Uniden DCT5285 Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
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BASICS
On the handset, you may also use the speakerphone while talking to an outside call.
Using the handset speakerphone is called hands-free conversation. This feature
allows you to easily communicate while performing other tasks, such as cooking.
appears during hands-free conversations.
You can easily switch a call from normal conversation to hands-free conversation.
To switch a call, press the speaker key during the call.
From the Handset From the Base
Normal conversation Hands-free conversation
To answer a call Handset On the Cradle Press (talk).
Pick up the handset (AutoTalk)
or pick up the handset and
press talk/flash.
Handset Off the Cradle Handset Off the Cradle
Press any number key, /tone/
t, Press speaker.
or #/
s (Any Key Answer),
or press talk/flash.
To make a call Handset Off the Cradle Handset Off the Cradle
1) Press talk/flash. 1) Press speaker. 1) Press (talk).
2) Listen for the dial tone. 2) Listen for the dial tone. 2) Listen for the dial tone.
3) Dial the number. 3) Dial the number. 3) Dial the number.
OR OR
Dial the number, then Dial the number, then
press talk/flash. press speaker.
To hang up Press end, or return the handset to the cradle (AutoStandby). Press (talk).
To enter a pause When you dial the number in the standby mode, Pressing (talk).
within the press the PAUSE soft key. When you dial the number,
dialing sequence
P appears in the display, which represents a pause. press redial/pause.
Making and Receiving Calls
To set Autotalk, see
page 25 or Anykey
Answer, see page 26.
The handset
microphone is located
at the bottom of the
handset (see Controls
and Functions on
page 6). Position
yourself as near to the
handset as possible
and speak clearly.
If the line is in use
by another
handset(s), Line
In Use appears in
all registered
handsets display,
that are not in use.
The base microphone
is located under the
base. Position
yourself as near to
the base as possible
and speak clearly.
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