Radio Shack ET-545 manual

Cat. No. 43-1045 OWNER’S M ANUAL 25-Channel Cal ler ID Please read before using this equipme nt. ET -54 5 Cordless T eleph one 43-1 04 5.fm Page 1 Tue sd ay, Aug ust 17, 19 99 10 :58 AM[...]

2 FEA TURES © 19 97 T andy Cor p orat ion . All Righ ts Res erv ed . COM -LOK i s a re gis tered t ra dema rk us ed by T andy Corp orat ion. Rad ioS hack is a trad em ark us ed by T andy Cor p ora tion Your RadioShack ET-545 25 -Channel Caller ID Cordl ess T elephone o ffers the latest advances in cordless phone technology. Additional ly, it inc l[...]

3 Redial — redials the last n umb er di- aled, with the touch of a bu tton. Pag e — l ets you send a paging s ignal from the ba se to the handset t o help locate a misplaced ha ndset or page someone at the handset . Touch Tone or Pulse (Rotary) Dial- in g — lets you c o nnect your phone to either type of service. Please rea d this Own er’s [...]

4 Your ET-545 op erates on standa rd ra- dio freque ncies, as all ocated by the FCC. Theref ore, it is possib le for oth er radio units op erating o n simil ar fre- quencies, within a certain area , to in- advertently intercept y our conversa- tions an d/or caus e int erference on your cordless telephone. Th is lack of priva cy can occur with any c[...]

5 CONTENTS Prep arati on ..... .. ..... .. ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... 6 Sel ect ing a Loc ati on ..... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... 6 Connecting the Base ................[...]

6 PREPARA TION SELECTI NG A LOCATION Select a location for the telephone t hat is: • Near an AC outlet • Near a telephone line jack • Out o f the way of norm al activities • A wa y fr om el ec t r ic al ma chi ne ry , electrical ap pliances, and metal walls or filing cabinets • A way from wireless int ercoms, alarms, and room monitors The[...]

7 CONNECTING THE BATTERY PACK Before you us e your phone for the first time, you mus t connect the ba ttery pack in the h andset and cha rge it for about 15 hours. Slide off the battery com partment cov- er on the b ack of the h andset. Con- nect the battery pa ck’s plug to the pins inside th e compartment. Then replace th e cover. CHARGING THE B[...]

8 Notes: • Y ou can set POWER to ON while the ba ttery pack charges. • The first time you use y our phone after charging a new b attery pack , the han dset m ight not work and might sound an error tone when you press TA L K . This m ight al so occur whe n you recharge a bat- tery pack t hat has been com- pletely discharged. If this h appens, re[...]

9 SETTI NG T HE DIAL ING MO DE Set TONE/PULSE on the back of the base for the type of service you have. If you are not sure which t ype you have, once th e battery is charged , do thi s t es t. 1. Set POWER to ON . 2. Set TONE/PULSE to TONE . 3. Lift the handset, pr ess TA L K and listen for a d ial tone. 4. Press any numb er other than 0 . If the [...]

10 PHONE OPE RATION Your ET-545’s hand s e t display sho ws telephon e numbers as you dial them or when you recall them from memory . The handset shows t he cu rrent chan- nel number and t he duration of y our call in minutes and seconds. If you s ubscribe to Caller ID , the E T- 545 also automaticall y displays infor- mation a bout an in coming [...]

11 To make or answer a call, press TA L K so the TA L K key on the handset lights. Notes: • If the phone is out of range of the base, the handset beeps three times and the TA L K key turn s of f. • Y ou can m ak e or a nswer a call on a phone on t he sam e line as the cordless ph one, ev en if t he ET - 545’s handset is away f rom the base. ?[...]

12 USING FLASH/DEL Use FL AS H/ DE L on t he handset to perform the switchhook operation f or spe cial s erv ices , s uc h as C all Wa iti ng. For examp le, if y ou h av e Cal l Wa iting, press FLASH/DEL t o take an incoming call wit hout disconnecting the current call. FLASH briefly appears on the display. Pres s FLASH/DEL again to re- tur n t o t[...]

13 Note: T he ha ndset will not beep d ur- ing a call. MEMORY DIALI NG You can st ore up to 30 phone num- bers and a ssociated nam es for qu ick and easy dia ling. Each stored numb er can be up to 16 digits long, and each name can be up to 15 charac ters. Notes: •I f TONE/ PULSE is set t o PULSE and you want to us e tone di aling for a memo ry nu[...]

