Radio Shack ET-905 User manual

Cat. No. 43-1080
OWNER’S MANUAL
900 MHz Cordless Telephone
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-905
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FEATURES
© 1995 Tandy Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
Radio Shack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.
Your Radio Shack ET-905 900 MHz
Cordless Telephone uses the most
advanced analog cordless telephone
technology to give you superior au-
dio quality. It uses the recently allo-
cated 900 MHz band that virtually
eliminates interference caused by
other cordless phones using the
same frequency, while providing
clearer sound and greater range than
46/49 MHz cordless telephones. Its
cordless operation lets you move
freely about your home or office.
Its features include:
900 MHz Operation — provides bet-
ter quality sound (over twice the
range of 46/49 MHz cordless
phones) and less interference than
many other cordless phones.
60 Channels — continuously scans
60 channels (frequency pairs used
between the base and the handset)
and selects the one with the least in-
terference each time you make or re-
ceive a call.
20-Memor
y
Dialin
g
—
lets you
quickly dial numbers you have stored
in memory.
DD — lets you quickly dial a number
you stored in direct dial memory by
pressing one button.
Pa
g
in
g
S
y
stem — lets you send a
signal from the base to the handset
so you can page someone or easily
locate the handset when it is away
from the base.
Privac
y
— prevents the person on
the other end of the phone line from
hearing your conversation with
someone in the room.
Flash — sends an electronic swich-
hook signal for use with special
phone services such as call waiting.
Redial — lets you quickly dial the last
number dialed.
Pause — lets you store a pause in a
memory number for use with a phone
system that requires an outside ac-
cess number (for example, 9).
Rin
g
er Volume — adjusts the
base’s ringer volume to three levels
—high, low, or off.
Touch Tone (DTMF) or Pulse Dial-
in
g
— lets you use your phone with
either type of dialing.
Hearin
g
Aid Compatible — lets you
use this telephone with hearing aids
that have a T (telephone) switch.
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For your records, we recommend
you record the phone’s serial number
in the space below. The number is on
the base’s label.
Serial Number:
Warning: To prevent fire or shock
hazard, do not expose this product to
rain or moisture.
This symbol is intended to alert
you to the presence of uninsulat-
ed dangerous voltage within the
product’s enclosure that might be
of sufficient magnitude to consti-
tute 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 accompa-
nying this product.
READ THIS BEFORE
INSTALLATION
Your telephone conforms to federal
regulations, and you can connect it to
most telephone lines. However, each
device you connect to the phone line
draws power from the phone line. We
refer to this power draw as the de-
vice’s ringer equivalence number, or
REN. The REN is on the label on the
phone base’s back.
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 ru-
ral areas, a total REN of three might
impair ringer operation. If ringer op-
eration is impaired, remove a device
from the line
Important:Cordless phones such as
this one require AC power to operate.
When AC power is off, you cannot
dial out or receive incoming calls us-
ing your ET-905. For this reason, the
ET-905 should not be your only tele-
phone. To be safe, you should also
have a phone that draws its power
from the telephone line (not a cord-
less 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.
CAUTION !
!
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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
label on the phone base’s back.
You must not connect your phone to
any of the following:
• Coin-operated systems
• Party-line systems
• Most electronic key phone sys-
tems
Note: Your telephone operates on
standard radio frequencies, as allo-
cated by the FCC. Even though the
access protection code prevents un-
authorized use of your phone line, it
is possible for other radio units oper-
ating on similar frequencies within a
certain area to unintentionally inter-
cept your conversations and/or
cause interference. This lack of pri-
vacy can occur with any cordless
phone.
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CONTENTS
Installation ........................................................................................................6
Selecting a Location ....................................................................................6
Setup on a Desktop.....................................................................................6
Mounting Directly on a Wall.........................................................................7
Preparation .......................................................................................................8
Charging the Handset’s Battery...................................................................8
Setting the Pulse/Tone Switch.....................................................................9
Setting the Ringer’s Sound Level ................................................................9
Operation ........................................................................................................10
Answering/Making a Call...........................................................................10
Using Redial ..............................................................................................10
Using Flash................................................................................................10
Using Privacy............................................................................................. 11
Using Tone Services on a Pulse Line ........................................................11
Using Direct Dialing................................................................................... 11
Memory Operation.....................................................................................12
Storing a Number In Memory..............................................................12
Storing a Pause in Memory.................................................................13
Dialing a Stored Number.....................................................................13
Using Page................................................................................................13
Troubleshootin
g
.............................................................................................14
False Ringing ......................................................................................14
Noise Interference in Your Conversation.............................................14
Telephone is Dead, or No Dial Tone....................................................14
Can Receive But Not Make Calls........................................................14
Phone Still Does Not Work..................................................................14
Alert Tones ..........................................................................................15
Maintenance....................................................................................................16
Replacing the Handset Battery..................................................................17
The FCC Wants You to Know....................................................................18
Lightning....................................................................................................19
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INSTALLATION
SELECTING A
LOCATION
You can place the base on a desk,
shelf, or table, or mount it directly on
the wall. The base’s location affects
the phone’s range. If you have a
choice of several locations, try each
to see which one provides the best
performance.
