Radio Shack 350 manual

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    Cat. No. 43- 959 OWNER’S MANUAL Pl ease re ad b efo re usin g thi s eq ui pmen t. Cal le r ID Sy stem 35 0 wi th Me mor y D ial 43-9 59.f m Page 1 Monday, Aug us t 16, 19 99 3:2 6 PM[...]

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    2 Thi s s ymbol is inte nded to al e rt you t o the p rese nce o f un- ins ul at ed da ng er ous v olta ge w ithi n th e pro du ct’s en closu re tha t mi gh t be of suff ici ent magni tud e to co nsti tut e a r isk of ele ct r ic sho ck. D o not open t he pr od uc t’s ca se. Thi s symb ol is in te nd ed to i n fo rm yo u that i mp ort an t oper[...]

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    3 FEATURES Your Radio Shac k Call er ID System 3 50 offers the l atest i n tel ephone te chnology . The system displays the cur rent date and ti me, and ca ll info rmat ion as pr ovided by yo ur loca l ph one com pany. The s ystem has these features: Ca ller ID Me mo ry — stor es and dis plays up t o 99 incomi ng phone num bers, or up to about 50[...]

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    4 Notes: • Y our sys tem requi r es four AAA bat teries (not su pplie d) t o prot ect i ts memor y . • If y ou subscr ibe to your phone com pany ’s mess age wait - ing s ervic e, you must con nect an opti onal AC adapte r (not suppl i ed) to the syste m t o power the messa ge wait- ing fu nction. Important I nf ormation • T o use the Syste [...]

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    5 READ THIS BEFORE INST ALLA TION We have desi gned your syst em to conform to federa l regula - ti ons, and yo u can connec t it to most tel ephone lines . Howev - er, e ach device tha t you conne ct to phon e line draws po w e r fro m the ph one li ne. We refer to thi s power draw as the de - vice ’s ring er equivalen ce number, or REN. The REN[...]

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    6 CONTEN TS Pre pa rat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ins tall in g B att er ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Connect ing an Opti onal A C Adap ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Re set tin g t h e S yst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 Co nne cti ng t[...]

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    7 Dia li ng from th e V I P Ca ll Lis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 T urni ng On /Off the VI P Ca ll S pe ci al T on e . . . . . 2 6 Ca re a nd M ain ten an ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Th e F CC Wants Y o u to K now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Lig htn in g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    8 PREPARATION INSTALLING BATTERIES Your s ystem us es four AAA bat teries f or powe r. For t he long - est op erati on and best per formanc e, we rec ommend you use alka line batte ries (Ra dio Sha ck Cat. No. 23-555). Th e batt eries protect the system ’s memor y duri ng power fail - ures. If you do not connec t an AC ad apter, t he batter ies a[...]

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    9 1. Unplug the sys t em from the t elephone lin e. 2. Use a Phil li ps screwdr iv er to loosen the screw i n the bat - ter y compartment cover on t he bottom of the sy stem, and r emove the cover . 3. Inser t fresh ba t ter ies in to the comp artment as i ndicat ed by the polari ty symbol s ( + and –) ma rke d insid e the com- part ment. 4. Repl[...]

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    10 CONNECTING AN OPTIONAL AC ADAPTER If you subsc ribe to a message wait ing ser vice, yo u need an AC adapte r (such as Cat. No. 273 -1455, no t suppli ed) to pow- er the sy stem. Note: You mus t als o ke ep fres h ba tteries in the sy stem to pro - tect the inform ation s tored in memor y dur ing po wer fail ures. Cauti ons: • Y ou must use an [...]

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    11 Foll ow the se steps to co nnect an AC adapte r. 1. Inser t the AC ada pte r ’s ba rrel plug int o the DC 9V jac k on the back of the sy st em. 2. Plug t he other end of the AC adap ter into a st andard AC outl et. RESETTING THE SYSTEM Befor e you us e the system t he firs t ti me or to res et t he s y s- tem ’s clock any ti m e , use a poin[...]

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    12 CONNECTING TO A SINGLE PHONE LINE The sy st em conn ects t o the phone l ine and you r phone using two m odular phone- line connec tors. If your phon e does not have t his type of c onnector , you can get t he neces sary a dapt- ers at your loc al Radio Shac k store. Or you can have the phone company u pdate y our ph one wiri ng. No te: The pho [...]

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    13 CONNECTING TO A T WO-LINE PHONE To reco rd inf ormation about call s received on a t wo-line phone, you can conn ect two systems using a tripl ex adapte r (Cat . No. 27 9-402). Eac h syste m only r ecords i nforma tion about ca ll s received on th e li ne to which it is connec ted. Foll ow thes e steps to connect two s ystems t o a two-li ne pho[...]

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    14 CONNECTING TO AN ANSWERING MACHINE 1. Unplug the a nswerin g machin e’s modular cord fr om the modu lar jack and plug t his c ord into t he syst em’s TEL . LINE jack. 2. Plug one end of the s upplied m odular c ord in to the sys- tem ’s PHON E jack, t hen pl ug th e other end o f the cord int o the ans wering machi ne’ s m o dul ar jack.[...]

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    15 SETTING THE LANGUAGE You can set the system to display m essage s in En glish, Frenc h, or Spanish. 1. Repeat edly pr ess MODE unt il the syst em displa ys CALLER ID MODE . 2. Press eit her REVIEW butt on. The sy stem dis plays t he tot al number of stor ed calls . 3. Refer to the fol lowing tabl e to sel ect the langu age Note: If the syst em i[...]

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    16 ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY CONT RAST 1. Repeat edly pr ess MODE unt il the syst em displa ys CALLER ID MODE . 2. Press eit her REVIEW butt on. The sy stem dis plays t he tot al number of stor ed calls . 3. Press and hold READ for abo ut 6 seconds. The sys t em disp lays CONTRAST : XX . 4. Press REV IEW to i ncreas e cont rast (up to 15 ) or REVIEW to[...]

