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This cordless telephone must be set up before use. Follow these steps:

About the digital security code

This cordless telephone uses a digital
security code to prevent unauthorized
access to your base unit. This
security code prevents other cordless
handset from making calls through
your base unit.
If you want to reset the security

code, see page 38.

Step 1

(page 5)

Unpack the telephone and accessories.

Step 2

(page 6)

Next, choose the best location to
set up the base unit.

Step 3

(page 7 to 10)

Then, insert the battery pack into
the handset. Connect the base unit.
You must charge the battery pack
for 

12-15 hours before plugging

into the telephone line and using
the phone.

Step 4

(page 11 to 12)

Finally, set the Caller ID options and
store your area code in the memory to
use the Caller ID service. 

Note:

Skip the area code setting if your

calling area requires 10-digit dialing.

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Summary of Contents for DCT 4960

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Page 3: ...s any number key on the handset or lift the handset AutoTalk from the base Adjust the handset volume louder or softer by pressing or during a call hone book caller id end talk flash abc 2 def 3 jkl 5 ghi 4 mno 6 tone 8 pqrs 7 wxyz 9 oper 0 1 tuv djusting Step 3 Using the Phone caller id end talk flash abc 2 def 3 jkl 5 ghi 4 mno 6 tone 8 pqrs 7 wxyz 9 oper 0 1 hold format menu enter redial pause i...

Page 4: ... book to display the phone book index Press or to select your location Press menu enter Replace Memory is displayed Press or to select Yes or No Press menu enter to confirm your selection See page 33 in your owner s manual for complete instructions about using Caller ID features Below is a list of functions available FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE FUNCTIONS REFER TO THE OWNER S MANUAL SUPPLIED WITH...

Page 5: ... t is different from conventional cordless unit is connected to AC power and a telephone 4 handsets You can now place a fully featured in your home or office where AC power is available argers in this manual may differ from the actual unit rpose ...

Page 6: ... from the base so you don t have to waste ipping switches AutoStandby allows you to hang up by et to the base compander circuitry virtually eliminates background noise billed calls which might result from your phone being ent the DCT4960 2 has Random Code digital security s one of 16 777 215 digital security codes for the handset site www uniden com Uniden America Corporation us Random Code and Au...

Page 7: ...hone Number 30 Erasing a Stored Name and Phone Number 32 Caller ID Features Caller ID 33 When the Telephone Rings 33 Viewing the Caller ID Message List 34 Deleting Information from the Caller ID List 35 Using the Caller ID List 36 Additional Information Changing the Digital Security Code 38 Installing the Beltclip 39 Headset Installation 39 Note on Power Sources 40 Maintenance 40 Troubleshooting 4...

Page 8: ...ent 5 Handset earpiece 6 LCD display 7 Phone book key 8 End key 9 Talk key 10 tone key 11 Hold format key 12 Menu enter key 13 Handset microphone 14 up Caller ID key 15 down key 16 Flash key 17 key 18 Int com delete key 19 Redial pause key 20 Handset charging contacts 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ...

Page 9: ...S 3 charge voicemail in use find handset 25 26 27 21 Base antenna 22 Base charging contacts 23 Telephone line jack 24 DC power input 25 Charge voicemail LED 26 In use LED 27 Find handset key 28 DC power input 29 Charging contacts 30 Charge LED ...

Page 10: ...telephone uses a digital security code to prevent unauthorized access to your base unit This security code prevents other cordless handset from making calls through your base unit If you want to reset the security code see page 38 es o nit k g ing s and mory to g if your aling ...

Page 11: ... T E D Contents 2 Cordless Handsets s Telephone line cord arts Department at 800 554 3988 F 7 00 a m to 5 00 p m CST We can eached on the web at www uniden com owing items in the package If any of contact the Uniden Parts Department 2 Beltclips Charger ...

