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DECT2185 Series User's Guide
What's in the box?
Base AC adapter
Battery
DECT2185 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 &
DECT2185 None
(PS-0035)
charger
DECT2185-2 1 of each
DECT2185-3 2 of each
DECT2185-4 3 of each
Battery
Rechargeable
cover
DECT2185-5 4 of each
battery pack
DECT2185-6 5 of e
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What's in the manual? Installing Your Phone ...................... 1 Using Conference Calling ............ 16 Charge the Battery ......................... 1 Using Privacy Mode ..................... 16 Connect the Telephone Cord ........ 2 Using Call Transfer ....................... 17 Using the Intercom ....................... 17 Getting to Know Your Phone.......... 3 Parts of the Base ............................ 3 Using the Answering System ...... 18 Parts of the Handset .....................
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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. P PH HO ON NE EB BO OO OK K/ /L LE EF FT T P PL LA AY Y/ /S ST TO OP P Display Display Speak Speaker er U UP P C CA AL LL LE ER R I ID D/ /R RI IG GH HT T D DO OW WN N D DO O N NO OT T D DI IS ST TU UR RB B D DE EL LE ET TE E F FI IN ND D H HA AN ND DS SE ET T/ / I IN NT TE ER RC CO OM M S SP PE EA AK KE ER R Charging Charging T Twelve welve-k -key ey Micr
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Key name What it does (and icon) - In standby or during a call: open the phonebook. - In any menu or list: go up one level. (If you are already at PhONEBOOK/ the top level, the phone exits the menu and returns to the LEFT previous operation.) ( / ) - During text entry: move the cursor to the left. - While playing messages: for the first 2 seconds, go to the previous message; after that: go to the start of this message. CALLEr ID/ - In standby or during a call: open the Caller ID list. rIGh
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Earpiece Earpiece Display Display C CL LE EA AR R/ / U UP P Parts of the handset I IN NT TE ER RC CO OM M If the key name is spelled out C CA AL LL LE ER R I ID D/ / P PH HO ON NE EB BO OO OK K/ / R RI IG GH HT T on the key itself, it's not L LE EF FT T labeled in the drawing to the D DO OW WN N right. S SP PE EA AK KE ER R T Twelve welve- - key dial key dial pad pad R RE ED DI IA AL L/ / P PA AU US SE E M ME ES SS SA AG GE ES S/ / M MU UT TE E Microphone Microphone Handset keys and ho
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Key name What it does (and icon) SPEAKEr ( ) - Switch a normal call to the speakerphone (& back). rEDIAL/PAUSE - In standby: open the redial list. ( ) - While entering a phone number: insert a 2-second pause. - While the phone is ringing: add the incoming Caller ID BLOCK information to the call block list (block the call). - In standby: access your answering system. MESSAGES/ - During a call: mute the microphone. MUTE ( ) - While the phone is ringing: mute the ringer for this call only. readi
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Using the Menus The menus are 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 which Move the cursor 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 MENU/ Select an option SELECT. PhONEBOOK/LEFT Go up one screen Press . On the handset, press END;
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Using the handset Menus Handset Setup You can change these settings separately for each handset. Turn on T-coil mode to reduce noise on some hearing T-coil aids (see "Do you use a T-coil hearing aid?" on page 24). Choose one of four melodies or three tones for the handset's main ring tone. As you highlight each ring Ringer Tones tone, the phone plays a sample of the tone. When you hear the tone you want, press MENU/SELECT. Turn on the personal ring feature. If you have Caller ID, this feat
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Enter your area code so the phone hides the area code on Area Code incoming local calls (see "Using Seven-digit Dialing" on page 12). Change the way your phone communicates with the telephone Dial Mode network (see "Changing from Tone to Pulse Dialing" on page 25). Set Line Do not change this setting unless instructed to by customer Mode service. Call Blocking This menu lets you block unwanted calls from up to 20 phone numbers and manage your call block list (see page 14). Entering Text on
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To Follow these steps Move the cursor to the letter you want to erase and CLEAr CLEAr/INTErCOM CLEAr/ Erase one letter press ( on the handset; MUTE on the base). CLEAr Erase the entire entry Press & hold . Enter punctuation or a 0 Press to rotate through the available symbols. symbol Using Your Phone From a handset From the base To... From a handset speakerphone speakerphone make a call: Dial TALK/FLASh SPEAKEr SPEAKEr Press . Press . Press . the number, then TALK/FLASh SPEAKEr SPEAKEr
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Change the When On the base On a handset ringer the phone is in select Off, Low, select Off, Low, volume standby Medium, or High Medium, or High 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 station. To open the redial list, press rEdIaL/paUsE ; use Up and d
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TaLk/fLasH spEakEr 3) On the handset, press or to dial the number; spEakEr on the base, press . (You can also press TaLk/fLasH or spEakEr before you open the CID list. Find the number you want to dial, then press MENU/sELECT.) 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 this number to this station's phonebook. The phone Store Into Pb pr
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Using the Phonebook Each station 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. 1. Find the entry you want to dial. Dial an entry TALK/FLASh 2. On the handset, press or SPEAKEr SPEAKEr ; on the base, press . Phonebook menu
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Enter the code number (up to 20 digits) into the phonebook just like a regular phonebook entry. Be sure to enter the code number into the phonebook exactly as you would enter it during a call. 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 fINd HaNdsET/INTErCoM With the
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bLoCk call and add this number to the call block list, press . When the MENU/sELECT bLoCk phone asks you to confirm, press or . 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. (Handset only) Add an entry to your cal
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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 b
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Using Call Transfer To... From the base From a handset FIND hANDSET/INTErCOM CLEAr/INTErCOM 1. Press to 1. Press to put the call on hold. put the call on hold. transfer a 2. Select the station you want to transfer the call to, or select call All to page all the stations at the same time. 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 transfer call. the call. 1. To answ
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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