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    17 OPERATION RECEIVING AND STORING CALLS The sys t em d isplays t he curr ent time a nd date s ent by t he tel ephon e c ompany as it re ceives i ts first caller ID record . The sys tem al so a ut om atic ally dis pla ys all r e cei ved ca ller ID i n for- mati on for e very incom ing call , incl uding t he call’ s time and date. As it rece ives [...]

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    18 Messages Wa it ing If y ou have a voi ce-mail mess age wait ing (if yo u subscri be to the t elephone com pany’s mes sage waiting serv ice), M ES- SAGE light s st eadil y unt il you retr ieve the mess age. Repe at M e ss ag es If y ou have rec ei ved call s f rom the s ame phone num ber more than on e time, appears to sh ow the number of repea[...]

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    19 Forwarded Call s The syste m displ ays Call Fd inst ead of the phon e number if the ca l l was forwa r ded to yo u from a number set to forwar d all calls ( u sing t he phon e comp any’s cal l f orwardi ng ser vice). It d is p la ys Call Fd BUSY if th e call was f orwarded by the phone com pan y’ s busy cal l for w ard ser vice. To see t he [...]

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    20 Note: This li st might not include al l instanc es t h at cause –OUT OF AREA– t o appear, and some insta nces inc luded i n t he lis t might provi de a Calle r ID rec ord in some areas. Private Calls In some area s, call er s have th e option of block ing their Cal le r ID inf ormation. Wh en a caller has bloc ked Caller ID, the sys- tem dis[...]

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    21 Line Error If there is an erro r in the Cal ler ID in formation trans m iss ion, LINE ERROR appears on the di splay. Note: Mi nor e lectri cal d isturbanc es can affect the call er I D in - for mation. O c casiona l errors ar e normal. If the syst em f re- quent ly di splays LINE ERROR , contact your local teleph one com pany or Rad io Shac k s [...]

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    22 To view ind ividual c all r ecords, press REVIEW to st ep back thr ough the cal ls or R EVIEW to st ep forwar d thr ough them. Notes: • If no ca l l in form ation is st ored, t he system displays NO CALL when you press REVIEW or REVIEW . • If you do not press a button withi n 30 se conds, the sys- te m a utoma tical ly r et urns to th e ti m[...]

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    23 Notes: • The system does not dia l a number i f the Caller ID rec o rd is n am e o nl y . • If the ca ll’s ar ea c ode matc hes the ar ea code you stor ed in the system, the sys t e m does not di al the area cod e. Deleti ng Call Recor ds You can se l e ct and delet e individ ual cal l records , or all c all recor ds stor ed in t he s yst [...]

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    24 Foll ow the se steps to del et e all call recor ds. 1. Press either REVI EW or RE VIEW whe n the sys tem disp lays t he ti me . The s ystem displays the numbe r o f stor ed calls. 2. Press and hold DE LE TE until the syst em displ ays NO CALL . Al l r ecords ar e del eted. VIP CALL LIST Your system l ets y ou save up to 20 phone numbers i n it s[...]

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    25 Notes: • If you try to pla ce m o re than 20 call recor ds in the VIP ca ll li st, t he syst em dis pl ays MEMORY FULL . • If you do not press a button withi n 30 se conds, the sys- tem aut omatica lly ret urns to the current time d isplay . Repeat thi s proc edure. Reviewing a nd Deleting V IP Call Reco rds Foll ow these ste ps to revi ew V[...]

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    26 Notes: • If you do not press a button withi n 30 se conds, the sys- te m a utoma tical ly r et urns to th e cu rrent ti me di sp lay . • If a phone number has more than 12 charact ers or a name has mor e than 15 char acters, press READ to s ee the res t of the phone numb er/ name. Diali ng from the V IP Call Lis t 1. Lif t your teleph one’[...]

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    27 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your Radio Shac k Call er ID System 3 50 is an exampl e of su - peri or desi gn and craftsmans hip. The foll owing sug gestions wil l hel p you care f or you r syst em so y our ca n enjoy it for years . Keep t he syst em dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry imedi ately . Liquids ca n c ontain miner als tha t corr ode the electr [...]

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    28 Keep t he syst em away from d ust a nd dirt , which can c ause pr emature wear o f par ts. Wi pe t he syst em wit h a dam p cl oth o ccasion - all y to k eep it l ooking new. Do not use harsh chem icals , cle aning sol vents , or st rong det er - gents to clean your syst em. Modif ying or tampe ring wi th the system ’s i nternal comp onents ca[...]

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    29 THE FCC W ANTS Y OU T O KNOW In the unlikel y eve nt that you r system caus es pro blems on the phone li ne, the phone comp any can tempora rily disconnec t your servi ce. If this happens, the phone c ompany attempt s to noti fy you as soon as possi ble a nd advi ses you of your righ t fi le a com p l ain t w i th the FC C . Also, the phone co m[...]

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    30 NOTES 43-9 59.fm Pag e 30 Mo nda y , Au gu st 16 , 1 99 9 3:26 PM[...]

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    31 43-9 59.fm Pag e 31 Mo nda y , Au gu st 16 , 1 99 9 3:26 PM[...]

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    RADIO SHACK A Divi sion o f T andy Co rpora tion Fort W orth, T ex as 76 102 1 0A5 Pr int ed in H ong Ko ng RADIO SHACK LIMITED W ARRANTY Thi s te leph one prod uct is war ra nted aga inst manu fact uri ng d efec ts i n m ateri al an d work man ship for one ( 1) y ear f rom the d ate o f purc hase fr om Ra di o Shack co mpany owned stores a nd aut [...]