Uniden EXI 8965 manual

Cordless T elephone EXI 8965 Owner's Manual Thank you for your purchase of the Uniden EXI 8965 cordless telephone. Please read this Owner's Manual carefully before using your cordless telephone to ensure proper use. After read- ing the manual, please keep it in a safe place and refer to it when necessary . ©1999 Uniden America Corporatio[...]

Introduction Thank you for choosing the Uniden EXI 8965 cordless telephone. This phone is designed to exacting standards that provide reliability , long life and outstanding performance. Note: Some illustrations in this manual may differ from the actual unit for explanation purposes. Features • 900 MHz Extended Range • Secure Digital T ransmiss[...]

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VOLUME 32 38 39 40 41 36 37 35 42 33 34 43 44 45 46 1. Handset antenna 2. Headset cover 3. Handset battery compartment 4. Handset ring switch 5. Handset speaker 6. LCD display 7. T alk key 8. V olume/Cursor down/ character select key 9. Caller ID key 10. T one/Backspace key 11. Redial/Pause key 12. Select/Channel key 13. Handset microphone 14. V ol[...]

T able of contents Introductin / Features ..................................................inside front cover Control and Functions ..................................................inside front cover Getting Started Read this first .................................................................................. 3 Step 1: Checking the package co[...]

3 Read this first This cordless telephone must be set up before use. Follow these steps; Step 1 (page 4) Unpack the telephone and accessories. Step 2 (page 5 to 7) Next, choose the best location to set up the base unit. Step 3 (page 8 to9) Then, insert the battery pack into the handset. Y ou have to charge the battery pack for more than 12-15 hours[...]

4 Step 1 Checking the package contents Make sure you have received the following items in the package. If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact the Uniden Parts Department (see below). • Base unit • Handset • AC adapter (AD-420) • Rechargeable battery pack (BT -905) • T elephone line cord (2) • Wall mount adapter • Beltcl[...]

5 Step 2 Setting up the base unit Do the following steps. • Choose the best location • Connect the base unit • Choose the dialing mode Choose the best location Before choosing a location for your new phone, read the INST ALLA TION CONSIDERA- TIONS included in the PRECAUTIONS AND IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS brochure. Here are some important[...]

6 Step 2 (continued) Connect the base unit T o install the base unit on the wall, see page 43. 1 Connect the telephone line cord to the TEL LINE jack and to a telephone outlet. 2 Connect the AC adapter to the DC IN 9V jack and to a standard 120V AC wall outlet. 3 Set the base unit on a desk or tabletop and place the handset on the base unit. Then r[...]

7 Step 2 (continued) Notes • Use only the supplied AD-420 AC adapter . Do not use any other AC adapter . • Connect the AC adapter to a continuous power supply . T ips • If your telephone outlet isn't modular , contact your telephone company for assistance. Polarity of the plug Modular Choose the dialing mode Depending on your dialing sys[...]

8 Step 3 Preparing the battery pack Charge the battery pack for more than 12-15 hours before you start using your phone. 1 Press and slide the battery compart- ment cover toward the bottom of the unit. 2 Connect the battery pack connector with the correct polarity (black and red wires), then insert the battery pack into the battery compartment. 3 S[...]

9 Step 3 (continued) Battery use time (per charge) From fully charged • Seven hours coutinuous use. • Seven days when the handset is in the standby mode. When the battery charge becomes low When the battery pack is very low and needs to be charged, the phone is programmed to eliminate functions in order to save power . If the phone is not in us[...]

10 Step 4 Entering your area code Note If your calling area requires 10-digit dialing, skip this step. Y ou may wish to enter your local area code before you use this phone for the first time, or if you move to a new area. Then the phone can distinguish local or long distance calls to properly dial calls from the Caller ID record. (See page 39.) 1 [...]

