Uniden D2997 English Owners Manual - Page 12

Using Special Features Using Text-To-Speech With the Text To Speech (TTS) feature, your phone can announce phone numbers or names in several different situations. When you... (from standby) The phone announces... receive a call the caller's name (if sent by a CID service) dial a number the phone number you dialed open the phonebook the name of the entry you are looking at You have to turn on TTS separately for each handset (see p. 8). To change the volume of CID announcements, change the ringer volume.  To change the volume for all other TTS features, change the speaker volume. To make sure it doesn't interrupt a call or an intercom page, the phone only uses TTS when it starts out in standby. It takes at least 2 rings for the phone to receive CID information and announce it. If the phone is answered before the end of the second ring, the phone won't announce the name of the caller. The TTS feature only uses English, regardless of the language for the display or the answering system prompts. Adjusting the Base Visual Ringer You can change the brightness of the base visual ringer. The Visual Ringer switch is at the back of the base. Slide the switch to High, Low, or Off. (It doesn't affect the audio ringers.) Using the Audio Boost You can increase the earpiece volume for normal calls and intercom calls. During a call, press Boost. Press Boost again to turn off. Silent Mode You can silence the ringers on the base and all handsets at the same time. It doesn't affect the visual ringers. With the phone in standby, press and hold Silent on the base. The phone automatically turns on the answering system and shows Do Not Disturb in the display on each handset. (The answering system answers any incoming calls without playing anything through the speaker.) To cancel, press Silent again. ##If you turn the answering system off while Silent Mode is on, the phone turns off Silent Mode. 12 - English