RadioShack CT-502 - Manual

7 6. Function Keys — Recalls numbers stored in memory. — Removes characters or clears functions. — Ends a call or exits the functions menu. — Places or answers calls. — Accesses the memory or functions menu. — Selects functions. — Stores to memory; turns on functions. — Turns the phone on and off. 7...

8 NoSvc (No Service) Indicator Flashes or lights steadily if thephone is beyond the range of thecellular service area, meaningcalls cannot be made or re-ceived. See “Signal Strength/Ser- vice Area” on Page 14 . Roam Indicator Flashes or lights steadily if thephone is accessing a servicearea outside ...

9 USING THE BATTERY Warning: A detached battery could cause property damage,injury, or burns if a metal object (such as a pen spring, bead-ed chain, or piece of jewelry) contacts the battery’s terminalsand causes a short circuit. Be careful when placing a chargedbattery inside a coat pocket, purse, ...

10 To remove the battery , be sure the phone is turned off, then press the latch at the top of the battery and slide the batterytoward the bottom of the phone until it stops. Then lift the bat-tery off the phone. Note: If you have an extra charged battery and the currentlyinstalled battery becomes l...

11 Notes: • You can use the phone while it is charging, but charg- ing takes longer. • For the fastest charging, be sure the phone is turned off during charging, if you are not expecting a call. • If the phone is on when you connect the charger, the phone beeps once and the keypad backlight remainso...

13 IMPORTANT BATTERY TIPS • Use only the supplied charger and use only batteries designed for this phone. • You can purchase additional standard or extended capacity batteries through your local RadioShack store. • When you are not using the charger, disconnect it from power. Do not leave the batter...

14 BASIC OPERATION TURNING THE PHONE ON/OFF To turn on the phone , flip down the cover then press . The phone performs a short self test and sounds a tone or vi-brates (see “Changing the Alert Type” on Page 29), then thesignal strength meter appears (see “Signal Strength/ServiceArea”) and the keypad...

15 • You can disable the signal strength meter so it does not appear. See “Turning the Signal Strength Meter Off/On”on Page 26. If the NoSvc indicator (above the display) turns on, the phoneis outside the cellular service area and you cannot make orreceive calls until you reach an area with service ...

16 System Busy Message In addition to the normal busy signal you hear when a num-ber you call is busy, your phone sounds tones and displays amessage to indicate other situations when it cannot completea call. When either of these conditions occur, you can press again to redial the number immediately...

17 • To set your phone so you can answer a call by pressing keys other than just , see “Using Multiple Key Answer” on Page 32. • If you subscribe to calling line ID service through your cellular carrier, you can view the calling party’s phonenumber on the phone’s display. See “Viewing/RecallingMessa...

18 ADJUSTING THE VOLUME Adjusting the Earpiece Volume To increase or decrease the earpiece volume during a call,repeatedly press the top (increase) or bottom (decrease) vol-ume button on the side of the phone. Each time you press thebutton, the volume meter appears on the display for about 8seconds....

19 To turn the microphone on again, press again so Mute disappears. Hint: To help you remember which key to use, note that “M”(for mute) appears on the key. Note: Pressing to end a call also turns the microphone back on. MAKING EMERGENCY CALLS Your phone is preprogrammed to let you dial your local e...

20 • Emergcy does not appear if the emergency display function is turned off (see “Turning the Emergency Dis-play Off/On” on Page 33). REDIALING NUMBERS Using Last Ten Number Redial Your phone constantly stores the last 10 phone numbers youcalled. To recall and redial one of those 10 numbers, follow...

21 If the call cannot be completed within 4 minutes (and Snd to Redial appears again), you can press again to repeat the redial cycle or to end the call. DISPLAYING NUMBERS Your Phone Number To display your phone number at any time (even while a callis in progress), simply press . Notes: • If you ha...

22 MENU FUNCTIONS OVERVIEW Turning a Function On/Off Follow these steps to turn any of your phone’s special func-tions on or off. For a complete description of any function,see the section that describes that function. The page num-bers of each of the sections are listed in “Menu FunctionsList” on P...

23 Function Status Quick-Review Several commonly used functions on your phone (such asthe message reminder tone and emergency dialing) are pre-set to “on” so you can begin using them immediately; howev-er, you can turn any function on or off. Follow these steps toquickly review the names of those fu...

24 Menu Functions List Display Shows Function Description and Default Setting See Page Signal Mtr Turns off/on the signal strength meter On 26 One Min Timr Sets the phone to sound a tone once each minute during a call Off 26 Indiv Timr Sets the call timer to dis-play automatically during a call Off ...

26 USING THE MENU FUNCTIONS Turning the Signal Strength Meter Off/On Your phone is preset to display the signal strength metereach time you turn on the phone, clear the display, or make acall; however, you can set the phone so it does not displaythe meter. Follow these steps to turn the signal stren...

