Radio Shack 1250 manual

Cat. No. 43-986 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before using this equipme nt. Sys t em 1250 Caller ID T eleph one with Call W aitin g ID 43-9 86 .f m Pag e 1 M on day, Aug ust 16, 19 99 5:16 P M[...]

2 FEA TURES Your RadioShack Syst em 1250 Caller ID Telephone c ombi nes a teleph one and a Caller I D unit in one system. It shows the caller’s t elephone num ber (and name , if available in your area) and the current d at e and time, as provided by your local phone com pany to Caller ID service subscribers. (The date and time are updated with ea[...]

3 Messa ge Waiting — lets you know t hat you have received a voice mail message (if you subscribe to a mess age waiting service from your local telephon e com- pany ). Clock — shows the dat e and time as provided to Caller ID service subscribers by your local phone com pany. (Each in- coming call upd ates the clo c k). Tone / Pul s e Dia li ng [...]

4 READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLA TION We hav e designed y our phone to c on- form to federal reg ulations and you c an connect it t o most ph one l ines. Howeve r , each device that you connect to the tele- phone line draws power from the line. We refer to this powe r draw as the phone’s ringer equivalence number , or REN. The REN is shown on the bott[...]

5 CONTENTS Prepa rat ion ... ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... 6 Ins ta lling a B ac kup B at tery .. ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ....... ...... .. 6 Mount ing the Phone .......................[...]

6 PREPARA T ION INSTALLING A BACKU P BATTERY You can install an optional 9V back up battery so if the AC power fails or you unplug th e phone ( appears), th e Sys- tem 1 25 0 will s av e the me mory num bers and Caller ID records . We recomm end you use an al kaline ba ttery, such as Ra- dioShack Cat. No. 23-553. Cautio n: Use only a fresh battery [...]

7 MOUNTING THE PHONE You can pla ce the phone on a desk or table , mount it o n a standard wall plate, or mount it directly on a wal l. Sele ct a l ocation that i s: • Nea r an AC o utlet • Nea r a modular phone line jack • O ut of the way of normal activities Notes: • Y our telephone c onnects direct ly to a modul ar ph one line jack. If y[...]

8 4. Route the ad apter ’s cord th rough the strain relief slot on t he back of the ph one. 5. Insert the bracket’s two sm all tabs into the matching slots near the top of the phone and snap the bracket into p lace. 6. Plug the ot her end of the mod ular cord into a modular phone line jack. 7. Plug the adapter into a standard A C outlet. Str ai[...]

9 3. Plug the supplied long modular cord (or the short cord for a wa ll plate) in- to the pho ne jack on the bac k of the phone. 4. Insert the supplied AC adapt er’s barrel plug into the DC 9V jack. 5. If you are mount ing the phone on a wall plate, route the adapter cord as shown . Plug the m odular cord i nto the wall plate jack, then align the[...]

10 CONNECTING THE HANDSET Plug one e nd of the supp lied coi led cord into the modular jac k on the lef t s i de of the phone and the other end in to the modular jack on the handset . Then place th e hands et on the b ase. Note: Y our l ocal RadioShack store sells a variety of longer coiled handset c o r ds, which are es pecially useful whe n you m[...]

11 SETTI NG THE DISPLAY LANGU AGE The S ys tem 1 250 i s preset to show c all- er ID messages i n Eng lish, but you can chan ge that. Follow these steps to chan ge the language to Fre nch or Span- ish. Note: If you do not finish a step wit hin 15 s econds, t he phone exits f rom s etup. 1. Press SET UP . The currently set l a n- guage appears . T o[...]

12 T ELEPHONE OPER ATION You make and ans wer calls with your System 1250 as y ou would with any oth- er phone. You see t he numbe r as you dial, then (af ter 15 seconds) the elaps ed tim e for this cal l. SETTING T HE HANDSET’ S VO L U M E You can select any of three volume set- tings by repeatedly p ressing VOLUM E s or t during a c all. The di[...]

