Radio Shack ET-1111 manual

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    Cat. No. 43 -1111 OWNER’S MANUAL Please re ad before using thi s equipm ent. ET-1 1 1 1 900 MHz Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Teleph one with Caller ID/Cal l Wai ting ID 43-1111.fm Page 1 Tuesday, June 29, 1999 3:38 PM[...]

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    2 FEA TURES © 1999 Tandy Corpor ation. All Rights Re served. Radi oSha ck is a regi ster ed tr adema rk us ed by T andy C orpo rati on. Your Radi oShack ET -1111 9 00 MHz Digi tal Spre ad S pec trum Cordl ess T ele- phone uses adva nced cordle ss tele - phone tech nology to give you sup erior audio quali ty and ex tend ed ran ge. The ET- 1111’s [...]

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    3 Tone/Pulse Dialing — lets yo u use ei- ther type of service, and you can easily switch f rom pu lse to tone dialing for long-di stance, ba nk-by-ph one, or othe r speci al serv ices. Auto Talk — you ca n set the pho ne so you can answer a call si mply by lifting the hands et from the base. Any Key Answer — y ou ca n set the phone so y ou ca[...]

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    4 Important: • Cordles s phones such as this o ne require AC powe r to operate. When the AC powe r is off, you cannot dial out or re ceiv e in coming cal ls us ing y o u r E T - 1111 . To b e s a f e , y o u should al so have a phone th at does not need AC power to operate (not a cordle ss ph one) so y ou ca n still make and r eceiv e cal ls if t[...]

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    5 CONTENTS Installation . .................... ................... ................... ............. .................... ................... 6 Mounting t he Phone ....... ................... ............. .................... ................... ............. 6 On a Desk .......... ...... ............. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... [...]

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    6 INSTALLA TION MOUNTING THE P HONE You ca n pl ace t he E T-111 1’s base on a desk or t able, mou nt it on a standar d wall plate , or mount it directly on a wal l. Choose a location that is: • near an A C outlet • near a te lephon e line ja ck • out of the wa y of no rmal activ ities • away from electri cal mach inery , electric al appl[...]

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    7 4. Route the ada pter ’s cord through the strain r elief slot on the botto m of the base. 5. Plug the ada pter in to a stan dard AC outlet . 6. Lift the base’s antenn a to a vertical position . On a W all Plate or W all 1. Plug one end of the supplie d short modula r cord in to the TEL LINE jack on the back of the base as in “On a Desk T o [...]

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    8 2. Plug one end of th e suppl ied long modula r cord in to t he TEL LINE ja ck on the bac k of the ba se. 3. Route the adapte r and modu lar cords t hrough the grooves on the bottom of th e base . 4. Align the bas e’s keyhole s lots with the mount ing screw s and slid e the base down ward to se cure it . CONNECTING AND CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK[...]

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    9 Important: Be sure the b attery pack i s properly connected befo re you try to charge i t. The CHARG E/INUSE i ndica- tor ligh ts when the h andse t is on the base, eve n if the batt ery pack i s not con- nected. Notes: • When you firs t use the phone afte r chargi ng or rechargi ng the batter y pack, the phone might not work and you might he a[...]

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    10 2. Lift the hands et, press TA L K , a nd listen fo r a dial tone. 3. Press any n umber oth er than 0 . Note: If your p hone sy stem r equires that you dia l an ac cess co de (9, f or example ) before you dial an out side number , do not dial the ac ce ss co de either . If the dial tone stops , you have touch-to ne service. Le ave PULSE/ TON E s[...]

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    11 Follow these steps to t urn the Caller ID/ Call Waitin g feature on or off. 1. Lift the handset and press FUNC- TION . 2. Pre ss to move th e cursor to CIDCW (Caller ID /Call Waiting). 3. Press SELECT to change the Caller ID/Call Wa iting setti ng. On or Of f appears indicati ng the select ed set - ting. 4. Press FUNCTION or return th e hand- se[...]

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    12 T EL EPH ONE O PER ATI ON MAKING AND RECEIVING CALLS To make a call, li ft the hands et and press TA L K (t he CHARG E/IN USE in di- cator on the base l ights), then dial the number. Y ou view the number as yo u di- al, then (after a few secon ds) the call’s elapsed tim e. Notes: • Y ou can also di al the num ber be fore you pre ss TA L K . [...]

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    13 Note: If you do no t have any sp ecial phone servi ces, pressin g FLASH might disconn ect the cur rent call. USING T ONE SERVICES ON A PULS E LINE Some spec ial servi ces, such a s bank- by-phon e, require tone si gnals. I f you have pul se dial ing, you can sti ll use these spe cial tone ser vices by fo llowing thes e s tep s. 1. Be sure PULSE/[...]

