Radio Shack ET-1105 manual

Cat. No. 43 -1105 O WNER’S MANU AL Please rea d before using thi s equipm ent. ET -1105 Digital Spread Spectrum 900 MHz Cordless Teleph one with Caller ID/Cal l Wai ting ID 43-1105.fm P age 1 Monday, August 30, 1999 1: 57 PM[...]

2 FEA TURES © 1999 T andy Corpor ation . All Rights Re served. RadioSh ack is a reg istered tradem ark us ed by T andy Cor poration . Your Ra dioShac k ET-11 05 Digit al Spread S pectrum 900 MHz Cordless Telepho ne uses adv anced digit al cord- les s techn ology to g ive yo u supe rior sound qu ality a nd exten ded rang e. The telephone digitize s[...]

3 Review Scr olling — lets yo u easily scrol l through al l informat ion store d in the ET- 1105’s C aller ID m emory. Phone Information Display — lets you see incoming Caller ID in formatio n and phone n umbers as you d ial them o r re- call t hem f rom the ET-1 105’s memory and Caller ID records. Trilingual Messages — le ts you set the [...]

4 Important Caller ID Information To use the phon e’s Calle r ID and Call Waiting f eatures, you must be in an area where Ca ller ID an d Call Waiti ng s ervic- es are available a nd yo u must subs cribe to the ser vices. Where Cal ler ID is offered , one or more of the foll owing opti ons are gene rally availab le: • Caller’ s number o nly ?[...]

5 CONTENTS Preparation ....... ............. ................... ................... ............. .................... ................... 6 Selecti ng a Location .................... ............. ................... .................... ............ ....... 6 Attachin g the Hands et’ s An tenna ...... ............. .................... .......[...]

6 PREPARATION SELECTING A LOCATION You can plac e the phone on a desk top or table, o r mount it on a s tandard wal l plate. Se lect a location that is: • near an a ccessible A C outl et • near a te lephone l ine jack • out of the way of nor mal ac tivities • a wa y from elec trica l machiner y , electr ical ap pliance s, metal walls or fil[...]

7 3. Inser t the su pplie d A C adapter ’ s bar rel pl ug int o th e DC 9V jack on the back of the b ase. 4. Route the ad apter’ s co rd throu gh the strain rel ief slot on the bo ttom of the base. 5. Inser t the tabs on the narrow end of the brack et into both upper sl ots on the bottom of th e base as shown and push the tabs o n the wide e nd[...]

8 MOUNTING THE BASE ON A W ALL PLATE 1. F ollow Steps 1 through 3 unde r “Placi ng the Base on a Desk T op” on P a ge 6. 2. Route the modular cord through the left groov e on the bo ttom of the bas e and the adapt er cord thro ugh the groov e below the s train relief s lot. 3. Inser t the tabs on the narrow end of the brack et i nto the slots o[...]

9 6. Plug the adapter into a standa rd A C outlet. 7. Raise the base’ s antenna to a v er ti- cal p osition. CONNECTING AND CHARGING THE BATTER Y PA C K The ET-11 05 comes with a recha rgeable nickel -cadmium b attery pac k in the handset but not co nnecte d. Before using your pho ne, you mus t connec t the bat- tery pack and then ch arge it for [...]

10 Notes: • Y ou can plac e the handset on the base face down or face up with out removing the b elt cli p . If you want to use the hang ing hole on the back of the hands et to pl ace the ha ndset on the w all -mount ed base fa ce-up , re- mov e the belt cl ip (s ee “Rem oving the B elt Cl ip” on P age 13). Ho we v er , the batter y pack will[...]

11 SETTI NG THE DIAL ING MODE Set T/P (Tone /Pulse) o n the bac k of the base for the type of ser vice you ha ve. If you are not sure which typ e you hav e, once the bat tery is full y charged, d o this test. 1. Set T/P to T . 2. Li ft the han dset, the n press TA L K and list en for the dial tone. 3. Pr ess any number o ther than 0 . Note: If your[...]

12 SETTING THE AREA CODE When you return a call fro m a Caller ID record (see “ Dialing N umber s from a Caller ID Recor d” on Page 21), your phone au tomaticall y dials 1, the ar ea code, and the number. T he ET-110 5 lets you stor e one local ar ea code and three neighbor hoo d a rea c ode s. If the nu mbe r you ca ll has the same area code w[...]

13 USING A HEADSET You can make or ans wer calls wi th hands-f ree conveni ence usin g an option- al head set that has a 3 / 32 -inc h (2. 5 mm) plug. We rec ommend Radi oShack Cat. No. 43-195, which is s peciall y design ed for use with the ET-11 05. Follow these steps to use a he adset. 1. Ins er t the headset’ s plug into the jack on the top o[...]

14 T ELEPHONE OPERATION MAKING AND RECEIVING A CALL To make a call, lift the handset and press TALK . PHONE d ispla ys. When t he TALK indicato r lights steadi ly and you hear the di al tone, dia l the desired pho ne number or mem ory number ( see “Memo- ry Dialin g” on Pag e 15). The ET-11 05 display s the phone nu mber as you dial. Then PHONE[...]

