Important Safety Instructions! When using your telephone equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and injury to persons, including the following: x This unit is NOT waterproof. DO NOT expose this unit to rain or moisture. x Do not use this product near water, for example, near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink or laundry tub, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool.
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- Telephone cord - Wall Mount Bracket x If any items are missing or damaged, contact your place of purchase immediately. Never use damaged products! x Need Help? Get answers at our website: www.uniden.com.au for Australian model www.uniden.co.nz for New Zealand model...
Contents Getting Started ...................5 Installing Your Phone ................5 Getting to Know Your Phone ..............6 Using the Menu ..................10 Handset Setup Menu ...............11 Ans Setup Menu ................11 Day & Time Setup Menu ..............11 Global Setup Menu ................12 Entering Text on You Phone ............12 Using Your Phone ..................13 Basics ....................13 Changing the Volume ..............13 Using the Caller ID and Redial Lists..........13...
GETTING STARTED Installing Your Phone 1. Unpack all handsets, battery packs, Charge the Battery and battery covers. If you need to remove a battery cover, press in on the notch and slide the cover down and off. 2. Line up the battery connector with the jack inside the handset. (The battery connector will only fit one way.) 3.
x If you don't hear a dial tone or the display says Check Tel Line, try checking the connection between the base and the phone jack. 2. Make a quick test call. (Press to hang up.) x If there is a lot of noise, see page 27 for tips on avoiding interference.
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Base keys/LEDs and how they work Key (icon) What it does - In standby: increase the ringer volume. Up ( - While a message is playing: increase the speaker volume. - In standby: decrease the ringer volume. – DowN ( - While a message is playing: decrease the speaker volume.
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Parts of the handset Earpiece STATUS Display PHONEBOOK / CALLER ID/ LEFT RIGHT CLEAR / INTERCOM MENU/ SELECT DOWN TALK / FLASH Twelve- key dial KEYPAD LOCK REDIAL/ PAUSE SPEAKER MESSAGES/ Microphone MUTE Charging contacts Handset keys/LEDs and how they work Key (icon) What it does - In standby: start an intercom call.
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Key (icon) What it does - In standby: start a telephone call (get a dial tone). TAlk/FlAsh - During a call: switch to a waiting call. - During a call: hang up. - In the menu or any list: exit and go to standby. - In standby: open the menu.
This table shows possible status icons and what they mean. Since the Reading the Display 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 ringer is turned off and will not ring for new calls.
x If you open the menu during a call, use to back out of the menu without hanging up. lEFT x If you don't press any keys for about thirty seconds, the handset exits the menu. You can change these settings separately for each handset. Handset Setup Menu Turn on T-coil mode to reduce noise on some hearing T-coil...
The settings on this menu affect all handsets. Only one handset at a Global Setup Menu time can change these menu options. Do not change this setting unless instructed to by Set Line Mode customer service. This feature adds “0” or “00” at the beginning of the number received from Caller ID.
USING YOUR PHONE Basics To... Earpiece Speakerphone make a call: Dial the Press Press TAlk/FlAsh spEAkER number, then answer a call Press Press TAlk/FlAsh spEAkER hang up Press or put the handset in the cradle. switch between the Press spEAkER speaker &...
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Caller ID list Redial list - When a call comes in, the phone displays the - Each handset number and name (if available) of the caller. remembers the last 5 numbers - The phone saves the information for the last you dialed on it.
Call Waiting, a service available from your telephone provider, lets you Using Call Waiting receive calls while you are on another call. Caller ID on Call Waiting (CIDCW) service displays Caller ID information for a waiting call. For Australian model: Press and then press to accept the waiting call.
Open the phonebook with the phone in standby, then press Phonebook Menu Options to open the phonebook menu. Choose one of these options: mENU/ sElECT Add an entry to your phonebook. The phone prompts you Create New to enter a name and number. x If you need the phone to pause before sending the next set of digits, Delete All Erase all the entries in the phonebook.
USING SPECIAL FEATURES If you often have to enter a series of digits or a code number during a Chain Dialing call, you can save that code number to a phonebook entry and use the phonebook to send the code number. 1.
x Whenever the phone is in standby, you can make an intercom call Intercom between handsets without using the phone line. x You can make an intercom call from any handset, but only two handsets can be in an intercom call at any time. x If an outside call comes in during an intercom page, the phone cancels the page so you can answer the incoming call.
x When you have new messages, the voice message icon appears in the display, and the light on the handset blinks. x After you listen to your messages, the voice message icon turns off. If it doesn’t, you can reset it: With the phone in standby, open the STaTuS menu and select Global Setup;...
