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DECT2180 Series User's Guide
What's in the box?
Base AC adapter
Battery
DECT2180 base with
(PS-0034)
cover
answering system and
cordless handset
Telephone
cord
Rechargeable
battery pack
(BT-1016)
You might also find:
DCX210
If you purchased You should
Charger AC
accessory
model number: have:
adapter
handset &
DECT2180 None
(PS-0035)
charger
DECT2180-2 1 of each
DECT2180-3 2 of each
DECT2180-4 3 of each
Battery
Rechargeable
cover
DECT2180-5 4 of each
battery pack
DECT2180-6 5 of e
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What's in the manual? Installing Your Phone ...................... 1 Using Multi-station Features ........ 16 Charge the Battery ......................... 1 Expanding Your Phone ................ 16 Connect the Telephone Cord ........ 2 Using Conference Calling ............ 16 Using Privacy Mode ..................... 16 Getting to Know Your Phone.......... 3 Using Call Transfer ....................... 17 Parts of the Base ............................ 3 Using the Intercom ....................... 1
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Installing Your Phone Charge the Battery 1) Unpack all handsets, battery packs, and battery covers. If any battery cover is already on the handset, press in on the notch and slide the cover down and off. 2) Line up the red and black wires on the battery pack with the Black Black label inside the handset. Red Red 3) Push the connector in until it clicks into place; tug gently on the wires to make sure the battery pack is securely connected. 4) Place the cover over the battery compartm
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8) Place a handset in the base and any accessory handset(s) in the charger(s) with the display(s) facing forward. The CHAr GE light on the base and each charger should all turn on. If... Try... the CHAr GE - reseating the handset. light does - checking the AC adapter connection. not turn on - seeing if the outlet is controlled by a wall switch. Charge all handsets completely (about 15 hours) before using them. Connect the Telephone Cord Use the telephone cord to connect the TEL LINE jack
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Getting to Know Your Phone Parts of the Base If the key name is spelled out on the key itself, it's not labeled in the drawing below. D DE EL LE ET TE E S SP PE EA AK KE ER R U UP P D DO OW WN N Microphone Microphone (on back) (on back) Charging Charging L LE EF FT T R RI IG GH HT T F FI IN ND D P PL LA AY Y/ / contacts contacts D DO O N NO OT T H HA AN ND DS SE ET T/ / S ST TO OP P D DI IS ST TU UR RB B I IN NT TE ER RC CO OM M Base keys and how they work Key name What it does (and i
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Key name What it does (and icon) - While playing messages: for the first 2 seconds, go to the LEFT ( ) previous message; after that: go to the start of this message. - In standby: start playing messages. PLAY/STOP - While a message is playing: stop playing messages. ( ) - While the phone is ringing: mute the ringer for this call only. DO NOT - In standby: turn the Do Not Disturb feature on or off (see DISTUrB ( ) page 14). rIGHT ( ) - While a message is playing: skip to the next message. O
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Handset keys and how they work Key name What it does (and icon) - In standby: increase the ringer volume. UP ( ) - During a call: increase the call volume. - In the menu or any list: move the cursor up one line. CALLEr ID/ - In standby or during a call: open the Caller ID list. rIGHT ( ) - During text entry: move the cursor to the right. - In standby: decrease the ringer volume. DOWN ( ) - During a call: decrease the call volume. - In the menu or any list: move the cursor down one line. - In s
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reading the Display On the base On the handset Status icons Status icons Time Time 12:00A 12:00A Handset Handset #1 banner Caller ID Messages: 1 New New CID: 5 Message counter count The table below shows the possible icons and what they mean. Since the 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: this station will not ring when a call comes in. You have a voice mes
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Using the Handset Menu The menu is designed to be as easy as possible. Some users don't even need the manual once they know how to perform these actions: MENU/SELECT Open the menu Press . The arrow cursor on the left side of the line shows Move the cursor which menu item is currently highlighted. Use UP to move the cursor up & DOWN to move it down. Move the cursor to highlight the option, then press Select an option MENU/SELECT. PHONEBOOK/LEFT Go up one screen Press . Press END. (If you op
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Turn on Auto Talk so you can answer the phone just by Autotalk picking up the handset from the cradle (without having to press any buttons). Turn on Any Key Answer so you can answer the phone Any Key Answer by pressing a key on the twelve-key dial pad. Banner Change the name used on the handset's display. Handset Language Change the display language. Key Touch Tone Have the keypad sound a tone when you press a key. The Ans. Setup Menu This menu controls the options and settings for your answe
