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A method of setting security codes in a remote communicating device using a base unit in a cordless telephone system includes the steps of bringing the remote communicating device into electrical contact with the base unit, wherein the base unit stores a transmitting security code (TC) and a receivi

A method of setting security codes in a remote communicating device using a base unit in a cordless telephone system includes the steps of bringing the remote communicating device into electrical contact with the base unit, wherein the base unit stores a transmitting security code (TC) and a receiving security code (RC), different from the TC; determining whether the remote communicating device is either a remote receiving device (RRD), a remote transmitting device (RTD), or a remote combination transmitting/receiving device (RCD); setting the remote communicating device with the RC if the remote communicating device is the RRD, or the TC if the remote communicating device is the RTD, or both the RC and the TC if the remote communicating device is the RCD, as determined above, said setting done via the electrical contact with the base unit; and verifying the RC or TC or both the RC and the TC in the RRD, RTD, or RCD, respectively, as determined above, said verifying done via the electrical contact with the base unit. The RC is selectable at the base unit by a user, thereby setting the same selected RC each time the RRD or the RCD is set, and the TC is automatically randomized by the base unit, thereby setting a different TC each time the RTD or the RCD is set.

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1. A method of setting security codes in a remote communicating device using a base unit in a cordless telephone system, the method comprising the steps of: (a) bringing the remote communicating device into electrical contact with the base unit, wherein the base unit stores a transmitting securit

1. A method of setting security codes in a remote communicating device using a base unit in a cordless telephone system, the method comprising the steps of: (a) bringing the remote communicating device into electrical contact with the base unit, wherein the base unit stores a transmitting security code and a receiving security code, different from the transmitting security code; (b) determining whether the remote communicating device is capable of receiving or transmitting or both; and (c) setting the remote communicating device with the receiving security code or the transmitting security code or both based on whether the remote communicating device is capable of receiving or transmitting or both, as determined in step (b). 2. The method recited in claim 1, comprising: (d) verifying the receiving security code or the transmitting security code or both based on whether the remote communicating device is capable of receiving or transmitting or both, as determined in step (b). 3. The method recited in claim 2, comprising notifying a user of a successful result of said verifying. 4. The method recited in claim 2, comprising notifying a user of an unsuccessful result of said verifying. 5. The method recited in claim 1, comprising receiving a user selection of the receiving security code, thereby setting the same selected receiving security code in step (c). 6. The method recited in claim 5, comprising performing said receiving in response to the user selecting a keypad on the base unit. 7. The method recited in claim 1, comprising randomizing the transmitting security code by the base unit, thereby setting a different transmitting security code in step (c). 8. The method recited in claim 6, comprising performing said randomizing in response to a reset button on the base unit. 9. The method recited in claim 6, comprising performing said randomizing in response to a reset key switch on the base unit. 10. The method recited in claim 1, said bringing the remote communicating device into electrical contact with the base unit includes: aligning electrical contacts of the remote communicating device with electrical contacts of the base unit. 11. The method recited in claim 7, wherein said determining includes polling the remote communicating device via the electrical connection between the base unit and remote communication device. 12. The method recited in claim 7, wherein said determining includes sensing a change in current at the electrical contacts of the base unit in response to the electrical contact with the remote communicating device. 13. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising the steps of: verifying the receiving security code via the electrical contact with the base unit; notifying a user if the receiving security code is successfully set in the remote receiving device; and notifying a user if the receiving security code setting is unsuccessful in the remote receiving device. 14. The method recited in claim 13, said bringing the remote receiving device into electrical contact with the base unit includes: aligning electrical contacts of the remote receiving device with electrical contacts of the base unit. 15. The method recited in claim 13, wherein the receiving security code is randomized by the user via a reset button on the base unit. 16. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising the steps of: verifying the transmitting security code via the electrical contact with the base unit; notifying a user if the transmitting security code is successfully set in the remote transmitting device; and notifying a user if the transmitting security code setting is unsuccessful in the remote transmitting device. 17. The method recited in claim 16, said bringing the remote transmitting device into electrical contact with the base unit includes: aligning electrical contacts of the remote transmitting device with electrical contacts of the base unit.