Using Your Phone

Making and Receiving Calls

The following features of the DX834 phone are different depending on the Handset’s location when you make or receive a call.

 

Handset On Base

Handset Off Base

Answer Call

Pick up Handset

Press T.

 

(AutoTalk)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1)

Pick up Handset.

1)

Press T.

 

 

 

 

2)

Press T.

 

Make Call

2)

Listen for dial

3) Listen for dial

tone.

 

 

tone.

3)

Dial the number.

 

4)

Dial the number.

 

 

 

Hang up,

Return Handset to

Press T

 

Base (AutoStandby)

 

 

1)

Pick up Handset.

1)

Press T.

 

 

2)

Press T.

 

Redial,

2)

Listen for dial

3) Listen for dial

tone.

 

 

tone.

3)

Press

.

 

4)

Press

 

 

 

Note: Sometimes when you press T to hang up the phone, you may get an error tone and the phone will not disconnect. If this happens, place the Handset on the Base Unit or press T again while holding the Handset close to the Base Unit.

Changing Channels, Flash, and Page/Find

To change channels or access call waiting while the phone is in use, or to use the one-way page to locate the Handset, follow these steps:

 

Press These Keys

You Will Hear

 

 

 

 

Press C.

A click similar to

 

Note: Change

when

is

Changing

channels to help

pressed. There

eliminate

 

may be a brief

Channels

background noise.

pause as your

 

 

 

phone searches

 

 

 

for a clear

 

 

 

 

channel.

 

 

 

 

 

If the call waiting

A click, a short

 

tone sounds,

pause, then the

 

press

to

caller (if you were

 

accept the

 

on a call).

 

 

waiting call

 

 

 

FLASH

— OR —

 

— OR —

 

 

 

 

If you have

 

 

 

 

 

A click, and then

 

finished a call

 

and want to make

a dial tone so you

 

another call,

can make a

 

press

to

different call.

 

hang up and get

 

 

 

a dial tone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press PAGE/FIND

The Handset will

Page/Find

on the Base Unit

beep more than 5

to locate the

times.

 

 

 

 

Handset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Uniden DX834, DXC834 Using Your Phone, Making and Receiving Calls, Changing Channels, Flash, and Page/Find