Radio Shack ET-1110 manual

Cat. No. 43-1 110 OWNER’S MANU AL Plea se read before using this equipment . E T - 111 0 900 MHz 20-Channel Analog Cordl ess Telepho ne with Ca ller I D/Call W aitin g ID 43-1 11 0.fm Page 1 Wedne sda y, Augus t 1 8, 1 99 9 8:22 A M[...]

2 FEA TURES © 1999 T a ndy Corpor ation. All R ights Reserved. COM-LO K and Rad ioShack are reg istered trad ema rks used by Tandy Corpo ration. Your Rad ioShack ET- 11 10 900-MH z 20- Channel A nalo g Cordle ss Telep hone o f- fers the latest advances in cordless phone techno logy. It uses t he 900 MHz band, which means less interference and clea[...]

3 Page — lets you send a paging signal from the base to the handset to page someone or locate the handset when it is aw ay fr om t he bas e. Fl ash — sends an el ectronic switchho ok signal for use with special phone s ervic- es such as Call Waiting. Volume Co n tr ol — l ets yo u a d jus t the volume you hear throu gh the handse t. Redi al ?[...]

4 Important: Cordless ph ones such as this one requ ire AC power to op erate. When the AC power is off, you cannot dial ou t or recei ve inc oming calls using your ET-1110. F or this reas on, the ET- 1110 c ordl ess p hone shoul d not be your only telep hone. To be s afe, you s hould also have a ph one that does not req uire AC power to operate (no[...]

5 CONTENTS Prepa rat ion ... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ........ .... ..... ..... 7 Sel ecti ng a Loca tion ... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ........ .... ..... ..... 7 Attachi ng the Handset’s Antenna .... ..............[...]

6 PREPARA TION SELECTING A L OCATION You can place t he phon e on a des k to p or table, mount it on a sta ndard wall plate, or mount it d irectly on the wa ll. Select a location t hat is: • near an AC out let • near a telephone line jack • out of the way of normal activities • away from ele ctrical machinery , electrical appl iances, metal[...]

7 ATTACHING THE HANDSET ’ S ANTENNA Screw the antenna into the hole at t he top of the handset. PLACING THE BASE ON A DESK T OP Follow th ese steps when y ou place the base on a desk, shelf, or t able. 1. Remove the b racket by ho lding in both tabs and gently pulling o ut the wide end of the bracket. 43-1 110. fm Page 7 We dne sday, Augus t 18, [...]

8 2. Plug one e nd of the supplied long modular cord into the phone jack on the back of the base. 3. Insert the sup plied AC adapter ’s barrel plug into the DC 9V jack on the back of the base. 4. Route the ad apter ’s cord th rough the st rain relief slot o n the bottom of the b a se . 5. Insert the tabs on the narrow end of the bracket into bo[...]

9 8. Fully exten d the base’s antenna and rai se it to a ve rtic a l pos it ion . MOUNTING THE BASE ON A W A LL PLATE 1. Remove the b racket by ho lding in both tabs and gently pulling o ut the wide end of the bracket. 2. Plug one en d o f the supp lied s hort modul ar cord into the phone jack on the back of the base. 3. Insert the suppl ied AC a[...]

10 5. Insert the tabs on the narro w end of the bracket in to the s lots on the bo t- tom of th e base as sho wn an d route the other e nd of t he sh ort modular cord throug h the center o f the bra ck- et. 6. Push the tabs on the wide end of the bracket into the l ower slots on the bottom of the base. 7. Plug the short modul ar cord’s o ther end[...]

11 MOUNTING THE BASE DIRECTLY ON THE W ALL For this mounting me thod , you need two flat-head screws (not supp lied) with heads that fit into the keyhole slo ts on t he bottom of the base. 1. Drill two holes 3 15 / 16 inches (100 m m) apa rt. Then t hread a screw into each hole, letting the hea ds extend about 5 / 16 i nch ( 7 mm) from the wall. 2.[...]

