RadioShack CT-600 - Manual

9 Appears when you have a messagewaiting in your voice mailbox (if yourcellular service supports it). See “Message Waiting” on Page 47. Not used on this phone. 188 Indicates the number of a selectedmenu or memory function. See “Menu Overview” on Page 27 or“Memory Features” on Page 68. Indicates the ...

10 PREPARATION INSTALLING THE BATTERY To install the battery, placethe tabs on the bottom ofthe battery into the slots onthe back of the phone (nearthe bottom). Then move thetop of the battery toward thephone until it locks intoplace. To remove the battery, firstbe sure the phone is turnedoff. Then ...

13 CHARGING THE BATTERY Once you install the battery on the phone, followthese steps to charge or recharge the battery usingthe supplied charger. 1. Insert the charger’s bar- rel plug into the jack onthe back of the sup-plied stand, then set thephone on the stand withthe phone’s keypad fac-ing out. ...

14 • If you use the phone while it is charging, charging takes longer. • If the battery is too hot or cold, charging stops until the battery temperature returns tonormal. • With a new or completely discharged battery, the phone may take up to 45 minutes toshow that charging is in progress. 3. The ba...

15 tery indications, recharge the battery as soon aspossible: • When only a few minutes of talk time remain, the phone sounds a warning tone and displays BATTERY LOW at regular intervals. • When the battery charge level is too low for the phone to operate, the phone displays RE- CHARGE BATTERY and s...

17 BASIC OPERATION TURNING THE PHONE ON AND OFF Note: Extend the antenna fully during a call. Avoidunnecessary contact with the antenna when thephone is turned on. The phone must be turned on before you can makeor answer calls. To turn on the phone, hold down (below and to the bottom left of the dis...

18 2. Press to dial the phone number. The phone displays the number and . When the number disappears and CALL appears, your call has been connected. Notes: • PIN CALL appears if PIN code dialing is set to ON (see “PIN Code Dialing” on Page 62).Press again after you hear the prompt to send your PIN c...

19 The vertical bar on the left of your phone’sdisplay shows the strength of the cellularsignal your phone is receiving. The higherthe bar, the stronger the signal. If the signal strength is low, try moving toa different location. If you are using thephone in a building, try moving closer to awindow...

21 Hint: To quickly store the displayed caller’s number(if available) into the first empty speed-dial memory,press twice (see “Using Number Quick Store” on Page 70). ADJUSTING THE VOLUME To increase or decrease the earpiece volume duringa call, press (to increase) or (to decrease). Your phone displa...

22 Note: Pressing to end a call also turns the mi- crophone back on. MAKING EMERGENCY CALLS The primary local emergency number (such as 911)is programmed into your phone at the time of activa-tion. To prevent unwanted emergency calls, howev-er, your phone’s one-touch emergency dialingfeature is pres...

23 • One-touch emergency dialing does not operate if keyguard is turned on (see “Turning KeyguardOn/Off” on Page 38) or if one-touch emergencydialing is turned off. Important: When you make an emergency call,give your name and cellular phone number, as wellas the location of the incident. Remember t...

24 Select RECEIVED CALLS to view the phone numbers of the calls you received. Select MISSED CALLS to view the phone numbers of the calls you missed. 3. Press or to scroll through the numbers. Notes: • NO NUMBERS appears if the selected list is empty. • If a number matches a number in one of the memo...

25 Clearing the Call Log Follow these steps to clear all numbers in the DialedCalls, Received Calls, and Missed Calls lists fromyour phone. 1. Press then or until you see CALL LOG . Press . 2. Press or until you see ERASE ALL RE- CENT CALLS , press again. 3. The phone prompts ARE YOU SURE? . Press t...

27 MENU OVERVIEW This section lists your phone’s menu functions, theshortcut keys (if any) you can use to access thefunctions, and the pages in this manual where youcan find full descriptions of the functions. To select a specific menu function , press that func- tion’s shortcut keys (if any). To sc...

28 Call Log Contains recent call information — Last number dialed Displays the dialed call numbers 25 Last received number Displays the received call num-bers (with calling line ID) 25 Last number missed Displays the missed call num-bers 25 ARE YOU SURE? Clears the call log 25 CALLTIMERS Displays th...

29 CLEARTIMERS Resets the timers (except life timer) 49 PHONE SETTINGS — SilentRingRing+VibraIncreasingVibrate Select ring options 52 ONOFF Select the automatic redial set-ting 54 Level N Selects the ringing volume 54 Type N Selects the ringing tone 53 Level N Display and select the keypad tone volu...

32 SECURITY FEATURES USING YOUR SECURITY CODE You use your security code to access all securitysettings (such as changing the lock code and securi-ty code). The security code prevents unauthorizedchanges to your confidential settings. The phone’sdefault security code is 12345. To change your securit...

