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43-685.fm Page 1 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM
Cat. No. 43-685
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
2-Line 900 MHz
Spread Spectrum
Cordless Speakerphone
with Caller ID/Call Waiting
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43-685.fm Page 2 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM FEATURES Your RadioShack ET-685 2-Line 900- Ample Talk and Standby Time — the MHz Spread Spectrum Cordless Speak- supplied battery pack provides 4 hours erphone uses advanced cordless tele- of continuous talk time or 7 days of phone technology to give you superior standby time (when fully charged). audio quality and extended range. The ET-685 lets you make and receive calls 40-Number Memory Dialing — lets you on two separate telephone lines. sto
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43-685.fm Page 3 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM Caller ID Memory — stores up to 80 Hearing-Aid Compatibility — lets you Caller ID records (40 for each line). use your phone with hearing aids that have a T (telephone) switch. 3-Line Liquid Crystal Display — lets you view an entire Caller ID record on This telephone has been tested and one screen. found to comply with all applicable UL and FCC standards. Facedown or Faceup Handset Charg- ing — you can place the handset on the We recommend you r
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43-685.fm Page 4 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM Important: READ THIS BEFORE • Cordless phones such as this one INSTALLATION require AC power to operate. When the AC power is off, you cannot dial We have designed your phone to con- out or receive incoming calls using form to federal regulations and you can your ET-685. To be safe, you should connect it to most phone lines. However, also have a phone that does not each device that you connect to the tele- need AC power to operate (not a phone
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43-685.fm Page 5 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM This equipment complies with the limits for a Class B digital device as specified in Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits provide reasonable protection against radio and TV interference in a residential area. However, your equipment might cause TV or radio interference even when it is operating properly. To elimi- nate interference, you can try one or more of the following corrective mea- sures. • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Incr
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43-685.fm Page 6 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................... 8 Mounting the Phone ........................................................................................... 8 Connecting to the Phone Lines .................................................................... 8 On a Desk Top .....................................................................................
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43-685.fm Page 7 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM Memory Operation ................................................................................................ 24 Storing a Number in Memory ........................................................................... 24 In the Handset ........................................................................................... 24 Editing or Deleting a Number in the Handset’s Memory ............................ 25 In the Base ...................
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43-685.fm Page 8 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM INSTALLATION • connect one line through a one-line MOUNTING THE PHONE modular phone jack You can place the ET–685’s base on a Notes: desk or table, or mount it on a standard wall plate or directly on a wall. Choose a • Your phone connects directly to a location that is: modular phone line jack. If your phone wiring does not have a modu- • near an accessible AC outlet lar jack, you can update it using • near a modular telephone line jack jacks an
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43-685.fm Page 9 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM To connect the phone to two one- line phone jacks, plug one end of the supplied long two-line modular cord into TEL LINE 1/2 and plug another cord (not supplied) into the TEL LINE 2 jack. 2. To connect the phone to a two-line phone jack, plug one end of the sup- plied long two-line modular cord into To connect the phone to a single the TEL LINE 1/2 jack on the back of one-line phone jack, plug one end of the phone. the supplied long modular cord
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43-685.fm Page 10 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM 4. Route the adapter’s cord through the strain relief slot on the bottom of the bracket. 5. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. 2. To connect the phone to a two-line 6. Connect the phone cord(s) to the phone jack, plug one end of the sup- modular phone line jack(s). plied long modular cord into the TEL LINE 1/2 jack on the back of the 7. Raise the base’s antenna to a verti- phone. cal position. Note: If you connect the phone to a two-l
