Radio Shack ET-153 manual

Cat. No. 43-8 91 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read befo re using this equi pment. ET-153 Super Lightweight Headset T elephone B 43-891B.fm Page 1 Thursday, February 18, 1999 3:46 PM[...]

2 This symbol is intended to alert you t o the presence of uninsu- lated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that might be of suf ficient magnitude t o constitute a risk of electric shock. Do not open the product’ s case. This symbol is intended to inf orm you that important operating and maintenance instructions are included in t [...]

3 FEA TURES Y our R adioShac k ET-153 Super Li ghtweight Headse t T elephone is a comp lete t elephone with a headset and a dialer that con nects to your tel ephone line. The ET-153’ s headset lets you keep you r hands free to do ot her t hings while you ta lk on the pho ne. T he long hea dset cable l ets you move freely , and the adju stable mic[...]

4 Hold Button — lets you put a cal l on hold. Flash — sends a time d electro nic switc hhook s ignal fo r use w ith specia lized te lephon e servic es, such as Cal l W aiti ng. Ringer OFF/ ON — lets you turn the ringer on or of f. Redial — lets you redial t he last num ber dialed with the touc h of a button. Belt Clip — l ets you hook the[...]

5 Read This Before Install ation W e have desi gned your ET-1 53 to conf orm to federal reg ulatio ns and yo u can conne ct it to mos t teleph one lines. Howeve r , each de- vice yo u connect to the phone line draws power fr om it. We refer to this pow er draw as the device’ s ringer eq uivalenc e number , or REN. The REN i s on the bottom of the[...]

6 CONTEN TS Preparation . ........... ................. ........... ................. ........... ............. 7 Connecti ng to the Ph one Line ...... ................. ........... ............. 7 Adjustin g the Heads et . ................. ........... ................. ........... .. 8 Setting th e Dialing Mode .............. ........... ........[...]

7 Prepar ation Connecting to the Phone L ine 1. Plug one end of the su pplied m odular cord into the tel ephone line’ s modul ar jack. Then pl ug the other end in to the ET-153’ s TEL . LI N E j ack. 2. Plug the heads et’s mini plu g into the HEADSET j a c k o n t h e bac k of the E T-15 3. 43-891B.fm Page 7 Thursday, February 18, 1999 3:46 P[...]

8 Adjusting the Headset 1. Place th e headset over ei ther ear . 2. Adjust th e head set band until it rest s with a lmost no pressure on your ear and the top of your head . If the h ead se t is loo se , rem ov e it a nd a djust i t inw a rd s lig htl y to tighten it. If the head set is tight, g ently pull the head set band out to lo osen it. 3. Ho[...]

9 4. Route th e headset’ s mod ular cord throu gh the l apel clip ’s channe l and attac h the lapel clip to y our cl othing. Le ave enough s lack in th e cord so you ca n move your h ead with - out pu lli ng th e hea dse t. 43-891B.fm Page 9 Thursday, February 18, 1999 3:46 PM[...]

10 Setting the Dialing Mode Set TONE/PULSE for the type of servic e you have. If you ar e not sure which type yo u have , do this simple t est. 1. Set TO NE/ PULSE on t he sid e of the d ialer to TONE . 2. Press T ALK/HANG UP so its indi cator light s and l isten for a d ial tone. 3. Press an y number other than 0 . If th e dial to ne st ops, you h[...]

11 4. If yo u have pul se se rvice , set TONE/PULSE to PU LSE . If you hav e t one se rvi ce, le ave TONE/PULSE set to TO NE . T urning the Ringer Off/On Y ou can se t RINGER to OFF or ON . With RINGER set to OFF , the di aler does n ot ring , but you can stil l mak e outgoi ng ca lls. If y ou hea r an extens ion teleph one rin g, you can answer t [...]

12 Using the Belt Clip Use th e ET-153’ s belt cl ip to ha ng the d ialer on yo ur waistb and so you can carr y the d ialer w ith yo u as yo u move a round . T o r emove the belt clip f rom t he E T- 153, press the belt clip’ s tab and slide i t of f in the dire ction of the a r- row . T o reattach the belt clip t o the ET- 153, plac e the belt[...]

13 Operatio n Initiating the Switchhook Y ou m ust initi ate the s witchho ok function the fi rst time y ou use you r ET-153, an d anytim e you ca nnot ge t a dial to ne. T o initiate th e switchh ook functi on, hold down T ALK/HANG UP for 2 secon ds. Answering a Call T o answer a call, pres s T ALK/HANG UP , then spe ak th rough the mi- crop hone [...]

