Uniden DXAI8580 Series Getting to Know Your New Phone, Attach the Belt Clip, Feature Overview

1-7. Attach the Belt Clip

To attach the belt clip

Insert the tabs on the side of the belt clip into the holes on either side of the handset. Press the belt clip down until it clicks into place. (Tug on the clip to make sure it’s secure.)

To remove the belt clip

Gently pull the tabs out of the holes, then slide the belt clip off of the handset.

2) Getting to Know Your New Phone

2-1. A few Hints on the Manual

This manual uses several different type styles to help you distinguish between different parts of the phone:

•Bold text with “[ ]” indicates a key or button on the phone

•ALL CAPITALS indicates text on the display, such as menu options, prompts, and confirmation messages

•lower case bold text indicates a status light on the phone

Terms used in this manual

Base	The main part of the phone that connects to your phone line and lets you make and receive
	calls.
Charging	A cradle that charges the handset battery. It connects to power but does not connect to a
cradle	phone line.
CID	Caller ID is available from your telephone provider. With this service, you can see the name and
	number of incoming callers.
CIDCW	Caller ID on Call Waiting is available from your telephone provider. With this service, you can
	see incoming caller information while on another call.
Handset	A cordless handset that can be placed anywhere in your home or office where AC power is
	available.
Standby	The phone is not in use. (It doesn’t matter whether the handset is in the cradle: the [TALK/
	flash] hasn’t been pressed, and there is no dial tone.)
Talk	A dial tone has been enabled, so you can dial and carry on a conversation with an outside party.

Note: Illustrations in this manual are used for explanation purposes and may differ from the actual unit.

2-2. Feature Overview

•	Multi-Handset System	• Call Transfer from Handset to Handset
	(Extra Handset(s) & Charging Cradle(s) Included)	(see section 4-3)
•	Hearing Aid Compatible	• Last Number Redial (see section 4-4)
• Tone or Pulse Dialing (see section 3-1)		• Earpiece Volume Control (see section 4-5)
• Caller ID on Call Waiting (see section 3-1)		• Page/Find Handset (see section 4-6)
•	Trilingual Menu Displays	• Mute Ringer (see section 4-7)
	(English, Spanish, or French) (see section 3-2)	• Headset jack (see section 4-8)
• Auto Talk (see section 3-2)		• 30-number Caller ID Memory (see section 5)
•	Ringer Volume Control	• 10- Number Speed Dial Memory (see section 6)
	- Handset (see section 3-2)	• Chain Dialing (see section 6-7)
	- Base (see section 3-3)	• Desk or Wall Mountable (see section 9)

• Handset speakerphone (see section 4-2)

Answering system features (see section 7,8)

•Up to 13 minutes of Recording Time

•Toll Saver (see section 7-1)

•Personal or Pre-recorded Outgoing Messages (see section 7-2)

•Trilingual voice prompts (see section 7-1)

•Handset access to answering system (see section 7-4)

•Time and Day Announcement (see section 7-4, 8-2)

•Call Screening (see section 7-5)

•Conversation Recording (see section 7-6)

•Voice Memo (see section 7-7)

•Remote Message Retrieval (see section 8)

2-3. Parts of the Handset

		Earpiece
		LCD display
		/	key
	/memory key	(up/messages)
		cid/menu key
(phonebook/memory)
	TALK/flash key	END key
		key (down)
	Twelve-key dial pad
		#/	key (#/right)
/tone/	key(*/tone/left)	/speaker key
	redial/pause key
	select/channel key	delete/transfer key

Microphone

Charging contacts