Uniden EXAI2980 manual

900 MH z CORDLESS with digital answering system caller id/call waiting ✝ owner’ s manual EXAI2980 Series ✝ To activat e the Caller ID f eatur es, y ou mus t subscribe th rough your t elephone company. EXAI2980A ReSIZE-ENG 7/31 7/31/01 16:50 Page i[...]

The EXAI2980 series f eatures include A A u u t t o o T T a a l l k k TM and A A u u t t o o S S t t a a n n d d b b y y TM . Au t o T alk allows you t o answer a call b y jus t re mo ving t he handset fr om t he base so y ou don’t have to w as te time pushing butt ons or f lipping swit ches. A ut o S t andb y allo ws you to hang up b y si mpl y [...]

Contents W elcome/Features Controls and F unctions 2, 3 Getting Started Read t his F ir st 4 Chec king t he P ack ag e Cont ents 4 Setting up t he Phone 5 Mounting t he Base Unit on a W al l 9 Setting Caller ID Options/Language 1 0 Ent ering Y our Area Code 1 0 Basics Making and Receiving Calls 1 1 T e r minology 12 Adjus ting t he Handset Ringe r [...]

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS [ 2 ] Controls and Functions 1. Han dset antenna 2. Option al headset jack 3. Beltclip holes 4. Han dset battery compartment 5. Han dset earpiece 6. LCD display 7. T alk key 8. * /left cursor ( )/tone k ey 9. Caller ID key 10. V olume down k ey ( ▼ ) 11. Select key 12. Han dset microph on e and rin ger speaker 13. Mem ory ([...]

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS [ 3 ] 21 . Handset ret ainer clip 22. Repeat/rewind (re w) key 23. Play/ s top key 24. Delet e key 25. Set k e y 26. Base c ha r ging cont acts 27 . Base speaker 28. Message count er displa y 29. St atus LED 30. Skip/f as t f or war d (f f) ke y 31 . V oice memo/recor d (r ec) k e y 32 . Answ er on/of f key 33. Menu k e y 34.[...]

GETTING ST ARTED [ 4 ] Read this First S S t t e e p p 1 1 Unp ack the telephone and accessories. S S t t e e p p 2 2 ( ( p p a a g g e e 5 5 ) ) Next, c hoose t he bes t location t o set up the base unit. S S t t e e p p 3 3 ( ( p p a a g g e e 6 6 t t o o 8 8 ) ) Then, inser t t he batt e r y pa ck into the handset. Connect t he base unit. Y ou m[...]

GETTING ST ARTED [ 5 ] GETTING ST ARTED Setting up the Phone D D o o t t h h e e f f o o l l l l o o w w i i n n g g s s t t e e p p s s : : A. Choose t he bes t location C. Connect t he base unit B. Ins t all t he batt er y pack D. Choose t he dial mode A A . . C C h h o o o o s s e e t t h h e e b b e e s s t t l l o o c c a a t t i i o o n n Bef[...]

GETTING ST ARTED [ 6 ] C C h h a a r r g g e e t t h h e e b b a a t t t t e e r r y y p p a a c c k k f f o o r r a a t t l l e e a a s s t t 1 1 5 5 - - 2 2 0 0 h h o o u u r r s s b b e e f f o o r r e e p p l l u u g g g g i i n n g g t t h h e e t t e e l l e e p p h h o o n n e e j j a a c c k k a a n n d d s s t t a a r r t t u u s s i i n n[...]

GETTING ST ARTED [ 7 ] GETTING ST ARTED C C l l e e a a n n i i n n g g t t h h e e b b a a t t t t e e r r y y c c h h a a r r g g i i n n g g c c o o n n t t a a c c t t s s T T o o m m a a i i n n t t a a i i n n a a g g o o o o d d c c h h a a r r g g e e , , i i t t i i s s i i m m p p o o r r t t a a n n t t t t o o c c l l e e a a n n t t h [...]

GETTING ST ARTED [ 8 ] I f your t elephone outlet isn ’ t modular , cont act y o u r telephone compan y f or assis tance. D D . . C C h h o o o o s s e e t t h h e e d d i i a a l l m m o o d d e e Mos t phone sy st ems use t one dialing which sends D TMF t ones t hr ough t he phone line. Ho wever some phone sy s tems s till use pulse dialing suc[...]

GETTING ST ARTED [ 9 ] GETTING ST ARTED Mounting the Base Unit on a W all S S t t a a n n d d a a r r d d w w a a l l l l p p l l a a t t e e m m o o u u n n t t i i n n g g This phone can be mount ed on an y s t andard wall plat e. 1) Snap t he w all mount adapt er int o t he not ches on t he base. 2) Plug t he AC adapt er t o the DC IN 9V jack. 3[...]

GETTING ST ARTED [ 10 ] Setting Caller ID Options/Language There ar e t h r ee Caller ID setup options av ailable. The y are A utoT alk, CIDCW (Caller ID on Call Waiting), and Ar ea Code. A A u u t t o o T T a a l l k k allows you t o answ er t he phone wit hout pressing t he t t a a l l k k butt on. If t he phone rings when Aut o T alk is on, simp[...]

