Radio Shack CID-941 manual

Cat. No. 43-941 OWNER’S MANUAL Pleas e read befor e usi ng th is eq uipme n t. CID-941 4-Line Displa y Caller ID with Call W aiting 43-941.fm P age 1 Friday, J anuary 28, 2000 10:34 AM[...]

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3 FEATURES Your Ra dioShack CID-94 1 4-Line Displa y Calle r ID g ives y ou acc ess to the la test in tele phone te chnolo- g y. It displays the curr ent date/time and caller infor- mation as provided by your lo cal phone co mpany to Calle r ID service s ubscribe rs. (The da te and time are set with your first incomin g Caller ID c all.) If yo u su[...]

4 Caller ID M emory Dialing — lets yo u sel ect a sto red phone nu mber fr om Call er ID me mory, then dial it with th e touch of a button. New Call Indicator — flashes to let you kn ow one or more new calls have be en receiv ed sinc e you la st re- viewed th e store d calls. Dual Display — lar g e 4-line liqu id crys tal displa y shows info [...]

5 Important In formation: • T o use the syst em’s C aller ID, and Call W aitin g featu res you mu st be in an area where thos e servic es are av ailable from your phone co m- pany , and you mu st subsc ribe to tho se servi ces. • Where C aller ID is of fered, one or more of th e foll owin g opti ons a r e g enerally availa ble: — calle r ?[...]

6 draw as the devi ce’s rin g er equival ence num ber, or REN. T he REN is on the bot tom of yo ur system . If yo u a re u sin g more tha n o ne pho ne or other dev ic e on the li ne, add up all the R ENs. If th e total is more than fiv e (or thre e in rural areas), y our phon e mi g ht not r in g . If rin g er op eration i s impaired, remove a d[...]

7 CONTENTS Preparation .... ........... ................. ................ ........... 9 Ins talli n g Batteries .................... ........... ........... 9 Makin g the Conne ctions ...... ................ ......... 1 1 Conne ctin g an AC Adapter ........... ......... 1 1 Resettin g the CID-941 .................. ......... 12 Conne ctin g to the[...]

8 Deletin g Call Rec ords ........ ................. .......... 33 T rou bleshooting ..... ................. ........... ................ 34 Care ........ ................. ........... ................. ................ 36 The FCC W ants Y ou to Know .................. ..... 37 Li g htnin g ................. ........... ................. ..........[...]

9 PREPARATION INSTALLING BATTERIES Your C ID-941 requi res 2 AA b atteries (not s upplied) to pro tect the sys tem’s me mory duri n g a pow er fa il- ure. For the best performance and lon g est life, we recomm end Rad ioShack alkaline batteries . Cautions: • Use only fres h batteries of the re quired s ize and recomm ended ty pe. • Do not mix[...]

10 2. Inser t a flat blade screwdri ver in to t he slot next to the battery compartm ent cover an d g ently pry i t up until the co ver pops off. 3. Place the b atteries in the compart ment as indi- cated by th e polarit y symbol s ( + and – ) marked insi de. 4. Replac e the cove r . If yo u replaced the batteries , reconnec t the tele phone lin [...]

11 MAKING THE CONNECTIONS Connecting an AC Adapter To inc rease t he battery life, yo u can powe r the CID - 941 usin g a 9V, 20 0 mA AC adapte r and a size M Adaptapl u g  adapter (neither su pplied). Bo th are availa ble at your loc al Radio Shack st ore. Cautions: Y ou must use a Clas s 2 power sour ce lis ted t o UL 13 10 tha t supp lies 9V [...]

12 Follow these steps to use an AC adapte r (not sup- plied. ) 1. Inser t the Adapt aplu g into the so ck et on you r AC adapt er ’s co rd. 2. Inser t the barrel plu g into the C ID-941’ s 200mA DC 9V jack . 3. Plu g the oth er end of the AC ad apter into a stan- dard AC outl et. Resettin g the CID-941 Before you use the CID-941 for the first t[...]

13 Caution: Resettin g the C ID-941 also clears all s tored call in fo rmati on. Note: If the CID-941 does not work after you reset it, replace the batteries (s ee “Inst allin g Batteries ” on Pa g e 9). Then pre ss RESET a g ain. Connectin g to the Phone Line The CID-941 connects to a m odular te lephone line jack and you r telepho ne. If your[...]

14 • Y ou can connec t up to fou r CID-94 1s to the same p hone line (see “Usi n g the Master/Se c- ondar y Switch” on P a g e 15). For proper Call Wa i t i n g operation , do not co nne ct more than fo ur CID-941s , or a CI D-941 an d another Ca ller ID module w ith Call W ai tin g , to the same phon e line. Y ou can con nect other Cal ler I[...]

