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Cat. No. 43-1083
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-908
900 MHz Digital Cordless Telephone
With 10-Number Speed Dialing
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43-1083.fm Page 2 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM FEATURES Your Radio Shack ET-908 900 MHz Out of Range Signal — the handset Digital Cordless Telephone With 10- beeps to let you know when you move Number Speed-Dialing uses advanced out of the base’s operating range. digital cordless telephone technology to give you superior sound quality. It 10-Number Speed Dialing — lets you uses the recently allocated 900 MHz store up to 10 phone numbers in mem- band which means less interference, ory for
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43-1083.fm Page 3 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM Touch Tone (DTMF) or Pulse Dialing Warning: To prevent fire or shock haz- — lets you use your phone with either ard, do not expose this product to rain type of dialing. or moisture. Hearing Aid Compatible — lets you CAUTION use this telephone with hearing aids RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! that have a T (telephone) switch. DO NOT OPEN. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF This phone has been tested and found ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE to comply with
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43-1083.fm Page 4 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM READ THIS BEFORE FCC STATEMENT INSTALLATION This telephone complies with part 68 of FCC Rules. You must, upon request, Your telephone conforms to federal provide the FCC Registration Number regulations, and you can connect it to and the REN to your phone company. most telephone lines. However, each These numbers are on the label on the device you connect to the phone line base’s back. draws power from the phone line. We refer to this power dr
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43-1083.fm Page 5 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................ 6 Selecting a Location ........................................................................................ 6 Placing the Base on a Desktop ....................................................................... 6 Mounting the Base on a Wall .....................................................................
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43-1083.fm Page 6 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM INSTALLATION • After you mount the phone, you SELECTING A must install the battery pack and LOCATION charge it for 24 hours before you use it the first time. See “Prepara- You can set the ET-908’s base on a tion” on Page 11. flat surface (such as a desktop or counter-top), mount it on a modular jack wall plate, or mount it directly on PLACING THE BASE ON the wall. The base’s location affects the phone’s range. If you have a A DESKTOP choice
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43-1083.fm Page 7 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM 2. Plug one end of the supplied short MOUNTING THE BASE modular cord into the TO TEL LINE ON A WALL jack, then press the cord under the other recessed clip on the bot- Using the supplied mounting bracket, tom of the phone. you can mount the ET-908’s base on a phone jack wall plate or directly on the wall. To prepare the bracket for mounting, twist off the tabs attached to the center of the bracket and press them securely TO TEL. LINE into th
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43-1083.fm Page 8 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM 4. Press the AC cord into the top and bottom grooves on the left side of CORDLESS • SPEAKERPHONE ET-908 the bracket, press the modular cord into the center groove on the right side of the bracket, then plug the modular cord into the modular phone jack. POWER 7. Plug the ET-908’s AC cord into a standard AC outlet. The POWER indicator turns on. 8. For the best reception, adjust the base’s antenna so it stands straight up. 5. Line up the keyhole
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43-1083.fm Page 9 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM 3. Press the ET-908’s AC cord under Mounting Directly on the Wall the recessed clip directly below it Using a drill (not supplied) and the sup- on the bottom of the phone. plied screws and spacers, you can easily mount your ET-908 directly on the wall. 1. At the desired mounting location, 15 drill two holes 3 /16 inches apart, one above the other. 4. Plug one end of the supplied 7- 15 ” foot modular cord into the TO TEL 3 /16 LINE jack, then
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43-1083.fm Page 10 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM 6. Press the AC cord into the top and 9. Plug the ET-908’s AC cord into a bottom grooves on the left side of standard AC outlet. The POWER the bracket, press the modular indicator turns on. cord into the top and bottom 10. For the best reception, adjust the grooves on the right side of the base’s antenna so it stands bracket, then plug the modular straight up. cord into a modular phone jack. 7. Line up the keyhole slots on the bracket with t