BASICS [ 11 ] BASICS Making and Receiving Calls P i c k up the handset (A uto T alk) or pr ess t t a a l l k k . 1)Pic k up t he handset. 2) Press t t a a l l k k . 3) Lis ten for t he dial t one. 4) Dial t he number. O O R R 1)Pic k up t he handset. 2 ) Dial t he number , then press t t a a l l k k . 1)Pic k up t he handset. 2) Press t t a a l l k[...]

BASICS [ 12 ] Adjusting the Handset Ringer and Earpiece V olume R R i i n n g g e e r r t t o o n n e e a a n n d d v v o o l l u u m m e e When t he phone is in s t andb y mode, pr essing t he v v o o l l ▲ or ▼ key on the handset selects t he handset ring er volume and t one. Ther e ar e t wo ring er t ones eac h w it h t w o volume le v els.[...]

BASICS [ 13 ] BASICS Y ou mus t subscribe t hr ough y our local t elephone company t o r eceiv e Call Waiting Service. Flash and Call W aiting I f y ou have "Call Waiting" service and a call w aiting t one sounds while y ou ar e on a call, pr ess f f l l a a s s h h to accept t he waiting call. Ther e is a shor t pause, t hen you will hea[...]

MEMOR Y DIALING [ 14 ] Storing Phone Numbers and Names Memor y Dialing allows y ou to dial a number using jus t a f ew ke y s trok es. Y our EXAI2980 series s to res u p to 1 0 names/numbers i n t he handset. 1)Press and hold m m until “ Memory Store “ is display ed . 2)Pr ess ▲ and ▼ or ent er a number (0 - 9) t o select t he memor y locat[...]

MEMOR Y DIALING [ 15 ] MEMOR Y DIALING N N u u m m b b e e r r o o f f t t i i m m e e s s k k e e y y i i s s p p r r e e s s s s e e d d Ke ys 123456789 1 ABCabc2 DEFdef3 GHIghi4 JKLjkl5 MNOmno6 PQRSpqrs7 TUVtuv8 WXYZwxyz9 *#-&() (blank) 0 7)Pr ess s s e e l l e e c c t t . The handset beeps and displays t he c onf ir mation scr een. Memor y [...]

MEMOR Y DIALING [ 16 ] Making Calls with Memory Dialing M M e e m m o o r r y y d d i i a a l l i i n n g g f f r r o o m m S S t t a a n n d d b b y y M M o o d d e e 1) Press m m . The handset displays your pr ogr ammed memor y locations. 2) Press ▲ and ▼ or ent er a number (0 - 9) t o select t he memor y location y ou would like to dial. 3) [...]

MEMOR Y DIALING [ 17 ] MEMOR Y DIALING Chain Dialing The 10 memor y locations on t he handset are not limit ed to phone number s. You may w ant to s to r e in memor y a gr oup of number s (up t o 20 digits) t hat y ou need t o ent er once y our call connects. This is refe r r ed to as Chain Dialing. An ex ample of t his is a bank account number. On[...]

MEMOR Y DIALING [ 18 ] 8)Pr ess s s e e l l e e c c t t . The handset beeps and displays t he con f ir mation screen. The memor y s to r ag e is comp let e. For ex ample, if y ou s tor e a name and number int o memor y location number 1, the display sh ows “ Memory 1 Stored “ . A f ter about 2 seconds, “ Memory Store “ is displayed. 9)Press[...]

CALLER ID FEA TURES [ 19 ] CALLER ID FEA TURES Caller ID When the T elephone Rings Y Y o o u u m m u u s s t t s s u u b b s s c c r r i i b b e e t t o o C C a a l l l l e e r r I I D D s s e e r r v v i i c c e e t t o o u u s s e e t t h h i i s s f f e e a a t t u u r r e e . . When t he t elephone rings, t he Caller ID f eature allo ws you to [...]

CALLER ID FEA TURES [ 20 ] • In Caller ID operatio n, i f n o key is pressed f or m ore than 20 seconds, an er r or tone sounds and t he t elephone retur ns to the st and by mode. • If a call comes in via a telephone sy s tem that does not of fer Caller ID service, no info r mation is stor ed. • Each message can be up t o 15 c h ar act e r s [...]

CALLER ID FEA TURES [ 21 ] CALLER ID FEA TURES Using the Caller ID List • Y ou cannot mak e a call from t he Caller ID lis t i f your EXAI2980 series is connect ed to priv ate br anch exchange (PBX). • When a long dis t ance call has been set, “ 1 “ appears in t he display. 3)Pr ess ▲ or ▼ to select “ Yes “ or “ No “ . 4)Pr ess [...]

CALLER ID FEA TURES [ 22 ] Y ou can not s tor e a Caller ID message i f no phone number appears in t he message. S S t t o o r r i i n n g g C C a a l l l l e e r r I I D D m m e e s s s s a a g g e e s s i i n n M M e e m m o o r r y y d d i i a a l l i i n n g g Messages sho wn i n t he Caller ID lis t can be s to red in memor y dialing. Using t [...]

THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE [ 23 ] THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE The Integrated Answering Device The EXAI2980 series has a built-in answering sy stem that answ e r s and r ecords incoming calls. You can also use your answering sy s tem t o record a conve r sation, leave a voice memo messag e f or ot he r s who use t he phone, or to announce[...]

THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE [ 24 ] Setting up Y our Answering System • T o scr oll t h r ough t he menu option, r epeat ed ly pr ess m m e e n n u u . The sy s tem r etur ns t o st andb y af ter t he las t menu option. A conf i r mation t one sounds t o indicat e St andb y Mode. • If any o f t he foll owing occur s during menu setup, the h[...]

THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE [ 25 ] THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE ▼ C C h h o o o o s s i i n n g g b b e e t t w w e e e e n n t t h h e e t t w w o o o o u u t t g g o o i i n n g g m m e e s s s s a a g g e e s s Press m m e e n n u u . Then press s s k k i i p p / / f f f f or r r e e p p e e a a t t / / r r e e w w when t h e outgoing[...]

THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE [ 26 ] S S e e t t t t i i n n g g a a P P e e r r s s o o n n a a l l S S e e c c u u r r i i t t y y C C o o d d e e ( ( P P I I N N ) ) T o pla y y our messag es fr om a remot e location, you will need t o ent er a two-digit P er sonal Identif ication N umber (PIN) code (00-99). To select a PIN, per fo r m t he f[...]

THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE [ 27 ] THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE 1) Press m m e e n n u u f i v e times. Y ou hear t he cur rent ring time ([ 2 ] 2, [ 4 ] 4, [ 6 ] 6, [ ] T oll saver), and it is displayed o n the base. 2) Press s s e e t t to c hange t he ring time. 3) Press r r e e p p e e a a t t / / r r e e w w or s s k k i i p p / / f f[...]

THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE [ 28 ] The message count er displa ys t he number of messages sto red in memor y . I f t he displa y f lashes, t hen t he r e ar e ne w messages are w aiting for y ou. The f lashing number rep resents t he number of ne w messages, not t ot al messag es. The EXAI2980 series is designed t o play y our ne w messag es f[...]

THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE [ 29 ] THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE 1) Press p p l l a a y y / / s s t t o o p p to review y our messag es. The number of messag es is announced. 2) Press s s k k i i p p / / f f f f at an ytime t o skip t o t he next messag e. Eac h time s s k k i i p p / / f f f f is pressed, t he sys tem scans fo r war d one [...]

THE INTEGRA TED ANSWERING DEVICE [ 30 ] • A recorded con - ver sation is treat ed as a typical message and will be added to t he s tor ed messages. • When recording a con ver sation, all handset keys, ex cept f f l l a a s s h h , are disabled. Stop recor ding if you need t o enable any o t h er handset keys. R R e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g[...]

• Y ou mus t enter a command wit hin 15 seconds of entering command waiting mode or the answering sy s tem automaticall y hangs up and retur ns to st andb y . • The sy s tem will onl y pla ybac k messages for four minut es and t hen it returns to command w aiting mode. To continue pl a ying y our messages, pr ess # # then 2 2 ag ain wi t hin 15[...]

ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION [ 32 ] The digit al security code is an identif ication code used t o connect t he handset and t he base unit. N o r mall y , set- ting t he code is not necessar y. The f ir s t time y ou c h a r g e y our handset, t he security code is aut omatically set. (See "A bout t he digit al security code", pag e 5.) In t h[...]

ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION [ 33 ] ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION Note on Power Sources R R E E C C Y Y C C L L I I N N G G N N I I C C K K E E L L - - C C A A D D M M I I U U M M B B A A T T T T E E R R I I E E S S N N I I C C K K E E L L - - C C A A D D M M I I U U M M B B A A T T T T E E R R I I E E S S M M U U S S T T B B E E D D I I S S P P O O S S E E D[...]

ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION [ 34 ] T roubleshooting I f y our phone is not per fo r ming to y our expect ations, please tr y t hese sim ple s teps f i r s t. S S y y m m p p t t o o m m The s s t t a a t t u u s s LED w on ’ t light when t he handset is placed in the base. The audio sounds weak and/or scr atchy . Can ’ t make or receiv e calls. The[...]

ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION [ 35 ] ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION S S y y m m p p t t o o m m Se v er e noise int e r fe rence. The a nswering sy s tem does not w ork. The a nswering sy s tem does not answer calls. Messages are incomplet e. A f ter a pow er f ailure, the outgoing message is delet ed. No sound on t he base unit speaker during call monit oring [...]

ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION [ 36 ] Index A A C adapt er inf or mation .................... 33 Announce only f eature ......................27 Answ ering sy s tem Deleting a message ...................... 29 Playing a messag e ........................28 Recording a con ve r sation .............. 30 Remot e access ............................30 Repeating[...]

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