12 6. Insert the tabs on the narro w end of the bracket in to the s lots on the bo t- tom of t h e base as shown, guide the modular an d adapter cords th rough the slots on the wide end of the bracket, then push t he tabs on t he wide end of the bracket into the low- er slots on the botto m of t he bas e. 7. Align the base ’ s keyhole slots with [...]

13 CONNECT ING AND CHARGING THE BAT TERY PACK The E T-1110 comes with a rechargeable nickel-cadmi um battery pack in the hands et but not connected. Before using your ph one, you mu st connect the bat - tery pack and then charge it for about 15 hours. 1. Press down an d slide o ff the c om- partment cover as shown. 2. Plug the battery p ack’s c o[...]

14 • If t he CHARG E i ndicator does not light when y ou p lace t he ha nds et on the base, be sure the battery pack and AC adapter are correctly and securel y co nnect e d. Also, check the charging contac ts on the han dset and t he base. If the contacts are dirty or tarnished, clean them with a penc il eraser . If the battery a nd AC connec tio[...]

15 SETTI NG THE DIALING MOD E Set T/P (Tone/Pulse) on t he bac k of the base for the type of service y ou have. If you are not sure which type you have, once t he battery is fully cha rged, do this test . 1. Set T/P to T . 2. Lift the hands et, then pres s TA LK and l isten f or the dial tone. 3. Press any number other than 0 . Note: I f your phone[...]

16 SETTI NG T HE AREA CODE When y ou return a call from a Cal l er I D record (see “Dialing Numbers fr om a Caller ID Rec ord” on Page 26), your phone automat ically dials 1, the area code, and t he number. However, if you store your area c ode into m emory and the number yo u call has the sam e area code, the ET-1110 only dia ls the 7-digit lo[...]

17 T urning t he Han dset Ring er On or Off To h ave the handset rin g wh en a call comes in , set RINGER ON/OFF on the hands et’s right side to ON . To have it not sound, set RINGER ON/ OFF to OFF . Note : With the handset ringer of f, y ou can mak e or receive calls usi ng this phone, and t elepho nes on t he sam e line st ill r ing when there [...]

18 T ELEPHONE O PERATION MAKING AN D RECEIVING A CALL To make a call, simply lift the handset and press TALK . When t he TALK indica- tor lights ste adily and you hear the di al tone, dial t he desired phone number or me mory nu mbe r (se e “ Dia li ng a Mem or y Number” on Page 23). The E T-1110 di splays the current chan- nel numbe r until yo[...]

19 CHA NGING THE CHANNEL The ET-1110 s cans 20 channels (fre- quenc y pairs used between t he base and the handset) a nd automatically selects a clear channel each time you make or re- ceiv e a c all. CH and the current chan nel number a p- pear on t he display for about 15 secon ds when you make or receive a call. If you hear other conversations o[...]

20 Note: If you do not have any s pecial phone s ervices, p ressing FL A SH might disconnect the current call. USING T ONE SERVIC E S ON A PULSE LINE Some s pecial services, such as bank-by- phone, requi r e tone signals. If you have puls e ser vic e, you can s till us e th ese special to ne services b y following these steps. 1. Be sure T/P i s se[...]

21 MEMO RY DIALING You can st ore up to 20 phone numbers and nam es in mem ory, then dial a stored numbe r by pressing a two-digit mem ory lo ca ti o n n u mb e r. Each st ored numbe r can be up to 24 di g- its lo ng, and e ach name can contain up to 16 ch aracte rs. Stor ing a Nu mber and N ame in Me mory Notes: •I f T/P i s set to P and you wan[...]

22 T o enter a blank space, pres s / # to move the c ursor to t he next char- acter position, t hen enter the de- sired letter . Notes : • If you ent er a wrong lett er , press / # or / to mov e the cursor to the position of the incorrect let- ter , then enter the correct letter . • Y ou c an enter up to 16 letters, including spaces . 4. Press [...]

