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900 MHz Digital Spread
Spectrum Digital Answering
System
with Caller ID and Call Waiting
Owner’s Manual
Please read before using this equipment.
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43-749.fm Page 2 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM Contents Features .................................................................................................................................. 4 Telephone Features .......................................................................................................... 4 Answering System Features ............................................................................................. 5 Important Caller ID Information .........
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43-749.fm Page 3 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM Deleting Caller ID Records ............................................................................................. 22 Answering System Operation ............................................................................................. 22 Setting the Record Time ................................................................................................. 22 Selecting the Outgoing Message ........................................
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43-749.fm Page 4 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM Features Your RadioShack 900 MHz Spread Spec- 3-Line Liquid Crystal Display — lets you trum Cordless Speakerphone Digital An- view an entire Caller ID record on one swering System uses advanced technology screen. to give you superior audio quality and ex- 20 Number Memory Dialing — lets you tended range. store 20 numbers in memory for easy dialing. The answering system’s Caller ID unit Headset Jack — for optional hands-free use records e
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43-749.fm Page 5 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM Any Key Answer — you can set the phone Toll-Saver — lets you avoid unnecessary so you can press any key to answer a call charges when you call by long distance to when the handset is away from the base. check your messages. Hearing-Aid Compatibility — lets you use Digital Volume Control — lets you precisely your phone with hearing aids that have a T adjust the speakerphone and message play- (telephone) switch. back. ANSWERING SYSTEM IMPORTA
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43-749.fm Page 6 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM 4. Never install telephone jacks in wet FCC STATEMENT locations unless the jack is specifi- Your answering system complies with Part cally designed for wet locations. 68 of FCC Rules. You must, upon request, provide the FCC registration number and the 5. Never touch uninstalled telephone REN to your phone company. These num- wires or terminals unless the tele- bers are on the bottom of the base. phone line has been disconnected at the netw
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43-749.fm Page 7 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM unless proper ventilation is pro- • If liquid has been spilled, into the vided. product. 12. This product should be operated • If the product has been exposed only from the type of power source to rain or water. indicated on the marking label. If • If the product does not operate you are not sure of the type of normally by following the operat- power supply to your home, consult ing instructions. Adjust only those your local power company
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43-749.fm Page 8 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM with local codes for possible special conductor may overheat and cause disposal instructions. burns. 3. Do not open or mutilate the battery 5. Charge the battery pack provided pack. Released electrolyte is corro- with or identified for use with this sive and may cause damage to the product only in accordance with the eyes or skin. It may be toxic if swal- instructions and limitations speci- lowed. fied in the instruction manual pro- vided
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43-749.fm Page 9 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM • The USOC number of the jack to be press down on the bracket’s latches and installed is RJ11C (RJ11W for a wall insert them into the lower slots. plate). On a Desk Top 1. Plug one end of the supplied long modu- lar cord into the TEL LINE jack on the back of the base. 2. Plug the modular cord’s other end into a modular telephone line jack. 3. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack on the back of the base. 2. Plu
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43-749.fm Page 10 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM 2. Plug one end of the supplied long modu- lar cord into the TEL LINE jack at the back of the base. 3. Align the bracket’s keyhole slots with the mounting screws and slide the base downward to secure it. 6. Plug the adapter into a standard AC out- let. 7. Press and lift out the handset holder, flip it over as shown, then snap it back into CONNECTING AND place so it holds the handset. CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK The answering system comes w
