Radio Shack 900 MHz manual

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    Owner’s Manual Please re ad before u sing this equipm ent. 900 MHz Digital Spread Spectrum Digital Answering System with Ca ller ID a nd Call Wait ing 43-749.fm P age 1 Tuesday, September 5, 2000 11:24 AM[...]

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    2 Contents ˆ Contents Features ...... ........... ................. ........... ................. ........... ................. ........... ................. .......... .. 4 T elephone Features ................ ........... ........... ................. ........... ................. ........... ............ 4 Answering System Fe atures ............[...]

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    3 Contents Deleting Caller ID Reco rds ....... ........... ................. ........... ............ ................. ........... ....... 22 Answering System Ope ration ............. ........... ................. ........... ................. ........... ............. 22 Setting th e Record T ime ........... ................. ........... ........[...]

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    4 Features ˆ Features Your Ra dioShack 900 MHz Spread Sp ec- trum Cordles s Speakerphon e Digital An- sweri ng System us es advanc ed techno logy to give y ou superio r audio q uality and ex- tended ra nge. The ans wering s ystem’s Ca ller ID u nit records each caller’s telephon e number (and name, if availabl e in yo ur area) a nd the date an[...]

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    5 Features Any Ke y A nswer — you can s et the phone so you c an pre ss any k ey to answ er a c all when t he handse t is a way from th e base . Hearing-Aid Comp atibility — let s you use your ph one with heari ng aids that ha ve a T (telepho ne) swit ch . ANSWERING SYSTEM FEATURES Day/Time Stamp — re cords the day and time ea ch me ssage w a[...]

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    6 Features FCC STATEMENT Your an sweri ng sy stem comp lies wi th Pa rt 68 of FCC Rules . You mu st, up on r eques t, provide the FCC regist ration numbe r and the REN t o your pho ne co mpany. Th ese num - bers are on the bottom of the base. You must not conn ect your ph one to an y of the foll owing: • coin-op erated s ystems • party-li ne sy[...]

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    7 Features unless p roper vent ilati on is pro - vided. 12. This product shou ld b e opera ted only from th e type of powe r source indicate d on the mar king labe l. If you are n ot sure of the type of power s upply to your home, con s ult your lo cal p ower co mpan y . 13. Do not allow anything to res t on the power co rd. Do not l ocate this pro[...]

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    8 Instal lation with lo cal code s for possi ble spe cial disposa l ins tructio ns. 3. Do not open or mutil ate the battery pack. Rel eased el ectroly te is co rro- sive and ma y cause dam age to the eyes or skin . It may be toxi c if swal- lowed. 4. Exercis e care i n handlin g the batt ery pack in order not to short it wit h con- ducting ma teria[...]

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    9 Instal lation • The USOC num ber of the jack to be install ed is RJ 1 1C (RJ1 1W for a wall plat e). On a Desk T op 1. Plug one e nd of t he su ppl ied l ong m odu - lar cord i nto the TEL LI NE j a c k o n t h e bac k of th e bas e. 2. Plug the mo dular cord’ s othe r end i nto a modula r telephon e line jack. 3. Insert the suppli ed AC adap[...]

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    10 Instal lation 6. Plug the adapter into a standa rd AC out - let. 7. Press and lift out the han dset holder , flip it o ver as s hown, t hen s nap it b ack i nto plac e so it hol ds the hand set. 8. Lift the base’ s ant enna to a ve rtic al po si - tion. Note: To mo unt the a nswerin g system di - rectly on a wall, you need tw o screws (no t su[...]

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    11 Instal lation 3. Put the battery p ack i n the compar tment , then repl ace th e cover . To char ge the battery pack, sim ply place the hands et o n the ba se, fa cin g eith er up or down. The CHARGE/IN USE indica tor on the base li ghts. Recha rge the battery pack when Low Bat- tery flashe s on th e displa y. Important: Be sure the battery pa c[...]

