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Cat. No. 43-689
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-689
900 MHz Two-Line
Cordless Telephone
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43-689.fm Page 2 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM FEATURES Your RadioShack ET-689 900 MHz Note: To use both of the ET-689’s lines, Two-Line Cordless Telephone uses the you must connect it to two separate tele- 900 MHz band, which means clear phone lines. Each of these lines must sound with less interference and greater have its own phone number. If you do range than 46/49 MHz cordless tele- not have two telephone lines, contact phones. Its cordless operation lets you your phone company t
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43-689.fm Page 3 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM Note: Your telephone operates on stan- phone should not be placed near or dard radio frequencies as allocated by on top of a TV or VCR. the FCC. Even though the access pro- tection code prevents unauthorized use WARNING: To reduce the risk of of your phone line, it is possible for other fire or shock hazard, do not ex- radio units operating on similar frequen- pose this product to rain or mois- cies within a certain area to unintention
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43-689.fm Page 4 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM 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 phone and the REN to your phone company. line. We refer to this power draw as the These numbers are on the bottom of the device’s ringer equivalence number, or base. REN. The REN is on the bottom of the base. Note: You
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43-689.fm Page 5 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................... 6 Installing the Handset’s Antenna ........................................................................ 6 Selecting a Location ........................................................................................... 6 Mounting the Phone ................................................................
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43-689.fm Page 6 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM INSTALLATION Caution: You must use a Class INSTALLING THE 2 power source that supplies ! HANDSET’S 12 volts DC and delivers at ANTENNA least 300 mA. Its center tip must be set to positive and its plug must fit the Insert the antenna into the base's DC 12V jack. The supplied adapt- larger hole at the top of er meets these specifications. Using an the handset, then screw in adapter that does not meet these speci- the antenna clockwise un-
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43-689.fm Page 7 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM plied 2-line long modular cord into MOUNTING THE PHONE L2. On a Desk Top 1.Remove the base’s bracket by pressing both tabs on the wide end, then lifting off the bracket. If you have a single 1-line modular jack, plug one end of either supplied long modular cord into L1 OR L1/L2 to use line 1, or into L2 to use line 2. 3. Plug the supplied AC adapter’s bar- rel plug into the DC 12V jack on the back of the phone’s base. 2. If you have a sin
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43-689.fm Page 8 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM 5. Insert the tabs on the narrow end of On a Wall Plate the bracket into the lower slots on the base’s bottom, then push the 1.Remove the base’s bracket by tabs on the wide end of the bracket pressing both tabs on the wide end, into the other slots until the bracket then lifting off the bracket. clicks securely into place. 2. If the wall plate has a single 2-line or 6. Plug the AC adapter into a standard 1-line modular jack, plug one end
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43-689.fm Page 9 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM If you need to connect a long modu- 8. Plug the short modular cord into the lar cord to the L2 jack, remove the wall plate jack, then align the base’s short modular cord from the left keyhole slots with the wall plate groove and route the long modular studs and slide the base downward cord through the groove on the bot- to secure it. tom of the base. If you attached a long modular cord, 5. Route the end of the short modular plug it into t
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43-689.fm Page 10 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM 3. If you have a single 2-line modular 7. Plug the AC adapter into a standard jack, plug one end of the supplied AC outlet. long 2-line modular cord into L1 OR 8. Plug the other end(s) of the cord(s) L1/L2 on the back of the phone’s into a modular phone line jack(s). base. 9. Align the base’s keyhole slots with Note: When you make this connec- the mounting screws and slide the tion, do not connect another modu- base downward to secure it
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43-689.fm Page 11 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM 2. Remove the battery pack and plug its connector into the phone’s socket. The connector fits only one way. Notes: • If the CHARGE indicator does not light when you place the handset on the base, be sure the battery pack and AC adapter are correctly and 3. Put the battery pack back in the securely connected. Even if they compartment, then replace the are, your handset’s battery power cover. still might be low. Wait 3 minutes. The CHARGE
