Radio Shack ET-545 User manual

Cat. No. 43-1045
OWNER’S MANUAL
25-Channel Caller ID
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-545
Cordless Telephone
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FEATURES
© 1997 Tandy Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
COM-LOK is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.
RadioShack is a trademark used by Tandy Corporation
Your RadioShack ET-545 25-Channel
Caller ID Cordless Telephone offers
the latest advances in cordless phone
technology. Additionally, it includes an
integrated Caller ID system.
The ET-545 has these features:
Caller ID Memor
y
— stores and dis-
plays up to 100 incoming number or
name and number call records.
Caller ID Memor
y
Dialin
g
— lets you
select a stored phone number from
Caller ID memory, then dial it with the
touch of a button.
VIP Call List with Distinctive Rin
g
— lets you store 20 phone numbers
from Caller ID records and set the
phone to sound a distinctive ring when
someone calls from those numbers.
30-Number Memor
y
Dialin
g
— lets
you store 30 numbers in memory for
easy dialing.
Review Scrollin
g
— lets you scroll
through all records in Caller ID memo-
ry and stored number memory.
Displa
y
— lets you see phone num-
bers as you dial them or recall them
from the ET-545’s memory and Caller
ID records.
Auto Scan — automatically selects a
clear channel when you pick up the
phone. You can also manually change
to any of 25 channels during a call.
Advanced Super CCT Circuitr
y
—
provides clarity comparable to a cord-
ed phone, reduces background noise,
and increases effective operating dis-
tance.
COM-LOK®— ensures that other
cordless phone users cannot use your
phone line while the handset is on the
base.
Automatic Securit
y
Access Code —
changes each time you unplug the
phone from AC power to help prevent
other cordless phone users from using
your phone line while the handset is
off the base.
Flash — sends an electronic switch-
hook signal for use with special phone
services such as Call Waiting.
Volume Control — lets you control
the volume of the sound you hear
through the handset.
Li
g
hted Ke
y
pad — lights when you
press a key or when the phone rings
to make the phone easy to use in a
dark room.
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Redial — redials the last number di-
aled, with the touch of a button.
Page — lets you send a paging signal
from the base to the handset to help
locate a misplaced handset or page
someone at the handset.
Touch Tone or Pulse (Rotary) Dial-
ing — lets you connect your phone to
either type of service.
Please read this Owner’s Manual
carefully so you can enjoy all of your
telephone’s features.
We recommend you record the
phone’s serial number here. The num-
ber is on the bottom of the base.
Serial Number: ______________
This telephone has been tested and
found to comply with all applicable UL
and FCC standards.
Important Caller ID
Information
To use the System’s Caller ID fea-
tures, you must be in an area where
Caller ID service is available and you
must subscribe to that service.
Where Caller ID is offered, one or
more of the following options are gen-
erally available:
• Caller’s number only
• Caller’s name only
• Caller’s name and number
For the ET-545’s Caller ID memory
dial feature to operate, you must re-
ceive the caller’s number.
This symbol is intended to alert you
to the presence of uninsulated dan-
gerous voltage within the product’s
enclosure that might be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of
electric shock. Do not open the
product’s case.
This symbol is intended to inform
you that important operating and
maintenance instructions are in-
cluded in the literature accompany-
ing this product.
Important: Cordless phones such as
this one require AC power to operate.
When the AC power is off, you cannot
dial out or receive incoming calls us-
ing your ET-545. For this reason, the
ET-545 cordless phone should not be
your only telephone. To be safe, you
should also have a phone that does
not require AC power to operate (not a
cordless phone) so you can still make
and receive calls if there is an AC
power failure.
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
DO NOT OPEN.
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICE-
ABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVIC-
ING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
Warning: To prevent fire or shock
hazard, do not expose this product
to rain or moisture.
CAUTION
!
!
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Your ET-545 operates on standard ra-
dio frequencies, as allocated by the
FCC. Therefore, it is possible for other
radio units operating on similar fre-
quencies, within a certain area, to in-
advertently intercept your conversa-
tions and/or cause interference on
your cordless telephone. This lack of
privacy can occur with any cordless
telephone.
