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Radio Shack ET-927 manual

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    Cat. No. 43- 1097 OWNER’S MANUAL Please re ad before using this equipm ent. ET-927 Digital Spread Spectrum 900 MHz Cordless Teleph on e A 43-1097a.fm Page 1 Tuesday, Augus t 31, 1999 10 :01 PM[...]

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    2 FEATURES Your Rad ioShack ET-927 Di gital Sp read Spectru m 900 MHz Cor dles s Telepho ne uses ad vanced digita l cord less te chnol - ogy to give you su perior sound qualit y. It uses th e 900 M Hz ba nd, which means less i nterfere nce and c learer s ound, a nd greater r ange tha n 46/4 9 MHz c ordless telephone s. Its cordle ss oper ation le t[...]

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    3 Mute — pr e ven ts the pe rson on th e oth- er end of the phone li ne from hearing your conver sation with so meone in the room . Flash — se nds an electro nic sw itch - hook signa l for use with spec ial phone ser vices such as Cal l Wait in g. Redial — lets y ou quickly dial the last number d ialed. Hearing Aid Compatible — l ets you us[...]

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    4 READ THIS BEFORE INST ALLA TION Your tel ephone co nforms to fede ral reg - ulations , and you ca n c onnect it to most telephone lines. Howe ver, each devic e you co nnect to the pho ne line dra ws power fr om the p hone lin e. We r efer to this power dr aw as the device ’s ringe r equival ence numbe r , or REN . The REN is on the bottom of th[...]

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    5 CONTENTS Installation . .................... ................... ............. ................... ............. ................... ....... 6 Installing the Hand se t’s Antenna .............. ............. ...... ....... ...... ....... ............ ....... 6 Selecti ng a Loca tion ............. ............. ............. .................... [...]

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    6 INSTALLA TION INST ALLING TH E HANDSET’S ANTENNA Insert t he antenna into the hole on th e top of the h and- set, then twist the a ntenna clockw ise u ntil i t is s ecure. SELECTING A LOCATION You can plac e the phone on a desk top, or mount it on a wall plate or directly on a wall. S elect a l ocation th at is: • near an A C outle t • near[...]

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    7 the b ack of the bas e, route the adapter c ord through the strai n relief slot and the ho le on the brack et, then push i n the mounting bracket’s upper en d to cli ck the bracket i nto place. 3. Plug one end of th e supplie d long modular cord into the ph one line jack on the back of the b ase. 4. Plug the AC adapter into a standar d AC outle[...]

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    8 and p ress t he cor d all t he wa y down into the cord groov e on t he bottom of the bas e. 4. Po sitio n the mount ing brac ket with the narrow en d on top. Route the short mod ular cord thr ough the cen - ter hole o f the brac ket, and insert the t wo ta bs a t t he t o p of t h e br ac ke t into the ma tching sl ots on the base ’s back, ne a[...]

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    9 Mounting Directly on the W all For this mounting method, you need two wood sc rews (n ot su pplied) wi th head s that fit into the keyhole slots on the mounting b racket . 1. At the desired mou nting location , drill two h oles 3 15 / 16 inches ( 100 mm) apart. Then thread a screw into e ach hole, lettin g the head s e xte nd about 3 / 16 inch (5[...]

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    10 6. Al ign the k eyhole slo ts on the mounting b racket with the sc rews on the wall, the n slide th e base down- ward to sec ure it. 7. Plug the ET -927’s AC co rd into a standa rd AC out let. 8. Pl ug the long modu lar cor d into a modular phone line j ack. 9. F or the best rece ption, raise the base’s anten na to a v ertical positi on. Ill[...]

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    11 PREPARATION CONNECTING AND CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK The ET-9 27 comes wi th a recha rgeable nickel -cadmium b attery p ack in the handset, but not connected. Be fore us- ing your pho ne, you must con nect the battery pack, then char ge it for ab out 24 hours. 1. Sl ide off the han dset’s battery com - partment co ver. 2. Ins ert the batt ery [...]

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    12 • If the phone stops operating prop - erly , check the bas e’s phone li ne cord and A C adapter conne ctions . If the connec tions are s ecure but the phone stil l does not work, unpl ug the base’ s AC adap t er from th e AC outlet and discon nect th e handse t’s battery pack. W ait 3 m inutes, th en reconne ct the batter y pack and plug[...]

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    13 ADJUSTING THE RINGERS The ET-92 7’s handset an d base each have four different r inger tones. Yo u can set the bas e’s and ha ndset’s ri nger tone, or turn off t he ringer on eithe r or both. T urning On/Off the Ringers To hav e the ba se ri ng when a call comes in , set RINGER ON/OFF on the back of t he base to ON . To have it not sound, [...]