Page 12: ...xcessive moisture extremely low temperatures dust mechanical vibration or shock he Phone h as sunlight d ent Avoid noise sources such as a window by a street with heavy traffic Avoid microwave ovens Avoid personal computers Avoid other cordless telephones n be close to both a phone jack and a continuous power outlet able handset away from sources of electrical noise such as motors nd fluorescent l...

Page 13: ... way e a good k into the battery cover by sliding e ll display ds Use only the Uniden battery BP 490 supplied with your phone Replacement batteries are also available through the Uniden Parts Department See page 5 Additional handsets will include their own individual charging cradles The battery will fully charge after approximately 12 to 15 hours ...

Page 14: ... a beep use BATT appears on the display eeps twice Complete your uickly as possible and return the se unit for charging ttery charging contacts od charge it is important to contacts on the handset and dry cloth or a pencil eraser nth quids or solvents contacts terminated due to a low battery the call will be and can be retrieved from any of the other handsets ...

Page 15: ...ed tact with the base Place the power cord so that it does not create a trip hazard or where it could become chafed and create a fire or electrical hazard t use any other AC adapter upply at you can unplug the AC andset charge your handset at the phone line Once the nect the telephone line cord to TEL LINE jack and is fully charged ...

Page 16: ...ter and the display will show the The initial setting is Tone to change the selection ter to confirm your selection l automatically change to the fter 3 to 5 seconds ure of your dialing system set the unit to tone dialing If the call connects leave the setting as is otherwise pulse dialing ystem requires pulse dialing and you need to send the certain situations during a call you may switch over to...

Page 17: ...N G S T A R T E D s available They are AutoTalk and de setup instructions to pick up the call without pressing ou can press any number key or simply nit or charger to answer the call Talk ay will show the ng is OFF ction ur selection ange to the ...

Page 18: ...aling aller ID messages you will see only the local seven digit received from outside your local area code you will see a er ter and select Area Code ter and the display will show the The initial setting is Empty r keys to enter the local area code om delete to erase the numbers ter to confirm your selection l automatically change to the fter 3 to 5 seconds ...

Page 19: ...hing to tell you that the ode n the charging cradle of the base unit that the registration has finished e which keeps others from listening in n this feature On the conference led de cy ay will show the ng is OFF ction ur selection ange to the Menu Charge the battery pack for 12 15 hours before registering the additional handset see Install the battery pack on page 7 G E T T I N G S TA R T E D ...

Page 20: ... the digital re register the handset before use see page 38 ter and select Handset Reset ter No appears on the display to change the selection reset and No is to exit this mode ter to confirm your selection econds for the handset to complete nitializing appears on is complete the LCD will display not registered ...

Page 21: ... G E T T I N G S TA R T E D al eep that someone is on hold The LCD d you nclude Off 15 30 45 60 seconds Reminder ay will show the Hold Reminder is ction ur selection ange to the G E T T I N G S T A R T E D ...

Page 22: ...splay as you dial y pre dialing phone number for example The number will appear in the dial ial the number end or return the handset to the be displayed for 3 to 5 seconds after ngs pick up the handset and press talk e Auto Talk then you can answer the call simply by ndset from the base charger unit or by pressing any of the ...

Page 23: ...C S each handset Ring ay will show the er is set to ON ction ur selection ange to the nger and Earpiece Volume as Standby and Talk Mode are used n ot in use off the base and talk has ot present e base and talk has been pressed ...

Page 24: ...n ter to confirm your selection l automatically change to the fter 3 to 5 seconds u make a selection you will hear the corresponding ring volume confirmation beep alert beep and the ring during Intercom will remain the find handset ring will remain as Hi regardless of the selection selected for the ringer volume the following rings will be turned off Call Call ll inder ...

Page 25: ... r Tone ay will show the r tone is set to 1 ction ur selection ange to the r the earpiece volume change the volume level of the handset the minimum volume settings you will stays at the last setting after each B A S I C S ...

Page 26: ... d alk appears on the display umber is dialed The call time s ess end or return the handset to call time will be displayed for ds k mode alk appears on the display ause The last number dialed will nd redialed ess end or return the handset to call time will be displayed for ds Most Recent ne numbers dialed can be quickly redialed ...

