EZAI2997 Series User's Guide What's in the box? EZAI2997 base with answering system and cordless handset Base AC adapter (PS-0034) Rechargeable battery pack (BT-1007) Battery cover Telephone cord You might also find: EZX290 accessory handset and charger Charger AC adapter (PS-0035) Rechargeable battery pack (BT-1007) Battery cover If you purchased You should model number: have: EZAI2997 None EZAI2997-2 1 of each EZAI2997-3 2 of each 3 of each EZAI2997-4 EZAI2997-5 4 of each EZAI2997-6 5 of each If a
What's in the manual? Installing Your Phone........................... 1 Charge the Battery..................................1 Connect the Telephone Cord..................2 Getting to Know Your Phone.............. 3 Base Keys and How They Work.............3 Parts of the Handset................................4 Using the Menus................................... 7 The Handset Setup Menu.....................7 The Ans. Setup Menu............................8 Day & Time Setting..............................
Installing Your Phone Charge the Battery ) 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 label inside the handset. Black Red ) Push the battery pack connector in until it clicks into place. Tug gently on the wires to make sure the battery pack is securely connected.
) Place a handset in the base and any accessory handset(s) in the charger(s) with the display(s) facing forward. The charge light on the base and each charger should all turn on. If... Try... the charge - 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.
Getting to Know Your Phone Base Keys and How They Work Front view BACK Message counter DELETE Speaker SKIP FIND PLAY/ STOP Find Cradle DO NOT DISTURB Slow Charging contacts CHARGE light Key name (and icon) Visual ringer SLOW UP DOWN Microphone (on back) What it does - In the first 2 seconds of a message: go to the previous message. - Anytime after that: go back to the beginning of this message. - While a message is playing: delete this message. Delete - In standby: delete all messages.
Side View Back View GREET ON/OFF RINGER VISUAL RINGER switch Key name What it does - In standby: cycle through the 4 different ringer tones. - In standby: turn the answering system on or off. On/off - In standby: record a new greeting or switch greetings. Greet Visual Ringer - In standby: adjust the brightness of the base visual ringer (see switch page 16). Ringer Parts of the Handset If the key name is spelled out on the key itself, it's not labeled in the drawing below.
Handset keys and how they work Key name (and icon) What it does - In standby or during a call: open the phonebook. Phonebook/ - In the menu: go back to the previous screen. left (PHBK) - During text entry: move the cursor to the left. Speaker (SPKR) - Switch a normal call to the speakerphone (and back). select/ Menu - In standby: open the menu. - In the menu or any list: select the highlighted item. Caller ID/ right (CID) - In standby or during a call: open the Caller ID list.
Reading the handset display 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 Status icons Time 12:00A Handset #1 Caller ID New CID: 5 count Handset banner What it means The volume of the earpiece is boosted (see page 16). The ringer is turned off: this handset will not ring when a call comes in.
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 basic actions: To open the menu, press SELECT/MENU. Use UP and DOWN to move the cursor. Handset Setup Ans. Setup Day & Time Global Setup To select the highlighted option, press OR SELECT/MENU. To close the menu, press FLASH/EXIT. Open the menu Press Select/menu.
Any Key Answer Turn on Any Key Answer so you can answer the phone by pressing any key on the twelve-key dial pad. Banner Change the name used on the handset's display. Handset Language Change the display language to Spanish or French. Key Touch Tone Have your keypad sound a tone when you press a key. LCD Contrast Change the contract of the display to make it easier to read. Choose one of ten different levels of contrast. TTS On/Off Turn on the Text-To-Speech (TTS) feature (see page 16). The Ans.
The phone enters the letters in the order they appear on the key. For example, if you press the number key 2 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 same letter sequence with small letters. If you press 2 four times in a row, the phone enters a (small letter). Press 2 five times for b, and six times for c.
Changing the Volume You can set the ringer and speaker volume separately for the base and each handset. You can change the earpiece volume separately for each handset, also. The available volume levels and when you can change them are listed below. For each item, press Up to make it louder or Down to make it softer.
Using Caller ID and Call Waiting You have to subscribe to Caller ID, Call Waiting, and Caller ID on Call Waiting services to use the features described in this section: contact your telephone provider for more information. When a call comes in, the phone displays the caller’s number and name (if available); if you turned on Text-To-Speech, it also announces the name. The phone saves the information for the last 30 received calls to the CID list.
Using Seven-Digit Dialing If you can make a local call by dialing only seven digits instead of ten, you can tell the phone to hide your local area code in the Caller ID list. ) Open the menu and select Global Setup, then select Area Code. 2) Use the number keypad (0 - 9) to enter your three-digit area code. ) Press Select/menu when you’re finished. The phone uses the programmed code as a filter. When calls come in, the phone compares the received area code to the programmed one.
Phonebook entry options With the phone in standby, open the phonebook and find the entry you want. Press Select/menu to open the individual phonebook entry menu. Choose one of these options: Edit Edit this entry. The handset will prompt you to edit the name and number, and choose a personal ring. Copy Copy this entry to another handset. (You must have at least two handsets to use this feature.) Delete Erase this entry.
Using Multi-Handset Features The expandable base works together with the accessory handsets to give you some useful multi-handset features. You must have at least two handsets to use the features in this section. Expanding Your Phone Your base supports a total of six EZX290 accessory handsets, including any that were supplied with your phone. (The cordless handset that comes with your base counts as one of the six.) Your phone may be compatible with other Uniden accessory handsets.
