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    Owner’ s Manual Please r ead befor e using this equip ment. CID-947 79 -Memory Caller ID M odule with Backlight 43-947.fm Page 1 Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:36 AM[...]

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    2 ˆ Contents Features ..... ................. ........... ................. ........... ................. ... 4 FCC Informa tion .............. ............................ ........... ......... 6 Preparation ...... ............................ ............................ ........... ... 8 Install ing Batterie s ................. ................[...]

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    3 WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not exp ose this product to rain or m ois ture. CAUTION RISK OF ELEC T RIC SHOCK. DO NOT OPEN. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTR IC SHOCK, D O NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK. NO US ER-SER VICE- ABLE P ARTS I NSIDE. REFER SERV ICING TO QU ALIFIE D PER SONN EL. This sym bol is intended to alert [...]

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    4 Features ˆ Features Your R adi oSha ck 7 9-M em ory Ca lle r I D M odu le wit h Backlight i s the late st in telep hone tec hnology. The mod ule displays the caller’ s telephon e numb er (and name , if availab le in your are a) and the cu rrent date and time, a s provided by your local phon e compan y to Ca ller ID serv ice subs cribers. (The [...]

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    5 Features Trilingual O peration — le ts you set th e mod ule to displ ay mes- sages in Engl ish, Frenc h, or Spani sh. Large Liqui d Crys tal Dis pla y — makes it e asy to see cal ler in- format ion and t he cur rent time a nd date. Contrast Control — lets y ou a dju st the d i spla y co nt ra st fo r t he best r eada bi lity. Time and Date [...]

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    6 Features The act ual number of Caller ID record s your m odule will sto re depends on the amo unt of Cal ler ID info rmation s ent by the phon e compan y. FCC INFORMATION This mo dul e has been test ed a nd fo und to c omp ly with all appl i- cable FC C standards . We hav e design ed your m odule to conf orm to fed eral regul a- tions, an d you c[...]

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    7 Features This equi pment comp lies with the limits for a Class B digita l de- vice as s pecified in Part 15 of FC C Rul es . These l imits pro vide reasona ble protec tion again s t radi o and TV inte rference in a residen tial area. H owever, your e quipment m ight caus e TV or radio i nterfere nce eve n when it is ope rating properly. To elim i[...]

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    8 Preparation ˆ Prepar ation Your modu le’s display is prot ect ed b y a pi ec e of plasti c fil m d ur- ing shi pment. Pee l off this film befo re you us e the mod ule. INSTALLING BATTERIES Your modu le requires fou r AAA batteries (not su pplied) to pr o- tect its mem ory during a pow er fa ilur e. For the be st pe rfor - mance a nd longest li[...]

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    9 Preparation 2. Use a Phil lips sc rewdr iver t o remo ve the screw from th e battery c ompartm ent cover . 3. Slide th e batt ery comp artment c over in the direc tion of th e arrow until it sto ps, then l ift up the cover . Caution: The battery c ompartme nt cove r is attached to the module . Do not try t o remo ve it compl etely . 4. Place the [...]

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    10 Preparation Caution: If you do not plan to us e the module for a mon th or more, rem ove the batteries. Batterie s can le ak chem icals th at can des troy elec tronic pa rts. CONNECTING THE AC ADAPTER The modul e us es the sup pli ed 9V, 200-m A AC adapte r for pow - er. Cautions: Y ou must us e a Cl ass 2 p ower so urce t hat sup- plies 9V D C [...]

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    11 Preparation CONNECTING THE MODULE Your modu le connec ts to an y modular phone jack and yo ur phone. Yo u can also con nect it to an answ ering ma chine. Note: The m odule mi ght no t work with ol der pho nes, such a s West ern Electri c phones. Connecting t o a Single- Line Phone 1. Disc onnect th e teleph one line cord from the phone an d plug[...]

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    12 Preparation Follow these steps to co nnect two CID-947 mod ules to a two- line ph one. 1. Disc onnect t he telep hone lin e cord from the mod ular phon e jack (on the wall) and plu g it into L1+L 2 on the triple x adapter . 2. Plug the triplex ad apter into the mo dular p hone jac k. 3. Plug on e end of the s upplied line cord into the TO L I NE[...]

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    13 Preparation Connecting t o an Answering Machine 1. Disc onnect t he phone line c ord th at conne cts yo ur answ er- ing ma chine to t he phone line fr om the ans wering machin e’ s jack. T hen plug it in to the m odu le ’ s TO LI NE ja ck. 2. Plug one e nd of th e supplie d line cord into the module’ s TO PHONE jack. 3. Plug the c ord’ s[...]

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    14 Preparation Attaching the Mounti ng Bracket 1. Align the slots on the bottom of the module w ith the ho oks on the mount ing br a cket . 2. Gently push the modul e down on the brac ket to secure i t. If you are p lacing t he modu le on a desk , shelf, or tab le, pull out the stan d on the b ack of the bracket until it clic ks. To remove the modu[...]

