Uniden America UH045 Owners Manual

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IntroductionINTRODUCTION

WELCOME

Congratulations on your purchase of the Uniden MiniCel cellular phone. You have chosen to enter the world of cellular telephone technology with one of the finest portable cellular phones available today. Now you can place or receive calls from anywhere there is cellular coverage.

Your MiniCel can go with you anywhere so that you’re never out of touch – in your car, on the beach, at the golf course or even just for a walk in the woods.

With the roam feature, you can use your phone when you travel away from your own area. The many standard features on the MiniCel make calling quick and convenient. The easy-to-use menu functions help you customize your MiniCel.

We’re confident you will be proud to own the MiniCel. To make sure you understand all its convenient features, please take the time to read this owner’s manual. It will

TO YOUR NEW MINICEL PHONE

help you use the technology and convenience of cellular communications.

INTRODUCTION

AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

You must contact your local cellular service company to obtain authorization and a cellular telephone number before using your MiniCel. Fees for cellular service vary from company to company.

FEATURES

•

50 Memory Locations

•

128K Bytes Flash Memory

•

Any Key Answer

•

One-Touch Emergency Dial

•

Speed Redial and Super Speed Redial

•

Programmable 20-Character Greeting

•

Password Protection Auto PIN

•

Battery Alarm

•

Two-Line, 20 Character LCD Display

•

Scratch Pad Memory

•

Speaker and Ringer Volume Control

•

Keyguard

•

Call Timers

•

Tone or Vibrate Alert

INTRODUCTION

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TIP

To get the most from your phone, please read this owner’s manual thoroughly. Also, be sure to complete and mail the product registration form.

INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE

Mini 200 AC Adapter and Charger

WARNING

If any of these items are missing or damaged, immediately contact your place of purchase.

Rechargeable Battery

(one of the following:)

580 mAH nickel metal (MC580N)

580 mAH Lithium-ion (MC580L)

This Owner’s Manual

•

Precautions and Important Safety Instructions

•

Registration Card

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SettingUpYour PhoneSETTINGUP

INSTALLING THE BATTERY

Your MiniCel comes with either one of the following: 580 mAH nickel metal (MC580N) or 580 mAH Lithium-ion (MC580L).

1) Line up the notches and metal contacts on the bottom of the battery and the base (the back of the MiniCel). Make sure the label side is facing the phone.

2) Gently press the battery top until it clicks into place.

CHARGING THE BATTERY

SETTING UP

1) Plug the AC adapter cord into the input jack on the side of the phone.

2) Plug the AC adapter into a standard 120 VAC wall outlet.

Use only the Uniden AC adapter supplied with this phone. DO NOT use an outlet controlled by a wall switch.

If you turn the phone on while the battery is charging,

CHARGING will shows in the display.

3) Charge the battery for 3 hours.

THE BASICS OF YOUR NEW MINICEL

If the power is on when the battery is fully charged, the display reads:

HINT

SETTING UP

Before using your phone, fully charge the rechargeable battery pack. We recommend that the battery pack charges for 3 hours.

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CAUTION

Do not touch the antenna while you are using the phone.

BATTERY LOW ALARM

When the battery is low, RECHARGE BATTERY shows in the LCD display, the battery icon starts flashing, and the battery low warning tone sounds.

ANTENNA

Before placing or receiving a call, gently pull the antenna up until it clicks into place.

Do not use the phone with a damaged antenna. Use only the supplied or

WARNING

could damage the phone, degrade the quality of the call and violate FCC regulations.

approved antenna. Unauthorized antennas, attachments or modifications

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For the best reception, extend the antenna before using the phone.

POWER

▼ Power On

Press and hold the key until you hear a tone and see the opening greeting.

Then the standby display shows:

The MiniCel is now in standby mode.

▼

Power Off

Press and hold the key and the display goes blank.

end on/off

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CallingCALLING

SPEED

DIAL

Press

mem

, the two-digit memory location number (01-50)

send

and Or, press

mem

, the one-digit number for 1 through 9, and

From the standby display, press and hold the one-digit number (only for locations 1 through 8).

Caution: location 9 is for emergency dialing only.

SUPER SPEED

DIAL

send

RECEIVING A CALL

1) When someone calls your MiniCel, the LCD backlight flashes, the alert sounds (see page ) or vibrates (see page ) and

INCOMING CALL appears.

2) If the "any key" feature (page ) is active, press any key other than ▲ or ▼.

If you have disabled the "any key" feature, press

3) The backlight stops flashing and the icon appears in the display.

end

4) When you finish your call, press

Absent Call Counter

▼

When you don't answer an incoming call, the display shows the number of unanswered call(s). Press any key to erase the message.

send

MAKING A CALL

CALLING

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▼

Direct Dialing

1) Enter the phone number on the keypad. To erase a digit,

clear

press correct number. To erase all the digits, press and hold

WITH YOUR MINICEL

2) Press The icon shows in the display

while a call is in progress. If the "current call timer" feature is on, the counter starts (see page ).

and reenter the

send

clear

CALLING

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HINT

Redial From Last 10 Completed Calls

▼

1) With no digits in the display,

send

press

You will see the last number dialed.