Using Call Transfer You can transfer an outside call to any other handset. To... Follow these steps transfer a call 1. Press Clear/intercom to put the call on hold. 2. Select the handset you want to transfer the call to (select All to page all the handsets). When the other handset accepts the call, you'll be disconnected, but you can join the call again. cancel a transfer and Press Talk. return to the call accept a transferred call 1.
Using Special Features Using Do Not Disturb The Do Not Disturb or DND feature turns off the audio ringers of the base and all handsets at the same time. It does not affect any of the visual ringers. With the phone in standby, press and hold Do not disturb on the base. The phone automatically turns on the answering system and shows Do Not Disturb in the display on all handsets. To cancel, press Do not disturb.
Things to know about TTS: You have to turn on TTS separately for each handset. Open the menu and select Handset Setup. Then, select TTS On/off, and select On or Off for each handset. To make sure it doesn't interrupt a call or an intercom page, the phone only uses TTS when it starts out in standby. For example, if you open the phonebook during a call, the phone won't announce the names in your phonebook. It takes at least 2 rings for the phone to receive Caller ID information and announce it.
Using the Answering System Setting Up Your Answering System Recording your outgoing message Your personal outgoing message or greeting can be between 2 seconds and 30 seconds long. If you don't want to record an outgoing message, the system will use its pre-recorded greeting: Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the tone. To record your greeting: From the base From a handset 1. Press and hold Greet until you hear the system say "Record greeting" (about two seconds).
Ans. Setup menu options You can change the answering system options from any handset. Just open the menu and select Ans. Setup. Enter a 2-digit PIN so you can access your answering system from any touch-tone phone (see page 21). Set the number of rings (2, 4, or 6) before the answering system answers the phone. Choose Toll Saver (TS) to have Ring Time the system pick up after 2 rings if you have new messages or after 4 rings if you don't.
If you don't press any keys for 30 seconds, the phone returns to standby. How to operate your answering system To... play new messages restart the current message replay previous messages skip a message slow down message playback delete a message delete all of your messages play old messages end the operation From a handset (start remote operation first) Press Play/stop Press mUTE/Messages.
To... From the base From a handset answer the call Not available Press Talk. mute the call screen without answering Press Play/stop. Press Flash/exit or return the handset to the cradle. If you mute the call screen, the system continues taking the message: it just stops playing through the speaker. Only one handset at a time can screen calls. If another handset is screening the call, the handset beeps and returns to standby.
Solving Problems If you have any trouble with your phone, try these simple steps first. If you still have a question, call our Customer Care Line listed on the front cover. If… Try… - Checking the telephone cord connection. No handsets can make - Disconnecting the base AC adapter. Wait a few or receive calls. minutes, then reconnect it. - Moving the handset closer to the base. One handset can’t make or receive calls. - Resetting the handset. - Making sure the ringer is turned on.
If… Try… - Making sure the answering system is turned on. The answering system - Making sure the base AC adapter is plugged into a does not work. continuous wall outlet (i.e., not controlled by a wall switch). The answering system won't record messages. - Making sure the Record Time is not set to Announce Only. - Deleting saved messages (the memory may be full). My outgoing message - Seeing if there was a power failure. You may have is gone. to re-record your personal outgoing message.
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Plug the DSL filter into the telephone wall jack and then plug your phone's base into the filter. Make a test call to make sure the noise is gone. Telephone wall jack Telephone cord Changing from Tone to Pulse Dialing DSL filter Your phone can communicate with the telephone network in two different ways: tone dialing or pulse dialing. These days, most telephone companies use tone dialing. If your phone company uses pulse dialing, you need to change the dial mode.
Registering a handset Does the handset fit in the base cradle? Yes No Place the handset in 1. Disconnect the base AC adapter. the base. The display 2. Press and hold Find while you reconnect the adapter. should say Handset 3. On the handset, press and hold Pound (#) until the Registering. display says Handset Registering (about 2 seconds). In about 30 seconds, the display should say Registration Complete. Pick up the handset and press Talk. Make sure you get a dial tone. If... Try...
Important Information Terms Used In This Guide Accessory Handset An extra handset that can register to and be used with an expandable phone base. All accessory handsets must be registered to a base. Base The main part of the phone. It connects to your phone line and lets you make and receive calls. Most bases also have a cradle to store a handset. CIDCW (CID on Call Waiting.) A service that shows CID for calls that come in during another call.
The rechargeable Ni-Cd battery contained in this equipment may explode if disposed of in a fire. Do not charge the battery used in this equipment in any charger other than the one designed to charge this battery as specified in the owner's manual. Using another charger may damage the battery or cause it to explode.
Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly approved by the manufacturer or other party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate this product. NOTICE: According to telephone company reports, AC electrical surges, typically resulting from lightning strikes, are very destructive to telephone equipment connected to AC power sources. To minimize damage from these types of surges, a surge arrestor is recommended.
One-year Limited Warranty Important: Evidence of original purchase is required for warranty service. WARRANTOR: UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION ("Uniden") ELEMENTS OF WARRANTY: Uniden warrants, for one year, to the original retail owner, this Uniden Product to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship with only the limitations or exclusions set out below. WARRANTY DURATION: This warranty to the original user shall terminate and be of no further effect 12 months after the date of original retail sale.