Page 27: ...g utomated menu choices atically return to PULSE mode 8 pqrs 7 wxyz 9 oper 0 hold format menu enrer redial pause int com delete tone which can vary depending on and the type of obstacles between the ut of the operating range of the base Range and will sound a warning closer to the base unit to deactivate nge for approximately 15 seconds the re back in the operating range B A S I C S ...

Page 28: ...have received new voice messages Also the ates Message Waiting You must subscribe to voice e this feature will work Please contact your local y representative for more details or to subscribe occasionally reset the indicator if it ou have retrieved your messages To r press hold format then press ce message service essages dial the number to access your message Please telephone company representati...

Page 29: ...o place a call on hold dset LCD will state Line On Hold t calls from accidentally being put on d Reminder automatically alerts the ith a double beep in a selected interval t the call has been unattended for minder Also Line On Hold is alert you that the call is on hold for 3 minutes all the handsets will ring handsets to a call on hold phone book caller id end talk flash abc 2 def 3 jkl 5 ghi 4 mn...

Page 30: ...handset is using another handset cannot make another outside call ndsets can join the outside call conversation see om call ntercom call to another handset delete l show ICM To set ID that you want to make an intercom call For u are using handset 1 and want to make an intercom call then you will press 2 m will be canceled if the Handset ID for the receiving ntered within 10 seconds the handset to ...

Page 31: ... intercom call om ring then the intercom call will be another handset ll automatically on hold or example if you are using handset 1 call to handset 2 then you will press 2 the Handset ID is not entered within ender before talking to the outside call lk to talk to the outside call nsferred call Transfer call may be an m call press int com delete Press end to cancel the call ...

Page 32: ...Call nce call be sure to have the Privacy mode turned OFF n outside line other handsets can conference in by erence call if someone presses hold format the system old ...

Page 33: ...information ton to toggle associated with will appear first s and the number 5 button to toggle and the number 5 either wait 1 2 seconds for the the next character OR press or aracter Press int com delete to he name and ready to enter the red phone number ng distance phone y to access an lete ard and the ok M E M O RY D I A L I N G ...

Page 34: ...ring a name ove the cursor to the incorrect character Press int com e wrong character then enter the correct character 1 2 for A B C a b c 2 d e f 3 4 for G H I g h i 4 j k l 5 6 for M N O m n o 6 S p q r s 7 8 for T U V t u v 8 Z w x y z 9 for ACE for s with Memory Dialing ook to display the phone book to select the location that you wish key to connect to the outside line r will be dialed automa...

Page 35: ... CID number the CID number must g Caller Number and the Phone t be chain dialed out manually from the phone book location number you wish to chain in dial the phone number stored in between the digits press elay use more than once For example insert 6 seconds of delay between ...

Page 36: ...o enter the edit mode to start editing the record l show the name first Edit the name and press o move to edit the phone number If you do not need to just press menu enter to move to the phone number he phone number press menu enter to save the changes on beep will be heard and the display will return to the ...

Page 37: ...ook memory phone book ion that you wish to review display to show the phone numbers le back to show the names enter the editing mode and then press records one book memory ide line location number in dial example d in the location 06 mber stored in that location ...

Page 38: ... Phone Number ormation from the phone book memory ook to display the phone book to select the phone book location that you ter to select the edit mode delete to delete the record delete again to confirm the deletion ...

Page 39: ...y it bed to the combined service ngs ler ID combined service you will lable from Call Waiting calls During a ndicate the presence of a Call Waiting rmation will appear on the handset o the first caller or by pressing flash nd caller ervice from your telephone company ay the telephone number and the name s well as the date and time the call is on the display after the second ring atabase of the bas...

Page 40: ...Caller ID data are Out of Area No o Name These messages indicate that complete Caller ID s not sent D database retrieve mode to enter the CID Data The LCD will display the number of the CID database e Caller ID Message List through the CID data id to enter Caller ID retrieve mode to scroll through the CID database see the newest caller n the phone number and e data are received hen no name is rece...