23 Or , to scroll through al l of the memo- ry locations, press MEM, PR OG ap- pears. The n repeatedly press REVIEW s or t un til the desired num - ber appe ars. 3. T o review the stored name, press /# or / . If no name is s tored, No na me ap pears. Dia li ng a Me mo ry Nu mber 1. Follow Step 1 and St ep 2 in “Recall- ing N umbers Stored i n Mem[...]

24 CALLER ID OPERATION If yo u su bs cr ib e to C all er ID ser v ice fro m your phone com pany, the ET-1110 a uto- mati cal ly d isplays the in formation the phone co mpany sends between t he first and second rin gs o f every call you re- ceive. I t stores up to 60 numb er only or name and num ber cal l r e c o rds in i ts Call- er ID memory. It a[...]

25 CALLE R ID DISPLAYS REVIEWIN G CAL LER ID RECORDS 1. Press CALL ID . x x Ne w CID T otal = xx appears. English Displ ay — Fren ch Spanish Descr i ption xx New CI D Tota l = xx xx CID Nv x xx CID Nu evo The first line indicates the nu mber of n ew cal ls. The sec - ond line shows the tot a l number of Ca ller ID records in mem ory . No data se [...]

26 STORING CALLER ID RECORDS IN A M EMORY LOCATION 1. Press CALL ID . xx New CID T ot al = xx appears . 2. Repeatedl y pr es s REVI EW s or t un- til you s ee the desired Cal ler ID record. 3. Press MEM . PROG appea rs. 4. If you want to enter a name for the displayed num ber , press SETUP the n e nte r th e na me . 5. Press MEM , t hen en t er the[...]

27 USIN G A HEADSET You can ma ke or answer c a lls with hands -free c onv enience using an op ti o n- al headset that has a 3 / 32 -inch (2.5 mm ) plug. We recom mend Rad ioShack Cat . No. 43 - 195 (not suppl ied), which is spe- cially designe d for use with the ET-1110. Follo w these steps to use a h eadset . 1. Insert t he headset’s plug into [...]

28 T ROUBLES HOOTING We do n ot expect you t o hav e any problems wi th your teleph one, but i f y o u do, the following sugg estions m ight help. Probl em Suggestion The handset does not work. Move the handset closer to the base. Be sure t he phone line cord a nd AC adapt - er are correctly and securely conne cted. Be sure t he battery pack is con[...]

29 If y ou still have p roblem s, disc onnect the ph one. I f other phones on t he sa me line work properly, the fault i s in this pho ne or its installation. If you canno t fin d the problem, tak e your ET-1110 to you r local Rad ioShack st ore for assistance. Problem Su ggestion Receiv er sound f lutters or fades . Be sure the ba ttery pack is ch[...]

30 CARE AND MA INTENANCE Your ET-11 10 900 MHz 20-Channel Ana log Cordless Telep hone is a n exam ple of s u- perior design an d craftsmanship. The following suggest ions will help you care for your phone s o you c an enj oy it for years. Keep the phone dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Liquids can contain minerals that corrode the elec[...]

31 REPLACING THE BATTE RY PACK If you follow the instructions in “ Connect- ing and Chargin g the Battery Pack” on Page 13, the ba ttery pack should last about one year. If the battery doe s not hold a charge f or more than 2 hours after an ov ernight charge, replace the ba ttery with a new 3. 6 v olt, 600 milliamp battery wi th a c on n ec tor[...]

32 THE F CC W A NTS Y OU TO KNOW In the unlikely event that your phone causes probl em s on t he phone l i ne, the phone company can temporarily discon- tinue yo ur service. If this happens , the phone compan y attempts to no tify you in advance. If ad vance not ice is not practi- cal, the p hone company notifies you as soon as poss ible and advise[...]

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