11 Making calls Making a call with the handset [On-hook dialing] 1 Pick up the handset and dial the phone number . (Phone numbers can be up to 32 digits.) Example: Enter 8178583300 2 Press . “ Talk ” flashes on the display . Then the volume setting is displayed. Example: High setting 3 The number is dialed. After about 5 seconds, the call-time [...]

12 Making calls (continued) [Off-hook dialing] 1 Pick up the handset. 2 Press . “ Talk ” appears flashing on the display . The display shows the current selected volume. 3 Dial the phone number . Example: Enter 817-858-3300 4 Press or place the handset in the base to end the telephone call. The call-time will be displayed for about 5 seconds. T[...]

13 Making calls (continued) Making a call with the base 1 Press . 2 Dial the number on the keypad. 3 When you finish the call, Press to hang up. speaker speaker Microphone EXI 8965 5th 99.8.20 2:09 PM Page 16[...]

14 Making calls (continued) Redialing a call with the handset The last three phone numbers dialed can be quickly recalled. [On-hook redialing] 1 Press . The phone number that was last dialed appears on the display . 2 Press again. Each press of will display one of the last three dialed numbers. 3 Press . <Redial1> 8178583300 redial/p re[...]

15 Making calls (continued) [Off-hook redialing] 1 Press . “ Talk ” appears flashing on the display . 2 Press . The last number dialed will be displayed. History redial cannot be accessed while off-hook. 3 Press or place the handset on the base to complete the telephone call. talk redial/p talk Talk Talk <High> Redialing a call with[...]

16 Receiving calls 1 Phone rings. 2 Press . “ Talk ” appears flashing on the display . Then the currently set ear volume is displayed for 2 seconds. For example, if the volume is set to high, the display shows; 3 The call-time display starts. T alk with the caller . 4 Press or place the handset on the base when the telephone call is finished. T[...]

Handset ringer tone In the standby mode, press . Each time is pressed, the ringer tone setting changes and the selected ringer tone sounds for 2 seconds. Handset ringer switch This switch turns the handset ringer on or off. Handset ear speaker volume Pressing or during a telephone call or while the handset is in standby mode, will change the ear sp[...]

Base ringer switch This switch turns the base ringer on or off. Base speaker volume T o control the speaker volume of the base, adjust the VOLUME slide switch as desired. 18 Receiving calls (continued) Receiving a call with the base 1 The base rings. The status lamp on the base flashes. 2 Press . 3 When you finish the call, press to hang up. speake[...]

19 Memory storing Y our EXI 8965 stores up to 20 name/numbers in handset plus 10 numbers in the base. Storing phone numbers and names With the handset 1 Press and hold until “ Memory Store ” is displayed. 2 Press or to scroll to the memory number where you would like to store the number . Or press the keypad ( to ) to select the memory location[...]

4 Use the , , , , or keys to enter the name. The name cannot exceed 13 characters. • Use the and key to scroll through the character menu. It contains upper and lower case letters, numbers, punctuation marks and various characters. • Use and to move the cursor to the desired location. • Use key to delete characters as needed. 5 Press . “ St[...]

1 Press . The status lamp blinks. 2 Dial the number you wish to store. 3 Press . Enter the memory location number (0-9) on the keypad. The status lamp goes out. A confirmation tone beeps, and the number is stored. 21 Memory storing (continued) With the base memory memory status lamp Note Y ou can store only numbers in the base’ s memory EXI 8965 [...]

22 Memory dialing With the handset [On-hook dialing] 1 Press . The handset displays your programmed memory locations. 2 Press the and keys to select the memory location you would like to dial. For example, if the key is pressed once, the cursor moves down to the next memory location number . Or enter the two-digit number with the number keypad to s[...]

23 Memory dialing (continued) [Off-hook dialing] 1 Press . “ Talk ” flashes and the volume setting appears. 2 Press . 3 Press the number keypad to select the memory location (01 - 20) of the desired phone number . The selected phone number is displayed. Then the number is dialed. talk Talk Talk <High> Talk 0:00 mem Talk 0:35 0[...]