14 • T o enter an at symbol (@), press 0 then 3 . • T o enter a spac e, press 1 then 1 again. • T o enter a dash, press 1 then 2 . • T o enter an asteris k, press 1 the n 3 . • T o enter an exclamation mark, press then 3 . Notes: • If you enter a wrong character , press FLASH/DEL to d e le t e th e last entered charac ter . • Y ou ca [...]

15 Ente rin g a Pa use in a M emory Num ber In some teleph one systems , you m ust dial an acces s code (9, for ex ampl e) and wait for a second dial tone b efore you can dia l an outside number. If your phone is connecte d to one of th ese systems, you might want to en- ter a pause af ter the access code when you store a phone number in me mory . [...]

16 3. Press DIAL . The phone dials the stored number . Note: If you press DIAL 1+ , th e phone dials a 1 at the beginn ing of the phon e number (although it does not app ear on the display). Dele ting a N umber from M emo ry 1. Press MEMORY . 2. Press REVIEW < or > to se ar ch for the stored name and numb er you want to delete. 3. Press FLASH[...]

17 CALLER ID OPER ATION If yo u subscri be to Call er ID, the sys- tem a u to ma t ic all y dis p la ys inf o r mat io n about calls you receive and stores the info rma tio n in C aller ID me mo ry. The system c an store up to 1 00 n umb er only or name and num ber call records. The first line of the Caller ID record shows the time, date, and the n[...]

18 PRIV AT E Appe ars if the calle r chose t o block sending Ca ller ID informa- tion . N o ca ller inf or ma tion ap- pears . OUT OF AREA Appea rs if the call e r is not within a Caller ID service area, or during the following type s of incoming calls: • Long dist ance call (except when the long distance phone company used for the c all tran sm [...]

19 DELETING CAL LER ID RECORDS You can delete individual Caller I D records, or all Caller ID records st ored in t he syst em. Follow these steps t o delete a single record. 1. Repeatedly pre ss REVIEW < or > until the call re cord you want to delete appea rs on the display . 2. Press FLASH/DEL . ER ASE C ALL ID? appea rs. 3. Press FLASH/DEL [...]

20 Notes: • If yo u do n ot pres s any b utton for about 5 seconds , the display aut o- mati ca ll y turn s of f. • VIP MEMO FULL a ppears and the phon e sounds three long beeps whe n the VIP Call List is ful l . Reviewin g the VIP Call List Pr ess VIP , t hen repeatedly press RE- VIEW < or > u ntil the VI P call re cord you want t o see [...]

21 T ROUBLES HOOTING We do not ex pect you to h ave any proble ms wi th your tele phone, but if you do, the followin g suggestion s might help. If you still have problem s, check other phones on the same line to see if they work properly. If they do an d the probl em does not seem to be with your p hone service, t ake the phone to your local RadioS[...]

22 The han dset’s range decreases . Ful ly extend the ba se’s ante nna vertically . Return the handset to the ba se t o recha rge the battery pack. Be sure the ba se’s ante nna is not touching a metal surf ace. Receiver sound flutters or fad e s . Be sure the ba ttery pack is charge d. Fully ext end th e ba se’ s antenna vertically . Move t[...]

23 CARE AND MA INTENANCE Your ET-545 25 -Channel Caller ID Cordless Telepho ne is an exampl e of superior design and craftsmanshi p. The f ollowing sugg estions will help you care f o r your phone s o yo u can enjoy it for y ears. Keep the phon e dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Liquids can contain minerals that corrode the electronic [...]

24 REPLACING THE BATTERY PACK If you follow the inst ructions in “ Cha rg- ing the Ba ttery Pack ” o n Page 7, the supplied bat tery pack should last for several years. When the bat tery pack lose s it s abili ty to fu lly charge, re plac e the battery pack with a new 3.6 vol t, 300 mAh bat tery pack with a con nec- tor t hat fits t he connecto[...]

25 Also, the phone c ompany c an make changes to it s lines, equipm ent, oper- ations, or proced ures th at could affect the operation of the p hone. The phone company notifies you of these chan g- es in advance, so you can t ake the necessary steps t o prevent interrup- tion of your p hone service. Your p hone might cau se T V or radio interferenc[...]

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