Radio Shack 43-3824 manual

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Important Safety Instructions 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS When using your telephone equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and injury to persons, including the following: 1. Read and understand all instructions. 2. F ollow all warnings and instructions mar ked on the product. 3. [...]

Important Safety Instructions 3 11. Slots and openings in the telephone’ s cabinet and the back or bottom are pro vided for ventilation. T o protect the telephone from ov erheating, these openings must not be bloc ked or co vered. The openings should nev er be bloc ked b y placing the product on a bed, sof a, rug, or other similar surface. This p[...]

Battery Safety Instructions 4 • If the product has been e xposed to rain or water . • If the product does not operate normally by f ollowing the operating instructions. 18. Adjust only those controls that are cov ered by the operating instructions because improper adjustments of other controls ma y result in damage and will often require e xten[...]

Introduction 5 • Charge the batter y pack pro vided with or identified f or use with this product only in accordance with the instructions and limitations specified in the instruction manual provided f or this product. • Obser v e proper polarity or ientation between the batter y pack and battery charger . SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS INTRODUCTION[...]

Important Caller ID Information 6 • caller’ s number only • caller’ s name only • caller’ s name and number If you subscribe to Call Waiting ID and Caller ID, the system can show you the incoming caller information, even when you are already talking on the phone. R EAD T HIS B EFORE I NSTALLATION We have designed your phone to conform t[...]

Installation 7 INSTALLATION M OUNTING THE P HONE You can place the phone on a desk or table, mount it on a standard wall plate, or directly on a wall. Choose a location that is: Ô • near an A C outlet • near a modular telephone line jack • out of the wa y of normal activities • aw ay from electrical machinery , electrical appliances, metal[...]

Installation 8 3. Inser t the supplied AC adapter’ s barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack on the bac k. 4. Route the adapter’ s cord through the strain relief slot on the base’ s bottom. 5. Plug the adapter into a standard A C outlet. 6. Lift the base’ s antenna to a ver tical position. On a Wall Plate or Wall To mount the phone directly on a[...]

Installation 9 5. F or a wall plate , plug the modular cord’ s other end into the wall plate jac k, then align the base’ s keyhole slots with the w all plate studs and slide the base downw ard to secure it. F or direct wall mounting , align the base’ s ke yhole slots with the mounting screws and slide the base downw ard to secure it. 6. Plug [...]

Installation 10 3. Plug the batter y pack’ s connector into the sock et in the compar tment. The connector fits only one wa y . 4. Put the batter y pack in the compar tment. 5. Replace the cov er . To charge the battery pack, place the handset on the base, face up or down. The base’s CHARGE/IN USE indicator lights. ! Recharge the battery pack [...]

Installation 11 Recycling Ni-Cd Batteries. The EPA certified RBRC ® Battery Recycling Seal on the nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) battery indicates RadioShack is voluntarily participating in an industry program to collect and recycle these batteries at the end of their useful life, when taken out of service in the United States or Canada. The RBRC program [...]

Installation 12 3. Press end and return the handset to the base unit to complete the setting. The handset returns to the standby mode. To enter your Area Code Ô If you enter a 3-digit area code number in the A A A A r r r r e e e e a a a a C C C C o o o o d d d d e e e e option, your local area code does not appear in Caller ID messages. Do not pr[...]

Installation 13 2. Press V OL/  three times to select D D D D i i i i a a a a l l l l . 3. Press SEL to toggle between T T T T o o o o n n n n e e e e and P P P P u u u u l l l l s s s s e e e e . 4. Press end or return the handset to the base unit to complete the setting. The handset returns to the standby mode. Setting the Language 1. When the[...]

Operation 14 OPERATION M AKING AND R ECEIVING C ALLS Even when you turn off the base’s ringer, you can still make or receive calls using this phone. Telephones on the same line and the handset (if its ringer is not turned off) still ring when there is an incoming call. Action Handset On Base Handset Off Base To receive a call Pick up the handset [...]

Operation 15 A DJUSTING THE H ANDSET R INGER AND E ARPIECE V OLUME Handset Ringer Tone and Volume Press V OL/  or V OL/  in standby mode to select one of five ringer tones and volume combinations. Earpiece Volume Pressing V OL/  or V OL/  during a call will change the earpiece volume of the handset. This setting will remain in effect af[...]

Operation 16 pass the range limits of the base unit, your call will terminate within 1 minutes. S ELECTING A D IFFERENT C HANNEL If you encounter interference while using your phone, you can manually change the phone’s channel for clear operation. This function works only when the phone is in use. Press DELETE/CHANNEL . S S S S c c c c a a a a n [...]

Operation 17 4. Press MEM or SELECT . A cursor flashes indicating that the displa y is ready for the name to be entered. If E E E E d d d d i i i i t t t t M M M M e e e e m m m m o o o o r r r r y y y y X X X X X X X X appears, the selected memor y location is already stored. Then you must either edit the entry in this location, delete the entr y[...]