READ THIS BEFORE
INSTALLATION
We have designed your telephone to
conform to federal regulations, and
you can connect it to most telephone
lines. However, each device that you
connect to the phone line draws pow-
er from the phone line. We refer to this
power draw as the device’s
ringer
equivalence number
, or REN. The
REN is on the bottom of your phone’s
base.
If you are using more than one phone
or other device on the line, add up all
the RENs. If the total is more than five,
your phone might not ring. In rural ar-
eas, a total REN of three might impair
ringer operation. If ringer operation is
impaired, remove a device from the
line.
FCC STATEMENT
This telephone complies with Part 68
of
FCC Rules
. You must, upon re-
quest, provide the FCC registration
number and the REN to your phone
company. These numbers are on the
bottom of your phone’s base.
Note: You must not connect your
phone to any of the following:
• Coin-operated systems
• Party-line systems
• Most electronic key phone sys-
tems
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CONTENTS
Preparation ........................................................................................................... 6
Selecting a Location ........................................................................................ 6
Connecting the Base ....................................................................................... 6
Connecting the Battery Pack .......................................................................... 7
Charging the Battery Pack .............................................................................. 7
Setting the Dialing Mode ................................................................................. 9
Storing an Area Code ..................................................................................... 9
Phone Operation ................................................................................................ 10
Making/Answering a Call .............................................................................. 10
At the Base ............................................................................................. 10
Away from the Base ............................................................................... 10
Reducing Interference ................................................................................... 11
Using REDIAL ............................................................................................... 11
Using FLASH/DEL ........................................................................................ 12
Using Tone Services on a Pulse Line ........................................................... 12
Using PAGE .................................................................................................. 12
Memory Dialing ............................................................................................. 13
Storing a Name and Number in Memory ................................................ 13
Entering a Pause in a Memory Number ................................................. 15
Reviewing Numbers Stored in Memory .................................................. 15
Dialing a Stored Number ........................................................................ 15
Deleting a Number from Memory ........................................................... 16
Storing/Chain Dialing Service Numbers ................................................. 16
Testing Stored Emergency Numbers ...................................................... 16
Caller ID Operation ............................................................................................ 17
Caller ID Displays ......................................................................................... 17
Reviewing Caller ID Records ........................................................................ 18
Dialing Numbers from a Caller ID Record ..................................................... 18
Deleting Caller ID Records ........................................................................... 19
VIP Call List .................................................................................................. 19
Storing Records in the VIP Call List ....................................................... 19
Reviewing the VIP Call List .................................................................... 20
Deleting Records from the VIP Call List ................................................. 20
Dialing a Number from the VIP Call List ................................................. 20
Troubleshootin
g
................................................................................................ 21
Care and Maintenance ...................................................................................... 23
Replacing the Battery Pack ........................................................................... 24
The FCC Wants You to Know ....................................................................... 24
Lightning ....................................................................................................... 25
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PREPARATION
SELECTING A
LOCATION
Select a location for the telephone that
is:
• Near an AC outlet
• Near a telephone line jack
• Out of the way of normal activities
• Away from electrical machinery,
electrical appliances, and metal
walls or filing cabinets
• Away from wireless intercoms,
alarms, and room monitors
The base’s location affects the phone’s
range. If you have a choice of several
locations, try each to see which pro-
vides the best performance.
Note: If the phone line jack is not a
modular jack, you can update the wir-
ing yourself, using jacks and adapters
available at your local RadioShack
store. Or, you can let the phone com-
pany update the wiring for you. The
USOC number of the jack to be in-
stalled is RJ11C.
CONNECTING THE BASE
Follow these steps to set up and con-
nect the base.
1. Plug one end of the supplied mod-
ular cord into the TEL. LINE jack
on the back of the base.
2. Plug the modular cord’s other end
into a modular phone line jack.
3. Plug the supplied AC adapter’s
barrel plug into the 12V DC jack on
the back of the base.
4. Plug the adapter into a standard
AC outlet.
5. Fully extend the base’s antenna
and place it in a vertical position.
Caution: You must use a 120V AC/
12V DC adapter that delivers at least
200 milliamps. Its center tip must be
positive, and its plug must correctly fit
the phone’s 12V DC jack. The supplied
adapter meets these requirements.
Using an adapter that does not meet
these requirements could damage the
phone or the adapter.
illus
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CONNECTING THE
BATTERY PACK
Before you use your phone for the first
time, you must connect the battery
pack in the handset and charge it for
about 15 hours.
