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Cat. No. 43-698A
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-598
25-Channel
2-Line Cordless Telephone
with Dual Keypads
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43-698a.fm Page 2 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM FEATURES Your RadioShack ET-598 25-Channel Security Access-Protection Code — 2-Line Cordless Telephone with Dual prevents other cordless phone users Keypads lets you place and receive from using your phone line while the calls on two separate telephone lines. handset is off the base. It is designed to exacting standards ® that ensure reliability, long life, and COM-LOK — ensures that other outstanding performance. cordless phone users cannot
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43-698a.fm Page 3 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM This telephone has been tested and Warning: To prevent fire or shock found to comply with all applicable UL hazard, do not expose this product and FCC standards. to rain or moisture. We recommend you record your CAUTION phone’s serial number here. The num- ber is on the bottom of the base. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! DO NOT OPEN. Serial Number: CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICE- Importan
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43-698a.fm Page 4 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM READ THIS BEFORE FCC STATEMENT INSTALLATION This telephone complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules. Upon request, you must Each device that you connect to the provide the FCC Registration Number phone line draws power from the and the REN to your phone company. phone line. We refer to this power draw These numbers are located on the bot- as the device’s ringer equivalence tom of the base. number, or REN. The REN for your ET-598 is located on the
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43-698a.fm Page 5 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................ 6 Selecting a Location ........................................................................................ 6 Mounting/Connecting the Phone ..................................................................... 6 Placing the Base on a Desk Top ............................................................... 7 Mo
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43-698a.fm Page 6 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM INSTALLATION Or, you can connect it to two separate SELECTING A 1-line modular telephone jacks using LOCATION the supplied 2-line modular cord and a 1-line modular cord (such as Ra- You can place the phone on a desk top dioShack Cat. No. 279-356, not sup- or table, or mount it on a wall. Select a plied). location that is: • near an AC outlet Notes: • near a telephone line jack • Two-line and single-line modular cords look alike but are wired
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43-698a.fm Page 7 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM Placing the Base If you have only a single 1-line modular jack, plug one end of the on a Desk Top supplied modular cord into the TEL LINE 1/2 jack to use line 1, or Follow these steps when you place into the TEL LINE 2 jack to use the base on a desk, shelf, or table. line2. 1. If you have a single 2-line modular 2. Plug the supplied AC adapter’s jack, plug one end of the supplied barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack. modular cord into the TEL L
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43-698a.fm Page 8 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM 5. Plug the other end(s) of the modu- Mounting the Base lar cord(s) into the modular on a Wall Plate jack(s). To make this connection, you need a 2-line short modular cord, such as Cat. No. 279-390 (not supplied). 1. If you have a single 2-line modular jack on the wall plate, plug one end of a 2-line short modular cord into the TEL LINE 1/2 jack. 6. Raise the base’s antenna to a ver- tical position and fully extend it. Note: When you make thi
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43-698a.fm Page 9 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM 2. Plug the supplied AC adapter’s 4. Plug the adapter into a standard barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack. AC outlet. The POWER indicator on the base lights. 3. Route the adapter cord through both the upper and lower grooves 5. Plug the other end(s) of the modu- and the modular cord(s) through lar cord(s) into the wall plate jack only the upper groove on the bot- (and wall jack, if appropriate), then tom of the base. align the base’s keyhole s
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43-698a.fm Page 10 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM 7. Raise the base’s antenna to a ver- 2. If you have a single 2-line modular tical position and fully extend it. jack, plug one end of the supplied modular cord into the TEL LINE 1/2 jack. Note: When you make this con- nection, you should not connect another modular cord to the TEL LINE 2 jack or phone operation will be erratic. If you have two separate 1-line modular jacks, plug one end of the supplied modular cord into the TEL LINE 1/2 jac
