Using Your Phone

Making and Receiving Calls

The following features of the XCA550/55 phones are different depending on the Handset’s location when you make or receive a call.

 

 

Handset On

 

Handset Off

 

 

Base

 

Base

Answer

Pick up Handset.

Press T.

Call

(AutoTalk)

 

 

Make Call

1) Pick up

1)

Press T.

 

 

Handset.

2)

Listen for dial

 

2)

Press T.

 

tone.

 

3)

Listen for dial

3)

Dial the

 

 

tone.

 

number.

 

4)

Dial the

 

 

 

 

number.

 

 

Hang up

Return Handset

Press T.

 

to Base.

 

 

 

(AutoStandby)

 

 

Redial

1) Pick up

1)

Press T.

 

 

Handset.

2)

Listen for dial

 

2)

Press T.

 

tone.

 

3)

Listen for dial

3)

Press F.

 

 

tone.

 

 

 

4)

Press F.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Sometimes when you press Tto 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 Tagain 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

You Will Hear

 

Keys

 

Changing

Press C.

A click similar

Channels

Note: Change

to when Fis

 

channels to

pressed. There

 

help eliminate

may be a brief

 

background

pause as your

 

noise.

phone

 

 

searches for a

 

 

clear channel.

Flash

If the call

A click, a short

 

waiting tone

pause, then the

 

sounds, press

caller (if you

 

Fto accept

were on a call).

 

the waiting call

 

 

— OR —

— OR —

 

If you have

A click, and

 

finished a call

then a dial tone

 

and want to

so you can

 

make another

make a

 

call, press F

different call.

 

to hang up and

 

 

get a dial tone.

 

Page/Find

Press page/find

The Handset

 

on the Base

will beep more

 

Unit to locate

than 5 times.

 

the Handset

 

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Uniden XCA550/55 Using Your Phone, Making and Receiving Calls, Changing Channels, Flash, and Page/Find