles to help you distinguish between different parts of the phone:
• Bold text with "[ ]" indicates a key or button on the phone
• ALL CAPITALS indicates text on the display, such as menu options, prompts, and confirmation messages
• lower case bold text indicates a status light on the phone
Terms used in this manual
The main part of the phone that connects to your phone line and lets you make and receive
Base
calls.
Charging
A cradle that charges the handset battery. It connects to power but does not connect to a
cradle
phone line.
Caller ID is available from your telephone provider. With this service, you can see the name and
CID
number of incoming callers.
Caller ID on Call Waiting is available from your telephone provider. With this service, you can
CIDCW
see incoming caller information while on another call.
A cordless handset that can be placed anywhere in your home or office where AC power is
Handset
available.
The phone is not in use. (It doesn't matter whether the handset is in the cradle: the [TALK/
Standby
flash] hasn't been pressed, and there is no dial tone.)
Talk A dial tone has been enabled, so you can dial and carry on a conversation with an outside party.
Note: Illustrations in this manual are used for explanation purposes and may differ from the actual unit.

2-3. Parts of the Handset

/memory key /memory key
(phonebook/memory) (phonebook/memory)
TALK/flash key TALK/flash key
Twelve-key dial pad Twelve-key dial pad
/tone/ /tone/
key(*/tone/left) key(*/tone/left)
redial/pause key redial/pause key
select/channel key select/channel key
Charging contacts Charging contacts

Using the handset menu

• To open the handset menu, press and hold [cid/menu] for two seconds.
• The arrow pointer on the left side of the line shows which menu item is
currently highlighted. Use [
the pointer down.
• If the phone beeps and stays on the same line, it means you have reached
the top or bottom of the list.
Press [select/channel] to rotate through the available options for the
•
highlighted menu item.
Press [END] to exit the menu.
•
Note: You can find detailed information on the handset menu in section 3 on
Setting Up Your Phone and section 4 on Using Your Phone.

2-4. Parts of the Base

find hs key find hs key

3) Setting Up Your Phone

Your phone has four basic options that you need to set up first. You should only have to set these options once,
and you may not have to change any of them: Dial mode (tone or pulse dialing)
• Dial mode (tone or pulse dialing)
• CIDCW (Caller ID on Call Waiting)
You might change two handset-specific options --ringer type and ringer volume -- more often, depending on
the situation. There's another option, area code, that you should only set if you can use seven-digit dialing (see
section 5-3 on Using Seven Digits Instead of Ten).
] to move the pointer up and [
find hs find hs
Earpiece Earpiece
LCD display LCD display
key (up) key (up)
cid/menu key cid/menu key
END key END key
key (down) key (down)
#/ #/
/speaker key /speaker key
delete/transfer key delete/transfer key
Microphone Microphone
] to move
Charging contacts Charging contacts
in in
use use
Voice mail waiting indicator (flashing) Voice mail waiting indicator (flashing)
• Language
• Auto talk
key (#/right) key (#/right)
Ringer :Type A Ringer :Type A
Ring. Vol.:High Ring. Vol.:High
Auto Talk :Off Auto Talk :Off
CIDCW CIDCW
Area Code : Area Code :
Dial Dial :Tone :Tone
Language Language
(HS1 display) (HS1 display)
/in use LED/ /in use LED/
:On :On
:Eng :Eng