I have the uniden D1688 phone and the ringer will not ring

page 12 of the user manual
ringer volume for each handset( if you turn the ringer all the way down that particular ringer turns off)
when it happens---- in standby
press up to increase volume

Probably the handset is in Silent Mode. Press and hold the # key (below 9) to toggle the silent mode off. When you turn on the feature by holding the # key, you can enter a number (1-9) to end the silent feature in that many hours. However, if you do not type a number, the silent mode will remain on until disabled.

I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

Without the model number of your Uniden phone, I don't know which silencing feature you are dealing with.

Some Uniden handsets have a Silent Mode. To toggle this on and off, press and hold the # key (below 9) for 5+ seconds when the phone isn't in use. When the silent mode is enabled, the handset will ask for a length of time for the 'no-ring' option. If no key is pressed, then the Silent Mode will continue until the # key is held again.

Other Uniden phones have Do Not Disturb. The button to enable/disable this will be on the cordless phone base. The answering system will automatically turn on and none of the handsets will ring when this feature is enabled.

You can also set the ringer volume to zero. Depending on the phone, you can reset this by pressing the volume up/down buttons or going through the menu. Look for the Ringer Volume in the same section of the menu as the Ring Tone options.

If you need additional information, please add a comment with the model of your phone. I hope this helps.

Cindy Wells

Without the model, I can't be sure of the method you need to enable the ringer.

Some Uniden phones toggle on a Silent Mode if you press and hold the # key (below 9 on the keypad) for 3+ seconds on one handset. When turned on, the phone will ask how long (1-9 hours) you want the ringer to be disabled for the handset. If no key is pressed within 5 seconds, the handset will not ring until the # key is pressed and held again.

Other Uniden phones have a Do Not Disturb mode. This disables the ringer on all handsets.To disable this, press and hold the DND button on the base. The answering system will be turned on if it isn't already on when DND is in use.

The other options to mute the ringer include the volume down on the handset when the phone is in standby. Some phones will also adjust the ring tone volume in the menu.

I hope this helps. Please add a comment with the model of your phone for additional information.

Cindy Wells

That's an option, look in your Manual that came with the phone about ringer options. The only other option is to let us no the model number.

You can silence the ringers on the base and handsets at the same time. It doesn't affect the visual ringer on the phone in standby, press and hold Silent on the base. The phone automatically turns on the answering system and shows Do Not Disturb in the display on handset. (The answering system answers any incoming calls without playing anything through the speaker.)To cancel, press Silent again. If you turn the answering system off while Silent Mode is on, the phone turns off Silent Mode.

Hi! Most phone have a double function for the "#" key. Press and hold this key "#" and the silent mode will go off/on.
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Silent Mode
You can silence the ringers on the base and all handsets for a specific period of time; the answering system answers any incoming calls without playing anything through the speaker.
With the phone in standby, press and hold # on any handset. The phone prompts you to select the number of hours (1 - 9 or Always On) that you want it to stay in silent mode.
To confirm, press # or just wait about 5 seconds. The phone turns on the answering system and displays Silent Mode On on each handset.After the selected number of hours, the phone automatically exits silent mode. To exit silent mode manually, press and hold # again.
If the phone is in silent mode and you turn off the answering system, the phone exits silent mode.
Multihandset Features To use the features in this section, you need at least 2 handsets.
Your base supports a total of 12 cordless handsets: the one that came with the base and up to 11 DCX160 accessory handsets.You must register accessory handsets to the base before using them. (Handsets that came packaged with the base are already registered.)Handsets that aren't registered display a Not Registered message. For registration instructions, see p. 18, or see the accessory handset manual.If a handset was ever registered to a base, you must reset it before it can register to a new base; see p. 18, or see the accessory handset manual.Conference Calling
When an outside call comes in, two handsets can join in a conference call with the outside caller.
To join a call that's already in progress, just press Talk/flash or SpeSpeSpeaker.To leave the conference call, hang up normally; the other handset remains connected to the call.

Press and hold SILENT on any handset then select "Always on" at the prompt.

The instructions are on page 14 of the manual at
http://www.uniden.com/content/ebiz/uniden/resources/ownersmanuals/D1688-2om.pdf

All you have to do is hold the pound (#) button down. It will then say exit silent mode. If you ever want to put your phone back in silent mode, just hold the pound (#) button down.