RadioShack 5.8 GHz Multi-Handset Expandable Cordless Telephone with Digital Answerer - Manuals

Imp o rta n t Safe ty In stru ctio n s 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...

Im port ant Caller I D I n fo rm at ion 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 genera...

In s ta lla ti o n 8 INSTALLATION Before using your phone, carefully peel the protective film off the display. The film protects the handset window during shipment and is not necessary for use. S ELECTING A L OCATION You can place the phone’s base on a desk or table, or mount it on a standard wall p...

In s ta lla ti o n 9 Your telephone connects directly to a modular telephone line jack. If your telephone wiring does not have a modular jack, you can update the wiring yourself using jacks and adapters (available at your local RadioShack store), or have the telephone company update the wiring for y...

In s ta lla ti o n 10 On a Wall Plate or Wall 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. Drill two holes 3 15 / 16 inches apart. Thread a screw into each hole, letting the heads extend about 1 / 8 inch. 1. Route t...

In s ta lla ti o n 11 1. Press down and slide off the battery compartment cover. 2. Lift the battery pack out of the compartment. 3. Plug the battery pack’s connector into the socket in the compartment (the connector fits only one way), then place the battery pack in the compartment. 4. Replace the ...

In s ta lla ti o n 12 • The supplied battery pack should last for about a year. If the battery pack does not hold a charge for more than 2 hours after an overnight charge, replace it with a new 3.6-volt, 800 mAh battery pack with a connector that fits the socket in the battery compartment. You can o...

D is p la y and I c ons 13 DISPLAY AND ICONS Example of the standby mode display • Handset • Base * appears if you have a new message.appears if you turn your answering system off. ** appears when the message storage is full.appears if you set your answering system to announce only. 5 7 0 # * C P F ...

Display and Ic ons 14 A NIMATION D ISPLAYS (H ANDSET O NLY ) The handsets have a variety of animation displays. Below are examples of the animation screens and what they mean: Turning on the phone Hanging up the phone Confirmation (Done!) Deleting (Deleted!) Making a call Find Handset/Paging the Han...

S o ft K e y Fu n c ti o n 15 SOFT KEY FUNCTION “Soft” keys are keys that change functions while you operate your phone. There are three soft keys on the base and three on each handset. Soft Keys allow you to: • Access the main menu • Set up CIDCW options • Store or edit phone numbers • Access store...

M a in M enu O p tio n s 16 MAIN MENU OPTIONS Your phone has seven main menu options: DirectLink Mode , Room Monitor , Handset Setup , Base Setup , Answ . Setup , Global Setup and Deregister HS . Ô D EFAULT S ETTINGS The default settings set from the factory match the features that most people use. ...

S e tti n g M e n u Op ti o n s 17 SETTING MENU OPTIONS U SING THE I NTERFACE Below are some tips for using the software interface on your phone. • Press the MENU soft key to access the main menu. • Use VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ to scroll through options. • Press the OK soft key to make a selection. • ...

S e tting M enu O p tions 18 2. Press the ENTER soft key to enter DirectLink mode. You will hear a confirmation tone, and DirectLink Mode Complete appears. 3. To return to normal mode, press the CANCEL soft key and then the OK soft key, or return the handset to the cradle. Room Monitor This feature ...

S e tti n g M e n u Op ti o n s 19 • Ringers (Flicker, Clatter, Soft Alert, Wake Up, Light Bug, Beep Boop, Tone Board, Chip Chop, Party Clap, Reminder) • Melodies (Beethoven’s Symphony #9 [Beethoven9], For Elise [Elise], We Wish You A Merry Christmas [Merry- Xmas], Home Sweet Home [Hm Swt Hm], Lorri...

S e tting M enu O p tions 20 all incoming calls will have a normal ring tone. Switching to Distinctive On activates all programmed distinctive ring memory locations. 1. Press the MENU soft key. Select the Handset Setup menu, and then the Distinctive Ring submenu. 2. Press VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ to s...

S e tti n g M e n u Op ti o n s 21 Setting the True Banner (Handset Only) True Banner lets you customize the name your handset displays. The name will be displayed on the LCD screen during Standby Mode, Intercom, Intercom Hold, Room Monitor and Copy Phonebook operation. The banner name will be displ...