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Entering Text on Your Phone When you want to enter text into your handset (for example, a name in the phonebook), use the twelve-key dial pad to enter the letters printed on the number keys. Here's how it works: The phone enters the letters in the order they appear on the key. 2 For example, if you press the number key once, the phone enters the letter A. Press 2 twice for B, and three times for C. If you press the key again after the last letter, the phone starts the 2 same letter se
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Using Your Phone To... From the handset From the handset speakerphone make a call: Dial the Press TALK/FLASH. Press SPEAKEr . number, then answer a call Press TALK/FLASH. Press SPEAKEr . hang up Press END or put the handset in the cradle. switch between the Press SPEAKEr . speaker & earpiece MESSAGES/MUTE Press . Press again to turn the mute the microphone microphone back on. during a call Press CLEAr/INTErCOM . After 5 minutes on hold, the put a call on hold call will be disconnected. retu
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Change the When On the base On a handset earpiece you are on a normal choose one of 6 NA volume call volume levels you use the speaker- speaker choose one of 10 choose one of 6 phone for a call or volume volume levels volume levels getting messages Using the redial List The phone saves the last 5 numbers you dial on each handset. To rEdIaL/paUsE Up doWN open the redial list, press ; use and to scroll pHoNEbook/LEfT through the list. To close the list, press . With the phone in standby,
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TaLk/fLasH spEakEr 3) Press or to dial the number. (You can also TaLk/fLasH spEakEr press or before you open the CID list. Find the MENU/sELECT number you want to dial, then press .) Caller ID menu options Open the CID list with the phone in standby. Find the number you want and press MENU/sELECT. Choose one of these CID menu options: Delete Entry Erase this Caller ID number. Add the number to the phonebook. The handset prompts Store Into Pb you to edit the name & number and select a per
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Using the Phonebook Each handset can store up to 70 entries in its phonebook. Open/close the phonebook Press PHONEBOOK. DOWN Press to scroll through the phonebook Scroll through the entries UP from A to Z or to scroll from Z to A. Jump to entries that start Press the number key corresponding to the with a certain letter letter you want to jump to. Find the entry you want to dial, and press TALK/ Dial an entry FLASH or SPEAKEr . Phonebook menu options Open the phonebook with the phone in sta
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When you hear the prompt that tells you to enter the number, open the phonebook and find the entry that contains your code number. MENU/sELECT Press to transmit the code. Or, if you change your mind, use pHoNEbook/LEfT to close the phonebook. Finding a Lost Handset With the phone in standby, press fINd HaNdsET/INTErCoM on the base. fINd HaNdsET/ All the handsets will beep for 1 minute or until you press INTErCoM TaLk/fLasH ENd again or press followed by on a handset. Using Special Fea
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blocking an incoming call from an "Unknown" or "private" number is the same as selecting Unknown Number or Private Number from the Call Blocking menu. Call Blocking menu options With the phone in standby, open the menu and select Call Blocking. Choose one of these options: View Number See the numbers on your call block list. Add an entry to your call block list. The phone will prompt Create New you to enter a name & phone number. Private Block all calls from numbers reported by CID as "Pri
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Using Multi-station Features The expandable base and the cordless handset give you some useful multi-station features. (A station can be any handset or the base.) Expanding Your Phone Your base supports a total of six cordless handsets: the one that came with the base and up to five DCX210 accessory handsets. Your base might be compatible with other Uniden accessory handsets: please visit our website for a list of compatible handsets. Accessory handsets must be registered to the base be
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Using Call Transfer To... From the base From a handset CLEAr/INTErCOM 1. Press to put FIND HANDSET/INTErCOM 1. Press the call on hold. to put the call on hold. The 2. Select the station you want transfer a base pages all other stations to transfer the call to (select call automatically. All to page all the stations). When the other station accepts the call, you'll be disconnected, but you can join the call again. cancel a Press SPEAKEr to return to the Press TALK/FLASH to return to the
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Using the Answering System Setting Up Your Answering System You can set up your answering system from any handset. To... Follow these steps Your greeting can be between 2 seconds and 30 seconds long. If you don't record an outgoing message, the system uses a pre-recorded greeting: Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone. 1. Press MESSAGES/MUTE to access the answering system. Wait Record your until the system finishes its announcements, or press