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43-749.fm Page 11 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM • If the battery pack becomes weak during a call, the handset beeps every 3 sec- onds and Low Battery flashes on the display. When this happens, you cannot make another call on the 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 Battery flashes 3. Put the battery pack in the compartment, on the display. Otherwise, the battery then replace the co
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43-749.fm Page 12 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM If the dial tone stops, you have touch- Press VOL/CID or 9 9 9 9 to increase or de- 8 8 8 8 tone service. Leave DIAL MODE set to T crease to the ringer level setting. (tone). If the dial tone continues, you have pulse service. Set DIAL MODE to P (pulse). VOL/CID 4. Press TALK or place the handset on the base to hang up. RINGER DIAL MODE Repeatedly press VOL/CID or 9 9 9 9 until 8 8 8 8 you hear the desired ringer setting. Each time you
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43-749.fm Page 13 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM 5. Press SKIP or REPEAT to change this SETTING THE DAY/TIME setting, then press CLOCK. The answer- You must set the day of the week and time ing system beeps and announces the so the answering system can record the cor- day and time. rect day and time of each message. To check the day and time, press CLOCK. The answering system announces the cur- rently set day and time. Note: If power fails, the clock retains the cur- rent time. When the
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43-749.fm Page 14 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM add it afterwards. See “Adding/Deleting the TURNING CALLER ID/CALL Area Code” on Page 21. WAITING ON OR OFF Note: If your calling area requires 10-digit di- If you have Call Waiting and Caller ID ser- aling including area code, do not enter the vice, you can set the answering system to area code but leave this option blank. show Caller ID information for an incoming call even while you are on the phone. Follow these steps to store your a
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43-749.fm Page 15 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM Note: If the handset is too far from the base, the channel might not change. Move closer to the base and try again. TALK ANSWERING CALLS WITH THE SPEAKERPHONE To answer a call using the speakerphone, press SPEAKER. The SPEAKER indicator lights. When you receive a call, Incoming Call appears on the display. To answer it, lift the handset from the base and press TALK. If SPEAKER auto talk is on, just lift the handset from the base or press
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43-749.fm Page 16 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM Note: If you do not have any special phone SWITCHING BETWEEN THE services, pressing FLASH might disconnect HANDSET AND the current call. SPEAKERPHONE To switch to the speakerphone while you are using the handset, press SPEAKER on the FLASH base. When you hear the conversation on the speakerphone, press TALK on the hand- REDIAL/ set. PAUSE To switch to the handset while you are using the speakerphone, lift the handset off the base. If the
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43-749.fm Page 17 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM • VOL/CID or 9 9 9 9 on the handset also 8 8 8 8 PAGING controls the connected headset’s vol- To page the person who has the handset or ume. to locate the handset when the phone is not • If you place the handset on the base to in use, press PAGE on the base. The handset recharge it while the headset is con- beeps for 5 seconds and the display shows nected, be sure the handset seats prop- Paging. For a longer handset beep, hold erly. down
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43-749.fm Page 18 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM Memory Dialing You can store up to 20 phone numbers and 4. To store a name, press CH/SELECT. names in memory, then dial a stored number Store Name appears. by entering its memory location number. #/7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6/* Each stored number can be up to 20 digits, and each name can be up to 13 characters. DELETE STORING A NAME AND VOL/CID NUMBER IN MEMORY Notes: CH SELECT • An error tone sounds and the phone exits the storing process if you w
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43-749.fm Page 19 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM 6. Press CH/SELECT. Store Number Delete Memory nn — The display appears. prompts you to confirm the deletion. Move the cursor to Yes, then press CH/ 7. Enter the phone number and any tone or SELECT or DELETE. The phone beeps, pause entries (see “Using Tone Services and Memory nn Deleted appears. On a Pulse Line” on Page16 and “Entering a Pause”). Go Back — Returns you to the list of memory numbers. 8. Press CH/SELECT. The phone beeps and M
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43-749.fm Page 20 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM group of numbers in its own memory loca- DIALING A MEMORY tion. NUMBER Dial the service’s main number first. Then, at To dial a number stored in memory, lift the the appropriate place in the call, press MEM handset and press MEM. The list of memory and enter the number for the location where location numbers appears. Choose a memo- the additional information is stored. ry location (01–20) by pressing a number or by repeatedly pressing VOL