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    12 Instal lation If th e di al ton e st ops, y ou h ave to uch- tone se rvice . Leave DI AL MODE set to T (ton e). If th e dia l tone cont inue s, yo u hav e pulse s ervice. Set DI AL MODE to P (pulse). 4. Press TA L K or place th e handset o n the base to hang up. T URNING THE BA SE’ S RINGER ON AND OFF To turn off the base’s ring er, set RIN [...]

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    13 Instal lation SETTING THE DAY/TIME You mus t set the day o f the we ek and ti me so the answeri ng sy stem ca n reco rd the cor- rect day and ti me of eac h mess age. Note: Enter each key p ress within ab out 2 minut es. Ot herwi se, th e ans werin g syst em exits th e time settin g process and you m ust begin a gain wit h Step 1. 1. Hold down C[...]

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    14 Telephone Operation T URNING CALLER ID/CALL W AITING ON OR OFF If you have Call Waiti ng and Call er ID ser- vice, y ou can set th e answe ring syste m to show Caller ID informati on for an incoming call ev en while y ou are on the ph one. Follow these steps to turn the Ca ller I D/Call Waiting feature on or off. 1. Lift the ha ndset an d pres s[...]

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    15 Telephone Operation When you re ceive a call, Incoming Call appears on the di splay. To answer it , lift the handse t from the b ase and pr ess TA L K . If auto tal k is on, just lift the han dset from the base o r pre ss a ny ke y. To end a cal l, plac e the hands et on the ba se or pr ess TA L K . ADJUSTING THE HANDSE T VO L U M E To adjus t t[...]

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    16 Telephone Operation SWITCHING BETWEEN THE HANDSET AND SPEAKERPHONE To switch to the speakerph one while you are using th e handset, pre ss SPEA KER on the base. When you hear the convers ation on the speak erphon e, press TA L K on the ha nd- set. To sw it ch t o the ha nds et w hi le y o u are u si n g the speak erphon e, lift the hand set off [...]

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    17 Telephone Operation PAGING To pag e the perso n who ha s th e hands et or to loc ate the handse t when the ph one is not in use, pre ss PA G E on the ba se. T he hand set beeps for 5 sec onds an d the display shows Paging . For a longer handset b eep, h old down PA G E f or at le ast 2 seco nds . Th e han d- set b ee ps f o r 1 mi nu t e. To s t[...]

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    18 Memory Dialing ˆ Memory Dialing You can store up to 2 0 phone numbers and names in memory , then dia l a sto red numbe r by ente ring its m emory lo cation nu mber. Each stor ed numb er can be up t o 20 digi ts, and eac h name c an be up t o 13 chara cters. STORING A NAME AND NUMBER IN MEMORY Notes: • An erro r tone so unds a nd the ph one ex[...]

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    19 Memory Dialing 6. Press CH/SELECT . Store Number appears . 7. Enter the phone num ber an d any to ne or pause en tries (s ee “Using T one Servic es On a Puls e Line” on Page 16 and “Entering a Pause”). 8. Press CH/SELECT . The phone beeps and Memory nn Stored appears. After 2 seco nds, Memory Store appears . 9. Repeat Steps 3–8 to st o[...]

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    20 Caller ID Operation DIALING A MEMORY NUMBER To dial a num ber sto red in memor y, lift the handse t and pre ss MEM . T he list of memory locatio n numbe rs appears. C hoose a memo - ry loc ation (0 1–20) by pres sing a number or by repeat edly pre ssing VO L/CID 8 8 8 8 or 9 9 9 9 , then press TA L K . You can also d ial a memory nu mber after[...]

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    21 Caller ID Operation The top li ne of eac h record sh ows the d ate, time and the number of cal ls from that num - ber. The second line shows th e ca ller’s name, an d the th ird line s hows the caller’s phone n umber. To exit t he Calle r ID record dis play, pre ss CALL ID . CALLER ID MESSAGES ADDING/DELETING T HE AREA CODE When th e are a c[...]