S e tting M enu O p tions 22 2. Press VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ to adjust the contrast of the LCD (10 levels.) 3. Press the OK soft key. You will hear a confirmation tone. Setting the Key Touch Tone (Handset Only) Key Touch Tone is the tone your keypad makes when keys are pressed. You can turn this ton...

S e tti n g M e n u Op ti o n s 23 Answering System Setup This main menu option allows you to set up the built in answering device. Record a Personal Outgoing Message (Base Only) Record Greeting allows you to record a personal outgoing message (greeting) which the answering system automatically play...

S e tting M enu O p tions 24 2. Once you have recorded a personal greeting, press the CHANGE soft key to choose the greeting. The selected outgoing message is played. Each time you press the CHANGE soft key, the phone switches the outgoing message between the prerecorded and the personal outgoing me...

S e tti n g M e n u Op ti o n s 25 Setting the Record Time Record Time sets the duration for recording the incoming messages. You have three record time options. The options “one minute” or “four minutes” set the duration for recording the incoming messages. “Announce only” answers the call but prev...

S e tti n g M e n u Op ti o n s 27 Setting Day and Time Day & Time sets the day and time of your display. 1. Press the MENU soft key. Select the Global Setup menu, and then the Day & Time submenu option. 2. Press VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ to select the day of the week, and then the soft key. 3....

S e tting M enu O p tions 28 Setting the Area Code If you enter a 3-digit area code number in the “Area Code” option, your local area code does not appear in the Caller ID message. For calls received from outside your local area code, you will see a full 10-digit number. Ô 1. Press the MENU soft key...

S e tti n g M e n u Op ti o n s 29 De-register the Handset (Handset Only) Deregister HS clears the handset’s ID from the main base unit and the base ID from the handset. You will usually only deregister the handset if you are having a problem with your phone. 1. In standby mode, select Deregister HS...

Using Your P hone 30 USING YOUR PHONE M AKING C ALLS From the Handset 1. Remove the handset from the charging cradle. Ô 2. Press TALK/FLASH . 3. Listen for the dial tone. 4. Dial the number. OR 1. Remove the handset from the charging cradle. 2. Dial the number. If pause is required, press the PAUSE ...

Us in g Y our P hone 31 3. Dial the number. 4. When the other party answers, talk into the microphone. Ô R ECEIVING A CALL From the Handset 1. Remove the handset from the charging cradle. (If Auto Talk is on, the phone will automatically answer the call when you pick it up.) Ô 2. Press TALK/FLASH . ...

Using Your P hone 32 C ALL W AITING If you have Call Waiting service and a call waiting tone sounds while you are on a call, press TALK/FLASH on the handset to accept the waiting call. There is a short pause, and then you will hear the new caller. To return to the original caller, press TALK/FLASH o...

Us in g Y our P hone 33 4. To hang up, press END (or SPEAKER on the base). Deleting a Redial Record (Handset Only) 1. With the phone in standby mode, press the REDIAL soft key. 2. Press VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ repeatedly to display the number to be deleted. 3. Press the DELETE soft key. 4. Press VOL/...

Using Your P hone 34 A DJUSTING THE R INGER , E ARPIECE AND S PEAKER V OLUME You can adjust the ringer and earpiece/speaker volume separately. Ô Setting the ringer volume Press the volume up key or volume down key (labelled as VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ ) on the handset or base in standby mode to select...

Us in g Y our P hone 35 D O N OT D ISTURB (DND) The do not disturb feature (DND) allows you to mute the ringer of the base and any registered handsets at the same time. If you have more than one handset, the ringer on all the handsets will be muted. To do this, In the standby mode, press and hold DN...

Using Your P hone 36 T ONE D IALING S WITCH O VER 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. This feature is useful when you need tone dia...

Us in g Y our P hone 37 T HREE -W AY C ONFERENCING The phone permits Three-way conversations between the handset, base, and an outside line. Ô When speaking on the handset 1. Press SPEAKER on the base to initiate the three-way conversation. 2. To hang up, press SPEAKER on the base. The handset will ...