To return to the blank screen, press

endorclear

HINT

To store the number in memory, press and hold

mem

. See page 10.

2) Press ▲or ▼ to scroll

through the list.

3) When you find the number that

send

you want to call, press

One-Touch Emergency Dialing

▼

To call 911, make sure that there are no numbers in the

wxyz

display, then press and hold for one second.

NOTE: This overrides the keyguard.

PIN Calling

▼

To protect from unauthorized use of some cellular or automated systems, you can use a personal identification number (PIN). The PIN must be programmed; see page 26.

If you enter a service area that does not require a PIN, set the PIN feature to off.

▼

Inserting a Pause

If you need a pause to separate groups of numbers during dialing, press and hold .

This pause counts as one digit. Entering another pause increases the length of the pause between numbers.

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ENDING A CALL

When you finish your call, press

end

WHILE CALLING

▼

Adjusting the Earpiece Volume

During a conversation, press either ▲ or ▼. You can do this through the volume menu (page 14).

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Using the Scratch Pad

▼

Use the scratch pad to record a phone number during a call. Then you can dial that number from the scratch pad or enter it into a memory location.

1) During a call, enter the number with the keypad.

2) When you are finished with

end

your call, press

3) To dial the number in the

send

scratch pad, press

Mute

▼

If you want to mute the microphone so the caller

•

cannot hear, press

and .

NOTE

Since the microphone (on the front) is disabled during monitor, the caller can’t hear you.

• To turn the microphone back on, press

and

again.

▼

Monitor

During monitor, you hear the conversation from the speaker on the back. The microphone is disabled. Use this feature for calling a bank or similar automated answering system.

•

To enable the monitor feature, press (monitor).

•

To disable the monitor feature, press (monitor).

▼

Transmitting DTMF Signal(s)

DTMF (dual tone multi-frequency) tones are transmitted from your phone when you press a digit key during a call.

▼

Flash Signal (Signaling Tone)

send

When you press

during a call, it generates a flash

signal (signaling tone).

CALLING

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HINT

To exit memory mode, press

endorclear

MemoryProgrammingMEMORYPROGRAMMING

STORING NUMBERS AND NAMES

The MiniCel has 50 memory locations (01 through 50). You can also store a 10-digit description or name to identify the phone number. There are three sources to enter numbers into memory: the scratch pad, entered in standby or the recall numbers list.

1) With the number in the display,

mem

press and hold

2) Enter the location number where you want to store the number. Example: location 01

To search for an empty location, press either ▲ or ▼. At the empty location, press If all the locations are full, the MEMORY FULL message appears and an error tone sounds.

for one second.

mem

If the location is occupied, you will be prompted:

Example: you want to replace the number in memory, press ▲ for yes.

3) If you want, you can enter a 10-character name with the keypad. Example: HOME

4) To store the name or to finish,

mem

press

PROGRAMMING FOR YOUR PHONE

After two seconds, the display returns to standby.

From the standby display, press To return to the standby display, press either

. You will see:

CHECKING MEMORY STATUS

mem

three times.

MEMORY

mem,endorclear

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Put the phone numbers that you call the most in the first nine memory locations. Then use speed dial to call them.

CAUTION

Within the super speed dial feature, location 9 is reserved for emergency calling. If any service provider is available (even one the phone isn’t registered with), you can use the emergency call feature.

CALLING STORED NUMBERS

Speed Dial

▼

Press

mem

, the two-digit memory location number

send

(01-50) and Or, press

then press

Super Speed Dial

▼

mem

, the one-digit number for 1 through 9;

send

You can super speed dial from memory locations 1 through 8. Caution: location 9 is for emergency only!

1) From the standby display, press and hold the one-digit number (only for locations 1 through 8) until it appears in the display.

2) The display changes to:

The call is in process.

CLEARING A MEMORY LOCATION

1) To select the location,

mem

press location number (01 - 50). Example: 01

and the two-digit

MEMORY PROGRAMMING

HINT

To exit memory mode, press

endorclear

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2) To clear the number,

clear

press and hold

3) Press ▲for yes (to delete). The display returns to standby.

Press ▼ for no. To return to standby,

end

press

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Menus-Customizing Your PhoneMENUS

THE FUNCTION MENU MAP

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MENUS

▼

Quick Menu Access

To quickly move through the menu levels, use the keypad.

Example: To quickly change the answer option from any key to send only:

abc2abc2abc

Press

,,,,and

CUSTOMIZING YOUR PHONE

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