RadioShack 43-3577 - Manuals

Important Information 5 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 impaired, remove a device from the line. In the unlikely event that your phone cau...

Important Safety Instructions 6 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. Do not use this product near water, for example, near a ...

Im portant Caller ID Information 7 IMPORTANT CALLER ID INFORMATION To use Caller ID and Call Waiting, you must be in an area where those services are available and you must subscribe to those services through your local phone company. Where Caller ID is offered, one or more options are generally ava...

Inst alla ti on 8 The base’s location affects the handset’s range. If you have a choice of several locations, try each to see which provides the best performance. Your telephone connects directly to a modular telephone line jack. If your telephone wiring does not have a modular jack, you can update ...

Ins tallation 9 O N A W ALL P LATE OR W ALL To mount the phone directly on a wall, you need two screws (not supplied) with heads that fit into the keyhole slots on the base and the bracket. Drill two holes 3 15 / 16 inches apart. Thread a screw into each hole, letting the heads extend about 1 / 8 in...

Inst alla ti on 10 6. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. And plug the modular cord’s other end into a modular phone line jack. 7. Raise the antenna to a vertical position. S ETTING THE V ISUAL R INGER B RIGHTNESS The VISUAL RINGER switch allows you to set the brightness of the visual ringer...

Ins tallation 11 Recharge the battery pack when Low Battery flashes on the display. Ô When you first use the phone after charging or recharging the battery pack, the phone might not work and you might hear error beeps. If this happens, place the handset on the base to change the digital security cod...

Inst alla ti on 12 C HOOSING THE D IALING M ODE Most phone systems use tone dialing which sends DTMF tones through the phone lines. However, some phone systems (such as those in rural areas) still use pulse dialing. The default setting is tone dialing. Depending on your dialing system, set the mode ...

Operation 13 OPERATION M AKING AND R ECEIVING C ALLS Action Handset On Base Handset Off Base To answer a call Pick up the handset (Auto Talk: On) Ô or pick up the handset and press TALK (Auto Talk: Off). Press TALK, any number, /TONE/ or #/ (Auto Talk: On) or press TALK (Auto Talk: Off). To make a c...

14 Operation A DJUSTING THE R INGER AND E ARPIECE V OLUME Base Ringer On/Off The RINGER switch allows you to set the base ringer on or off. If you set the switch to off, you never hear the base ringer tone. Base Ringer Tone Press the RINGER TONE button in standby mode to select one of 7 ringer tones...

Operation 15 T ONE D IALING S WITCH - OVER Some telephone companies use equipment that requires pulse dialing (sometimes referred to as rotary dialing). If you need to enter tone dialing digits, you can switch-over to tone dialing during the call. For example, entering your bank account number after...

16 Operation F LASH AND C ALL W AITING If you have “Call Waiting” service and a call waiting tone sounds while you are on a call, press FLASH to accept the waiting call. There is a short pause. Then you will hear the new caller. To return to the original caller, press FLASH again. Ô V OICE M AIL W A...

Operation 17 Changing the Auto Talk and CIDCW 1. When the phone is in standby mode, press MENU . 2. Use RING/VOL/+ or RING/VOL/- to move the pointer to the selection that you would like to change. Press SELECT to toggle between ¨ On ¨ and ¨ Off ¨ for Auto Talk and CIDCW. 3. Press MENU and return the...

Memory Di aling 18 2. Press RING/VOL/- three times to select ¨ Language ¨. 3. Press SELECT to toggle between ¨ Eng ¨, ¨ Fr. ¨ and ¨ Esp ¨ for each setting. 4. Press MENU or return the handset to the base unit to complete the setting. The handset returns to the standby mode. MEMORY DIALING S TORING P...

Mem o ry Dialing 19 • Use #/ and /TONE/ to move the cursor to the desired location. • Use DEL/CH to delete characters as needed. • Press and hold DEL/CH to delete all the characters. • If a name is not required, go to step 6. 6. Press SELECT . ¨ Store Number ¨ is displayed. The cursor flashes indica...

Memory Di aling 20 S TEPS FOR E NTERING N AMES AND S PECIAL C HARACTERS Refer to the letters on the number keys to select the desired characters. With each press of a numeric key, the displayed character appears in the following order: Upper case letters first, lower case letters next and finally th...

Mem o ry Dialing 21 To continue to store the telephone number, proceed to step 7 on “Storing Phone Numbers and Names” on page 19. If you make a mistake while entering a name Use /TONE/ or #/ to move the cursor to the incorrect character. Press DEL/CH to erase the wrong character. Then enter the corr...

Memory Di aling 22 C HAIN D IALING The memory locations on the handset are not limited to phone numbers. You can also store a group of numbers (up to 20 digits) that you need to enter once your call connects. This is referred to as Chain Dialing. An example of this is a bank account number. Once you...

Mem o ry Dialing 23 6. Press SELECT . The cursor flashes indicating that the display is ready for the number to be edited. 7. Use the number key, /TONE/ , #/ , REDIAL or DEL/CH to edit the phone number. The phone number cannot exceed 20 digits. If you don’t want to change the phone number, skip this...

Memory Di aling 24 7. Press RING/VOL/+ to move the pointer to ¨ Yes ¨. 8. Press SELECT . You hear a confirmation tone. 9. After about two seconds, the display returns to the Select Memory screen. You may delete the information in another memory location (return to step 2) or press MEM to return to t...

Mem o ry Dialing 25 2. Store the number by following step 7 under “Storing Phone Numbers and Names” on page 19. 3. Press SELECT . You hear a confirmation tone. Memory storage is complete. M AKING C ALLS WITH THE E MERGENCY D IAL When the phone is in the standby mode, simply press Emergency Dial ( )....

Cal ler I D 26 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 the phone number of the incoming call, the name...

Cal ler I D 27 2. When you pick up the phone, the display changes to ¨ Talk ¨. (Auto Talk feature 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 . The summary screen appears. The screen s...

Cal ler I D 28 Deleting all Caller ID Names/Numbers 1. Press CID . 2. Press DEL/CH . 3. Press RING/VOL/+ to select ¨ Yes ¨. 4. Press SELECT . A tone sounds and all stored Caller ID messages are deleted. U SING THE C ALLER ID L IST Calling a Party from the Caller ID List You can place a call from the...

Additional In form ation 29 Select the phone number to be stored from the Caller ID list by pressing RING/VOL/+ or RING/VOL/- . 2. Press MEM . 3. Press RING/VOL/+ or RING/VOL/- or enter a number ( 0 - 9 ) to select the memory location to be stored. 4. Press SELECT . Ô You hear a confirmation tone, a...

30 Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING If your phone is not performing to your expectations, please try these simple steps first Problem Solution The CHARGE/IN USE indicator won’t illuminate when the handset is placed on the base. • Make sure the AC adapter is plugged into the base and wall outlet. • Ma...

Car e 31 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 the phone to your local RadioShack store for assistance. CARE Keep the phone dry; if it gets wet, wipe it dr...

43-3577 UCZZ01433ZZ 02A04 Printed in China RadioShack CorporationFort Worth, Texas 76102 Limited One-Year Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material andworkmanship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from RadioShackcompany-owned...