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    14 OPERATION MAKING/ANSWERING CALLS To make a call, l ift the ha ndset and press TA L K . Whe n you hea r the di al tone, dial the number . To answ er a call when the handset i s on the base , just lift th e handse t and begin your c onversatio n. To answer a c all when the ha ndset is not on the base , press any ke y on the handset b efore sp eaki[...]

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    15 USING MUTE The MUTE button on th e handset lets you ta lk to som eone else in the room without the person o n the oth er end of the phon e line hear ing your conver sa- tion. Pre ss MUTE durin g the ca ll. The BATT LO W indica tor on the ha ndset lights s teadi ly. Press MUTE again to resum e your phone con versat ion . T he BA T T LO W in - dic[...]

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    16 SPECIAL FEATURES MEMORY DIALING You can store up to 20 n umbers o f up to 16 digits each in the E T-927’ s memor y, then dial them with th e press of a few buttons. Storing a Number Notes: • Y ou mu st comple te these steps within 30 secon ds of ea ch other . If you do not, the ET-927 soun ds a long be ep, all in dicat ors stop flash- ing, a[...]

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    17 Dialing a Stored Number To dial a store d numbe r, whe n you hea r the dial tone, pr ess ME M then the de - sired m emory loc ation num ber ( 01 – 20 ). Chain Diali ng Service Numbers You ca n make a call us ing more th an one of the ET-92 7’s m emory loc ation s. This is ca lled c hain diali ng. Chain dia ling is usefu l for dial ing spec i[...]

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    18 To answer a p age at the hand set, press INTCM . Begin you r conversati on after the INTCM indic ator on the hands et lights s teadi ly. To end an in tercom call , press PA G E on the base or INTCM on the handse t. All indicato rs turn off . Paging from the Handset to the Base To send a pag e from the handse t to the base, press INTCM on the han[...]

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    19 3. Pl ace the headse t on you r head wi th the earp iece ov er eithe r ear and adjust th e micropho ne boom until it is about even with your ch in. 4. Cli p the h andset on your bel t. 5. Make o r rece ive ca lls as y ou woul d normall y . illus -- enla rge to fill space illus -- don ’t show back of clip; it would n ot be visible if it was att[...]

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    20 T ROUBLESH OOTING We do not ex pect you to have any prob lems with y our phone , but if you do , the follow- ing sugg estio ns might h elp. Problem Solution Low vo lume or u nusual s ounds. Someone h as pick ed up another ph one on the sam e line. Ha ng up th e other phone. Press VOLUME ▲ on the han dset to tur n up the handse t’s vol ume . [...]

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    21 If you still have problems , discon nect the phone . If other phones on the same lin e work proper ly, the fa ult is in th is phone or i ts installa tion. If you cannot find the prob- lem, ta ke your phone to y our loc al RadioS hack s tore for assist ance. The phon e does not work or wor ks poorly . Be sur e the ba se’s pho ne line c ord and [...]

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    22 OUT-OF-RANGE INDICATIONS If you move the ET -92 7’s hands et out of the base’s range, the ha ndset will not operate p roperly. If you move the handset out of the base’s ran ge when th e handset is no t in use, the han dset’s BATT LOW ind icator flashes and the hands et beep s twice at 16-second inter vals. Whe n you move the handse t bac[...]

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    23 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your Rad ioShack ET-92 7 Digit al Sprea d Spectr um 900 M Hz Cordle ss Telephone is an exampl e of superi or design a nd craftsman ship. The following sugg estion s will help you care for your ph one s o you c an enjoy it for y ears. Keep the pho ne dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immed iately. Li quids might contain m ine[...]

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    24 REPLACING THE BA TTER Y P ACK If you foll ow the in structions in “C onnect - ing and Charg ing the Battery Pack ” on Page 11, the batt ery pack shou ld last about one y ear. If the battery pac k will 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 3.6 V, 600 mAh ba ttery pa ck that has a conn[...]

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    25 THE FCC W AN TS Y O U TO KNOW In the unlik ely eve nt that your phone causes proble ms on the phone line , the phone c ompany can temp orar ily discon - tinue your service. T he phone com pany normall y attempts to notif y you i n ad- vance. If ad vanc e notic e is not prac tica l, the phone company notifie s you as soon as poss ible and a dvise[...]

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    26 NOTES 43-1097a.fm Page 26 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 10:01 PM[...]

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    27 43-1097a.fm Page 27 Tuesday, August 31, 1999 10:01 PM[...]

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    Ra dioS hac k A Division of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T exas 7 6102 08A9 9 Printed in Ch ina 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 pu rchase from R adioSha ck company-ow ned stores and authoriz ed[...]