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EZAI2997 Series User's Guide
EZX290
accessory
handset and
charger
If any items are missing or damaged, contact our Customer Care Line
immediately. Never use damaged products!
Need Help? Get answers 24/7 at our website: www.uniden.com.
If You...
have a question or problem
need a replacement part or
accessory (such as a belt clip,
headset, or wall mount bracket)
need special assistance due to a
disability
* During regular business hours, Central Standard Time. Visit our website for detailed business
hours.
What's in the box?
EZAI2997 base
with answering
system and
cordless
handset
You might also find:
Charger AC
adapter
(PS-0035)
Rechargeable
battery pack
(BT-1007)
Base AC adapter
(PS-0034)
Battery cover
Battery
cover
Contact Uniden's...
Customer Care Line*
Parts Department*
Accessibility Help Line
Rechargeable
battery pack
(BT-1007)
Telephone cord
If you purchased
model number:
EZAI2997
EZAI2997-2
EZAI2997-3
EZAI2997-4
EZAI2997-5
EZAI2997-6
Phone Number
817-858-2929 or
800-297-1023
800-554-3988
800-874-9314
(voice or TTY)
You should
have:
None
1 of each
2 of each
3 of each
4 of each
5 of each
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- Page 1 (BT-1007) If any items are missing or damaged, contact our Customer Care Line immediately. Never use damaged products! Need Help? Get answers 24/7 at our website: www.uniden.com. If You... have a question or problem need a replacement part or...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Installing Your Phone ... 1 Charge the Battery ...1 Connect the Telephone Cord ...2 Getting to Know Your Phone... 3 Base Keys and How They Work ...3 Parts of the Handset ...4 Using the Menus ... 7 The Handset Setup Menu ...7 The Ans. -
Page 3: Installing Your Phone
Installing Your Phone Charge the Battery Unpack all handsets, battery packs, and battery covers. If any battery cover is already on the handset, press in on the notch and slide the cover down and off. Black Black Connect the base AC adapter to the AC IN 7.8V... -
Page 4: Connect The Telephone Cord
Connect the Telephone Cord Use the telephone cord to connect the jack to a TEL LINE standard telephone wall jack. Test the connection Pick up the handset from the cradle and press a dial tone, and the display should say Talk. If... -
Page 5: Getting To Know Your Phone
Getting to Know Your Phone Base Keys and How They Work Front view Speaker Speaker FIND FIND Cradle Cradle Charging Charging contacts contacts CHARGE CHARGE light light Key name What it does (and icon) In the first 2 seconds of a message: go to the previous message. BACK ( Anytime after that: go back to the beginning of this message. -
Page 6: Parts Of The Handset
GREET ON/OFF RINGER Key name What it does In standby: cycle through the 4 different ringer tones. rINGEr In standby: turn the answering system on or off. oN/oFF In standby: record a new greeting or switch greetings. GrEET In standby: adjust the brightness of the base visual ringer (see VISUAL rINGEr switch page 16). - Page 7 Handset keys and how they work Key name What it does (and icon) In standby or during a call: open the phonebook. PHoNEBooK/ In the menu: go back to the previous screen. LEFT (PHBK) During text entry: move the cursor to the left. SPEAKEr Switch a normal call to the speakerphone (and back).
- Page 8 The table below shows the possible icons and what they mean. Since the icons appear based on what you're doing with the phone, you won't ever see all of these icons at the same time. Icon What it means The volume of the earpiece is boosted (see page 16). The ringer is turned off: this handset will not ring when a call comes in.