13 USIN G HOLD To put a caller on hold, press HOLD . Th e HOLD indicator lights. T o r es um e the ca l l, pr es s HOLD again or pick up an extension phon e on the s ame line. Notes : • Cal ler ID i nformation does not ap- pear f or an incom ing call whi le a c all is on hold. • We do not recomm end keepin g a call on h old for very long if y o[...]

14 MEMORY DIALI NG You can store up to 20 num bers in memory an d dial any stored num ber by pressing one or two keys. Each st ored numb er can be up t o 24 digits long. Storin g a Number in Memory The System 1250 has 10 m emory loca- tion buttons , and e ach button can r eca ll two stored numbers: one upper memory number and one lower memory num b[...]

15 4. T o keep a record of each stored numbe r , use a flat-blade screwdriver to lift the pla stic cover from the tele- phone num ber index card. Write t he name on the index card. For easy reference, you can use the s haded areas for lower memory numbers and the blan k areas for upper mem - ory numbers . Us e a pencil in case you want to change it[...]

16 USING A HEADSET You can make or answer calls with hands-free conv enience us ing an op- tional headset with a 3 / 32 -inch (2.5 mm) plug. Contact your local RadioShack store f o r a suitable headset. To connect th e headset, insert the head- set’s plug into the jack o n the right side of the phone. Note : Connec ting a headset discon- nects th[...]

17 CALLER ID OPERATION If you subscribe to Caller ID service from your phon e compan y, t he phone comp a- ny send s information a bout the call, as well as t he time a nd date, bet ween the first and second rings of every call you receiv e. The System 12 50 displ ays t his informat ion and updates the phone’s built-in clock. (You cannot manually[...]

18 CALLER ID MESSAGES En glis h Displ ay — French Spanish Descr iptio n TOTAL XX NEW XX APP XX NOU XX TOTAL XX NUEV XX Indicates the t ota l numbe rs of al l calls an d new c alls. XX is the num ber of calls. PRIVATE CONFIDENTIEL PRIVADO The caller has blocked t he Caller I D informat ion from being sent. UNAVAILABLE INCONNU NO DISPONIBLE The cal[...]

19 REVIEWIN G CAL LER ID RECORDS Each ti me you receive a c all, your sys- tem stores a Call er ID record that you can revie w later, even during a call. A Caller ID record includes: • call numbe r • t ime and dat e of the call (a • next to the time indicates a PM hour) • call er ’s telephone numb er (if avail- able) • call er ’s name[...]

20 3. Press CALLBACK . The syst em d ia ls the ph one num ber . When you r eview th e caller l ist after us- ing CALLBACK , appears . This i ndi- cates t he phone n umber h as b een called back from that record. STORING CALLER ID NUMBERS IN MEMO RY Follow these steps to store a number fr om a C a lle r ID re co rd in t o a m em o r y location. 1. S[...]

21 T ROUBLESHOOTI NG W e do not expect you t o have any problems with your t elephone , but i f you do, the following sugges tions mi ght help. If y ou still have prob lems, di sconnect the phone . If other pho nes on the s ame li ne work prope r ly, the fault is in this phone or its installation. If you cannot find the prob- lem, take your System [...]

22 CARE AND MA INTENANCE Your RadioShac k System 1250 Caller ID Telephone is an exam ple of superior design and craftsm anship. The followin g suggestions will help you c are for your System 1250 so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the S ystem 1250 d r y. If it get s w et, wipe it dry immedia tel y. Liq- uids might contain minerals that can corrod [...]

23 THE FCC W ANTS Y OU T O KNOW In the unlikely event that your telephone causes problems on the t elephone line, the telepho ne company can disconnect your service. The telephon e company normal ly attempts to notif y you in ad- vance. I f advanc e not ice is not prac tical, the telep hone company notifies you as soon as possible and advises you o[...]

Ra di oS hac k A Di vision of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T exas 76102 7A8 Pr inted i n Chin a Limited One-Y ear W arran ty Thi s prod uct is warranted by Radi oShack agains t manufactu r ing defe cts in mater i al and wor kman- shi p under normal use for one (1) yea r from the date of pur chase from RadioShac k company- owned stor es and author[...]