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    22 Answering System Operation 3. Choose a memory location (01–2 0) by pressin g a number or by re peatedly press ing VOL/CI D 9 9 9 9 or 8 8 8 8 , then press CH/SELECT . If the sel ected loc ation is em pty , the phone bee ps to co nfi rm th at it s tore d the number , then the Caller ID record appears . If a record e xists in th e selecte d loca[...]

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    23 Answering System Operation The ot her is simply an anno uncemen t and does no t let th e cal ler lea ve a mes sage: “H el- lo, no one is availa ble to ta ke yo ur call.” The answe ring sy stem use s this message when REC TIME is set to ANN (an nouncem ent only ). You can als o record yo ur own mess age (see “Recor ding/Deleti ng an Outg oi[...]

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    24 Answering System Operation • The cal ler hangs up. • The m aximum m essa ge lengt h is reached . • The answ ering syst em detec ts a busy signal or more than 7 secon ds of silenc e. • Y ou pick u p the ans wering syste m’s handse t or any phone on the sa me phone l ine. Note: When t he answ ering sys tem’s mes- sage me mory is full, [...]

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    25 Answering System Operation ADJUSTING THE ANSWERING SYSTEM’ S VO L U M E To adju st the speake r’s volu me, re peatedly press VOLUME 8 8 8 8 or 9 9 9 9 on th e base. The volume setting from 1 (low est) to 10 (h igh- est) appea rs in the messag e counte r win- dow. DELETING MESSAGES To dele te the current mess age wh ile it is playin g, hold d[...]

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    26 Answering System Operation you can avoid unn eces sary long -distan ce char ges. Using Remote Commands Follow these steps to operate the an swer ing system fro m a re mote loc ation. Note: If you wait mo re th an 15 se conds b e- tween k eypress es, the ans wering sys tem sounds a long be ep and hangs up . 1. Dial your phone nu mber and wa it fo[...]

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    27 Troubleshooting ˆ T rou bleshootin g We do n ot ex pect you to h ave any problems with your ans wering system, but i f you do , these sugges tions mi ght he lp. Proble m Suggesti on Low volume or unusual sound s. Someone has picked up another phone on the same line. Hang up the other pho ne. Severe noise interference. Press CH/SELECT to change [...]

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    28 Troubleshooting If yo u still have prob lems , discon nect the answeri ng syst em. If other pho nes on th e sam e line work properl y, the fault is in this phon e or its insta llatio n. If you canno t find the pr oblem, tak e your phone to y our lo cal Rad ioShack store fo r assi stance. The answering system doe s not answer calls. Make sure the[...]

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    29 Care and Maint enance ˆ Care and Mai ntenanc e Your Radi oShack 900 MHz S pread Spectru m Cordle ss Speake rphone Di gital Answeri ng System is an example of superior design and craftsman ship. The following sugge stions will help yo u care for your an swering syst em so yo u can enjoy it for years. Keep the an swering system dry. If it gets we[...]

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    30 Care and Maint enance REPLACING THE BATTERY PACK If you foll ow the inst ruction s in “Connect ing and Charg ing the Battery Pack” on Page 10, the batt ery pack should la st about one year. If the ba ttery pa ck does not hold a charg e for more than 2 ho urs after an overn ight charge , replace it with a ne w 3.6-volt, 60 0 mAh bat - tery pa[...]

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    31 Care and Maint enance THE FCC W ANTS Y OU TO KNOW In the un likely ev ent that your pho ne causes probl ems on th e phone l ine, th e phone c om- pany ca n temp orarily discon tinue you r ser- vice. If this ha ppens, th e pho ne compa ny attempts to notify you in advance. If ad vance notic e i s no t pr act ical, th e pho ne c ompan y notifies y[...]

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    43-749 UCZZ01687BZ 09A00 Printed in China Radio Shac k C orpo rati on Fort Worth, Texas 76 102 Limited O ne-Y ear Wa rranty This pro duct is warrante d by RadioShack aga inst manufac turing defects in mate rial and workma n- ship unde r normal us e for one (1) year from the da te of purchase fro m RadioS hack compan y-owned stores and authori zed R[...]