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Cat. No. 43-1118
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-1118
900 MHz Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless
Telephone with Caller ID and Call Waiting ID
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FEATURES Your RadioShack ET-1118 900 MHz Dual Keypads — a full set of keys on Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Tele- both the handset and base let you use phone uses the most advanced cordless either keypad to operate the phone. telephone technology to give you superi- or audio quality and extended range. 3-Line Liquid Crystal Display — lets you view an entire Caller ID record on The ET-1118’s Caller ID unit records one screen. each caller’s telephone number (and name, if available in your area)
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Security Access-Protection Code — IMPORTANT CALLER ID automatically prevents other cordless INFORMATION phone users from using your phone line while the handset is off the base. To use the phone’s Caller ID and Caller ID with Call Waiting features, you must Redial — lets you quickly redial the last be in an area where those services are number dialed. available and you must subscribe to those services through your local phone Flash — sends an electronic switch- company. hook signal for use with
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Important: FCC STATEMENT • Cordless phones such as this one This telephone complies with Part 68 of require AC power to operate. When FCC Rules. You must, upon request, the AC power is off, you cannot dial provide the FCC registration number out or receive incoming calls using and the REN to your phone company. your ET-1118. To be safe, you These numbers are on the bottom of the should also have a phone that does base. not need AC power to operate (not a cordless phone) so you can still Note: Yo
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CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................... 7 Mounting the Phone ........................................................................................... 7 On a Desk Top ............................................................................................. 7 On a Wall Plate or Wall ................................................................................ 8 Connecting and Charging the Batter
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Troubleshooting .................................................................................................... 25 Care and Maintenance .......................................................................................... 27 Replacing the Battery Pack .............................................................................. 28 The FCC Wants You to Know ........................................................................... 29 Lightning .........................................
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INSTALLATION Notes: MOUNTING THE PHONE • Your telephone connects directly to You can place the ET-1118’s base on a a modular telephone line jack. If desk or table, mount it on a standard your phone line jack is not a modu- wall plate, or mount it directly on a wall. lar jack, you can update the wiring Choose a location that is: yourself, using jacks and adapters available at your local RadioShack • near an AC outlet store. Or, you can let the phone • near a modular telephone line jack company u
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4. Route the adapter’s cord through 2. Plug one end of the supplied short the strain relief slot on the bottom of modular cord into the TEL LINE jack the base. on the back of the base. RING VOL OFF-LO-HI 5. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. 3. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack. 6. Lift the base’s antenna to a vertical position. On a Wall Plate or Wall 1. Insert the two tabs at the top of the narrow end of the supplied bracket into the base’s upper tab
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5. Plug the modular cord’s other end additional instructions for placement on into the wall plate jack, then align a wall. the bracket’s keyhole slots with the 15 1. Drill two holes 3 /16 wall plate studs and slide the base inches (100 mm) downward to secure it. apart. Then thread a screw into each hole, letting the heads 3 extend about /32 inch (3 mm) from the wall. 2. Plug one end of the supplied long modular cord into the TEL LINE jack at the back of the base. RING VOL OFF-LO-HI 6. Plug the a
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Recharge the battery pack when Low CONNECTING AND Battery flashes on the display. CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK Important: Be sure the battery pack is properly connected before you try to The ET-1118 comes with a recharge- charge it. The CHARGE indicator lights able nickel-cadmium battery pack in the when the handset is on the base, even if handset but not connected. Before using the battery pack is not connected. your phone, you must connect the bat- tery pack and then charge it for about 24 Note
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• If the battery pack becomes weak the battery pack is fully charged, do this during a call, the handset beeps test. every 3 seconds and Low Bat- 1. Be sure DIAL MODE is set to T tery flashes. If this happens, you (tone). cannot make another call on the DIAL MODE phone until you recharge the battery pack. • About once a month, fully discharge the battery pack by keeping the handset off the base until Low 2. Lift the handset, press TALK, and Battery flashes. Otherwise, the listen for a dial tone.
