Direct Wall Plate Mounting - Uniden EXAI 8985 Owner's Manual

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Direct wall plate mounting

If you don't have a standard wall plate, you can mount your phone
directly to the wall. Before doing this, consider the following:
• Avoid electrical cables, pipes, or other items behind the mounting
location, that could cause a hazard when inserting screws into
the wall.
• Try to mount your phone within 10 - 15 feet of a working phone
jack to avoid excessive cord lengths.
• Make sure the wall material is capable of supporting the weight of
the base and handset.
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• Use 10 screws (minimum length of 1-
devices suitable for the wall material where the base unit will be
placed.
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On the base unit, pull the
handset retainer out of the slot.
Rotate it clockwise 180 degrees.
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Flip the retainer from front to
back. Slide it back into the slot
so that the lip of the retainer is
up and the oval is down. The
retainer holds the handset
in place.
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/ inches) with anchoring
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1
Insert two mounting screws
into the wall, (with their
appropriate anchoring device),
3-15/16 inches apart. Allow
about 3/16 of an inch between
the wall and screwheads for
mounting the phone.
2
Refer to steps 1 through 9 on
page 9 and 10 to mount the
telephone.