14 Placing a Call 1. With your hea dset on, pre ss T ALK/HANG UP so the green indi- cator li ghts. T hen liste n for a dia l tone. 2. Dial t he numbe r you wa nt to ca ll. 3. T o end the call , press T ALK/HANG UP . The green indicato r turns of f. 43-891B.fm Page 14 Thursday, February 18, 1 999 3:46 PM[...]

15 Setting the V olume VOLUME lets you adjus t the v olume yo u hear throug h the he adset. This is especi ally useful fo r peop le who a re hearing impa ired, or when y ou encou nter po or phone l ines or especi ally nois y areas. 43-891B.fm Page 15 Thursday, February 18, 1 999 3:46 PM[...]

16 Using Hold T o place a c all on hold , press HOLD . The red indica tor lights to show that the call is still on the line. T o release a c all f rom hold, press T ALK/HANG UP or pick up an ex tensio n phone o n the sam e line. When you place a cal l on hold, you can discon nect the heads et from the dial er if you ne ed to st ep aw ay . When yo u[...]

17 Using Flash FLAS H provides t he elec tronic equiv alent of a sw itch hook signa l, re- quir ed by so me tel ephon e serv ice s, such as Cal l W aiti ng. For exam ple, if you have Call W aiting, you can p ut your curre nt call on hol d and t ake a nothe r inc oming call b y pres sing FLASH . Press FLAS H again to al ternate bet ween the two cal [...]

18 Using Redial T o dial th e last num ber di aled, pres s T ALK/HANG UP , then REDIAL . Notes: • If you get a busy signa l, you can pr ess REDIAL again with out press ing T ALK/HANG UP . • If t he ph one line has C all Waitin g or r equi res extr a time to ge t a dial to ne, on e-touch re dial might no t work. If so , press FLAS H , then press[...]

19 Using T one Services with a Puls e Line Some s pecial service s, such as bank -by-ph one, req uire tone sig- nals. I f you have pu lse s ervice, you can stil l use the se spec ial tone servi ces. Wit h TONE/PULSE set to PULS E , pre ss at the poi nt where tone sig - nals are require d. Any add itiona l numbers you dial are se nt as tone signal s[...]

20 T roublesho oting If the h eadset’ s volu me lev el drops o r if the p hone begin s to ma ke unusua l soun ds, determ ine if ot her pho nes on th e same l ine ha ve been p icked up. In areas with low telephon e vo ltage, the ET-153 might not op erate wh en other p hones a re act ive on t he sa me li ne. Hangi ng up the o ther ph ones sho uld c[...]

21 Care an d Ma inte na nc e Y our R adioShac k ET-153 Super Li ghtweight Headse t T elephone is an exam ple of superior d esign and crafts manship . The fo llowing sugges tio ns wi ll help y ou c are f or the ET -153 s o you c an en jo y it for years . Keep the ET-1 53 dry . If it gets wet, wipe it dry imme- diat ely . Liqu ids mi ght co ntain min[...]

22 Wipe the ET-153 wit h a dam p cloth oc casiona lly to keep i t l ookin g ne w . Do not use hars h chem ical s, cleani ng so lvents, or stro ng de tergents to c lean the ET-153. Modify ing or tamperin g with the ET-1 53’s internal comp onents c an cause a malfun ction and might inv alidate the ET-15 3’s warranty and void yo ur FCC authoriza t[...]

23 Also, the phone compan y can make chan ges to its l ines, equipment , oper ation s, or pr oc edure s that could a ffect th e ope rati on of th is tel e- phone. T he tele phone compa ny notifie s you of t hese chan ges in ad - vance, so yo u can take the neces sary s teps to pr event i nterrupt ion of your t elepho ne servi ce. Lightning Y our t [...]

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27 Limited One -Y ear Warran ty This pro duct is warr anted by R adioShack against manu facturin g defects in ma terial and work manship under norm al use for on e (1) year fro m the dat e of purchase from RadioShac k compan y-owned sto res and authorized RadioSha ck franch isees and dealers. EXCEP T AS PROVIDED HEREI N, RadioShack MAKES NO E XPRES[...]

RadioShack A Division of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T exas 76102 03A99 Printed in China (Continu ed) This warr anty does not cover: (a) damage o r failure caused by or at tributable to ac ts of God, abuse, acc iden t, misuse, i mproper or abnor mal usage , failur e to follow instruction s, improper i nstallatio n or maintenan ce, altera tion, l[...]