15 • W e reco mmend you not use REDIAL to dial numbers that include a to ne entr y . This could result in a wrong number being dia led. (See “Usi ng T one Services on a Pul se Lin e. ”) • The redial mem or y does not sto re a flash entr y or any dig its entered af - ter you press FLAS H (see “Using Flash”). USING FLASH FLASH performs th[...]

16 Each s tored num ber can be up to 16 dig- its long . Storing a Number in Memory Notes: • If T/P is set to P and you want to use tone diali ng f or a me mor y number , y ou mus t store a as the fi rst entr y of the number you w ant to tone dial. • Do not store a number with both pulse a nd tone e ntri es in t he same memor y l ocation. Thi s [...]

17 Entering a P ause In some tel ephone sy stems, you mu st dial an a ccess c ode (9, fo r example) and wait for a se cond dial tone before you can dia l an outside nu mber. You can store the ac cess code with the phone number. Howe ver, you sho uld also store a pause a fter the ac cess cod e to allow the outside line time to conne ct. To do so, pr[...]

18 T es ti ng Stored Emerg ency Numbers If you s tore an emergen cy serv ice’s number (pol ice depar tment, fire depa rt- ment, ambu lance) and you choose to test the st ored numb er, make th e test call dur ing the late ev ening or earl y morning hours to avoi d peak dema nd pe- riods. Re main on the line to explain the reason for your call . De[...]

19 CALLER ID OPERAT ION If you s ubscribe to Caller ID servic e from your ph one comp any, the ET-1105 a uto- mati cally di splay s the in format ion th e phone comp any sends, al ong with the date and time the call wa s receive d, be- tween the fir st and secon d rings o f every call y ou receiv e. It stores up to 45 num - ber only or name and num[...]

20 CALLER ID DISPLA YS English Displa y — French Spanish Description xx NEW CID TOTAL CID= xx NOUV IDAP TOUT IDAP=xx NUEV. ID. TOTAL ID.=xx The first l ine indicates the number of new calls. The sec - ond lin e shows th e total number of Caller ID reco rds in memor y . ERROR ERREUR ERROR Appear s when th e Caller ID informa tion was gar b led, or[...]

21 REV IE W ING CALLER ID RECOR DS 1. Press CA LL ID . xx NEW CID TOTAL CID=xx appears. 2. Repeatedly pr ess REVIEW ▲ to see more recent cal ls or REVIEW ▼ to see olde r calls. 3. T o see t he Ca ller ID r ecord num ber and date/ti me, press / twice. Note: If y ou do no t press a b utton within 10 sec onds whi le you are re - viewing Caller I D[...]

22 T RO UBLESHOOTING We do no t expect yo u to have any problems wit h your tel ephone, but if you do, th e following sugge stions might he lp. Pr oblem Sug gestion The han dset does no t work. Mov e the han dset close r to the ba se. Be sur e the phone line cor d and AC adapt- er are cor rectly a nd secure ly connec ted. Be sure th e batter y pa c[...]

23 If you st ill have prob lems, disco nnect the phone. If other phones on the same line work properly , the fault is in this phon e or its i nstallat ion. If you can not find the p roblem, t ake your ET -1105 t o your loc al RadioS hack stor e for ass istance. Receiver sound f lutters or f ades. Be sure the batter y pack is char ged. Raise the bas[...]

24 OUT OF RANG E INDICATIONS If you mov e the ET-110 5’s handset ou t of the base’ s r an ge, OUT OF RANGE dis - plays an d the handse t will not ope rate properly . If you move the ha ndset out of the bas e’s range wh en the h andset i s not in use, the handset be eps twice ever y 16 second s. When you mo ve the han dset back with in range o[...]

25 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your Ra dioShack ET-1105 Digital S pread Sp ectrum 90 0 MHz Co rdless Telephone is an exam ple of superi or design and craftsm anship. The following su ggesti ons will help you care for yo ur phone so you c an enjoy it for ye ars. Keep the phone dry. If it ge ts wet, wipe it dry immedia tely. Liquids might co ntain min eral[...]

26 REPLACING THE BATTER Y P AC K If you foll ow the instr uctions in “C onnect- ing and Chargin g the Battery P ack” on Page 9, t he batter y pack shoul d last about one year. If the batte ry does not hold a charge for more than 2 hou rs after an overnig ht charge, r eplace the batt ery with a n ew 3.6 v olt , 6 00 mi ll iam p batt er y with a [...]

27 THE FCC W ANT S Y OU TO KNOW In the unlik ely eve nt that your pho ne causes proble ms on the phone line, the phone c ompany can temp orar ily discon - 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 a[...]

RadioShac k A Division of T andy Corporation For t W or th, T exas 76102 08A99 Printed in China 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 stores and authorize d Ra[...]