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43-698a.fm Page 11 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM 3. Plug the supplied AC adapter’s 5. Plug the adapter into a standard barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack. AC outlet. The POWER indicator on the base lights. 4. Route the adapter and modular cords through both the upper and lower grooves on the bottom of 6. Plug the other end(s) of the the base. cord(s) into a modular phone line jack(s). Upper Grooves 7. Align the keyhole slots with the mounting screws and slide the base downward to secure it
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43-698a.fm Page 12 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM 8. Press and lift out the handset CONNECTING AND holder, rotate it 180°, then snap it CHARGING THE back into place so it holds the BATTERY PACK handset. The ET-598 comes with a recharge- able nickel-cadmium battery pack in- stalled in the handset. Before using your phone, you must connect the bat- tery pack, then charge it for about 14 9. Raise the base’s antenna to a ver- hours. tical position and fully extend it. 1. Remove the screw from
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43-698a.fm Page 13 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM 4. To charge the battery pack, simply • If the BATT LOW indicator does place the handset on the base. not flash and the phone does not The CHARGE indicator on the work, recharge the battery pack. base lights. (The battery charge might be too low to flash the indicator.) • If the battery pack gets weak dur- ing a call, the handset sounds a beep every 30 seconds, and the BATT LOW indicator flashes. If this happens, you must recharge the batter
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43-698a.fm Page 14 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM SETTING THE DIALING TURNING THE RINGER MODE ON/OFF Set P• •T on the back of the base for You can turn the ringer on the base on the type of service you have. If you or off. Set RINGER on the back of the are not sure which type you have, do base to the position you want. this test. 1. Set P• •T to T (tone). The switch setting affects the ringer on the base only. The handset’s ringer is always turned on as long as the hand- SPEAKER LINE 1 2.
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43-698a.fm Page 15 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM OPERATION Note: You can use the keypad on ei- Answering a Call ther the handset or the base to operate the ET-598. To use the speakerphone, To help you tell which line is ringing, you must use the base’s keypad; to each line has a distinctive ring tone. use the handset, you must use the handset’s keypad. To answer a call, simply lift the hand- set. If the handset is away from the base, press TALK to answer the flash- ing line. The BATT LOW i
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43-698a.fm Page 16 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM Changing the Channel If you notice interference, static, or noise during a call, press CH (channel) to find a clearer channel. HOLD You can also press LINE 1 or LINE 2 to The ET-598 changes to a different directly select the line you want to use. channel each time you press CH. If either indicator is flashing, someone at the handset is using the line. Press : If the handset is too far away Note the line button whose indicator is not from the
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43-698a.fm Page 17 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM Using Privacy While using the speakerphone, you can talk to someone else in the room without the person on the other end of the phone line hearing your conversa- PRIVACY tion. Press and release dur- ing the call. The SPEAKER indicator PRIVACY flashes. Press again to re- sume your phone conversation. The indicator lights steadily. Adjusting the Speakerphone Volume When you put a call on hold at the Slide VOLUME on the right of the base bas
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43-698a.fm Page 18 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM You can use another phone on the SWITCHING BETWEEN same line to pick up the call on hold, THE HANDSET AND but the device that put the line on hold SPEAKERPHONE still shows that line on hold. After 5 minutes the line indicator turns off. To switch to the speakerphone while you are using the handset, press HOLD You can alternate between the two on the handset, then press SPEAKER lines by pressing HOLD then the button or LINE 1 or LINE 2 on t
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43-698a.fm Page 19 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM During the call, one of you can hang up To start a 4-way conference call (two and the call can continue at the other outside lines, handset, and speaker- keypad. phone), first establish the 3-way con- ference call, then press either line Note: If you hear a high-pitched noise button on the other keypad. from the base’s speaker, the handset and the base are too close together. If you and someone else are already talking to an outside line us
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43-698a.fm Page 20 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:56 PM USING REDIAL USING FLASH REDIAL/P lets you quickly dial the last FLASH performs the electronic equiva- number dialed on either LINE 1 or lent of a switchhook operation for spe- LINE 2. When you hear a dial tone, cial services, such as Call Waiting. simply press REDIAL/P. For example, if you have Call Waiting, FLASH press to answer an incoming Notes: call without disconnecting the current • The redial memory is indepen- FLASH call. Press ag