Operation 18 • Use DELETE/CHANNEL to delete digits as needed. 8. Press MEM or SELECT . Y ou will hear a confirmation tone. Ô Memor y storage is complete. F or example , if you store a name and number into memory location number 01, the displa y shows M M M M e e e e m m m m o o o o r r r r y y y y 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 S S S S t t t t o o o o r r r r[...]

Operation 19 character. To delete all characters, press and hold DELETE/CHANNEL . For example, to enter John; Ô 1. Pick up the handset. Press MEM . 2. Enter a number or press V OL/  or VOL/  to select a memor y location number . 3. Press MEM or SELECT . 4. Press MEM or SELECT . (When there is inf or mation already stored in the selected memo[...]

Operation 20 Memory Dialing from Talk Mode 1. Press talk/FLASH . T T T T a a a a l l l l k k k k and the volume setting appears. 2. Press MEM . 3. Press V OL/  or V OL/  , or Enter a number (01 - 20) to select the memor y location of the desired phone number . If you press SELECT , the number is dialed. Ô 4. T o hang up , press end . C HAIN [...]

Operation 21 4. Press V OL/  or V OL/  to select E E E E d d d d i i i i t t t t M M M M e e e e m m m m o o o o r r r r y y y y , then press MEM or SELECT . S S S S t t t t o o o o r r r r e e e e n n n n a a a a m m m m e e e e is displa yed. The cursor flashes indicating that the displa y is ready for the name to be edited. When a name ha[...]

Operation 22 E RASING A S TORED N AME AND P HONE N UMBER 1. Press MEM. S S S S e e e e ll ll e e e e c c c c t t t t M M M M e e e e m m m m o o o o r r r r y y y y is display ed. 2. Press V OL/  or V OL/  , or enter a number (01 - 20) to select the memor y location you would lik e to erase. 3. Press MEM or SELECT . 4. Press MEM or SELECT . T[...]

Operation 23 touch Speed Dial allows you to dial a number with one key press. (There is no need to press talk/ FLASH . The phone will automatically dial the number stored.) S TORING AND E DITING THE S PEED D IAL Ô 1. When the phone is in the standby mode , press and hold SPEED DIAL . If this screen appears, there is a number already stored. Press [...]

Caller ID 24 6. Y ou hear a confirmation tone. After about 2 seconds, the handset returns to standby mode. CALLER ID You must subscribe to Caller ID service to use this feature. When the telephone rings, the Caller ID feature allows you to view the caller’s name and phone number on the display before you answer the phone. The handset displays th[...]

Caller ID 25 7. When you pic k up the phone, the displa y changes to T T T T a a a a l l l l k k k k . (Auto T alk f eature is set to on.) V IEWING THE C ALLER ID M ESSAGE L IST The Caller ID list stores information for up to 30 incoming calls - even unanswered calls. Ô 1. Press CID/MENU . The summar y screen appears. This screen shows the number [...]

Caller ID 26 3. Press V OL/  or V OL/  to select Y Y Y Y e e e e s s s s or N o o o o . Ô 4. Press SELECT or DELETE/CHANNEL . When the pointer is at Y Y Y Y e e e e s s s s : Y ou hear a confirmation tone and the Caller ID message is deleted. The ne xt Caller ID message is then display ed. When the pointer is at N N N N o o o o : The displa[...]

Caller ID 27 1. Press talk/FLASH . then press CID/MENU . 2. Select the phone number that y ou want to dial by pressing the VOL/  or V OL/  . 3. Press SELECT/CHANNEL. The display phone number will be displayed. Long Distance Calls and Area Code Setting/Cancellation Pressing 1 while the incoming Caller ID information is displayed (in step 1), w[...]

The Integrated Answering Device 28 THE INTEGRATED ANSWERING DEVICE The phone has a built-in answering system that answers and records incoming calls. You can also use your answering system to record a conversation, leave a voice memo message, or to announce a special outgoing message to callers when you’re away from your phone. F EATURES Digital [...]

The Integrated Answering Device 29 hear a confirmation tone. The message counter displa ys the number of messages stored in memor y . If the displa y flashes, then there are new messages w aiting for y ou. 2. T o turn the answering system off , press ANSWER again. After the announcement “Ans wering system is off ” the message counter displa y[...]

The Integrated Answering Device 30 The idle time def ault setting is 10 seconds. If the base remains idle f or 10 seconds, an error tone sounds and the system returns to standby . Setting the Time The clock on the answering system starts when power is supplied to the base. Follow these steps to set the clock to the correct time. Ô 1. Press MENU . [...]