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At any time except during a call, press pressing any key when the handset is or to set the handset’s ringer vol- away from the base. ume. The phone rings at the selected volume and the display shows Ringer Follow these steps to turn auto talk on or Low or Ringer High. off. 1. Lift the handset then hold down CALL ID. A menu appears with Auto Talk selected. CALL ID To set the base’s ringer volume, set SELECT RING VOL on the back of the base to OFF, LO, or HI. When you set RING VOL to OFF, the ba
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3. Press SELECT to change the Caller three times. Then enter your area ID/Call Waiting setting. On or Off code. appears indicating the selected set- ting. 4. Press CALL ID or return the handset to the base to store the new setting. DELETE STORING YOUR AREA CODE 4. Press SELECT to store the area To quickly dial a number from a Caller code. ID record (see “Dialing Numbers from a 5. To clear the display when you finish, Caller ID Record” on Page 23) or to cor- press CALL ID or return the handset r
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TELEPHONE OPERATION MAKING AND RECEIVING MAKING AND RECEIVING CALLS WITH THE CALLS WITH THE HANDSET SPEAKERPHONE To make a call, lift the handset, then To make or answer a call using the press TALK. The IN USE indicator on speakerphone, press SPEAKER. The the base lights. Dial the number. You SPEAKER indicator lights. When you see the number as you dial, then (about hear a dial tone, dial the number. 5 seconds later) the call’s elapsed time. SPEAKER Note: You can also dial the number be- fore
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To switch to the handset while you are To release a call from hold, lift the hand- using the speakerphone, simply lift the set and press TALK, press SPEAKER or handset off the base. If the handset is HOLD on the base, or pick up any exten- away from the base, press TALK, then sion phone on the same line. press SPEAKER. MUTE USING BOTH THE HANDSET AND SPEAKERPHONE If someone else is using the speaker- HOLD phone, press TALK on the handset to join the conversation. If someone else is using the
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• The redial memory for each keypad USING TONE SERVICES is separate. You cannot redial a ON A PULSE LINE number you dialed on the handset’s keypad using REDIAL on the base’s Some special services, such as bank- keypad, and vice versa. by-phone, require tone signals. If you • The redial memory holds up to 32 have pulse service, you can still use digits, so you can redial long-dis- these special tone services by following tance as well as local numbers. these steps. • The redial memory also holds
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To page the base from the handset, Transferring a Call between the press INTCM. Paging Base appears, Handset and Base and the base and handset ring. Press SPEAKER or INTERCOM on the base to You can use the ET-1118’s intercom answer the page. Intercom appears feature to transfer a call between the on the handset’s display. handset and the base. SPEAKER To transfer a call from the handset to the base, press INTCM. The call is put on hold, and Paging Base and Hold ap- pear. When the person at the
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Use the supplied memory directory 3. Choose a memory location (1–0) by stickers to record your stored numbers. pressing a number or by repeatedly Peel the backing from each sticker and pressing or . attach them to the phone as shown. 4. To store a name, press SELECT. Store Name appears. If you do not want to enter a name, skip to Step 6. appears as the name (n is the mem- ory location number you selected). To enter a name, use or to select the characters and or to move the cursor
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7. Press SELECT. The phone beeps return the handset to the base to and Memory n Stored appears. exit the Memory Store display. After 2 seconds, Memory Store appears, and you can repeat Steps Storing a Number in the Base’s 3–6 to store more numbers. Memory To replace a stored number, simply Note: An error tone sounds and the store a new one in its place. phone exits the storing process if you wait more than 20 seconds between Editing or Deleting a Number in each keypress. the Handset’s Memory 1
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memory location number. To exit this Entering a Pause display, hold down DELETE until the dis- In some telephone systems, you must play clears. dial an access code (9, for example) and wait for a second dial tone before you Dialing a Memory Number can dial an outside number. You can store the access code with the phone To dial a number stored in the handset’s number. However, you should also store memory, lift the handset and press MEM. a pause after the access code to allow The list of memory l
