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MANU AL S S P P E E C C T T R R U U M M SPREAD THE EXS 9966 Digital Spread Spectrum pro vides the long est rang e, the clearest sound and the best priv acy . O WNER’S[...]

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T roubleshooting xx Introduction xx Controls and Functions . . . .Inside F ront Co ver Introduction to Y our New Phone . . . . . . . . . . .2 Featur es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Included in Y our Packag e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Installing and Adjusting Y [...]

2 INTR ODUCTION Congratulations on your pur chase of the Uniden EXS 9966 cor dless telephone. This phone is designed for r eliability , long life, and outstanding performance utilizing the latest 900 MHz Spr ead Spectrum T echnology . FEA TURES WELCOME TO Y OUR NEW PHONE l 900 MHz Digital Spread Spectrum T echnology l 2-Line Operation er l 3 and 4-[...]

3 INCL UDED IN Y OUR P ACK A GE Handset Rec harg eable Battery Long T elephone Cord Base Short T elephone Cord C Beltclip This Owner’s Manual Precautions and Im portant Safety Instructions Registration Car d Y ou must have a two-line subscription from your phone company to realize the capability of your two-line phone. If any of these items are m[...]

INST ALLIN G 4 Befor e choosing a location for y our new phone, read the INSTALLATION CONSIDER ATIONS included in the PRECAUTIONS AND IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS brochure. Here ar e some important guidelines you should consider: The location should be close to both a phone jack and a continuous pow er outlet. (A continuous pow er outlet is an A C[...]

5 1. Plug the A C adapter cord into the 1 0V DC input jack on the back of the base. 2. W rap the A C adapter cord around the strain relief notch. 3. Plug the A C adapter into a standard 1 20V A C wall outlet. 4. Charge the battery (ref er to CHARGING THE BA TTER Y P A CK, page 1 0). 5. Plug one end of the long telephone cord into the T T E E L L L [...]

DO NOT use an outlet controlled by a wall switch. Standard wall plate mounting 1 Snap the wall mount adapter into the notches on the base. This phone can be mounted on any standard telephone wall plate. 2. Plug the telephone line cord to the TEL LINE 1/2 jack and the AC adapter to the DC IN 10V jack. 3. Plug the telephone line cord into the tele[...]

7 Before y ou plug the other end of the telephone cord into the modular jack on the wall, charg e the battery (See CHARGING THE BATTER Y P A CK, page 1 0). 7 If the handset beltclip is attached, you cannot charge the handset facing forward when the phone is mounted on the wall. 8 . On the base unit, pull the handset retainer out of the slot. Rotate[...]

1.  If you don't have a standard wall plate, you can mount your phone directly to the wall. Before doing this, consider the following: t Direct wall plate mounting 8 Avoid electrical cables, pipes, or other items behind the mounting location, that could cause a hazard when inserting screws into the wall. l Try to mount your phone within 10-[...]

1 . Press the battery cov er release. Slide cov er off. 2. Install the nick el-cadmium batter y with the label down. 3. Slide the battery cover f or war d until it snaps into place. INST ALLING THE HANDSET BA TTERY P AC K 9 Use only Uniden Battery (model BT-999) supplied with your phone.[...]

10 Initial battery charging Befor e connecting your phone f or the first time, charge the recharg eable battery pack for 1 5-20 hours without interruption. 1 . Place the handset on the base. 2. Mak e sure that status LED lights. If the LED doesn’t light, be sure the A C adapter is plugged in and the handset mak es good contact with the base charg[...]

Most phone systems use tone dialing. Check with your local phone company if y ou’re not sure whether y our system is tone or pulse. 11 Low battery indicator When the battery pack is ver y low and needs to be charged, the phone is pr ogrammed to eliminate some functions to save po wer . If the phone is not in use, <Low Battery> flashes. If t[...]

12 Handset ringer switch This switch turns the handset ringer on or off. Remove the handset from the base. Press the vo l or k ey on the handset to set the handset ringer v olume. There ar e two ring er v olume settings; high and low . T o select the high v olume setting, press vol . The follo wing screen displays: T o select the lo w volume settin[...]

t T o attach the beltclip Insert the beltclip into the holes on each side of the handset. Press down until it clicks. t T o remove the beltclip Pull both sides of the beltclip to release the tabs from the holes. INST ALLING THE BEL TCLIP 13 If you have wall mounted the base, you must remove the beltclip to charge the handset with facing forward. Y [...]

T o prev ent other parties from making unauthorized calls on y our phone line, a digital code was added to the EXS 9966. Y our phone’s handset and base share this code. If the phone experiences a power failure, you must reset the digital security code by placing the handset in the base.             T o reset th[...]