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Page 9: Using The Menus
The menus are designed to be as easy as possible. Some users don't even need the manual once they DOWN DOWN know how to perform these basic actions: Open the menu Press The arrow cursor on the left side of the line shows which Move the cursor menu item is currently highlighted. -
Page 10: The Ans. Setup Menu
Any Key Turn on Any Key Answer so you can answer the phone by Answer pressing any key on the twelve-key dial pad. Banner Change the name used on the handset's display. Handset Change the display language to Spanish or French. Language Key Touch Have your keypad sound a tone when you press a key. -
Page 11: Using Your Phone
The phone enters the letters in the order they appear on the key. For example, if you press the number key letter A. Press twice for B, and three times for C. If you press the key again after the last letter, the phone starts the same ... -
Page 12: Changing The Volume
Changing the Volume You can set the ringer and speaker volume separately for the base and each handset. You can change the earpiece volume separately for each handset, also. The available volume levels and when you can change them are listed below. -
Page 13: Using Caller Id And Call Waiting
Using Caller ID and Call Waiting you have to subscribe to Caller ID, Call Waiting, and Caller ID on Call Waiting services to use the features described in this section: contact your telephone provider for more information. When a call comes in, the phone displays the caller’s number and name (if available);... -
Page 14: Using Seven-Digit Dialing
Using Seven-Digit Dialing If you can make a local call by dialing only seven digits instead of ten, you can tell the phone to hide your local area code in the Caller ID list. Open the menu and select Global Setup, then select Area Code. Use the number keypad ( Press SeLeCT/meNU... -
Page 15: Chain Dialing
Phonebook entry options With the phone in standby, open the phonebook and find the entry you want. Press SeLeCT/meNU Choose one of these options: Edit this entry. The handset will prompt you to edit the name and Edit number, and choose a personal ring. Copy this entry to another handset. -
Page 16: Using Multi-Handset Features
If a handset was previously registered to a base, you have to reset it so you can register it to a new base (see page 25 for EZX290 handsets). Using Conference Calling When an outside call comes in, two handsets can join in a conference call with the outside caller. -
Page 17: Using Call Transfer
Using Call Transfer You can transfer an outside call to any other handset. To... transfer a call cancel a transfer and return to the call accept a transferred call Using the Intercom Here are some general things you need to know about using the intercom: Whenever the phone is in standby, you can make an intercom call ... -
Page 18: Using Special Features
Using Special Features Using Do Not Disturb The Do Not Disturb or DND feature turns off the audio ringers of the base and all handsets at the same time. It does not affect any of the visual ringers. With the phone in standby, press and hold ... -
Page 19: Using Voice Message Notification
You have to turn on TTS separately for each handset. Open the menu and select Handset Setup. Then, select TTS On/off, and select On or Off for each handset. To make sure it doesn't interrupt a call or an intercom page, the phone ... -
Page 20: Using The Answering System
Using the Answering System Setting Up Your Answering System Recording your outgoing message Your personal outgoing message or greeting can be between 2 seconds and 0 seconds long. If you don't want to record an outgoing message, the system will use its pre-recorded greeting: Hello, no one is available to take your call. -
Page 21: Getting Your Messages
Ans. Setup menu options You can change the answering system options from any handset. Just open the menu and select Ans. Setup. Enter a 2-digit PIN so you can access your answering Security Code system from any touch-tone phone (see page 21). Set the number of rings (2, 4, or 6) before the answering system answers the phone. -
Page 22: Screening Your Calls
standby. How to operate your answering system To... From the base Press PLAY/SToP The system announces the number of new and old messages, play new then plays the first new message followed by the day and time messages it was received. Then the system plays the new messages in the order they were received. -
Page 23: Using The System While You're Away From Home
To... answer the call mute the call screen without answering If you mute the call screen, the system continues taking the message: it just stops playing through the speaker. Only one handset at a time can screen calls. If another handset is ... -
Page 24: Solving Problems
If you have any trouble with your phone, try these simple steps first. If you still have a question, call our Customer Care Line listed on the front cover. If… No handsets can make or receive calls. One handset can’t make or receive calls. -
Page 25: Weak Or Hard To Hear Audio
If… The answering system does not work. The answering system won't record messages. My outgoing message is gone. I can’t hear the base speaker. Messages are incomplete. The answering system keeps recording when I answer on an extension. I can't register a handset. -
Page 26: Installing Telephone Line/Dsl Filter
Noise or Static on The Line oise or Static on The Line The most common cause of noise or static on a cordless phone is interference. Here are some common household sources of interference: electrical appliances, especially microwave ovens computer equipment, especially ... -
Page 27: Changing From Tone To Pulse Dialing
Plug the DSL filter into the telephone wall jack and then plug your phone's base into the filter. Make a test call to make sure the noise is gone. Changing from Tone to Pulse Dialing Your phone can communicate with the telephone network in two different ways: tone dialing or pulse dialing. -
Page 28: Handling Liquid Damage
Does the handset fit in the base cradle? Place the handset in the base. The display should say Handset Registering. In about 0 seconds, the display should say Registration Complete. Pick up the handset and press If... you don't hear a dial tone the display says Registration Failed To register a handset to a different base, see the section "expanding your phone"... -
Page 29: Important Information
Important Information Terms Used In This Guide Accessory An extra handset that can register to and be used with an expandable phone base. All Handset accessory handsets must be registered to a base. The main part of the phone. It connects to your phone line and lets you make and receive calls. Base Most bases also have a cradle to store a handset. -
Page 30: Compliance Information
Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation.) rechargeable batteries must be recycled or Disposed of properly. Uniden works to reduce lead content in pVC coated cords in our products and accessories. Warning! The cords on this product and/or accessories contain lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. -
Page 31: Terminal Equipment
Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly approved by the manufacturer or other party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate this product. NOTICE: According to telephone company reports, AC electrical surges, typically resulting from lightning strikes, are very destructive to telephone equipment connected to AC power sources. To minimize damage from these types of surges, a surge arrestor is recommended. -
Page 32: One-Year Limited Warranty
Important: evidence of original purchase is required for warranty service. WARRANTOR: UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION ("Uniden") ELEMENTS OF WARRANTY: Uniden warrants, for one year, to the original retail owner, this Uniden Product to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship with only the limitations or exclusions set out below.