Cannot get phone system started lost manual

not knowing what phone it is make this hard. It will be in the setup menus but most systems will probably be limited to 6.

press menu
select answering set up move to rung time select menu add ring time press menu and then press exit to save

Select the model of your Uniden DECT 6.0 system from the list beginning at http://www.uniden.com/scat/dectphones_mnl to download the manual.

What model Uniden 5.8GHz phone/answering machine? Exactly what does it do after four rings? Does it just drop the call or continue to ring? Is the answering machine turned on?

There should be a switch towards the bottom on the right hand side
Setting ring time switch The ring time/toll saver switch allows you to set the number of rings the caller hears before the answering system plays your outgoing message. You can set the switch to answer af ter two rings or af ter four rings. Once the greeting has star ted, you can stop it when you pick up the call at the handset or base. In the TS (Toll Saver) position, the answering system picks up af ter two rings if you have new messages, and af ter four rings if there is none. This way, if you call long distance to check your messages, you can hang up af ter the third ring to avoid billing charges.

Setting the Number of Rings (Excerpt from the Uniden Dect 1580 Phone manual

The ring time setting allows you to set the number of rings the caller hears before your answering system plays the outgoing message. You can set the ring time to answer after two, four, or six rings. If you enable the Toll Saver (TS) setting, the answering system picks up after two rings if you have new messages, and after four rings if there are
none. This way, if you make a long distance call to check your messages, you can hang up after the third ring to avoid long distance billing charges.

1. Press Menu/Select.
2. Select the Ans. Setup menu, and then the Ring Time submenu.
3. Move the cursor to select a ring time (Toll Saver, 2 Times, 4 Times, or 6 Times).
4. Press Menu/Select. You will hear a confirmation tone.

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now, should i assume that the current problem is ringing.. or what..the lost numbers.
refer to this manual for further details.

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Setting the Number of Rings (Excerpt from the Uniden Dect 1580 Phone manual

The ring time setting allows you to set the number of rings the caller hears before your answering system plays the outgoing message. You can set the ring time to answer after two, four, or six rings. If you enable the Toll Saver (TS) setting, the answering system picks up after two rings if you have new messages, and after four rings if there are
none. This way, if you make a long distance call to check your messages, you can hang up after the third ring to avoid long distance billing charges.

1. Press Menu/Select.
2. Select the Ans. Setup menu, and then the Ring Time submenu.
3. Move the cursor to select a ring time (Toll Saver, 2 Times, 4 Times, or 6 Times).
4. Press Menu/Select. You will hear a confirmation tone.

http://www.retrevo.com/samples/Cordless-Phone-manuals.html
go to this site and download a new manual. you did not say what model uniden you have. it will be easy once you have the correct manual.

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