15 Using the Master/Secon dary Switch The CID-941’s M/S (master/s econdary ) switch lets you ea sily co nnect up to fou r CID-9 41 Call er ID mo d- ules t o the sam e phone line, so you can recei ve Call- er ID an d Call Waitin g informa tion at more th an one phone o n that line . Simply set M/S on one of t he CI D- 941’s to M , an d set it to[...]

16 • If you conne ct another ty pe of Caller ID mo dule that has Call W aitin g (other t han a CID-9 41) to the same ph one line as yo ur CID-941’ s, the Call Wa i t i n g si g nal can b e g arbl ed or not re ceived. Connecting to a T w o-Line Phone To record info rmation abo ut calls rec eived on a two- line pho ne, yo u need tw o CID-941’ s[...]

17 4. Plu g the other e nd of the c ord into L1 or L2 5. Repeat Ste ps 3 and 4 to connec t another CID - 941 to the j ack (L1 and L 2) on the triple x adapter . 6. Slide the M-S switch (loca ted on the ba ck of CID- 941) on both un its to M . Connectin g an Answerin g Mac hine 1. Unplu g the answ erin g machin e’s modu lar c ord from i ts li ne j[...]

18 MOUNTING THE SYSTE M You can se t the CID- 941 fl at on a des k, she lf, tabl e or set it a t an an g le by pu llin g out the l e g located on the bottom o f the CID-941. Mounting on a W all To moun t the CID -941 on a wall, you need two screws (no t supp lied) with he ads that fit into the key- hole sl ots on the bottom of the CID -941. 1. Mark[...]

19 5. Ali g n the keyh ole slots on the back of the CID- 941 wi th the sc rew heads and slide t he syste m down over the s crew heads . SETTING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE The CID-941 i s preset to di spla y me ssa g es in En g lish, bu t you can set t he syste m to d is- play mes sa g es in En- g lish or Sp anish. Notes: • Y ou must connect the system [...]

20 To disp lay text in Spanis h, repeated ly press REVI EW  or  until NO CALL or XX CALLS appears . Then hold do wn REVIEW  unt il NO LLAMADA or XX LLAMADAS appears. T he CID-94 1 is set to Span ish.T o re set th e sy stem t o En g lish, rep eatedly press REVIEW  or  until NO LLAMADA or XX LLAMADAS appears. The n hold down REVIEW [...]

21 3. Repeated ly press REVI EW  to increas e the contr ast up to 15 or REVIEW  to decreas e down to 00 . Note: If CONTRAST level n umber di sappears be- fore yo u pr ess REVIEW  or  rep eat Steps 1–3. 4. Press DELETE to s tore the se ttin g . 43-941.fm P age 21 Friday, J anuary 28, 2000 10:34 AM[...]

22 OPERATION RECEIVING AND STORI NG CALLS Caller ID is a servic e provid ed by y our telep hone compan y. When y ou subs cribe to t his serv ice, the telephon e comp any sends the caller’ s telephon e number (an d name , if availa ble) and the call’s da te and time between the fi rst and secon d rin g s. The sy s- tem rece ives a nd displa ys t[...]

23 the time display, b ut the red indi cator flash es until you re view the cal l rec ords. Note: If you have a ph one that has a hol d featur e, we do not rec omme nd usin g hold f or v ery lo n g . The C all - er ID in formation sent by th e phone c ompany m i g ht disco nnect a c aller o n hold if a new ca ll come s in. 43-941.fm P age 23 Friday[...]

24 CALL W AITING WITH DUAL DISPLAY If you are usi n g the telep hone and you subscri be to Call Wait in g servic e and a new call co mes in, th e system will sho w the n ew call i nformatio n and appears. The new calle r name and num ber, if avail- able, appears on the s econd an d third li ne and WAIT flashes . The inform ation for the fi rst call[...]

25 Press FLASH to switch to the new c all. The first c all- er’s in formation moves to the se cond and third row s and WAIT flas hes. Press FL ASH a g ain to sw itch be tween th e callers. 43-941.fm P age 25 Friday, J anuary 28, 2000 10:34 AM[...]

26 REVIEWING CALL RE CORDS To see how m any ca lls are stored , press REVI EW  or  while the time d isplays . XX CALLS appea rs on the di splay . To vie w the call re cords, r epeated ly pres s RE VIEW  to move back throu g h the calls or REVIEW  to move forward throu g h them . Notes: • If no cal l informat ion is st ored, NO CALL ap[...]

