Welcome
Congratulations on your purchase of the Uniden DSS8905 accessory handset and charging cradle. You can place this fully featured cordless handset anywhere your home has AC power.
Note: Illustrations in this manual are used for explanation purposes. Some illustrations may differ from the actual unit.
Important!
The DSS8905 accessory handset will not operate until it is registered to a Uniden main base. This manual describes how to set up your new handset; for more detailed instructions on operating your new handset, please refer to the manual supplied with your base.
Terminology Used in this Manual
Accessory | A handset that works with an expandable phone base. | |
Handset | Accessory handsets must be registered to a base. | |
Base | The main part of the phone that connects to your phone | |
line, and lets you make and receive calls. | ||
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Charging | A cradle that charges an accessory handset. It connects to | |
cradle | power but not to a phone line. | |
| The handset is not in use. No line has been activated. | |
Standby | (It doesn’t matter whether the handset is in the cradle.) | |
| No dial tone is present. | |
Station | Any registered handset or the base. | |
Talk | A dial tone has been enabled, so you can dial and carry on | |
a conversation with an outside party. | ||
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