P honebook 38 PHONEBOOK The Phonebook allows you to dial a number using just a few key presses. Your phone stores names/numbers in the phonebook memory location, and you can search names in alphabetical order. You have a total of 100 locations that can be used for the phonebook (including the speed ...

P honebook 39 5. Press the number keypad to enter the phone number (up to 20 digits), press the OK soft key to store the number. Ô 6. Distinctive Ring appears. Press VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ to move the pointer to one of the Distinctive Ring options, and then press the OK soft key. Ô 7. Speed Dial app...

P honebook 40 If you make a mistake while entering a name Use /TONE/< or #/> to move the cursor to the incorrect character.Press the DELETE soft key to erase the wrong character, and then enter the correct character.To delete all characters, press and hold the DELETE soft key. For example, to ...

P honebook 41 2. Press VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ , or the number keypad to scroll through the phonebook locations. Phonebook locations appear in alphabetical order (from first to last when you press VOL/RING/ , from last to first when you press VOL/RING/ ). You can also use letters on the number keys t...

P honebook 42 3. To hang up press END on the handset or SPEAKER on the base. From Talk Mode 1. Press TALK/FLASH or SPEAKER on the handset or SPEAKER on the base. 2. View the phonebook location to dial (see “Viewing the Phonebook” on page 40). 3. Press the DIAL soft key. The number in the displayed p...

P honebook 43 a. Editing the Stored Data 1. When the phonebook location to be edited appears, press the EDIT soft key. Store/Edit Name appears. 2. Follow the steps 3 to 7 under “Storing Phone Numbers, Names, Distinctive Rings, and Speed Dial” on pages 38-39 to complete the editing operation. 3. Pres...

P honebook 44 3. Press VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ , to select the handset or the base to which you want to transfer the phonebook locations and then press the OK soft key. 4. Press VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ to select One Memory or All Memories: and then press the OK soft key. If you select All Memories, Ar...

Caller I D 46 CALLER ID C ALLER ID AND CIDCW (C ALLER ID ON C ALL W AITING ) You must subscribe to Caller ID services through your local telephone provider to use these features. When the telephone rings, the Caller ID feature allows you to view the caller’s name and phone number, along with the dat...

Caller ID 47 2. When you pick up the phone, the display changes to Talk . (AutoTalk feature is set to on.) V IEWING THE C ALLER ID L IST The Caller ID list stores information for incoming calls - even unanswered calls. You can store 100 Caller ID messages and Phonebook locations (including Speed Dia...

Caller I D 48 D ELETING A C ALLER ID M ESSAGE Deleting Information from the Caller ID List 1. When the phone is in standby mode, view the Caller ID information to be deleted (see “Viewing the Caller ID List” on page 47). Ô 2. Press the DELETE soft key Delete Caller ID appears. 3. Press VOL/RING/ or ...

Caller ID 49 2. Press TALK/FLASH or SPEAKER on the handset or SPEAKER on the base. The displayed phone number dials automatically. From Talk mode 1. Press TALK/FLASH or SPEAKER on the handset or SPEAKER on the base. 2. View the Caller ID message you want to dial (see “Viewing the Caller ID List” on ...

Caller I D 50 C ALL W AITING D ELUXE F EATURES Your phone gives you new options for call waiting. At the touch of a button, you can place the caller on hold, send them to your voice mail service, or conference them into your current call. You may be required to subscribe to Call Waiting and Call Wai...

Ex panding Y our Phone 51 EXPANDING YOUR PHONE Ten Multi-Handset Expandability Your phone supports up to ten handsets. You can now place a fully- featured cordless handset anywhere AC power is available to connect the handset charger. ! Up to two handsets can be used for outside and/or intercom call...

Expandi n g Your P hone 52 When Registration Complete is displayed, the handset has been registered to the base. If Registration Failed appears, please try these steps again. U SING THE D IRECT L INK M ODE To use this feature, you must enter the two handsets into the DirectLink mode first. Ô To ente...