Page 41: ... L E R I D F E A T U R E S om the Caller ID List om the CID database wish to delete he caller data along with the the deletion mbers easily from the caller database after ve reviewed the caller list s all caller ll caller data All nfirm the ...

Page 42: ...ormat to select other all mode or Long Distance call mode d then the unit will dial the atically data function ores up to 50 of the most recent Caller ID records The in the base unit and can be accessed by any handset are numbered sequentially in the order in which they are e 51st record is received the oldest record will be deleted h time a new record is received ...

Page 43: ...mation into the phone n from automatically being deleted ok o store into the phone book phone number will not be stored mode you wish to dial out ct the mode that you wish to use to phone book location tion selection Memory No t the CID record to be stored into p and the display will return to the ...

Page 44: ... while you plug in the AC eep holding find handset for 10 seconds ode has changed ging the security code please be sure to re register dsets before use he handset the security code on the base the handset needs to steps shown below phone is not in use including the intercom and the handset is not in the base unit find handset on the base for 5 seconds voice mail LED will start flashing to tell you...

Page 45: ...how the current setting n dle of the base unit at the registration has finished To remove the beltclip Pull both sides of the beltclip to release the tabs from the holes dard 2 5mm headset for hands free operation ck on the side of the phone remove the dset a headset simply unplug the headset ...

Page 46: ...ake your used nickel metal hydride battery packs to a store that recycles nickel metal hydride batteries even after a battery ast about one year the Uniden Parts mpened with y cloth dirty if necessary u will not be phone Caution Do not use paint thinner benzene alcohol or other chemical products Doing so may discolor the surface of the telephone and damage the finish ...

Page 47: ...e k urity code may not be properly registered to the base unit ividual handset may not be programmed with the correct code re that each handset has a DIFFERENT handset ID re that each handset has the SAME security code re that privacy mode set to off dset might be too far away from the base re that the battery is fully charged e handset and or base to a different location away from bjects or appli...

Page 48: ... you may need to initiate the ed Call Waiting Caller ID service art of the Caller ID information is not being sent The tion is either unavailable or is being blocked by the caller normal operation The speaker must be muted briefly to allow ne to receive Call Waiting Caller ID information e handset at a time can talk with an outside caller To allow ent handset to talk to the caller transfer the cal...

Page 49: ...d respective to the base by returning the handset to the base after each phone hort even after the battery is recharged please replace ery should last about one year at your local Uniden dealer or by contacting the Uniden are from 7 00 a m to 5 00 p m Central Time Monday n the web at www uniden com f optional accessories are all subject to change without ...

Page 50: ...disposal package insert for disposal instructions 3 Do not open or mutilate the battery pack Released electrolyte is corrosive and may cause damage to the eyes or skin It may be toxic if swallowed 4 Exercise care in handling the battery in order not to short the battery with conducting materials such as rings bracelets and keys The battery or conductor may overheat and cause burns 5 Charge the bat...

Page 51: ... B modified altered or used as part of any conversion kits subassemblies or any configurations not sold by Uniden C improperly installed D serviced or repaired by someone other than an authorized Uniden service center for a defect or malfunction covered by this warranty E used in any conjunction with equipment or parts or as part of any system not manufactured by Uniden or F installed or programme...

Page 52: ...call 16 Memory dialing Editing a stored name and phone number 30 Erasing a stored name and phone number 32 Making calls with memory dialing 28 Storing phone numbers and names 27 P Q Package contents 5 R Receiving a call 16 Redialing a call 20 Ringer tone and volume 17 S Setting up the handset 7 Setting up the phone 6 T U V W X Y Z Troubleshooting 41 ...

Page 53: ...ease call our Customer Hotline at 800 297 1023 N THIS PRODUCT TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE will be happy to help you with any matters regarding available accessories or any other related matters for purchasing a Uniden product M F 7 00 AM to 7 00 PM CST ...

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