1 . Press line 1 or line 2 . 2. Listen for dial tone. 3. Press redial . 1 . Press line 1 or line 2 . 2. Listen for dial tone. 3. Dial number . or 1 . Dial number 2. Pr ess line 1 or line 2 . 1. Press line 1 or line 2 . 2. Listen for dial tone. 3. Dial number Basic 2-line oper ation 15 USIN G Y OUR NEW PHONE MAKING AND RECEIVING CALLS 1 . Pickup han[...]

16 When you hav e connected pow er and a telephone line to y our EXS 9966 , the phone is in Standby Mode , ready to receive and make calls. F or clarity , the instructions in this Owner’s Manual designates line 1 unless the procedure r equires using line 2. The same instructions apply to line 2. 1 . The base rings. The corresponding line 1 LED on[...]

17 1 . The handset rings and the follo wing screen appears: 2. Press line 1 to answer y our call. 3. When you finish the call press line 1 on the handset, or return the handset to the base. 1 . Press line 1. 2. Dial the number on the k eypad, or , use the memory feature. (See USING MEMORY DIALIN G, page 33.) 3. When you finish the call, press l ine[...]

Dialing from Standby Mode 1 . Pick up the handset. 2. Dial the number on the k eypad, or use one of the memor y featur es. (See USING MEMOR Y DIALING, pag e 33). 3. Press line 1 . 4. When you finish the call, press line 1 , or return the handset to the base. If you ar e dialing in the pulse mode and need to enter tone digits, press tone then enter [...]

Use the redial/p key to recall the last 3  numbers dialed from the handset or the last number dialed when using the base. The redialed number can be up to 32 digits long.    T o redial from the handset: Press redial repeatedly to display the number you want to dial, then press line 1 .  If you press line 1 before redial , only [...]

20 Y ou can mute your conversation fr om the base. This prev ents the party you ar e speaking to from hearing what y ou, or someone else in the room, is saying. F or example, to use this priv acy feature while using line 1 . 1 . Press mute . The line 1 LED flashes red. Y ou can hear the party on line 1 , but they cannot hear you. 2. When you ar e r[...]

21 The handset and the base can be used on separate telephone lines at the same time. F or example, if the handset is on a call with line 1, you can mak e, or receive calls, at the base on line 2. The line 1 LED on the base blinks green to indicate line 1 is In Use at the handset. When line 1 is In Use at the base the LCD screen displays the f ollo[...]

22 This featur e lets you add a thir d party to your conv ersation from either the handset or the base. F or example, to add a party to the current call on line 1 at the base: 1 . Press hold to place the caller on hold. The line 1 LED turns from green to red. 2. Press line 2 . 3. Dial the number of the person you w ant to add to the conversation. W[...]

23 A fourth person, at either the handset or the base, may be added to a confer ence call. F or example, to add a fourth party at the handset to an ongoing confer ence call at the base: 1 . Press hold . The line 1 and line 2 LEDs turn red. 2. Press on the base to contact the handset. 3. Press on the handset to answer the pag e. 4. Press conference [...]

24 From the Base to the Handset 1 . Press on the base. The handset beeps. (If no answer , press again to disconnect.) 2. Press on the handset. Speak into the mouthpiece to answer the page. T o hang up at the base: Press T o hang up at the handset: Press . From the Handset to the Base 1 . Press on the handset. (If no answer , press to disconnect.) 2[...]

From Handset to Base 1 . To transfer a call on line 1 from the handset to the base, press hold . The handset displays <Hold> and the line 1 LED on the base turns red.  2. On the handset, press . The status LED flashes on the base. The follo wing screen appears: 3. Answer at the base b y pressing . Y ou may then announce the call with the i[...]

26 3. Answer at the handset b y pressing . You may then announce the 4. On the handset, press line 1 to talk. If no one is available to take the call at the handset, return to the caller by pressing line 1 or on the base to take a message or com plete the call. As you begin to mo ve too f ar from the base, y ou first hear a clicking sound. As you t[...]

 Y our EXS 9966 stores up to 30 name/numbers in the handset plus 1 0 numbers in the base. Memory locations are shared by both lines. On the Handset 1 . Remo ve the handset fr om the base. 2. Press and hold mem for two seconds. The follo wing screen appears: 3. Use the and keys, or enter a two digit number (01-30) to choose the memory location to[...]

7 . Enter the phone number with the number keypad (direct entry up to 20 digits). Press del to erase the number, if you entered a wrong number. 8. When you hav e finished entering a name/number , press select . The handset beeps and displays a confirmation screen. On the Base 1 . Press memory . The status LED blinks. 2. Dial the number you wish to [...]

29 T o edit a number y ou have stored in the handset: 1 . Remo ve the handset fr om the base. 2. Press and hold mem for  two seconds. The display shows the Memory Store screen and an y saved name/numbers. 3. Use the s and t keys or enter a two-digit number (01-30) to select the memory location you would like to edit.        [...]

