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Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Battery Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Using Your Answering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Playing New Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Playing Old Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Repeating a Message . . .
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Important Safety Instructions When using your telephone equipment, these basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, and injury to persons: 1. Read and understand all instructions. 2. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. 3. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning, and use a dry cloth, without liquid or aerosol cleaners. 4. Do not use this product near wat
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Battery Safety Precautions Caution: To reduce the risk of fire or injury to persons by the battery, read and follow these instructions: 1. Use only the appropriate type and size Battery Pack specified in this Operating Guide. 2. Do not dispose of the Battery Pack in a fire. The cell may explode. Check the Nickel-Cadmium Battery Disposal package insert for disposal instructions. 3. Do not open or mutilate the Battery Pack. Released electrolyte is
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the XCA550/55 telephone with an integrated digital answering system. This phone is designed to exacting standards to provide reliability, long life, and outstanding performance. This manual describes the operation of the XCA550 and the XCA555 models. Features The UltraClear Plus innovative technology, • 25 46/49 MHz Channels together with 25 different channels, virtually • Integrated Digital Answer
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•• ® Cordless Extend A Phone Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Included with the XCA550/55 If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact Uniden Customer Service at: (800) 297-1023, 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Central, Monday through Friday. Handset Base Unit Rechargeable Battery Long Telephone Cord AC Adapter Short Telephone Cord Operating Guide Other Printed Material Important Electrical Considerations Unplug all electrical appliances when you know an electrical storm is approa
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen If you are having trouble with your telephone service, you must first disconnect your phone to determine if it is the cause of your problem. If you determine that it is the cause, you must leave it disconnected until the trouble has been corrected. Radio Interference Radio interference may occasionally cause buzzing and humming in your cordless Handset, or clicking noises in the Base Unit. This interference is caused by external sources such as T
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Installation Selecting a Location Before choosing a location for your new phone, there are some important guidelines you should consider: • The location should be close to both a phone jack and continuous power outlet. Note: A continuous power outlet is an AC outlet which does not have a switch to interrupt its power. • Keep the Base Unit and Handset away from sources of electrical noise such as motors or fluorescent lighting. • Be sure there is
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Applying Power to the Base Unit The XCA550/55 phones require an AC outlet, without a switch to interrupt power, and the included AC adapter. To relieve strain on the DC plug when the phone is placed on a desk or table, connect the adapter as shown below. Wrap the power cord around the convenient notch on the bottom. Important: Place the power cord so that it does not create a trip hazard, or where it could become chafed and create a fire or other
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen 5. Plug the other end Desk or Tabletop Installation of the cord into the 1. Place the Base on telephone jack on a desk or tabletop. the wall. 6. Plug the AC Adapter into a 2. Plug the AC standard 120V AC Adapter cord into wall outlet. the 9V DC input Note: Do not use jack on the Base an outlet controlled Unit. by a wall switch. Wall Installation 3. Place the AC Standard Wall Plate Mounting Adapter cord These phones are designed to be mounted on a
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen 3. Plug one end of the Direct Wall Mounting short telephone If you do not have a standard wall plate, you can cord into the mount your phone directly on a wall. Before TEL LINE jack on the mounting your phone, consider the following: Base Unit. • Select a location away from electrical cables, pipes, or other items behind the mounting location that could cause a hazard when inserting screws into the wall. • Make sure the wall material is capable o
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen 4. Plug one end of the 8. Plug the AC long telephone cord Adapter into a into the TEL LINE standard 120V AC jack on the Base wall outlet. Unit. Note: Do not use an outlet controlled by a wall switch. Setting the Handset Retainer 5. Place the cord The handset retainer holds the Handset in place if inside the molded your phone is mounted on a wall. The steps below channel on the describe how to remove and replace the retainer bottom of the Base so
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen 3. Put the retainer back into its slot on the Base Unit. 25 CHANNEL 4. Push down on the Handset retainer until it snaps into place. 25 CHANNEL XCA550/55 13 550CH1.CHP Fri Aug 01 15:24:21 1997
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Setting Up Your Phone Extending the Antenna Before using your phone, be sure to raise its antenna to the vertical position. Then, fully extend the antenna. Installing the Handset Battery Pack 1. Press in on the 3. Align the plastic Battery Cover connector of the Release. Nickel-Cadmium battery pack with its socket and plug it in. 2. Slide the battery 4. Place the battery compartment cover pack inside the down. battery compartment, and slide the b
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Cleaning the Battery Contacts To maintain a good charge, it is important to clean all charging contacts on the Handset and Base Unit about once a month. Use a pencil eraser or other contact cleaner. Do not use any liquids or solvents. 25 CHANNEL ULTRACLEAR PLUS talk flash/rdl batt low abc def 1 2 3 volume delete answer 4ghi 5jkl 6mno pqrs wxyz 7 8tuv 9 status tone oper 02 0 # mem volume pause chan repeat play/stop skip ringer page/find pin pr
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Low Battery Indicator Setting the Handset Listening Volume When the Battery Pack in the Handset is very You can choose two different volume settings low and needs to be when using the Handset during a call. When the charged, the Handset is first used, the volume will be at its TALK/BATT LOW LED normal setting. However, you can change to a flashes. higher volume by pressing during a call. To V return to the normal volume, press again. V Setting Ha
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen 4. When the beeping Automatic Digital Code Security stops, briefly To avoid unauthorized calls on your phone, a remove the Handset Digital Code feature was added to the XCA550/55. again, and then This Digital Code is shared only between the return it to the Base Handset and Base Unit. The Code is set Unit. automatically when you first use the phone. Note: The status To change the Digital Code, be sure the Handset LED will blink, is on the Base, t
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Using Your Phone Making and Receiving Calls Changing Channels, Flash, and Page/Find The following features of the XCA550/55 phones are different depending on the Handset’s location To change channels or access call waiting while when you make or receive a call. the phone is in use, or to use the one-way page to locate the Handset, follow these steps: Handset On Handset Off Base Base Press These You Will Hear Keys Answer Pick up Handset. PressT. C
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Programming Your Phone All programming functions must be completed Storing a Mixed Number when your phone is in standby because If your phone is set up for Pulse dialing, you can programming keys will not work while you are on store a mixed mode number so that you can easily the phone. access long distance services. Storing a Number in Memory Use these keys to store a mixed mode number in Use these keys to store a number in memory. memory. Note:
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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Dialing a Stored Number Erasing a Stored Number To dial a number previously stored in memory, To erase a number previously stored in a memory follow these steps: location (0-9), follow these steps: 1. Remove the 1. Remove the Handset from the Handset from the Base Unit. Base Unit. 2. 2. PressT. PressM twice. 3. PressM. 3. Press the memory location number (0-9). 4. Press the memory location number (0-9). Note: An error tone will sound and the eras
