Uniden 1660 English Owners Manual - Page 8

PAGE 14 BASIC OPERATION (CONT.) HANDSET LOW BATTERY INDICATOR When the battery pack needs recharging, the low battery icon will be displayed. You may also notice a reduction in the quality of your cordless handset communications. Return the handset to the charging station as soon as possible, whenever the low battery icon is on. Ring: Mid ID: 11 To avoid a low battery condition, it is recommended that you keep the handset in its charging station whenever it is not in use. USING A HEADSET Each handset can be used with any standard 2.5 mm. headset for handsfree operation. 1 Plug the headset into the headset jack on the top of the phone (remove the rubber plug if it is covering the hole). 2 Calls can now be made using the headset. 3 To return to using the handset without a headset, simply unplug the headset. INSTALLING THE BELT CLIP 1 Place one side of the belt clip into the groove on the side of the handset. 2 Snap the other side of the belt clip into the groove on the other side of the handset. MAKING AN INTERCOM CALL You can call from one handset to another, without tying up the outside phone line. 1 From standby mode, press INT. 2 Dial the desired handset number. For example, if handset 12 calls handset 15, the LCD of the calling unit will display: ICM To 15 ID:12 Ring ANSWERING AN INTERCOM CALL 1 The LCD will show which handset is calling. ICM By 12 ID:15 Ring 2 Pick-up the handset and press a keypad key. The LCD will display: ICM By 12 ID:15 Talk The calling party's LCD will display: ICM To 15 ID:12 Talk 3 When the conversation is over, press OFF to release the call. PAGE 15 ROOM MONITOR You can automatically turn on the microphone of a handset to listen for activity. 1 From standby mode, press INT. 2 Dial the desired handset number. The handset you are calling will ring. 3 Press INT again. The microphone of the station you are calling will automatically turn on. 4 Exit by pressing OFF. PAGE ALL HANDSETS To page all the handset users or to locate the handset from the base unit: 1 Press PAGE on the base unit. PAGE 2 Each handset will make a chirping sound for about 15 seconds. 3 To turn off the page, press OFF on any handset. CALL WAITING Call waiting is a subscription service offered by your local telephone company. When you are on the line and another call comes in, a beep is emitted over the line. You can continue speaking to the first caller or, by pressing FLS (Flash), you can toggle to speak to the second caller. VOICE MESSAGE INDICATION If you subscribe to voice mail service from your local telephone company AND if your telephone company uses FSK message waiting indication (a signaling method that sends an indication that you have new, unplayed messages in your voice mail), the unit will alert you that you have new messages. The unit will detect the message waiting signal and will activate indicators on the base and the handsets. The base LED will flash and the handsets will display "MsgWait". L1 Msg Wait ID:11 1 To retrieve your messages, follow the voice mail retrieval procedure specified by your local telephone company. 2 Soon after you review the new messages, a signal will alert the unit to turn off the voice message indicators. 3 To manually turn off the indicators, press FCN and then press DEL ("1").