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2-Line 900MHz Cordless
Answering Machine
with Speakerphone
Owner’s Manual
Please read before using this equipment.
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This telephone has been tested and found to comply with all applicable UL and FCC standards. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain or moisture. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! DO NOT OPEN. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICE- ABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. This symbol is intended to alert you to the presence of uninsu- lated dangerous voltage within the produc
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Contents Contents .................................................................................................................. 3 Features ................................................................................................................... 5 Read This Before Installation ............................................................................. 7 Important Safety Instructions .............................................................................. 7 A Quick Look At
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Memory Operation ................................................................................................ 20 Storing a Number in Memory ............................................................................ 20 Entering a Pause ....................................................................................... 21 Dialing a Memory Number ................................................................................ 21 Chain-Dialing Service Numbers ..............................
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Features Your RadioShack 2-Line 900MHz Cord- Headset Jack — lets you make or an- less Answering Machine uses advanced swer calls with handsfree convenience cordless telephone technology to give using an optional headset. you extended range and superior audio 10-Number Memory Dialing — lets you quality, with less interference than many store up to 10 numbers in memory for other cordless phones. The phone lets easy dialing. you make and receive calls on two sep- arate telephone lines. Ample Talk
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Announcement Only phone users from using your phone line — lets you play while the handset is off the base. an announcement for callers to hear, without recording their messages. Line Status Indicators — show if a line Message-Counter — shows the num- is available, in use, or on hold. ber of messages the TAD has recorded. Redial — lets you quickly redial the last Programmable PIN — you can set a number dialed. two-digit personal identification number Flash — sends an electronic switch- (PIN)
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also have a corded phone that does • coin-operated systems not need AC power to operate so • party-line systems you can still make and receive calls if there is an AC power failure. • most electronic key telephone sys- tems • When AC power is lost, the phone loses the security access-protection This equipment complies with the limits code connection between the base for a Class B digital device as specified and the handset. When power is in Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits restored, put the h
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2. Follow all warnings and instructions near or over a radiator or heat regis- marked on the product. ter. This product should not be placed in a built-in installation 3. Never install telephone wiring during unless proper ventilation is pro- a lightning storm. vided. 4. Never install telephone jacks in wet 12. This product should be operated locations unless the jack is specifi- only from the type of power source cally designed for wet locations. indicated on the marking label. If you are not
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B. If liquid has been spilled, into the sive and may cause damage to the eyes or skin. It may be toxic if swal- product. lowed. C. If the product has been exposed to 4. Exercise care in handling the battery rain or water. pack in order not to short it with con- ducting materials such as rings, D. If the product does not operate nor- bracelets, and keys. The battery or mally by following the operating instruc- conductor may overheat and cause tions. Adjust only those controls that are burns.
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A Quick Look At Your Telephone MEM MUTE HOLD LINE 2 LINE 1 CONFERENCE LINE 1 MSG LINE INTCM SELECT VOLUME CH DELETE CONF REPEAT REDIAL FLASH HOLD ANSWER LINE 2 VOLUME SKIP PIN OGM PLAY/STOP MEMO CLOCK INTERCOM Installation MOUNTING THE PHONE You can place the phone’s base on a desk or table, or mount it on a standard wall plate or directly on a wall. Choose a location that is: • near an accessible AC outlet • near a modular telephone jack 10 A Quick Look At Your Telephone
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• out of the way of normal activities • The line that connects a two-line phone jack to the phone company • away from electrical machinery, wiring must be twisted-pair cable. electrical appliances, metal walls or Otherwise, you might hear interfer- filing cabinets, wireless intercoms, ence (crosstalk) between the two alarms, and room monitors lines. • away from other cordless phones • The USOC number of the two-line jack to be installed is RJ14C The base’s location affects the hand- (RJ14W for
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5 16 To connect the phone to a single letting the heads extend about / one-line phone jack, plug one end of inch from the wall. the supplied long modular cord into 2. Insert the two tabs at the top of the TEL LINE 1/2 TEL LINE 2 or . wide end of the supplied bracket Note: If you connect the phone to a into the base’s lower tab slots as single one-line phone jack, avoid shown, then press down on the pressing the unused line button or bracket’s latches and insert them you might hear feedback. i
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slots with the mounted screws and compartment. The connector fits slide the base downward to secure only one way. it. Connect the phone cord(s) to the 3. Put the battery pack in the compart- modular phone jack(s). ment. 7. Plug the adapter into a standard AC 4. Replace the cover. outlet. To charge the battery pack, simply place 8.Press and lift out the handset the handset on the base, facing either holder, flip it over as shown, then up or down. The CHARGE indicator on snap it back into place.
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• About once a month, fully discharge If the dial tone stops, that line has tone service. If the dial tone contin- the battery pack by keeping the ues, that line has pulse service. handset off the base until the line indicators flash. Otherwise, the bat- 4. Press LINE 2, listen for the dial tone, tery pack loses its ability to fully and repeat Step 3. recharge. If you have tone service on both • If the battery pack is completely dis- lines, leave DIAL MODE set to T. charged or the base loses pow
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CLOCK 1. Hold down until the phone SETTING THE NUMBER beeps. The phone announces the OF RINGS currently set day and displays the day’s number (0 for Sunday, 1 for RING TIME Set on the back of the base Monday, and so on). 3 5 TS to , , or (toll-saver) to select how long the phone waits to answer a call (3 2. To change the day of the week, rings, 5 rings, or toll-saver). repeatedly press SKIP to move for- ward or REPEAT to move backward. Notes: To set the correct day of the week CLOCK when it
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Note: If the LINE 1 or LINE 2 indicator If both lines have an incoming call, flashes, someone is using that line at pressing a key answers the line that be- the base or on an extension phone. gan ringing first. Press the other line button. SETTING THE HANDSET LINE 1 LINE 2 To end a call, press or on VOLUME the handset or place the handset on the base. You can adjust the handset’s volume to any of four settings (low, mid, high, max- imum). To change the handset’s volume ANSWERING A CALL VOLUM
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USING HOLD USING BOTH THE HANDSET AND Press HOLD to place a call on hold. The SPEAKERPHONE indicator for that line lights red on the base. While a call is on hold, you can To use the handset to join a call at the temporarily place the handset on the base, or to use the base to join a con- base or use the other phone line without versation at the handset, press the line disconnecting the current call. button for the line that is in use. You hear a busy tone. Before the tone ends, To release a l
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Note: 4. To end the conference call, press You can also make a conference one line button, then the other. If you call using both the phone and an exten- want to hang up one line and con- sion phone (see “Using the Phone with tinue talking on the other, press the Extension Phones”). line button you want to hang up. USING THE PHONE WITH 5. If you want to talk on one line with- EXTENSION PHONES out disconnecting the other, press HOLD , then the button for the line The phone detects when an extens
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INTCM For example, if you have Call Waiting, the base flashes. Press on the FLASH press to answer an incoming call handset to answer the page. Both LINE without disconnecting the current call. 1 and LINE 2 indicators on the handset FLASH Press again to return to the first stay lit and the CHARGE indicator on call. the base stays lit. Note: If you do not have any special ser- To page the base from the handset, FLASH vices, pressing might disconnect INTCM press . The base and handset the curr
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Notes: normally would by pressing the ring- ing line’s button. The intercom call automatically disconnects. • Connecting a headset disconnects the handset’s earpiece and micro- phone, but it does not affect the USING A HEADSET phone’s speakerphone. VOLUME • on the handset also con- trols the connected headset’s vol- ume. • If you place the handset on the base facedown to recharge it while the headset is connected, be sure the handset seats properly. You can make or answer calls with handsfree co