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43-685.fm Page 11 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM 3. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s To mount the phone directly on a barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack on wall, align the bracket’s keyhole the back of the base. slots with the mounted screws and slide the base downward to secure 4. Route the adapter’s cord through it. Connect the phone cord(s) to the the narrow groove on the bracket. If modular phone line jack(s). you are using two phone cords, route the second cord through one of the wide gr
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43-685.fm Page 12 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM To charge the battery pack, place the CONNECTING AND handset either faceup or facedown on CHARGING THE BATTERY the base. The CHARGE indicator on the PACK base lights. The ET-685 comes with a rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery pack in the handset but not connected. Before using your phone, you must connect the bat- tery pack, then charge it for about 24 hours. 1. Slide open the battery compartment cover and lift the battery pack out of the co
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43-685.fm Page 13 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM • Use a pencil eraser to clean the SETTING THE DIALING charging contacts on the handset MODE and the base about once a month. Set PULSE-TONE on the back of the base for the type of service you have. If you are not sure which type you have, do this test. 1. Be sure PULSE-TONE is set to TONE (tone). PULSE-TONE • If the battery pack becomes com- pletely discharged or the base loses power while the handset is away from it, the security code might
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43-685.fm Page 14 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM If the dial tone continues, that line On the Base has pulse service. Set RING VOL on the back of the base to 4. Press LINE 2, listen for the dial tone, HIGH, LO, or OFF for each line. At OFF and repeat Step 3. position, the base’s ringer does not If you have tone service on both sound when a call is received, but the lines, leave PULSE-TONE set to handset (and any other phone connect- TONE. ed to the same line) still rings. RING VOL If you have
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43-685.fm Page 15 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM 1. Lift the handset and hold down 2. Use or . to select Line 1 or 2, CALLER ID until Caller ID Setup then press SELECT. appears on the display with the 3. A menu appears with Auto Talk pointer at Line 1. selected. Press to select CIDCW, then press SELECT to change the setting. On or Off appears indicat- ing the selected setting. CALLER ID 4. Return the handset to the base to store the new setting. STORING YOUR AREA 2. Use or to select Lin
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43-685.fm Page 16 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM 3. A menu appears with Auto Talk selected. Press twice to select Area Code, then press SELECT. 4. Enter your 3-digit area code using the number keys. If you make a mis- take, repeatedly press or to move the cursor over the incorrect digit, then enter the correct number. 5. Press SELECT to store the area code, then press HOLD/CANCEL or return the handset to the base to clear the display. 16
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43-685.fm Page 17 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM BASIC OPERATION Note: You can use the keypad on either To answer a call, lift the handset from the handset or the base to operate the the base and press the line button for ET-685. To make a call with the speak- the line that is ringing. If auto talk is on, erphone, you must use the base’s key- just lift the handset from the base, or, if pad; to make a call with the handset, the handset is away from the base, you must use the handset’s keypad.
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43-685.fm Page 18 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM Press the line button for the incoming USING THE call. The current call is automatically put SPEAKERPHONE on hold. Making a Call Adjusting the Speakerphone To make a call using the speakerphone, Volume press LINE 1 or LINE 2, listen for the dial tone, then dial the number. The LINE 1 To set the speakerphone’s volume, slide SPEAKER or LINE 2 SPEAKER indica- VOLUME on the right side of the base. tor lights green on the base, and MUTE (Base)or (
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43-685.fm Page 19 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM USING BOTH THE HOLD HANDSET AND SPEAKERPHONE To use the handset to join a call at the base, or to use the base to join a con- HOLD/CANCEL versation at the handset, press the line button for the line that is in use. You hear a busy tone. Before the tone ends, To release a line from hold and continue press the line button again. your conversation, press that line’s but- ton on the handset or base. You can During the call, one of you can hang up
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43-685.fm Page 20 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM 1. Make a 3-way conference call. (See CONFERENCE “3-Way Conferencing” on Page 19.) 2. Press INTCM/PAUSE on the handset or INTERCOM on the base to page the other keypad. INTERCOM CONF/DELETE 3. Once you have the second party on the line, press CONFERENCE (CONF/DELETE on the handset) to bring in the first party. Both line indi- INTCM/PAUSE cators on the base light green. The handset display shows (Confer- The two outside lines are automati- ence