Press del t o remove an unwanted character s. Press and hold del to clear the entire name. 7 . Press select . The follo wing screen appears: A cursor flashes indicating that the display is ready f or the number to be edited. 8. Enter the phone number with the number k eypad. Press del to remo ve an unw anted number. Press and hold del to clear the [...]

After erasing a number , you may add a new addr ess to memor y . From the Handset 1 . Remo ve the handset fr om the base. 2. Press and hold mem for two seconds. The handset shows the Memory Stor e screen with saved name/ numbers displayed. 3. Use the and k eys, or number k eypad, to select the memor y location you would like to delete. Use the and [...]

9. The display then returns to the Memory Store screen. Y ou may select another number to delete (return to step 3) or you may pr ess mem to return to standby . From the Base 1 . Press memory . The status LED blinks. 2. Press memory a second time. Enter the memory location (0-9) of the number you wish to delete. The status LED stops flashing. A con[...]

F ollow the steps belo w to dial a number using a programmed memory location. Standby Mode Dialing from the Handset 1 . Press mem . The handset displays your pr ogrammed memory locations. 2. Use the and k eys to select the memory location you would lik e to dial. Or , y ou may enter a two-digit memory location number (01-30). Use the and  keys t[...]

Talk Mode Dialing from the Handset 1 . Press line 1 . 2. Press mem . Using the keypad, enter a two-digit memory location number (01-30). The number dials. Dialing from the Base 1 . Press line 1 . The line 1 LED lights. 2. Press memory . Using the k eypad, enter the memory location number (0-9). The number dials. 34[...]

USIN G Y ou must subscribe to Caller ID from y our phone com pany to use this feature. Setting up Caller ID options There are thr ee Caller ID options available; they ar e AutoT alk, CIDCW , and Area Code. AutoT alk allows you to answ er the phone without pressing line 1 or line 2 . If the phone rings when AutoT alk is on, simply r emov e the hands[...]

36 4. If y 5. After you finish the setting, press call id and return the handset to the base. ou want to set CIDCW , use the k ey or 2 to mo ve the cursor to 2 CIDCW . Press the select k ey to toggle between On and Off . Progr amming Y our Area Code 1 . Press and hold call id f o r t w o seconds. The follo wing screen appears: 2. Use the and keys o[...]

37 Reviewing Caller ID name/numbers T o review y our Caller ID name/numbers, follo w the steps below: 1 . Press call id . The follo wing screen appears: 2. Use or to select Line 1 or Line 2 . Press select . 3. Press to scan through the name/numbers. The most recent messag e appears first, with the date, time, call count, name, and phone number . Pr[...]

Calling a Caller ID name/number 1 . Press call id . The Caller ID summary screen shows the number of new callers and total number of calls. 2. Use or to select Line 1 or Line 2 . Press select . 3. Press to scan forwar d. Press to scan backwar ds through the list. 4. Select the name/number that you would lik e to dial. 5. Press line 1 . The number a[...]

Storing a Caller ID number in a memory location 1 . Press call id . The Caller ID summary screen shows the number of new calls and total number of calls. 2. Use or to select Line 1 or Line 2 . Press select . 3. Press or to f ind the name/ number that you w ould lik e to store. 4. Press mem to store the selected message. The follo wing screen appear[...]

40 Deleting a Caller ID message To delete a single Caller ID message, follow the steps below. 1 . Press call id . The Caller ID summary screen shows the number of new calls and total number of calls. 2. Use or to select Line 1 or Line 2 . Press select . 3. Select the number that you w ould lik e to delete. Press to scan f or war d through the name/[...]

41 6. Press call id to return to standby. Deleting all Caller ID name/numbers T o delete all of y our Caller ID messages, follow the steps below. 1 . Press call id . The Caller ID summary screen shows the number of new calls and total number of calls. 2. Use or to move the cursor to Line 1 or Line 2 .      3. Press del to delete name[...]

42 Using CIDCW (Caller ID with Call W aiting) 1 . During a call, when you hear the Call W aiting tone, check the handset display for the name and number of incoming calls. 2. Press flash to accept the incoming call. (See FL ASH AND C ALL W AITING, page 1 8 for additional information.) Call (Line 1) Smith John 817-555-1212[...]

43 If your phone is not perf orming to your expectations, please try these simple steps bef ore calling U niden customer service at (800) 297-1 023. QUICK REFERENCE CHART TR OUBLESHOOTIN G Y OUR NEW PHONE The status LED won’t come on when the handset is placed in the base.     Make sure the AC adapter is plugged into the base[...]

The EXS 9966 complies with FCC P arts 1 5 and 68. Fr equency control: PLL Modulation: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum; DBPSK Operating temperature: 0º to +50º C (+32º F to +1 22º F) Fr equency: 904.2 to 925.8 MHz (20 channels) Po wer r equirements: 1 0V 500 mA (from A C adapter) Size: 8-49/64 in. (W) x 6-57/64 in. (D) x 2-37/64 in. (H) W eight:[...]

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