Ex panding Y our Phone 53 F OUR -W AY C ONFERENCING A fourth person, at either the handset or the base, may be added to the conference call. For example, to add a fourth party to an ongoing conference call at the base or another handset, press TALK/FLASH on the fourth party’s handset (or SPEAKER on ...

Expandi n g Your P hone 54 On the receiving base, to answer the call, press SPEAKER , the ANSWER soft key or INTERCOM/HOLD . 4. To hang up the intercom call, press END or the END soft key on either handset (or INTERCOM/HOLD or the END soft key on the base). From the base to a handset 1. Press INTERC...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swering Device 57 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...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swer ing Devic e 58 T URNING THE A NSWERING S YSTEM O N /O FF 1. To turn the answering system On, press ANSWER in standby mode. After the announcement “Answering System is on”, the current greeting message will be played and you will hear a confirmation tone. MESSAGE and the n...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swering Device 59 Announce only feature The announce only feature plays a pre-recorded outgoing message or your own personal outgoing message, but it will not allow the caller to leave a message. To set announce only, follow the steps on “Setting the Record Time” on page 25. I...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swer ing Devic e 60 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 waiting for you. The answering system is designed to play your new messages first. After you play all y...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swering Device 61 2. To repeat the current message, press the |<< soft key after a few seconds of beginning the message. To quickly scroll backwards through a message, press and hold the |<< soft key. To repeat the previous message, press the |<< soft key wit...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swer ing Devic e 62 3. Press X PLAY/ STOP at anytime to stop reviewing your messages and return to standby.The message counter shows the number of messages stored in memory. Deleting a message To maintain maximum record time, delete the old messages. Ô 1. Press X PLAY/ STOP to...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swering Device 63 Voice memo The voice memo function allows the user to record messages (more than two seconds and within four minutes). Ô 1. In standby mode, press the RECORD soft key on the base. 2. Press the START soft key. 3. Start your recording after the announcement “Re...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swer ing Devic e 64 Screening a call From the base To screen an incoming call, do the steps as follows: 1. After the answering system answers, the base speaker will let you hear the calls as the machine records the message. To adjust the volume, press VOL/RING/ or VOL/RING/ . ...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swering Device 65 R EMOTE O PERATION You can check, play, or delete messages, even record a new greeting message from a remote location (when you are away from home, or from another room using a handset). Additionally, you can turn On or Off your answering system remotely. Ô R...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swer ing Devic e 66 4. Enter a command within 15 seconds, each command thereafter must be entered within two seconds. You may select a command from the following chart: 5. After the command has finished, you hear intermittent beeps indicating that the system is in the command ...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swering Device 67 Remote access with the handset You can operate your answering system from another room using a handset. Ô 1. Press the soft key on the handset. Remote Answering Machine operation appears on the handset display. The answering system announces the current time ...

T he I n tegrat ed A n swer ing Devic e 68 Remote Key Function 4. After the command has finished, you hear intermittent beeps indicating that the system is in the command waiting mode. You may enter another command at this time from the chart above. 5. When you are finished, press END to exit the sy...

T roub le s hoot ing 69 TROUBLESHOOTING If your phone is not performing to your expectations, please try these simple steps first. Symptom Suggestion The CHARGE LED won’t illuminate when the handset is placed in the cradle. • Make sure the AC adapter is plugged into the base or the charger (if you h...

T roubleshoot in g 70 Unavailable appears in the display. • Make sure that another handset(s) or the base is not in use, and try the phone again. • Make sure that you are not too far from the base. Severe noise interference. • Keep the handset away from microwave ovens, computers, remote control toy...

Ca re 71 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...

Serv ice and Repair 72 SERVICE AND REPAIR If your phone is not performing as it should, take it to your local RadioShack store for assistance. To locate your nearest RadioShack, use the store locator feature on RadioShack’s website (www.radioshack.com), or call 1-800-The Shack (843-7422) and follow ...

Not e about H andset -Bas e Regis trat ion 73 NOTE ABOUT HANDSET-BASE REGISTRATION When you register the handset with the base, unique data is written on both the base and the handset. The handset registered to one base unit cannot be used with another base unit unless the registration data is "...