Radio Shack CID-927 manual

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    Cat. No. 43- 927 O WNER’S MANU AL CID-927 Please rea d before using this equipm ent. F ashion Caller ID Phone with 64 -Memory Caller ID 43-927.fm Page 1 Thursday, June 24, 1999 9:36 AM[...]

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    2 FEA TURES Your Radi oShack CID- 927 Fas hion Call - er ID Ph one is a telep hone th at also shows the c aller’s te lephon e numbe r (and name, i f availa ble in your area) and the date and time of eac h call, as pr ovid- ed by your local tel ephone co mpany to Caller I D ser vice su bscri bers. Your CID-92 7 has t hese f eatures: Caller ID Memo[...]

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    3 IMPOR TANT CAL LER ID INFORMATION To use the CID- 927’s Ca ller ID fea ture, you mus t be i n an ar ea whe re Call er ID servi ce is a vail able and you m ust s ub- scribe to the serv ice. Where Cal ler ID is offer ed, one or more of the foll owing o ptions are g enera lly availab le: • caller’ s number onl y • caller’ s name only • c[...]

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    4 The CID-927 als o complies with the lim- its for a Class B dev ice as specifi ed in Part 15 of FCC Rules . The se l imit s pr o- vide r easonabl e protec tion aga inst ra- dio and T V inter ferenc e in a re sidenti al area. How ever , your t elepho ne might cause T V or radio inte rferenc e even when it is op erati ng pr operly . To el imi- nate [...]

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    5 CONTENTS Preparation ....... ............. ............ .................... ............. ............. ............. ................... 6 Installing Bat ter ies ................. ............. ....... ...... ....... ............. ...... ....... ...... ............. 6 Connectin g the Phon e ................. ............. ................... ..[...]

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    6 PREP ARA TIO N INST ALLING BA TTER IES Your CID- 927 requir es four AAA batter- ies (no t suppl ied) to store a nd displa y Caller ID r ecords. F or the b est perf or- mance, we r ecomme nd alkali ne batt er- ies, avail able at you r local Radi oShack store. Cautions: • Use only fres h ba tteri es of t he required s ize and rec ommended type. ?[...]

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    7 CONNECTING THE PHONE Plug one e nd of the s upplied modula r cord i nto th e jack on the ba ck of the CID-927. The n plug the oth er end of the cord in to the m odular phone li ne ja ck. CONNECTING THE HANDSET Plug one end of the supp lied coil ed modula r cord in to the jack on the l eft side of the phone and the othe r end into the jack on the [...]

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    8 If you do not want the ringe r to sou nd, set RINGER OFF/LO/HI to OFF . With the ringer off, yo u can sti ll make call s (and answer ca lls if you hea r another pho ne on the sam e line r inging) . SETTIN G THE DISPLA Y LANGUAGE The CID-927 is p reset to sh ow Caller ID message s in Engl ish. Foll ow these steps to change t he languag e to Frenc [...]

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    9 PHONE OPERATION USI NG RE DIA L The red ial mem ory h old s u p to 3 2 di git s, so it can stor e bot h long-d istance and lo - cal n umbers. To red ial the last number , lift the ha ndset then press REDIAL . Notes: • The red ial memor y only sto res the last 32 d igits of a ny number dial ed. • The redial mem or y does not sto re a fl ash en[...]

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    10 Notes: • Y ou w ill he ar a dial ton e du r ing mo st steps of this pr ocedur e. The phone does not ac tua ll y dial the numbe r a s y ou st ore it , b ut you migh t al so hear a busy tone or recorded ope rator’ s v oic e aft er a f ew se conds . Th is is nor mal. • If you do not comple te a step w ithin 15 seco nds, you must star t ov er [...]

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    11 CALLER ID OPERA T ION If you s ubscri be to Call er ID se rvice from your ph one co mpany, the pho ne compa - ny send s inform ation abo ut the c all (as well as the time and date) be tween the first an d second rings of every call y ou receiv e. The CID-927 displ ays this call informat ion and updates the phone’ s built-i n clock. T he CID-92[...]

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    12 REV IE W ING CALLER ID RECOR DS Each time yo u rece ive a cal l, you r CID - 927 sto res a Call er ID r ecord that you can review later . A C aller I D re cord in- cludes: • call number (in the order the call is rece ived) • time a nd date of th e call • caller’ s telephon e number • c al ler’ s name ( if a v ail ab l e) Repeatedly p[...]

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    13 TR OUBLESHOO TING We do not expec t yo u to hav e an y pr oblem s with yo ur CID-9 27, bu t if yo u do, the fol- lowing suggest ions might h elp. If you still have problems , discon nect the ph one. If other pho nes on the same line work proper ly, the fa ult is in th is phone or i ts installa tion. If you cannot find the prob- lem, ta ke your C[...]

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    14 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your Rad ioShack CID-92 7 Fashion Call er ID Phone is an e xample of su perior de- sign and c raftsmans hip. The fol lowing su ggestion s will help yo u care for yo ur CID- 927 so yo u can e njoy it f or year s. Keep the CID- 927 d ry. If it g ets wet, wipe it d ry immed iately . Liqui ds might con tain m inerals that can c[...]

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    15 THE FCC W AN TS Y OU T O KNO W In the unlik ely even t that your CI D-927 causes proble ms o n the ph one line, the phone c ompany can temp orar ily discon - tinue you r se rvice. If th is hap pens, the phone comp any atte mpts to notify you in advance . If advan ce notic e is not practi- cal, th e phone com pany n otifie s you as soon a s possi[...]

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    RadioShac k A Division of T andy Corporation For t W or th, T exas 76102 05A9 9 Pr in ted in Mal aysia Limited O ne-Y ear W a rranty This pr oduct is warranted by RadioShack agai nst manufacturing d ef ects in ma terial a nd workman- ship und er nor mal use for one (1) year from the date of purch ase from R adioSha ck company-owned stores and autho[...]