27 DISPLAYED CALL INFORM ATION The CID- 941 dis plays t he followin g infor mati on: Display Des cription XX Appe ars wh en yo u a re viewin g a ne w call record or h ave an inco min g call (if y ou subscri be to Ca ll W ait- in g ). PRIVATE NAME NOMBRE PRIVADO The call er blocke d the name . PRIVATE NUMBER NUMERO PRIVADO The call er blocke d the n[...]

28 UNKNOWN NAME NBR DESCONOCIDO The ca lle r is not within a Call er ID serv ice a rea that pr ovides eith er the name or n umber . UNKNOWN NUMBER NO. DESCONOCIDO The num ber is not wit hin a Calle r ID service a rea that pr ovides th e num- ber . ERROR ERROR There is an error in t he Caller ID informati on transm ission . Occa- sional e rrors are [...]

29 CALL-Fd BUSY CFd OCUPADO The cal l wa s for w arded from a nu mber set t o forward a call if t he lin e is busy . LDC LDC The ca ll is lo n g distanc e. xX xX Appe ars wh en you receive r epeat call s from the sa me phone num- ber . X is the num ber of calls r eceiv ed from that numb er . MESSAGES MENSAJES A messa g e is w aitin g . Indicate s t[...]

30 WAIT ESPERA Appears w hen you ha ve a call on Ca ll Waitin g . The name and nu mber of the call er also app ear , if availabl e. XX NEW CALL XX NUEVO Shows th e number of new ca lls. XX CALLS XX LLAMADAS Show s the total number of calls. -------------- -------------- If your C aller ID receives only the caller’s name or only the caller’s num[...]

31 DIALING NUMBERS FROM CA LL RECORDS To dial a teleph one nu mber store d in the Ca ller ID call record me mory, press REVIEW  or  to re- view the de sired call re cord. L ift the hands et and con- firm a dial to ne. Press CALL BACK ( DIAL 7 , DIAL 10 , or 1+DIAL dependin g on the a rea co de) to dia l the telepho ne number. Different Area C[...]

32 Same Area Code To call bac k a number received by the CID-941 th at has the sam e ar ea code (for examp le, t he numb er re- ceived by the s ystem is “8 17555121 2” and your area code is “817”): • Pre ss DIAL 7 to d ial 7 di g its with out the area code (55 51212). • Pre ss 817 on your phon e, then press DIAL 7 on the CID-9 41 to dia[...]

33 DELETING CALL RECORDS You can de lete in dividual call recor ds or all call records stored in the sy stem. To de lete a sin g le record, pre ss REVIEW  or  until the Cal ler ID r ecord yo u want to delete dis- plays, then press DELETE twice. Th e system del etes that record a nd automat icall y renumbers the remain- in g call reco r ds . T[...]

34 T R OUBLES HOOTIN G if your C ID -94 1 is no t w o rki n g as i t s ho uld, thes e su g - g estio ns mi g ht help el iminate t he prob lem. Problem Sugg estion Frequentl y displ ays: ERROR ERROR Minor el ectrical distur- bances can affec t the Caller ID information, but if erro rs frequent ly occur , contact your l ocal tele - phone c ompan y fo[...]

35 If the syst em dis plays a mes sa g e that yo u do not un- derst and, see “D ispl ayed C all In form ation ” on Pa g e 27. Call W aitin g does not w ork. If yo u have m ultiple s ys- tems c onnected to the same l ine, check to see that the M/ S switch is se t corr ec tly on each sy ste m (see “ Usin g the Maste r/ Seconda ry Switch ” on [...]

36 CARE To enjo y your Radio Shack CID -941 4- Line Displa y Caller ID for a lon g time: • Keep th e CID-941 d ry . If it g ets wet, wi pe it dry immedi ately . • Use a nd store the CID -941 on ly in n ormal te m- perature e nvironments . • Handle the CID-9 41 g entl y and caref ully . Don’ t drop it. • Keep th e CID-941 away from d ust a[...]

37 THE FCC W ANTS Y OU TO KN OW In th e unl ikely even t that your CID- 941 c auses prob - lems o n the phone line, the phone c ompany can dis- connec t your se rvice. Th e phon e compan y attempt s to noti fy you in advanc e. If adv ance noti ce is n ot prac tical, the phone com pany noti fies you o f your ri g ht to fil e a compl aint with th e F[...]

38 LIGHTNING Your te lephone h as built-in p rotection circuits to re- duce the risk of dam a g e from sur g es in pho ne line or power li ne current. T hese prote ction circui ts meet or exceed FCC requir ements. Howeve r, li g htnin g strik- in g the phon e line c an dama g e your t elephone . Li g htnin g dama g e is not common. However, i f you[...]

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