USING THE ANSWERING SYSTEM You can set or change the answering system options from any handset. Answering System Options (Ans. Setup) Just open the menu and select Ans. Setup. Select one of the following: Enter a 2-digit PIN so you can access your answering Security Code system from any touch-tone phone (see page 24).
You can access your system from a handset whenever the phone is in Accessing the Answering System standby. Press to start MESSAGES/MUTE remote operation mode. CALLER ID/ PHONEBOOK/ 5:Stop to go to the to go to the RIGHT LEFT next option: previous option: [ / /select] 4:Delete...
1. Access the answering system from any handset. Wait until the Record a Personal Greeting system finishes its announcements, or press to skip them. 2. Press Stop 3. Wait for the system to say "Record greeting," then begin speaking. (RecNewGreeting). 4.
From a handset To... From the base (remote operation) Wait at least 5 seconds Wait at least 3 seconds after restart the after a message starts a message starts playing, playing, then select 1: current message then press REV. Repeat. Select 3:Skip.
You can also use your answering system from any touch-tone phone. Using the System While You're Away from Home Before you can use this feature, you must program a security code. 1. With the phone in standby, open the menu from any handset. Programming a security code 2.
SOLVING PROBLEMS If you have any trouble with your phone, try these simple steps first. If you need help, visit our website listed on the front cover. If… try… - Checking the telephone cord connection. - Disconnecting the base AC adapter. Wait a No handsets can make few minutes, then reconnect it.
If… try… - If there was a power failure, you may My outgoing message have to re-record your personal outgoing is gone. message. - Making sure call screening is turned on. I can’t hear the base speaker. - Changing the base speaker volume. - The incoming messages may be too long.
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Interference is the most common cause of noise or static on a cordless Noise or Static on the Line phone. Here are some common sources of interference: x electrical appliances, especially microwave ovens x computer equipment, especially wireless LAN equipment and DSL modems x radio-based wireless devices, such as room monitors, wireless controllers, or wireless headphones or speakers...
Sometimes, broadband Internet services that use the telephone line Installing a Line Filter or DSL Filter can interfere with phones. One of these services−DSL−often causes static on telephones. A DSL filter or telephone line filter usually solves this problem. The technician who installed your DSL service might have left some filters for you;...
AC Adapter and Battery Information • Use only the supplied AC adapters. Be sure to use the proper adapter for the base & any chargers. • Do not place the power cord where it creates a trip hazard or where it could become chafed and create a Base/Charger fire or electrical hazard.
You can mount your base to any standard telephone wall plate using Mounting the Base on a Wall the included wall mount bracket. 1. Route the AC adapter and the telephone cord through the hole of the wall mount bracket. 2.
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6. Place the mounting slots over the pins on the wall plate. 7. Slide the base down to lock it into Wall plate place. 8. Removing the wall-mount bracket: At the bottom of the base, lift up on the release latch between the two bottom (To AC outlet) tabs and push the bracket up.
INDEX Any Key Answer Answer Machine Call Screen 20, 23 Get Messages Greeting (Outgoing Message) Record / Change / Delete On/Off Ring time / Record Time Record Time Remote Operation from Handset Away from Home Security Code 20, 24 Setup AutoTalk Banner Battery Preparing and charging Replacement and handling Caller ID Caller ID service Calling Call Waiting...
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I, J, K, L Intercom 8, 18 Insert Zero Keypad Lock Key Touch Tone Line Filter Liquid Damage M, N, O Making a call Mute 9, 13 Noise P, Q Package contents Paging handset (see Find handset) Phonebook Editing 12, 16 Erasing Making calls Storing Viewing Chain dialing...
(1) year from the date of the original retail sale. If a warranty claim is made, this warranty will not apply if the Product is found by Uniden to be: (A) Damaged or not maintained in a reasonable manner or as recommended in the relevant Uniden Owner’s Manual;...
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Procedure for obtaining warranty service: Depending on the country in which the Product was first purchased, if you believe that your Product does not conform with this warranty, you should deliver the Product, together with satisfactory evidence of your original purchase (such as a legible copy of the sales docket) to Uniden at the addresses shown below. You should contact Uniden regarding any compensation that may be payable for your expenses incurred in making a warranty claim. Prior to delivery, we recommend that you make a backup copy of any phone numbers, images or other data stored on your Product, in case it is lost or damaged during warranty service.
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