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43-1083.fm Page 11 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM PREPARATION Note: The phone uses one recharge- INSTALLING THE able nickel-cadmium battery pack. At BATTERY PACK the end of the battery’s useful life, it must be recycled or disposed of prop- To install the supplied rechargeable erly. Contact your local, county, or battery pack, place it on the battery state hazardous waste management compartment tracks, then slide it up authorities for information on recycling (toward the antenna) until it
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43-1083.fm Page 12 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM Notes: If the battery pack will not hold a charge, replace it. We recommend you • If the CHARGE indicator does not replace the battery pack about once a light or blinks continuously when year. you place the handset on the cra- dle, be sure the battery and AC Notes: adapter are correctly and securely connected. Also, check the charg- • The first time you use your phone ing contacts on both the handset after charging a new or completely and ba
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43-1083.fm Page 13 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM SETTING THE PULSE/ ADJUSTING THE TONE SWITCH RINGER Set PULSE/TONE for the type of service Checking/Setting the Ringer you have. If you are not sure which Type type you have, do this test. The ET-908 is preset to use ringer type 1. Set PULSE/TONE to TONE. 1. To check or change the ringer type, follow these steps. PROG 1. Press . The indicator above TALK flashes. PRIVACY / LOW BATT TALK CH OFF PULSE TONE 1 ABC 2 DEF 3 GHI 4 JKL 5 MNO6 P
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43-1083.fm Page 14 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM Turning On/Off the Ringer The ET-908’s handset is preset to ring when a call comes in. To turn off the ringer, follow these steps. 1. Press PROG. The indicator above TALK flashes. 2. Press #, then 5. Note: If the indicator above TALK turns off before you complete this step, press PROG again then repeat this step. 3. Press # again. The ringer is now turned off. To turn the handset’s ringer on again, simply follow the steps in “Checking/ Setti
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43-1083.fm Page 15 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM OPERATION Important: If you move the handset Notes: outside the base’s range, the handset • Both the IN USE indicator on the will not operate properly and a call in base and the TALK indicator on progress might be disconnected (see the handset flash when you “Troubleshooting” on Page 21). receive a call, and light steadily while the handset is in use. MAKING/ANSWERING PRIVACY / LOW BATT POWER CALLS TALK CH OFF MEMORY DIALING CHARGE 1 ABC
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43-1083.fm Page 16 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM Notes: USING REDIAL • You can lay the handset down on To redial the last number dialed, press a flat surface or place it on the TALK RE- to get a dial tone, then press base after you place the call on DIAL . The phone automatically dials hold. the last number dialed. • If the handset is on the base and a PRIVACY / LOW BATT call is on hold, you can simply pick TALK CH OFF up the handset to take the call off ABC DEF hold. 1 2 3 GHI JKL MNO
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43-1083.fm Page 17 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM USING FLASH USING PAGE FLASH You can use to produce a To send a page from the base to the PAGE switchhook signal for special phone handset, press and release on services, such as call waiting. If you the base. The handset sounds five dis- FLASH have call waiting, press to take tinctive rings (different than the ringer an incoming call without disconnecting type for a normal call), and the base’s FLASH the current call. Press again to PAG
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43-1083.fm Page 18 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM CHANGING CHANNELS USING MEMORY DIALING The ET-908 continuously scans 10 channels (frequency pairs used be- You can store up to 10 numbers in the tween the base and the handset) and ET-908’s memory, then dial them at automatically selects the one with the the press of a few buttons. least interference each time you make or receive a call. Note: Each phone number can be up to 16 digits long. If you notice interference during a call, however,
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43-1083.fm Page 19 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM • For security purposes, we rec- Notes: ommend that you do not store • To change a number in memory, private numbers, such as per- simply store a new one in its sonal identification numbers or place. passwords. • To erase a number from memory, • If you have pulse service and repeat Steps 1-4, and skip Step 3. want to use tone dialing, enter TONE at the appropriate • Write the memory location num- place in the number sequence. ber and name a
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43-1083.fm Page 20 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:17 PM Dialing a Stored Number Testing Stored Emergency Numbers To dial a number stored in memory, when you hear the dial tone, press If you store an emergency service’s MEM then the desired memory loca- number (police department, fire de- tion number (0-9). partment, ambulance) and you want to test the stored number, make the test PRIVACY / LOW BATT TALK CH OFF call during the late evening or early 1 ABC 2 DEF 3 morning hours to avoid peak dema