24 With the base [One touch dialing] Press the one touch dial key ( - ) to dial the numbers stored in location 1 - 4 on the keypad. [Standard dialing] 1 Press . 2 Press . Enter the memory location number (0-9), to dial the number . m1 speaker m4 Memory dialing (continued) memory Note T o use the one-touch dial keys, store numbers in memory location[...]

25 Memory editing Editing a stored name and/or phone number 1 Press and hold for 2 seconds. The display shows the memory screen and any saved name/number . 2 Press the or keys or number keypad to select the memory location (01 - 20) you would like to edit. (See page 22.) 3 Press . The following screen appears with the memory location number that yo[...]

26 Memory editing (continued) 7 Use the dial keypad, , or key to edit the phone number . The phone number cannot exceed 20 digits. (See page 20.) When the phone number will not be edited, skip this step. 8 Press . The handset beeps and displays the confirma- tion screen. The memory storage is complete. For example, if you store a name and number in[...]

27 4 Press to move the cursor down to “ Delete Memory ” command line. 5 Press . The following confirmation screen appears. 6 Press to move the cursor to “ Yes ”. 7 Press or . There is a confirmation tone and the entry is deleted. The following screen appears. For example, if memory location number 02 is selected for deletion, the following [...]

28 Memory erasing (continued) 8 After 2 seconds the display returns to the “ Memory Store ” screen. Y ou may select another number to delete (return to step 4). 9 Press to return to standby . mem Memory Store 02  03 MOM AND DAD 1 Press . The status lamp blinks. 2 Press again. 3 Enter the memory location number (0-9) of the number you wish[...]

29 Mute Y ou can turn off the base or the handset microphone so that the person whom you are talking with cannot hear you. When speaking with the base talk 1 Press during a telephone call. The microphone is turned off. 2 T o cancel mute, press o r . mute/ring mute/ring talk Mute 5:39  When phone is ringing Press when the phone rings. The ring[...]

30 3-way conference features 3-way conference The Uniden EXI 8965 permits 3-way conversations between the handset, base and an outside line. When speaking on the handset 1 Press on the base. This will set the 3-way conversation mode. 2 Press on the base to cancel the 3-way conference. The handset remains connected to the outside line. speaker speak[...]

31 Intercom feature Using your EXI 8965 intercom Paging from the base to handset 1 Press on the base. The handset beeps. (If no answer , press again to disconnect.) 2 Press or on the handset to answer . “ Intercom ” appears on the display . 3 T o turn off the intercom, press on the handset or on the Base. page/int'com int'com page/int[...]

32 Call transfer feature T ransferring a call T o transfer from the handset to the base 1 Press on the handset. The caller is put on hold and the intercom tone sounds on the base. 2 Press or on the base. The intercom mode is activated, but the caller is still on hold. 3 T o transfer the call to the base, press on the handset. T o cancel the transfe[...]

33 Speakerphone feature Using the speakerphone Y ou may use the base as a speakerphone. T o answer calls, press on th e base. T o hang up, press again. The base microphone is located under the phone. Position yourself approximately 12 inches away from the base and speak clearly . speaker speaker 12" EXI 8965 5th 99.8.20 2:10 PM Page 36[...]

34 Caller ID Caller ID service Y ou must subscribe to the Caller ID service from your telephone company to use this feature. When the telephone rings, the Caller ID feature allows you to view the caller's name and phone number on the display before you answer the phone. The handset displays the phone number of the incoming call, the name, time[...]

35 Caller ID (continued) When the telephone rings 1 When the Caller ID message is received, the status lamp blinks. The display shows the caller’ s phone number , along with the date and time. The incoming call information is stored in Caller ID record. If the Caller ID service includes the caller’ s name, the caller's name appears on the [...]

36 Caller ID (continued) V iewing the Caller ID Message list The Caller ID list stores information for up to 50 incoming calls - even unanswered calls. Note If a call comes in via a telephone system that does not offer Caller ID service, no information is stored. 1 Press . When there are new messages you have not reviewed, “ New ” and the numbe[...]

