Uniden TCX950 User Manual

Welcome

Congratulations on your purchase of the Uniden TCX950 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.

Accessibility

Uniden provides a customer service hotline for accessibility questions. If you have a disability and need customer service assistance or if you have any questions about how Uniden's products can accommodate persons with disabilities, please call the accessibility voice/TTY line: 1-800-874-9314.

Our customer care hours as well as accessibility information can be found on our website, www.uniden.com, under the "Accessibility" link. If your call is received outside of our business hours, you can leave us a message and we will call you back.

Important!

The TCX950 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 Handset

Base Charging

cradle Standby Station Any registered handset or the base.

Talk

Uniden® is a registered trademark of Uniden America Corporation.

A handset that works with an expandable phone base. Accessory handsets must be registered to a base.

The main part of the phone that connects to your phone line, and lets you make and receive calls.

A cradle that charges an accessory handset. It connects to power but not to a phone line.

The handset is not in use. No line has been activated. (It doesn’t matter whether the handset is in the cradle.) No dial tone is present.

A dial tone has been enabled, so you can dial and carry on a conversation with an outside party.

Compatible Bases

This handset is compatible with Uniden's 5.8 GHz Digital Expandable phone system: the TRU9500 series.

Please visit our website at www.uniden.com for the most up-todate list of compatible bases.

Installing the Accessory Handset

Checking the Package Contents

Make sure your package contains the following items. If any items are missing or damaged, contact our Customer Service Hotline. See the back cover page for contact information.

• Cordless Handset • Belt Clip

• Printed Material

• Charging cradle with AC Adapter (model # PS-0007: Input 120V AC, 60 Hz; Output 9V DC, 210 mA)

• Rechargeable NiMH Battery Pack (model # BT-446: Capacity 800 mAh, 3.6V)

Installing the Battery

Battery pack

Battery cover

Handset

Locate the battery pack, battery cover and the handset.

Push the battery pack connector in firmly. (You should hear it click into place.) Gently tug on the battery wires to make sure the connection is secure.

Place the cover over the battery compartment and slide it up into place.

Line up the red and black wires on the battery pack connector with the sticker in the handset’s battery compartment.

Battery pack

Battery cover

Handset

Locate the battery pack, battery cover and the handset.

Push the battery pack connector in firmly. (You should hear it click into place.) Gently tug on the battery wires to make sure the connection is secure.

Place the cover over the battery compartment and slide it up into place.

Line up the red and black wires on the battery pack connector with the sticker in the handset’s battery compartment.

Use only the Uniden BT-446 rechargeable battery pack supplied with your cordless telephone.

Installing the Belt Clip

Insert the tabs on the sides 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.

Charging the Accessory Handset

What if the charge LED doesn’t light up?

Reseat the handset; make sure the contacts on the bottom of the handset are lined up with the contacts in the cradle. Check the AC adapter connection. Make sure you are not using an outlet that’s controlled by a wall switch.

Make sure that the charge LED illuminates when the handset is seated.

Connect the AC adapter to a standard 120V AC wall outlet.

Place the cord through the molded wiring channel.

Place the handset in the charging cradle with the display facing forward.

Charge your handset at least 15 to 20 hours before using your new handset for the first time.

What if the charge LED doesn’t light up?

Make sure that the charge LED illuminates when the handset is seated.

Connect the AC adapter to a standard 120V AC wall outlet.

Place the cord through the molded wiring channel.

Place the handset in the charging cradle with the display facing forward.

Charge your handset at least 15 to 20 hours before using your new handset for the first time.

The handset is powered by a rechargeable battery pack that automatically recharges when the handset is placed in the charging cradle.

Use only the Uniden PS-0007 AC adapter with the charging cradle.

Installing the Optional Headset

Your phone may be used with an optional headset. To use a headset, insert the headset plug into the headset jack. Headsets may be purchased by calling the Uniden Parts Department. See the back cover page for contact information.

Registering the Handset

You must register the handset to the base before you can use it. Only one handset can be registered at a time. (If an accessory handset has ever been registered to a base, you must reset the handset before you can register it to a new base.)

To register to a TRU9565 or TRU9585 base:

Place the accessory handset in the base. While the handset is registering, HANDSET REGISTERING appears in the LCD. When REGISTRATION COMPLETE is displayed, the handset has been registered to the base.

Resetting the Handset

If you want to register the handset to a different base or replace

a handset with another one, you must rst clear the registration

information from the base and the handset.

Press and hold [ ] and [#] for at least ve seconds, until the

1) SYSTEM RESET menu appears.

Select the DEREGISTER HS

2) submenu by pressing [menu/ select]. WHICH HANDSET? appears in the display.

Use [ ] or [ ] to select the handset ID to be de-

3) registered from the list, and then press [menu/select]. DEREGISTER HS appears.

Press [ ] to move the cursor to YES, and then press

[menu/select]. You will hear a conrmation tone.

Resetting the Handset Without the Base

If the original base this handset was registered to is not available for some reason (for example, it is lost or somehow incapacitated), you can still reset the handset and use it with another base.

Press and hold [ ] and [#] for at least ve seconds, until the

1) SYSTEM RESET menu appears.

Press [ ] to move the cursor to BASE UNAVAILABLE and

2) then press [menu/select]. BASE UNAVAILABLE appears.

Press [ ] to move the cursor to YES, and then press

[menu/select]. You hear a conrmation tone, and the

handset deletes its own link to the base without trying to contact the base.

Now you are ready to register the handset to the new base.

Using the Interface

Twelve-key dial pad

[ ] key (down)

[ ] key (caller ID/right)

[menu/select] key

[ /mute] key

(messages/mute)

[ ] key (end call)

[#] key [ ] key (speaker)

Microphone Charging contacts

[ /tone] key

[ ] key (up)

new message LED

Earpiece

Display (LCD)

[clear/int’com] key (clear/intercom)

[ ] key (phonebook/left)

[redial/pause] key

[ /flash] key (talk/flash)

Headset jack cover Belt clip hole

Speakerphone speaker and ringer

Battery compartment