Summary of Contents for Radio Shack HandsfreePhone withCallerID/CallWaiting
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Owner’s Manual Please read before using this equipment.
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Caller unit records each caller’s telephone number (and name, if available in your area) and the date and time of the call, as provided by your lo- cal phone company to Caller ID service subscribers.
This telephone has been tested and found to comply with all appli- cable ETL and FCC standards. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain or moisture. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
There may be a remote risk of electrical shock from light- ning. • Do not use the telephone to report a gas leak in the vicin- ity of the leak. • Use only the batteries indi- cated in this manual.
CONNECTING TO THE PHONE LINE Your telephone connects directly to a modular phone line jack. If your phone line jack is not a mod- ular jack, you can update the wir- ing yourself, using jacks and...
RadioShack store. Or, you can let the telephone company update the wiring for you. The USOC number of the jack to be installed is RJ11C, or RJ11W for a wall plate jack. Plug one end of the supplied short modular cord into the jack on the top of the phone.
Leave PULSE/TONE . If the dial tone contin- TONE ues, you have pulse service. PULSE/TONE PULSE 5. Press to hang up. TALK SETTING THE RINGER VOLUME You can select one of two volume settings. Set on the top RINGER H/L of the phone to the desired ringer setting (high or low).
Services on a Pulse Line” on Page 11) and pause entries (see “Entering a Pause”). ENTERING A PAUSE In some telephone systems, you must dial an access code (9, for example) and wait for a second dial tone before you can dial an outside number.
USING TONE SERVICES ON A PULSE LINE Some special services require tone signals (such as bank-by- phone). If you have pulse dialing, you can still use these special tone services by following these steps. 1. Be sure is set to PULSE/TONE PULSE ˆ...
Repeatedly press to scroll through the Caller ID records from the oldest to the newest, or scroll back through the records. When you scroll past the last or first record, END OF LIST pears, then the first or last record. The top line of each record shows the following information: •...
DIALING NUMBERS FROM A CALLER ID RECORD To dial a number stored in a Call- er ID record, recall the record, then press CALL BACK/FLASH PRESS TALK appears. If the area code of the received call is the same as the one you stored in the phone, the record does not show the area code.
ˆ Troubleshooting We do not expect you to have any problems with your phone, but if you do, the following suggestions might help. Problem The phone does not work or works poorly. Volume drops or you hear Someone has picked up another phone on the unusual sounds.
LIGHTNING Your telephone has built-in pro- tection circuits to reduce the risk of damage from surges in tele- phone line and power line current. These protection circuits meet or exceed the FCC requirements.
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However, lightning striking the telephone or power lines can damage your telephone. Lightning damage is not common. Nevertheless, if you live in an area that has severe electrical storms, we suggest that you unplug your phone when storms approach to reduce the possibility of damage.