The Integrated Answering Device 31 announced for your review. After a few seconds, the system announces “To set security code, press menu again”. Setting a Personal Security Code (PIN) To play your messages from a remote location, you need to enter a two-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN) code (01-99). To select a PIN, perform the follo[...]

The Integrated Answering Device 32 Y ou hear “Ring time” and the current ring time ([ ] 2, [ ] 4, [ ] 6, [ ] T oll saver), and it is displa yed on the base. Then you hear the guidance f or setting the ring time. 2. Press V OL/SEL/  or V OL/SEL/  until the desired ring time appears. 3. Press SET/RING to select the new ring time. Y ou hear [...]

The Integrated Answering Device 33 The announce only feature plays a prerecorded outgoing message “Hello, no one is available to take your call. Please call again.”, and it will not allow the caller to leave a message. To set “Announce only”, follow the steps above. Ô To scroll between the prerecorded message or your own personal greeting,[...]

The Integrated Answering Device 34 1. T o quickly turn Message Aler t tone off, press any ke y on the base unit and the tone will automatically deactiv ate . T o reset, go back into the menu setup mode (steps 1 - 3 abov e.) Turning Message Alert tone Off when you’re away from your phone. 1. When all new messages are pla yed back using the remote [...]

The Integrated Answering Device 35     Choosing between the two outgoing messages Press OGM . Then press OGM again when the outgoing message is played. This switches between the prerecorded greeting or the personal greeting. After finishing playing back the message, a confirmation tone is heard. Setting the base ringer volume You have t[...]

The Integrated Answering Device 36 U SING Y OUR A NSWERING S YSTEM The message counter displays the number of messages stored in memory. If the display flashes, then there are new messages are waiting for you. The flashing number represents the number of new messages, not total messages. This phone is designed to play your new messages first. After[...]

The Integrated Answering Device 37 3. Press PLA Y/STOP at an y time to stop re viewing messages and return to standby . The message counter shows the number of messages stored in memor y . To quickly scroll backwards through a message, press and hold  . Skipping a message 1. Press PLA Y/STOP to re view y our messages. The number of messages is a[...]

The Integrated Answering Device 38 2. Press DELETE again. Y ou hear a confirmation tone and is displa yed on the base. All the messages are deleted. When you try to delete all messages without first listening to your new messages, you hear several short beeps followed by an announcement “Please playback all messages”. This protects you from ac[...]

The Integrated Answering Device 39 Remote access away from home You can operate your answering system from a remote location using any touch-tone telephone. Use this function to check for recorded messages, to play or delete messages, even to record a new greeting message. Ô 1. Call your telephone n umber . 2. During the greeting message, press 0 [...]

The Integrated Answering Device 40 4. Y ou ma y continue to listen to the Help Guidance, or y ou may select a command from the f ollowing char t. Ô *For Memo Record and Greeting Message Record function, the first time you enter the corresponding command, it starts the Recording function. If you want to stop the recording, enter the command again. [...]

The Integrated Answering Device 41 3. Press 0 and then enter your PIN code . The ans wering system announces the current time and the number of messages stored in memor y . Y ou hear “T o play incoming messages, press pound two . For help , press pound zero”. 4. Press 0 then 6 to turn the answering system On. Y ou hear the outgoing message and [...]

Additional Information 42 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I NSTALLING THE O PTIONAL B ELTCLIP To attach the beltclip Insert the beltclip into the holes on each side of the handset. Press down until it clicks. To remove the beltclip Pull both sides of the beltclip to release the tabs from the holes. H EADSET I NSTALLATION You can connect an optional headset [...]

43 Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING If your phone is not performing to your expectations, please try these simple steps first . Symptom Suggestion The CHARGE/IN USE LED won’t illuminate when the handset is placed in the base. Make sure the A C adapter is plugged into the base and wall outlet. Make sure the handset is properly seated on the base. M[...]

44 Troubleshooting If you still have problems, disconnect the phone. If other phones on the same line work properly, the fault is in this phone or its installation. If you cannot find the problem, take your phone to your local RadioShack store for assistance. Cannot record any messages. Set the record time to either the one minute or f our minute o[...]

Care 45 CARE Keep the phone dry; if it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Use and store the phone only in normal temperature environments. Handle the phone carefully; do not drop it. Keep the phone away from dust and dirt, and wipe it with a damp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new. Modifying or tampering with the phone’s internal component[...]

FCC Statement 46 from the telephone line. We refer to this power draw as the device’s ringer equivalence number, or REN on the back of your phone. If you use more than one phone or other device on the line, add up all of the RENs. If the total is more than five (three in rural areas), your telephones might not ring. If ringer operation is impaire[...]

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43-3824 UPZZ01013ZZ 05A03 Printed in China RadioShack Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Limited One-Y ear W arranty This product is warranted b y RadioShack against manuf acturing defects in material and workman- ship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from RadioShac k company- owned stores and authorized RadioShack fr an[...]