33 CHANGING THE LOCK CODE At the time of activation, your phone is programmedwith, and you were given, a 4-digit lock code whichis required to lock your phone and change the set-tings of some menu functions (such as the call re-striction level and calling card dialing). The phone’sdefault lock code ...

34 LOCKING YOUR PHONE When you lock your phone, you can receive incom-ing calls as usual but you cannot make outgoingcalls, except to the number stored in memory loca-tion 75 (see “Storing a Number and Name in Memo-ry” on Page 68) and the emergency numberprogrammed into your phone (memory location 9...

35 call the emergency number, dial the entire emergen-cy number then press . SELECTING A CALL RESTRICTION LEVEL Your phone is preset to let you (or anyone else) dialany type of number (local or long distance) and free-ly access any information stored in its memory. Toprevent unauthorized use of your...

38 TURNING ONE-TOUCH EMERGENCY DIALING ON/OFF One-touch emergency dialing lets you call the pri-mary emergency number programmed into yourphone by holding down for about 2 seconds. One-touch emergency dialing is preset to OFF. Toturn it on or back off at any time, follow these steps. 1. Press then o...

40 CELLULAR SYSTEMS SELECTING THE ACTIVE PHONE NUMBER Every cellular telephone has at least one NAM(Number Assignment Module), which is used tostore its phone number. Your phone has two NAMS. If you subscribe to twocellular services (for example, competitive cellularsystems in your area or cellular ...

41 Notes: • You cannot change the active number during a call. If you try to, the phone displays CALL IN PROGRESS and exits the menu. • If you want to receive calls on both numbers at the same time and you subscribe to call for- warding through your cellular service providers,you can set both number...

42 Notes: • Using the phone in a city where you do not sub- scribe to a cellular service is referred to as roaming . See “Roaming” on Page 45. • The designation (A or B) that appears with the setting is based on the selected phone num-ber’s NAM. • Usually, it is less expensive to use the same provid...

43 your phone will use only networks of the same type(A or B) as your home system. NON-PREFERRED — Use this setting if you wantyour phone to use a network that is of a differenttype than your home system. ANY — Use this setting if you want the phone to use either Provider A or Provider B. The phone ...

46 SPECIAL PHONE SERVICES Calling Line ID If you subscribe to calling line identification servicewith your cellular carrier, your phone is preset to au-tomatically display the caller’s phone number orname (if available) each time it receives a call. If youstored the caller’s phone number with a name...

47 If you do not answer the incoming call, the displayclears after 20 seconds and the number appears onthe Missed Calls List. To clear the display withoutanswering the call, press any key except , , or . Message Waiting If you subscribe to voice mail service with your cellu-lar carrier, calls you do...

48 Other Services Your cellular service provider might offer other spe-cial options that let you receive or make a secondcall or conference two calls together using . Contact your cellular carrier for details about thesespecial services or billing. S E ND 17-1105.fm Page 48 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 ...

49 SPECIAL FEATURES CALL TIMERS Your phone has three call timers that let you checkthe length of your calls in hours, minutes, and sec-onds (for example, 04:32:57 equals 4 hours, 32 min-utes, and 57 seconds). You can view the timers atany time (even during a call), and you can reset allbut one. Foll...

50 phone numbers. This number cannot be reset.You can also view the Life Timer at any time byholding down for about 4 seconds. CLEAR TIMERS — Resets all call timers, ex- cept for the Life Timer. 4. To clear the timers, press when the phone displays CLEAR TIMERS . The phone prompts you to enter your ...

51 2. Press or until you see LIGHTS and the current setting. Press if you want to change it. Or, press or to exit the menu. LIGHTS ON means the lights turn on for 15 seconds when you press a key or receive a call. LIGHTS OFF means the lights do not turn on at all, except if silent ringing or vibrate...

52 3. Press or to move the pointer to Off or ON . As you scroll through the settings, the tone volume changes so you can sample it. Press to select it. Notes: • Your phone sends touch tones even when the keypad tones are turned off. • Your phone automatically turns off the keypad tones if you select...

53 Notes: • If you select silent service or vibrate, the phone displays SILENT when there is no call in progress and when you are not using anotherfunction. • To use the Ring+Vibra or Vibrate settings, you must use the supplied vibrating battery (Ra-dioShack Cat. No. 23-1024). RINGING TONE Follow th...

54 RING VOLUME Follow these steps to view and hear the current ringvolume setting or select one of five different ring vol-umes for the phone. 1. Press then or until you see PHONE SETTINGS . Press . 2. Press or until you see RINGING VOL- UME and the current setting. Press if you want to change it. O...

57 0 +Phone No. +Card No. — Use for cards that require you to enter 0, then the phone num-ber after you hear a tone, then a card numberafter another tone. 6. The phone then prompts you for other card in- formation, which might include (depending onthe dialing sequence option you selected): SE- LECT ...

59 USING TOUCH-TONE SERVICES To use your cellular phone to control answering ma-chines and special telephone services (such asbank-by-phone or voicemail), simply press the ap-propriate numbers using your phone’s keypad afterthe service answers. Or, you can store the service’s command sequencein a sp...