Select a location that is:
• Near an AC outlet
• Near a telephone line jack
• Away from electrical machinery,
electrical appliances, and metal
walls or filing cabinets
• Away from wireless intercoms,
alarms, and room monitors
If the phone line jack is not a modular
jack, you must update the wiring. You
can convert the wiring yourself, using
jacks and adapters available at your
local Radio Shack store. Or, you can
let the phone company update the
wiring for you.
Notes:
• The phone company charges for
the installation of the necessary
jacks.
• The USOC number of the nec-
essary baseboard jack to be
installed is RJ11C.
SETUP ON A DESKTOP
1. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s
barrel plug into the DC 9V jack
on the bottom of the base and
route the wire through the slot
on the back of the base.
(illus)
2. Plug one end of the supplied
modular cord into the LINE jack
on the bottom of the base and
route the wire through the slot
on the back of the base.
(illus)
3. Plug the adapter into a standard
AC outlet.
4. Plug the modular cord’s other
end into a modular phone line
jack.
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MOUNTING DIRECTLY
ON A WALL
Mounting the base directly on the
wall requires three screws (not sup-
plied) with heads that fit into the
base’s keyhole slots.
1. Mark the location of the mount-
ing holes using the supplied
template.
2. Drill a hole at each marked loca-
tion, then thread a screw into
each hole, letting the heads
extend 1/8inch from the wall
(about the width of two stacked
pennies).
(illus)
3. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s
barrel plug into the DC 9V jack
on the bottom of the base.
(illus)
4. Plug one end of the supplied
modular cord into the LINE jack
on the bottom of the base.
(illus)
5. Align the keyhole slots with the
mounting screws and slide the
base downward to secure it.
(illus)
6. Plug the adapter into a standard
AC outlet.
7. Plug the modular cord’s other
end into a modular phone line
jack.
(illus)
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PREPARATION
CHARGING THE
HANDSET’S BATTERY
You must charge the battery at least
24 hours before you use the phone
the first time or when you replace the
battery. To charge or recharge the
battery, simply place the handset on
the cradle. The CHARGE indicator
lights.
(illus - CHARGE indicator)
Note: If the CHARGE indicator does
not light or blinks continuously when
you place the handset on the cradle,
be sure the battery and AC adapter
are correctly and securely connect-
ed. Also, check the charging con-
tacts on both the handset and base.
If the contacts are dirty or tarnished,
clean them with an eraser.
Recharge the battery when the hand-
set’s BATT LOW indicator lights (see
“Replacing the Handset Battery”).
(illus -
handset’s BATT LOW
indicator)
Notes:
• About once a month, fully dis-
charge the battery. Otherwise, it
will lose its ability to recharge,
and you might have to recharge
and replace it more often.
To fully discharge the battery,
keep the handset off the cradle
until BATT LOW lights. Then
return the handset to the base
and fully recharge the battery.
• Some deeply discharged batter-
ies take longer to charge. If
overnight charging is not suffi-
cient, try charging for up to 48
hours.
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SETTING THE PULSE/
TONE SWITCH
Set PULSE/TONE for the type of ser-
vice you have. If you are not sure
which type you have, do this test.
1. Set PULSE/TONE to TONE.
(illus)
2. Press TALK on the handset and
listen for a dial tone.
3. Press any number other than 0.
If the dial tone stops, you have
touch tone service. Leave
PULSE/TONE set to TONE.
If the tone continues, you have
pulse service. Set PULSE/TONE
to PULSE.
SETTING THE
RINGER’S SOUND
LEVEL
The RINGER OFF/LOW/HIGH switch
controls the base’s ringer volume.
(illus)
Set RINGER to OFF when you do not
want the ringer to sound. You can still
make calls, and you can answer a
call if you hear another phone on the
same line ring.
Set RINGER to LOW in a quiet room,
such as a bedroom.
Set RINGER to HIGH in a noisy room,
such as the kitchen.
Note: The handset will not ring if it is
on the base and the base’s ringer is
turned off. However, the handset will
ring if it is away from the base, even
if the base’s ringer is turned off.
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OPERATION
ANSWERING/MAKINGA
CALL
To answer a call, if the handset is on
the base, simply lift the handset.
If the handset is not on the base,
press TALK on the handset before
speaking.
(illus -
include the TALK control
and the TALK and
IN USE indicators)
Note: The IN USE indicator flashes
when you receive a call.
To make a call, pick up the handset
and press TALK. When the IN USE
indicator lights steadily and you hear
a dial tone, dial the phone number.
Notes:
• Before you get a dial tone, there
might be a slight delay while the
ET-905 searches through its 60
available channels to find the
clearest one. While the phone
searches, the TALK indicator on
the handset blinks.
• The IN USE indicator on the
base and the TALK indicator on
the handset light steadily while
the phone is in use.
To end a call, place the handset on
the cradle or press TALK again. The
IN USE indicator on the base and the
TALK indicator on the handset turn
off.
USING REDIAL
To redial the last number dialed, lift
the handset, press TALK, then press
REDIAL/PAUSE. The phone automat-
ically dials the last number dialed.
(illus)
USING FLASH
You can use FLASH with special
phone services, such as call waiting.
If you have call waiting, press FLASH
to take an incoming call without dis-
connecting the current call. Press
FLASH again to return to the first call.
(illus)
Note: If you do not have any special
phone services, pressing FLASH
might disconnect the current call.
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