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43-689.fm Page 12 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM • If the BATT LOW indicator does not 3. When you hear the dial tone, press light, but the phone does not work, any number other than 0. recharge the battery pack. (The bat- Note: If your phone system requires tery pack charge might be too low to that you dial an access code (9, for light the indicator.) example) before you dial an outside • If the battery pack gets weak during number, do not press the access a call, the handset sounds 4
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43-689.fm Page 13 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM OPERATION (see “Putting a Call on Hold” on MAKING/ANSWERING Page 15), then press the other line’s CALLS button to answer the incoming call. To make a call, pick up the handset and • If you move the handset outside the press LINE1 or LINE 2 to select the line base’s range (about 300 feet of you want to use. When the line indicator unobstructed space) the handset lights steadily and you hear the dial will not operate properly and a call i
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43-689.fm Page 14 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM • The redial memory does not store a ADJUSTING THE flash entry or any digits you press HANDSET’S VOLUME after FLASH (see “Using Flash”). The ET-689 has three volume levels. To change the volume you hear through the USING FLASH handset, press VOLUME s or t on the side of the handset to increase or de- FLASH performs the electronic equiva- crease the volume during a call. lent of a switchhook operation for spe- cial services such as Call
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43-689.fm Page 15 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM PUTTING A CALL ON CONFERENCE CALLING HOLD Follow these steps to have a 3-way con- ference call. Press HOLD to put a call on hold so you can use the other phone line without dis- 1. Place the first call on hold. connecting the current call. The line indi- 2. Make or answer a call on the other cator flashes when a call on that line is line. on hold. 3. Press CONF. Both line indicators briefly flash then light steadily. All three parties a
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43-689.fm Page 16 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM If you hold down PAGE for 2 seconds, USING TONE SERVICES the handset beeps for 3 minutes to give ON A PULSE LINE you more time to locate it. To stop it sooner, press PAGE once or either line Some special services, such as bank- button twice. by-phone, require tone signals. If you have pulse service, you can still use these special tone services by following MEMORY DIALING these steps. 1. Be sure T/P is set to P. You can store up to 20
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43-689.fm Page 17 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM 2. Enter the number and any tone and Dialing a Memory Number pause entries (see “Using Tone Ser- vices on a Pulse Line” on Page 16 To dial a number stored in memory, lift and “Entering a Pause”). the handset and press the button for the line you want to use. Note: Each tone or pause entry uses one digit of memory. When you hear a dial tone, press MEM 3. Press MEM, then enter the memory and enter the memory location number location number
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43-689.fm Page 18 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM USING A HEADSET You can make or answer calls with hands-free convenience using an op- 3 tional headset that has a /32-inch (2.5- mm) plug, available at your local Ra- dioShack store. To connect the head- set, insert the head- 3 set’s /32-inch (2.5 mm) plug into the jack marked on the top of the handset. Notes: • Connecting a headset disconnects the handset’s earpiece and micro- phone. • VOLUME s /t on the handset also controls the conne
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43-689.fm Page 19 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM TROUBLESHOOTING We do not expect you to have any problems with your ET-689, but if you do, the fol- lowing suggestions might help. Problem Suggestion Low volume or unusual Someone has picked up another phone on the sounds. same line. Hang up the other phone. Severe noise interference. Keep the handset away from computers, remote control toys, wireless microphones, alarm systems, intercoms, room monitors, fluo- rescent lights, and elec
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43-689.fm Page 20 Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:22 AM Problem Suggestion The handset does not ring or Fully extend the base’s antenna and place it in receive a page. a vertical position. Move the handset closer to the base. Move the base away from other electrical devices. Return the handset to the base to recharge the battery pack. The handset stops working or Move the handset closer to the base. works poorly during a call. Fully extend the base’s antenna and place it in a vertical positi