28 3. Press so Off appears or so On appears. 4. Press to exit the functions menu. Notes: • In order to send DTMF tones when you use special phone services (such as bank by phone), you must dis-able the silent scratchpad function before you place thecall, or (if silent scratchpad is on) press after y...

29 4. Press the number keys ( – ) on the phone’s key- pad to hear the various ringer styles (or repeatedly press or to scroll backward or forward and hear each of them). 5. When you hear the ringer style you want to use, press to select it. The phone displays Ringer n Set (where n is the number of t...

30 • If the call screening function is turned on, your phone sounds a different alert tone or number of vibrations. See“Using Call Screening” on Page 34. Follow these steps to change the alert type. 1. Press . 2. Repeatedly press or until Ring Or Vib Sel flashes, then press to enter the change mode....

31 3. Press so Off appears or so On appears. 4. Press to exit the functions menu. Note: Regardless of the silent keypad setting, unless youturn on the silent scratchpad function (see “Using SilentScratchpad” on Page 27), the other party on the line hearstones if you press the keys during a call. Usi...

32 Using Multiple Key Answer Your phone is preset to answer an incoming call only whenyou press ; however, you can set the phone to answer a call when you press any of these keys after the first ring (orvibration): , any number key ( – ), or either vol- ume button. Follow these steps to turn multipl...

34 Using Call Screening The call screening function lets you set your phone so Call appears and the phone sounds several unique beeps (or vi-brates) when it receives a call, but you cannot answer thecall. The caller receives the standard “not in service” mes-sage that they would normally hear when y...

35 Turning the Message Reminder Tones Off/On If your cellular carrier offers a special messaging service, andyou subscribe to that service, your phone is preset to beepevery 2 minutes until you read all new messages, but you canturn off the tones. Note: If you do not subscribe to a messaging service...

36 USING MEMORY Your phone has 50 speed-dial memory locations that caneach hold a phone number (up to 32 digits) and a name (upto 14 characters, including spaces). STORING SPEED DIAL NUMBERS Note: If you are unable to complete Steps 1 and 2 within 8seconds, the display goes blank to conserve battery...

37 For example, to enter the letter Y, press three times (since the letter Y is third in the series of letters on thatkey). Notes: • To store a space, press twice (without entering a letter). • To enter the letter Q (even though it is not printed on the key), press twice. The other letters (P, R, an...

38 Storing Speed Dial Numbers in Blocks To help you organize and easily recall information, you canstore speed dial numbers in “blocks,” so numbers with similarcharacteristics (such as family, friends, services, and so on)are stored together. The memory blocks in your phone are divided this way: To ...

40 MEMORY SCROLLING/DIALING Scrolling by Name (Alphabetical Order) Your phone stores names in alphabetical order, based on thefirst few characters of the name. Follow these steps to scrollthrough memory by name. 1. Press . The phone displays the first name in mem- ory. Notes: • If no names are store...

43 CLEARING A MEMORY With a name and number — Follow these steps to clear a memory that has a name and phone number (or only a name)stored in it. 1. Press to display the first name stored in memory, then repeatedly press until the name you want to clear appears. 2. Press . Clear? appears. 3. To clea...

44 USING SCRATCHPAD MEMORY Your phone’s scratchpad memory lets you temporarily store atelephone number on the display during a call. This is handy,for example, when someone gives you a number during a calland you don’t have a place to write it down. To store a number in the scratchpad memory during ...

45 SECURITY FEATURES LOCKING YOUR PHONE To prevent unauthorized use of your phone, you can enter a3-digit code to lock your phone at any time (see “Using Manu-al Lock”). For added convenience, you can also set thephone to automatically lock every time you turn it on (see“Using Automatic Lock” on Pag...

47 2. Enter the 6-digit security code. 3. Enter the new 3-digit lock code you want to use. 4. Press . The phone displays Changed To and the new lock code. 5. Press to clear the lock code message from the dis- play. Displaying the Lock Code If you change your lock code then forget it, you can use you...

48 USING SERVICE RESTRICTIONS Your phone is preset to let you (or anyone else) dial any typeof number (local or long distance) and freely access any in-formation stored in its memory. To prevent unauthorized useof your phone, however, you can enter your phone’s presetsecurity code (000000) and set a...

49 Follow these steps to change the service restriction level onyour phone. Note: The phone’s display does not change (no charactersappear when you press the keys) until you press in Step 4. 1. Press . 2. Enter the 6-digit security code. 3. Enter the service level (1–6) you want to use. 4. Press . T...

50 OTHER FEATURES USING THE MESSAGING FUNCTIONS Some cellular systems provide services that can send up tothree different types of messages to your phone, includingcalling line ID, voice mail notification, and short (alphanumer-ic) messages. Your phone is preprogrammed to work withthese services. No...