Slide off the battery compartment cov-
er on the back of the handset. Con-
nect the battery pack’s plug to the pins
inside the compartment. Then replace
the cover.
CHARGING THE
BATTERY PACK
Charge the battery pack by placing
the handset on the base so the
CHARGE/TALK indicator lights. Let
the battery pack charge for about 15
hours.
You can recharge the battery pack at
any time, but be sure to recharge it
when LOW BATT on the handset
lights.
illus
handset
and
CHARGE/
TALK indicator
on base
illustration
of LOW
BATT
indicator
location
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Notes:
• You can set POWER to ON while
the battery pack charges.
• The first time you use your phone
after charging a new battery pack,
the handset might not work and
might sound an error tone when
you press TALK. This might also
occur when you recharge a bat-
tery pack that has been com-
pletely discharged.
If this happens, return the handset
to the base for 5 seconds with
POWER set to ON. This resets the
automatic security access code.
• If the CHARGE/TALK indicator
does not light when you place the
handset on the base, be sure the
battery pack is connected to the
pins inside the handset’s battery
compartment and the AC adapter
is securely connected to the base.
Also, check the charging contacts
on the handset and base. If the
contacts on the base are dirty or
tarnished, gently clean them with
a small brush. If the contacts on
the handset are dirty or tarnished,
clean them with a pencil eraser.
• About once a month, fully dis-
charge the battery pack by keep-
ing the handset off the base until
LOW BATT lights. Then return the
handset to the base and fully
recharge the battery pack. If you
do not fully discharge and
recharge the battery pack periodi-
cally, it loses its ability to fully
recharge.
• To avoid damage to the battery
pack, always recharge the hand-
set before battery power grows
too weak to light the LOW BATT
indicator.
• If you are not going to use your
phone for an extended period of
time, disconnect its battery. This
helps to increase the battery’s
usable life.
illus
Illus of contacts on
both the handset
and the base
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SETTING THE DIALING
MODE
Set TONE/PULSE on the back of the
base for the type of service you have.
If you are not sure which type you
have, once the battery is charged, do
this test.
1. Set POWER to ON.
2. Set TONE/PULSE to TONE.
3. Lift the handset, press TALK and
listen for a dial tone.
4. Press any number other than 0.
If the dial tone stops, you have
touch-tone service. Leave TONE/
PULSE set to TONE.
illus
illus
If the dial tone continues, you
have pulse service. Set TONE/
PULSE to PULSE.
STORING AN AREA
CODE
To quickly dial local calls using the
Caller ID and stored number features,
you need to store your local area code
in the system. Then, when you dial a
call using DIAL or DIAL 1+, the ET-545
skips the area code if it matches the
one you stored.
Note: You must store your local area
code or the phone will not dial more
than 7 digits when you dial numbers
from a Caller ID record.
Hold down FLASH/DEL for 3 seconds
when the TALK key is not lit. The dis-
play shows ENTER AREA CODE. En-
ter your 3-digit area code. The phone
sounds two long beeps.
illus
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PHONE OPERATION
Your ET-545’s handset display shows
telephone numbers as you dial them
or when you recall them from memory.
The handset shows the current chan-
nel number and the duration of your
call in minutes and seconds.
If you subscribe to Caller ID, the ET-
545 also automatically displays infor-
mation about an incoming call before
you answer the call.
MAKING/ANSWERING A
CALL
You can use your cordless telephone
at the base or away from the base.
At the Base
You can use the handset at the base
like a regular corded telephone. Set
POWER to ON and place the handset
on the base.
Note: When POWER is set to OFF,
other telephones on the same line still
ring when there is an incoming call.
The CHARGE/TALK indicator on the
base flashes until you answer the call.
To answer a call, just lift the handset
from the base.
To make a call, lift the handset from
the base and press TALK. The hand-
set keypad and the CHARGE/TALK
indicator on the base light.
The keypad on the handset turns off if
no button is pressed for more than 10
seconds (but the TALK key remains
lit).
To disconnect a call, replace the
handset on the base or press TALK so
the TALK key turns off.
Away from the Base
You can use the handset without be-
ing near the base. Set POWER to ON.
illus
Power ON
and handset on the base
illus
TALK key
CHARGE/
TALK indicator
on base lit
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