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Radio Shack 43-5560 Owner's Manual

Radio Shack 43-5560 Owner's Manual

5.8 ghz multi-handset expandable cordless telephone with call waiting / caller id
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5.8 GHz Multi-Handset Expandable
Cordless Telephone
with Call Waiting / Caller ID
43-5560
Hearing-Aid Compatible — Enables use of the phone
with hearing aids that have a T (telephone) switch.
Ample Talk and Standby Time — The supplied battery
(when fully charged) provides about five hours of talk
time or seven days of standby time.
Distinctive Ring — Allows you to assign a distinctive
ringer to certain memory locations. When an incoming
call is received and the Caller ID information matches the
information in one of the memory locations, the
distinctive ring that has been stored for that particular
caller sounds. (See "Distinctive Ringer Setup" on
page 18)
Speakerphone — lets you conduct a hands-free
conversation using the handset speaker. (See "Making
and Receiving Calls" on page 25)
Convenient Extension Placement — lets you place
accessory handsets (up to ten total) anywhere you have
an AC outlet, regardless of phone jack location.
Call Waiting/Caller ID — lets you answer a call even
when you're on the phone and see who's calling before
you answer.
DirectLink Mode — lets you use two handsets like
walkie-talkies, even if you are away from base unit. (See
"Using the DirectLink Mode" on page 44)
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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5.8 GHz Multi-Handset Expandable Cordless Telephone with Call Waiting / Caller ID 43-5560 Hearing-Aid Compatible — Enables use of the phone with hearing aids that have a T (telephone) switch. Ample Talk and Standby Time — The supplied battery (when fully charged) provides about five hours of talk time or seven days of standby time.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CONTENTS Introduction ........3 Phonebook ......... 31 WHAT’S INCLUDED ..... 3 Storing Phone Numbers, Names, Distinctive Rings, and Important Information ....4 Speed Dials ........31 FCC Statement ........4 Steps for Entering Names and Surge Protection ........

  • Page 3: Introduction

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing a RadioShack 5.8 GHz Multi Handset Expandable Cordless Telephone. Unlike other conventional cordless telephones, your telephone supports up to ten handsets on a single telephone line. You can add a handset to any room in your home or office that has an AC outlet.

  • Page 4: Important Information

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com IMPORTANT IMPORTANT INFORMATION • Your phone operates on standard radio This telephone has been tested and found frequencies as allocated to comply with all applicable UL and FCC by the FCC. standards. • It is possible for other FCC S TATEMENT radio units operating...

  • Page 5: Surge Protection

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com In the unlikely event that your phone causes problems on the phone line, the phone company can temporarily discontinue your service. If this happens, the phone company attempts to notify you in advance. If advance notice is not practical, the phone company notifies you as soon as possible and advises you of your right to file a complaint with the FCC.

  • Page 6: Important Safety Instructions

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 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 bathtub, wash bowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool.

  • Page 7: Important Caller Id Information

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 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 available: •...

  • Page 8: Installation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INSTALLATION Ô Ô NOTE Before using your phone, carefully peel the If your home has specially protective film off the display. The film wired alarm equipment protects the handset window during connected to the telephone shipment and is not necessary to any phone line, be sure that installing function.
  • Page 9 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Your telephone connects directly to a Ô Ô NOTE modular telephone line jack. If your telephone wiring does not have a modular The USOC number of the jack, you can update the wiring yourself jack to be installed is using jacks and adapters (available at your RJ11C (or RJ11W for a wall...

  • Page 10: Pack

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. Plug the telephone line cord into the telephone outlet. 5. For a wall plate, align the base’s keyhole slots with the wall plate studs and slide the base downward to secure it. For direct wall To remove, push up mounting, align...
  • Page 11 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com If you have trouble replacing the battery pack, take the phone to your local RadioShack for assistance. Recharging the Battery Pack • If the battery pack becomes weak IMPORTANT Low Battery during a call, flashes.

  • Page 12: Installing A Beltclip

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com NSTALLING A ELTCLIP To attach the beltclip Insert the beltclip into the holes on each side of the handset. Press down until it clicks. To remove the beltclip Pull either side of the beltclip to release the tabs from the holes.

  • Page 13: Display And Icons

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com DISPLAY AND ICONS Example of the standby mode display Ringer off icon (when the ringer is off)/ day of the week and time / battery icon Handset ID and Banner Number of new Caller ID calls received (If there are no new Caller ID messages, the Handset ID appears here.) Appears ICON...

  • Page 14: Soft Key Function

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SOFT KEY FUNCTION “Soft” keys are keys that change function Ô Ô NOTES during the operation of the phone. There are three soft keys on each handset. Soft Keys • The soft keys will not allow you to: appear while the handset is charging.

  • Page 15: Main Menu Options

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MAIN MENU OPTIONS Your phone has five main menu options: Ô Ô NOTES DirectLink Mode Room/Baby Monitor Handset Setup Global Setup Deregister • For Global Setup and . Ô Deregister HS menu options, make sure the line is not in use and the EFAULT ETTINGS...

  • Page 16: Setting Menu Options

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SETTING MENU OPTIONS SING THE NTERFACE Below are some tips for using the software interface on your phone. • Press the soft key to access the MENU main menu. • Use VOL/RING/ VOL/RING/ scroll through options.