51 Notes: • If the message stack is full (20 messages are currently stored) and the phone receives a new message, it auto-matically stores the new message and deletes the oldestmessage in the stack. • Your phone does not receive messages while it is turned off. Contact your cellular carrier to find ...

52 2. To view another message, repeatedly press (to scroll backwards) or (to scroll forwards) until that message appears. 3. When you finish, press to exit the message func- tion. Deleting Messages To delete an individual message , recall that message, then hold down until the phone displays Deleted...

53 USING THE CALL TIMERS Your phone has three call timers that let you check the lengthof your calls (“air time”): • Individual call timer — times each call you make or answer in minutes and seconds, and automaticallyresets each time you make or answer a call or turn offthe phone. See “Displaying th...

54 If you press during a call, the air time of the call flashes on the display until you clear the display or endthe call. Note: To set your phone so it displays the individual call timerautomatically, see “Turning the Automatic Call Timer On/Off”on Page 27. Using the Resettable Call Timer The reset...

58 Displaying the Currently Selected System Type To display the system type currently selected on your phone,press . The currently selected system type (such as Std BA ) appears for about 8 seconds. To clear the display sooner, press . Selecting the Cellular System Type Note: If you are unable to co...

59 ROAMING In some areas, the cellular system’s computer automaticallyrecognizes roaming telephones. In other areas, you mustcontact the service provider before it can recognize yourphone. The operator needs to know your telephone number,your phone’s ESN (Electronic Serial Number), and how youplan t...

61 USING TOUCH-TONE SERVICES To use your cellular phone to control answering machinesand special telephone services (such as bank-by-phone orvoicemail), simply enter touch-tone commands using yourphone’s keypad after the service answers (and when prompt-ed). Note: If the silent scratchpad function i...

62 CALLING CARD DIALING To use your cellular phone to dial long distance numbers witha calling card number, you can simply dial as you usuallywould (for example, dial 0 and the telephone number thenpress , then enter your calling card number when you hear the prompt). For convenience, your phone let...

63 6. Within 8 seconds, press then enter the 2-digit mem- ory location number (01–50) where you want to store thecard sequence, or press to automatically select the first unused memory location. Alpha or STO appears to prompt you for the next step. Note: If you are unable to complete this step withi...

64 RESETTING THE PHONE USING MASTER RESET Master reset lets you enter the phone’s preset security code(000000) and reset all of the phone’s special functions to theirdefault settings (see “Menu Functions List” on Page 24), butit does not clear any information you stored in memory. Follow these steps...

65 USING MASTER CLEAR Master clear lets you enter the preset security code (000000)to do the following: • Reset all of the phone’s special functions to their default settings (see “Menu Functions List” on Page 24) • Delete all information stored in memory • Clear the resettable call timer Follow the...

66 TROUBLESHOOTING If the phone’s power does not come on or stay on: • Make sure the battery is properly installed and charged. • Be sure that the contacts on the battery are clean. If they are not, clean them with a soft cloth or pencil eraser. • The battery charge might be too low for operation. C...

67 SAFETY INFORMATION TRAFFIC SAFETY • Do not use a handheld phone while driving a vehicle. If using a handheld phone, park the vehicle before takingor making a call. • Always secure the phone in its holder; do not place the phone on the passenger seat or where it can break loosein a collision or su...

68 • Do not store or carry flammable liquids, gases, or explo- sive materials in the same compartment as a cellularphone or any of its parts or accessories. • Only qualified personnel should install or service the phone in a vehicle. Faulty installation or service might bedangerous and could invalid...

69 You might not be able to make emergency calls on all cellularphone networks or when certain network services or phonefeatures are set. Check with your local service providers. FCC REGULATIONS A cellular phone might cause TV or radio interference, evenwhen it is operating properly. The FCC can req...

70 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your RadioShack CT-502 Flip-Style Handheld Cellular Tele-phone with Silent Vibrating Alert is an example of superiordesign and craftsmanship. The following suggestions willhelp you care for your phone so you can enjoy it for years. • Keep the phone and all of its parts and ac...

71 SPECIFICATIONS Dimensions: ...................................... 5 5 / 8 × 2 3 / 8 × 1 3 / 8 Inches Weight (with Supplied Battery): ................................... 7.7 oz (218 g) Transmitting Power: ................................. 0.6W + 2dB – 4dB Operating Voltage: ..........................

73 DISPLAY MESSAGE GLOSSARY Message Description See Page(s) NN’ Memory scrolling is active (where NN is the memory number) 40 o Shows a pause stored in memory 61 Alpha or STO Prompts you to press the “alpha” keys or 36 Auto Ansr Automatic answer 31 Auto Lock Automatic lock 46 A1 Two-system operation...