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Cat. No. 43-1032
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-532
10-Channel Cordless
Telephone with LCD Display
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43-1032.fm Page 2 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM FEATURES Your Radio Shack ET-532 10-Channel Handset Volume Control — lets you Cordless Telephone with LCD Display control the volume of the sound you offers the latest advances in cordless hear through the handset. phone technology, and includes these features: Lighted Keypad — lights when you press a key or when the phone rings to LCD Display — lets you see phone make the phone easy to use in a dark numbers as you dial them or recall room. t
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43-1032.fm Page 3 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM This telephone has been tested and Warning: To prevent fire or shock haz- found to comply with all applicable UL ard, do not expose this product to rain and FCC standards. or moisture. Your ET-532 operates on standard ra- CAUTION dio frequencies, as allocated by the RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! FCC. Therefore, it is possible for other DO NOT OPEN. radio units operating on similar fre- CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF quencies, within a certain are
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43-1032.fm Page 4 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM READ THIS BEFORE FCC STATEMENT INSTALLATION This telephone complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules. You must, upon re- We have designed your telephone to quest, provide the FCC registration conform to federal regulations, and number and the REN to your phone you can connect it to most telephone company. These numbers are located lines. However, each device that you on the bottom of your phone’s base. connect to the phone line draws power from the
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43-1032.fm Page 5 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................ 6 Selecting a Location ........................................................................................ 6 Installing the Phone ........................................................................................ 6 Preparation .............................................................................
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43-1032.fm Page 6 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM INSTALLATION SELECTING A LOCATION INSTALLING THE PHONE Select a location for the telephone that Follow these steps to install the base meets these requirements: on a desk, shelf, or table. • Near an AC outlet • Near a telephone line jack • Out of the way of normal activities • Away from electrical machinery, electrical appliances, and metal walls or filing cabinets • Away from wireless intercoms, alarms, and room monitors 1. Plug one end of
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43-1032.fm Page 7 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM PREPARATION INSTALLING THE CHARGING THE BATTERY BATTERY Before you use your phone for the first When you install a new battery, set time, you must install and charge the POWER to OFF. Then place the hand- battery. set on the cradle so the CHARGE/ TALK indicator lights and let the bat- To install the battery, slide off the bat- tery charge for about 15 hours. tery compartment cover on the back of the handset, connect the battery’s plug to the
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43-1032.fm Page 8 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM • If the CHARGE/TALK indicator SETTING THE DIALING does not light when you place the MODE handset on the cradle, be sure the battery is connected to the pins Set TONE/PULSE on the back of the inside the battery compartment base for the type of service you have. and the AC adapter is securely connected to the base. Also, check the charging contacts on the handset and base. If the con- tacts are dirty or tarnished, gently clean them with a pe
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43-1032.fm Page 9 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM OPERATION Your ET-532’s LCD display shows To make a call, lift the handset from telephone numbers as you dial them or the base and press TALK so the key- when you recall them from memory. It pad and the CHARGE/TALK indicator shows the current channel number and on the base light. lets you know when battery power is growing weak or the phone is out of range of the base. The display also shows indicators when you pres FLASH or PAUSE, or when y
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43-1032.fm Page 10 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM • You can make or answer a call on a phone on the same line as the cordless phone, even if the hand- set is away from the base. • RANGE appears when the dis- tance from the handset to the base is out of the phone’s range. • The keypad lights on the handset turn off if no button is pressed for more than 13 seconds. The redial memory holds up to 80 dig- REDUCING its in the tone mode or 81 digits in the INTERFERENCE pulse mode. The redial memo
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43-1032.fm Page 11 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM For example, if you have call waiting, Note: We recommend you not use RE- press FLASH to take an incoming call DIAL to dial numbers that include a without disconnecting the current call. tone (*) entry. FLASH appears. Press FLASH again to return to the first call. USING PAGE Notes: The PAGE feature allows someone at • If you do not have special phone the base to page you at the handset. It services, pressing FLASH might also helps you find t
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43-1032.fm Page 12 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM Notes: 2. Enter the phone number you want to store. The number appears on •If TONE/PULSE is set to PULSE the display. and you want to use tone dialing for a memory number, you must store the tone entry along with the number. • To keep your accounts secure, we recommend you do NOT store your personal access code for services such as bank-by-phone in a memory location. Notes: Storing a Number in Memory • The phone does not dial the 1. With the
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43-1032.fm Page 13 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM 5. Pull out the memory index card at Note: If a buzz sounds, you did not the bottom of the base. Write the successfully clear the memory loca- person’s or company’s name and tion. Try the process again. index number on the sheet in pen- cil (in case you want to change it Entering a Pause later). in a Memory Number In some telephone systems, you must dial an access code (9, for example) and wait for a second dial tone before you can dial an o
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43-1032.fm Page 14 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM 2. When you hear a dial tone, press or bank-by-phone), store the service’s MEMORY, then press the number main phone number in one memory lo- buttons for the correct memory cation and numbers for additional in- location. The stored number formation in other memory locations. appears on the display, and the phone dials the stored number. To chain dial memory numbers, follow these steps. 1. With the handset’s power on, press MEMORY and the memo
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43-1032.fm Page 15 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM TROUBLESHOOTING We do not expect you to have any • Keep the handset away from inter- problems with your telephone, but if ference sources such as comput- you do, the following suggestions ers, remote control toys, wireless might help. If you still have problems, microphones, wireless alarm sys- check other phones on the same line tems, wireless intercoms and to see if they work properly. If they do room monitors, fluorescent lights, and the
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43-1032.fm Page 16 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM Problem: Can make calls, but tele- phone does not ring. Solution: • Telephone company may be using unusual ringing methods. Your telephone is designed for stan- dard straight line bridged ringing. •Be sure POWER is set to ON. Problem: Can receive calls, but can- not make calls. Solution: •Set TONE/PULSE correctly for the type of service you have (see “Setting the Dialing Mode”). • Check with the phone company to see if service is out in you
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43-1032.fm Page 17 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your ET-532 10-Channel Cordless Telephone with LCD Display is an example of superior design and craftsmanship. The following suggestions will help you care for your phones so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the phone dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Liquids can contain minerals that corrode the electronic circuits. Handle the phone gently and carefully. Dropping it can damage cir- cuit boards and cases and
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43-1032.fm Page 18 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM Important: Your telephone contains a REPLACING THE rechargeable nickel cadmium battery. BATTERY At the end of the battery’s useful life, it must be recycled or disposed of prop- If you follow the instructions in “Charg- erly. Contact your local, county, or ing the Battery,” the supplied battery state hazardous waste management should last for about a year. When the authorities for information on recycling battery loses its ability to fully
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43-1032.fm Page 19 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM Your phone might cause TV or radio LIGHTNING interference even when it is operating properly. Your phone has built-in protection cir- cuits to reduce the risk of damage from To determine whether your phone is surges in phone line current. These causing the interference, turn off your protection circuits meet or exceed FCC phone. If the interference goes away, requirements. However, lightning strik- your phone is causing the interference. ing
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43-1032.fm Page 20 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:41 AM RADIO SHACK LIMITED WARRANTY This telephone product is warranted against manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for one (1) year from the date of purchase from Radio Shack company owned stores and authorized Radio Shack franchisees and dealers. Within this period bring your Radio Shack sales slip as proof-of-purchase date to any Radio Shack store. This warranty does not cover damage or failure caused by or attributable to Acts of