37 Caller ID (continued) Deleting information from the Caller ID list The EXI 8965 stores up to 50 messages. If more new calls are received, messages stored in the list are deleted beginning with the oldest message in the list. Caller ID data can also be deleted manually . Deleting a Caller ID message 1 Press . Display the message to be deleted fro[...]

38 Caller ID (continued) Deleting all Caller ID name/numbers 1 Press . 2 Press . 3 Press or to select “ Yes ” or “ No ”. 4 Press or . When the pointer is at “ Yes ” : A beep tone sounds and all stored Caller ID messages are deleted. When the pointer is at “ No ” : The display returns to the summary screen.  New :01 Total:02 de[...]

Dial edit Y ou can edit the phone number of Caller ID data when you press after the step 1. 39 Caller ID (continued) Using the Caller ID list Calling a party from the Caller ID list Y ou can place a call from the Caller ID list. The EXI 8965 stores up to 50 messages. 1 Press . Select the phone number that you want to dial by pressing or . 2 Press .[...]

40 Caller ID (continued) Storing Caller ID messages in Memory dialing Messages shown in the Caller ID list can be stored in memory dialing. Using the incoming call information (i.e., Caller ID list), the phone number of the party on the Caller ID list can be stored in memory dialing. 1 Press . Select the phone number to be stored from the Caller ID[...]

41 Caller ID (continued) Using “Caller ID with call waiting” service “Caller ID” and “Call waiting” are separate services. CIDCW (Caller ID on Call Waiting) performs the same as regular Caller ID on a call waiting number . Y ou must subscribe to the "Caller ID with call waiting (CIDCW)" service from your telephone company befo[...]

42 Additional information Changing the digital security code The digital security code is an identification code used to connect the handset and the base unit. Normally , setting the code is not necessary . The first time you charge your handset, the security code is automatically set. (See page 3.) In the rare situation that you suspect another co[...]

43 Additional information (continued) Mounting the base unit on a wall Standard wall plate mounting This phone can be mounted on any standard telephone wall plate. 1 Snap the wall mount adapter into the notches on the base. 2 Plug the telephone line cord to the TEL LINE jack and the AC adapter to the DC IN 9V jack. 3 Plug the telephone line cord in[...]

44 Additional information (continued) 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: • A void electrical cables, pipes, or other items behind the mounting location, that could cause a hazard when inserting screws into the wall. • [...]

45 Additional information (continued) Installing the beltclip T o attach the beltclip Insert the beltclip into the holes on each side of the handset. Press down until it clicks. T o remove the beltclip Pull both sides of the beltclip to release the tabs from the holes. Headset installation Y our phone may be used with an optional headset. T o use t[...]

46 Additional information (continued) Note on power sources Battery replacement and handling When the operating time becomes short, even after a battery is recharged, please replace the battery . With normal usage, your battery should last about one year . Please contact your place of purchase for a replacement battery . RECYCLING NICKEL-CADMIUM BA[...]

47 Additional information (continued) T roubleshooting If your phone is not performing to your expectations, please try these simple steps first. Symptom The status light won't come on when the handset is placed in the base unit. The audio sounds weak and/or scratchy . Can't make or receive calls The handset doesn't ring or receive a[...]

48 Additional information (continued) Specifications General The EXI 8965 complies with FCC Parts 15 and 68. Frequency control: PLL Frequency shift keying: FSK Operating temperature: 0 ° C to +50 ° C (+32 ° F to +122 ° F) Base unit RX frequency: 902.119 MHz to 905.016 MHz (30 channel) TX frequency: 924.997 MHz to 927.894 MHz (30 channel) Power [...]

49 Additional information (continued) Index 0 - 9 3-way conferencing .............................30 A Area code ............................................10 Auto T alk ........................................16, 34 B Base ringer switch ...............................18 Base speaker volume ..........................18 Battery pack Preparing and c[...]

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