60 Adding a Wait If you do not know in advance how long you mustwait before sending additional commands, insert await in your sequence by pressing at the appropriate place. The phone displays w . When you send the sequence, the phone waits for you to press before it sends the rest of the stored sequ...

62 PIN CODE DIALING For security, some cellular service carriers requireyou to dial a personal identification number (PIN) inaddition to the phone number each time you place acall. This is sometimes referred to as “PIN code dial-ing.” Notes: • This service is not required (or available) on all netwo...

64 code dialing is set to ON), PIN CALL appears, but the call is connected without pressing the second time. REMINDER MESSAGE You can store a reminder message to appear thenext time you turn on your phone (it will appear onlyonce). Follow these steps to store a reminder mes-sage. 1. Press and enter ...

65 CHANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE Your phone is preset to display its menus and mes-sages in English, but you can set it to use English,French, Spanish, or Portuguese. Follow these stepsto view the currently selected language and changeit. 1. Press then or until you see PHONE SETTINGS . Press . 2. Pr...

68 MEMORY FEATURES STORING A NUMBER AND NAME IN MEMORY Your phone has 75 speed-dial memory locations.Each location can hold a number of up to 32 digits,and a name of up to 30 characters long. Memory lo-cations 1–8 are used for one-touch speed dialing.Memory location 9 contains the preprogrammedemerg...

70 appears briefly. Press and store the infor- mation in a different memory location. Using Number Quick Store 1. To quickly store a phone number in the first un- used speed-dial memory location, enter thephone number and press . 2. When SAVE IN LOCATION? appears, press . The phone stores the number...

71 MEMORY SCROLLING To scroll forward or backward through all names ornumbers stored in memory (beginning with the first or last memory location), repeatedly press (for- ward) or (backward). The phone displays the stored phone number and its corresponding memo-ry number. To begin scrolling from a sp...

74 Note: Erase functions cannot be undone, so becareful! 4. If you selected One by one , enter the name or memory location number to be erased or press or to scroll through the list. Note: If you have stored phone numbers with-out corresponding names, press to view the phone numbers. If you selected...

75 2. When SAVE IN LOCATION? appears, press # to choose the scratchpad memory, then press . To recall the scratchpad memory , press then or . (If the scratchpad memory is empty, the phone displays LOCATION EMPTY .) To dial the number stored in scratchpad memory , recall it, then press . To quickly c...

76 ACCESSORIES A new, extensive range of accessories is availablefor your phone through your local RadioShack store.You can select the accessories that best meet yourneeds. Important: Use only accessories approved by thephone manufacturer. Using any other type invali-dates any approval or warranty a...

77 SAFETY INFORMATION TRAFFIC SAFETY • Do not use a handheld phone while driving a vehicle. If using a handheld phone, park the ve-hicle before taking or making a call. • Always secure the phone in its holder; do not place the phone on the passenger seat orwhere it can break loose in a collision or ...

79 be dangerous to the operation of the aircraft,disrupts the cellular networks, and is illegal. Failure to observe these instructions could lead tosuspension or denial of cellular telephone services,legal action, or both. EMERGENCY CALLS IMPORTANT! This phone, like any cellular phone,operates using...

80 FCC REGULATIONS A cellular phone might cause TV or radio interfer-ence, even when it is operating normally. The FCCcan require you to stop using your cellular phone ifyou cannot eliminate the interference. If you requireassistance, contact your local RadioShack store. This device complies with Pa...

81 TROUBLESHOOTING If the power does not come on or stay on: • Make sure the battery is properly installed and charged. • Be sure the contacts on the battery and the charging stand are clean. If they are not, cleanthem with a soft cloth or pencil eraser. • The battery charge might be too low for ope...

82 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your RadioShack CT-600 Lightweight Flip-Style 75-Memory Cellular Phone is an example of superiordesign and craftsmanship and should be treatedwith care. These suggestions allow you to enjoy thisphone for many years. • Keep the phone and all its parts and accesso- ries out of ...

84 SPECIFICATIONS Dimensions (HWD) ........... 6 9 / 16 × 1 7 / 8 × 1 5 / 16 Inches (16.6 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm) Weight (with Supplied Battery) ...................... 6.7 oz (190 g) Transmitting Power .............. 0.6 W (+2 dB –4 dB) Operating Voltage ...................................... 3.6V DC 12V DC...

85 NOTES 17-1105.fm Page 85 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 11:06 AM

RadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 1/98 Printed in Canada Limited One-Year Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturingdefects in material and workmanship under normal use for one (1)year from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-owne...

88 (Continued) This warranty does not cover: (a) damage or failure caused by or attributable to acts of God, abuse, accident, misuse,improper or abnormal usage, failure to follow instructions, improperinstallation or maintenance, alteration, lightning or other incidenceof excess voltage or current; ...