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    14 Follow th ese steps to store a numb er in memory . 1. Li ft the hands et. 2. Hold down MEM unti l Memo ry Store and a list of memory loca - tion nu mbers appe ars. 3. Choo se a me mor y loc ati on (1–0 ) by pressing a number or by repeat edly pressi ng or . 4. T o store a name, pres s SELECT . Store Name appear s. If you do not want to enter a[...]

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    15 For each s tored numbe r, write t he per- son’s o r compa ny’s na me next to the ap - propriate l ocation num ber on the supplie d memor y directory sticker. Pe el the backi ng from the sticker an d attach it to the phon e as show n. To re place a stored n umber, simply store a new on e in its pla ce. Editing or Deleting a Number in Memory F[...]

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    16 To view the sto red phone number s, press . An a rrow to the right of the number m eans it i s longe r than 14 digits. Press again to view the rest of the number. Rep eatedly press to r eturn to the n ame disp lay. To exit the mem ory numbe r list, press MEM . To view a s tore d name and pho ne num - ber at the sam e time, press SELECT when the [...]

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    17 • If you pl ace the h andset on the base to re char ge it w hil e the h eadse t is connecte d, be sure the ha ndset seats pr operly . With a he adset co nnecte d, you c an make or ans wer call s as usu al usin g the keys on the han dset. You can use a han dset hold er (av ailable from you r local Rad ioShack s tore) to hang the hand set on you[...]

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    18 CALLER ID OPERAT ION If you s ubscribe to Caller ID servic e from your ph one comp any, the phone co mpa- ny sends informa tion about t he call, a s well as th e time an d date , between the first an d second rings of ev ery call you rece ive. The ET- 1111 dis plays this inform ation when it receiv es a ca ll, and it st ores up to 50 Caller ID r[...]

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    19 If a rec ord exists i n the selec ted lo- cation, Replace Memory? ap- pears, prompting y ou to c onfirm the replaceme nt. Press or to move the cursor to Yes or No , then pres s SELECT . DI ALI NG NU MBE RS F ROM A CALLER ID RECORD To dial a loca l numbe r store d in a Caller ID record , recall the reco rd, then p ress TA L K . If it is a long di[...]

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    20 Caller ID Mes sages Display Desc ription New :XX Total:XX Shows th e number of n ew Caller ID records (reco rds yo u have not reviewe d) and the total number of records. Private Name or Private Number The c aller has blocked the Call er ID in formatio n from bei ng sent. Unknown Name or Unknown Number The ca ller is no t within a Caller ID servi[...]

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    21 T ROUBLESHOOTING We do not ex pect you to have any prob lems with you r phone, but i f you do, the fo llow- ing sugg estion s might h elp. Problem Sugges tion The phon e does not work or work s poorly . Be s ure the b ase’s phone lin e cord and AC adapte r are c orrectly an d securely connec ted. Be sure th e battery pa ck in the handset is co[...]

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    22 If you still have problems , disconnec t the phone. If ot her phones on the s ame line work proper ly, the fa ult is in th is phone or i ts installa tion. If you cannot find the prob- lem, take your E T-1111 to your loc al RadioShac k store fo r assi stance. The phon e cannot b e operated at a useful di stance fro m the base because the si gnal [...]

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    23 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your Radi oShac k ET-1 111 900 MHz Dig ital Sp read Sp ectrum Cor dles s Telep hone is an ex amp le o f su per i or desig n and craf tsmans hi p. Th e fol lo wing su ggesti on s wi ll help you care for y our ET -1111 so y ou can en joy it fo r years. Keep the ET -1111 d ry. If it gets we t, wipe it dry immediate ly. Liquids[...]

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    24 REPLACING THE BATTERY PACK If you foll ow the instr uctions in “C onnect- ing and Chargin g the Battery P ack” on Page 8, t he ba ttery pack sh ould la st about one ye ar. If the batte ry pack doe s not hold a charge fo r more than 2 hours after an ov erni ght ch ar ge, rep la ce it wi th a new 3.6V, 600 mA h battery pa ck with a conne ctor [...]

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    25 THE FCC W ANTS Y OU T O KNOW In the unlik ely eve nt that your pho ne causes proble ms on the phone line, the phone c ompany can temp oraril y di scon - tinue you r serv ice. If th is happen s, the phone comp any attempts to notify yo u in advance . If advan ce notic e is not practi- cal, th e phone com pany noti fies you a s soon a s possib le [...]

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    26 NOTES 43-1111.fm P age 26 Tuesday, June 29, 1999 3:38 P M[...]

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    27 43-1111.fm P age 27 Tuesday, June 29, 1999 3:38 P M[...]

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    RadioShack A Division of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T exas 76102 UCZZ01636BZ 06A99 Printed i n the Ph ilippine s Limited O ne-Y ear W arranty This pro duct is warrante d by RadioShack aga inst manufac turing defects in mate rial and workma n- ship unde r normal use for one (1) year from the date of purcha se from Rad ioShack comp any-owned stor[...]