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    15 Preparation 4. Attach t he mounting bracket to th e modul e (see “At taching the Mou nting Brack et” on Page 14). 5. Route the phone line cor ds and AC adap ter cor d through the sl ots on the ba ck of t he bra cket. 6. Align the keyh ole slots on the bra cket with th e screws i n the w all , then s li de th e module dow n o nto th e screws [...]

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    16 Preparation CHOOSING A LANGUAGE Your mo dule is progra m med to dis play m essages in Engl ish, but you can chan ge it t o displa y in Frenc h or Spa nish. 1. Hold down REVI EW and CAL L BACK for ab out 3 se c- onds un til the curre nt lang uage ( ENGLISH , ESPANOL for Spanish , or FRANCAIS for French) ap pears. 2. Repea tedly p ress RE VIEW unt[...]

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    17 Operation ˆ Operation RECEIVING AND STORING CALLS Calle r ID is a ser vice prov ided by your telep hone comp any. When you subscribe to thi s servi ce, the tele phone com pany sends th e caller’s te lephone number (and na me, if avail able) and the call ’s date and time between the first and second rings . The mod ule recei ves and display [...]

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    18 Operation • If you do not pre ss a button within abo ut 10 secon ds, the module automati cally ret urns to the time and date d isplay . • After yo u review all cal l s, END OF LIST appears . Simply press REVIEW or REVIEW to view aga in. Displayed Cal l Inform ation The mod ule ca n displa y the foll owing informa tion. Display (En glish, Fre[...]

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    19 Operation Display (En glish, French, Sp anish) De scription CALL 1 Appears when yo u received a call f or the fir s t tim e . –BLOCKED NAME– –NOM BLOQUE– NOMBRE PRIVADO The caller has blocked the Caller ID name information from being sent. BLOCKED NUMBER –NUMERO BLOQUE– NUMERO PRIVADO The caller has blocked the Caller ID number infor[...]

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    20 Operation Display (En glish, Fre nch, S pani sh) Descrip tion TOTAL TOT. TOTAL The total number of incoming calls (not including VIP calls). –RECORD STORED– –MEMORISE– –MEMORIZADO– The caller ID record is stored in VIP memory . VIP VIP mem ory is ac tive. –VIP MEMO FULL– –VIP PLEIN– –VIP LLENO– Appears when t he VIP numbe[...]

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    21 Operation REDIALING FROM CALL RECORD MEMORY You can redial a telephon e number stored in the Ca ller ID’ s memory. 1. Press REVI EW or RE VIEW to view the des ired call record. 2. Lift you r phone ’s h andset an d check for a dial tone. 3. Press CALL BACK to redial the tele phone n u mber . If the number t o be redia led is ou t of your are [...]

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    22 Operation Delet ing A ll Ca lls 1. While the module display s the time an d date, pres s REVI EW or REVIEW . 2. Hold down ERAS E u n til DELETE ALL? appears. Whi le DELETE ALL? appears, p ress ERASE again. NO CALL appea rs. Or , to canc el the d eletion, do no t pres s any button. Af ter about 5 seconds, DELETE ALL? disappea rs. VIP CALL LIST Yo[...]

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    23 Operation Notes: • If the system’ s mem ory is fu ll (20 VIP call rec ords are alre ady sto red), VIP MEMO FULL appe ars when you press VIP M EM . T o store a nother VIP c all record, yo u must fi rst delete an exist ing one. • If you save a cal l record as a VIP call reco rd, the total number of call rec ords dec reases by 1 . To rev iew [...]

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    24 Troubleshooting ˆ T roubleshoo ting If your system i s not working as it shoul d, thes e suggest ions might help y ou eli mina t e the p robl em. If you see a message tha t you d o not u ndersta nd, see “Dis- played Call Inf ormation” on Pa ge 18. Problem Solution Blank screen The module is not receiving power . Make sure the batteries are [...]

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    25 Care and Maint enance ˆ Care and Main tenanc e Your RadioShack 79-Me mory Cal ler ID Module with Back light is an exa mple of sup erior des ign and cra ftsmans hip. The fol- lowing suggest ions will hel p you ca re for your m odule s o you can enjo y it for y ears. Keep the module dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry im- mediat ely. Liqui ds might [...]

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    26 Care and Maint enance THE FCC W ANTS Y OU TO KNOW In the unlikely eve nt that y our mod ule causes p roblems on the phone l i ne, th e phon e compan y can te mporarily discon tinue your se rvice. If thi s happen s, the ph one com pany attempts to notif y you in advan ce. If advanc e notice is no t practical , the phon e compan y notifie s you as[...]

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    27 Notes ˆ Notes 43-947.fm Page 27 Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:36 AM[...]

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    RadioShack — A Division of Tandy Corporat ion Fort Worth, Texas 76102 43-947 04A00 Printed in China Limited One-Year W arranty This prod uct is warra nted by Rad ioShack against m anufacturing defects in mater ial and workma nship un der n orm al use fo r one (1) year f rom the da te of p urcha se fro m RadioShack comp any-owned stores and author[...]