  • Page 17: Room/Baby Monitor

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Room/Baby Monitor This feature allows you to monitor sounds in Ô Ô NOTE another room. Place the handset in the room you wish to monitor; it will function as This feature only works a microphone.
  • Page 18 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Selecting a Ringer Tone Ringer Tone lets you choose from ten ringer tones or ten melodies: • Ringers (Flicker, Clatter, Soft Alert, Wake Up, Light Bug, Beep Boop, Tone Board, Chip Chop, Party Clap, Reminder) •...
  • Page 19 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com memory locations. Switching the setting to Distinctive Ring Off disables distinctive ringing: all incoming calls will have a normal ring tone. Switching to Distinctive Ring On activates all programmed distinctive ring memory locations. 1.
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Setting the True Banner 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.

  • Page 21: Animation Screen

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2. Press VOL/RING/ VOL/RING/ adjust the contrast of the LCD (10 levels). 3. Press the soft key. You will hear a confirmation tone. Setting the Key Touch Tone Key Touch Tone is the tone your keypad makes when keys are pressed.
  • Page 22 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Setting Day and Time Day & Time sets the day and time of your display. 1. Press the soft key. Select the MENU Global Setup menu, and then the Day & Time submenu option. 2.
  • Page 23 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Setting the Area Code If you enter a 3-digit area code number in Ô Ô NOTES the “Area Code” option, your local area code does not appear in the Caller ID • If your calling area message.

  • Page 24: Voice Mail Tone

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Setting Voice Mail Tone Voice Mail Tone sets the voice mail tone. If your service does not support SDT message signal, set your VMWI (Visual Message Waiting Indicator) not to detect SDT message signal. 1.

  • Page 25: Making And Receiving Calls

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MAKING AND Ô Ô NOTES RECEIVING CALLS • To set Auto talk, see “Setting the Auto Talk” From the Handset on page 19, or to set This handset has a built-in speakerphone Anykey Answer see that allows you to have a hands-free “Setting the Anykey conversation.

  • Page 26: Placing A Call On Hold

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com From the Handset Normal Hands-free conversation conversation To hang Press end or return the handset to the cradle (Auto Standby). To enter a When you dial the number in standby pause mode, press the PAUSE soft key. within the appears in the display, which dialing...

  • Page 27: Adjusting The Handset Ringer, Earpiece And Speaker Volume

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2. Press VOL/RING/ VOL/RING/ repeatedly to display the number to be deleted. 3. Press the soft key. DELETE 4. Press VOL/RING/ VOL/RING/ choose 5. Press the soft key. The redialed number is deleted. Storing a Redial Record 1.

  • Page 28: Temporarily Muting The Ringer

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EMPORARILY UTING THE INGER Ô Ô You can mute the ringer individually on a NOTE handset. When the phone is ringing, pressing the soft key on the handset While charging a handset, MUTE you want to mute.

  • Page 29: Privacy Mode

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com RIVACY Privacy mode prevents interruption from other registered handsets. This works only when the phone is in use. Press the soft key on the handset PRIVACY during talk mode. Privacy Mode On appear in the display.

  • Page 30: Access

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com SING OUCH OICE Ô Ô NOTE CCESS You must subscribe to If you subscribe to voice mail service, you voice mail service from your can use your phone to access your voice telephone company in order mailbox.

  • Page 31: Phonebook

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 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 dials) and Caller ID messages.

  • Page 32: Steps For Entering Names And Special Characters

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. Press the number keypad to enter the Ô Ô NOTES phone number (up to 20 digits), press soft key to store the number. Ô Storing Phone Numbers, Names, Distinctive Rings, and Speed Dial Distinctive Ring appears.

  • Page 33: Viewing The Phonebook

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com If you make a mistake while entering a name, use to move the cursor /tone/< #/> to the incorrect character. Press the soft key to erase the DELETE wrong character, and then enter the correct character.

  • Page 34: Making Calls Using The Phonebook

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2. Press , or VOL/RING/ VOL/RING/ the number keypad to scroll through the phonebook locations. Phonebook locations appear in alphabetical order (from first to last when you press , from last to first when you VOL/RING/ press VOL/RING/...

  • Page 35: Speed Dialing

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com From Talk Mode 1. Press talk/FLASH SPEAKER 2. View the phonebook location to dial (see “Viewing the Phonebook” on page 33). 3. Press the soft key. The number in DIAL the displayed phonebook location is dialed.

  • Page 36: Copying Phonebook Locations

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. Press the soft key. You will hear a confirmation tone. Deleting the Stored Data 1. When the phonebook location to be deleted appears, press the soft DELETE Delete Memory? key. appears. 2. Press VOL/RING/ VOL/RING/ move the pointer to...

  • Page 37: Chain Dialing

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com If you select One Memory, press VOL/ , or the number RING/ VOL/RING/ key ( ) to select the phonebook location you want to export and then press the soft key. COPY 5. The phonebook locations will be Copying transferred to the handset.

  • Page 38: Caller Id

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CALLER ID Ô Ô NOTES CIDCW ALLER • If you answer a call ALLER before the Caller ID message is received (for AITING example, before the You must subscribe to Caller ID services second ring), the Caller through your local telephone provider to use ID message will not...

  • Page 39: Viewing The Caller Id List

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com When you pick up the phone, the display Talk changes to . (If Auto Talk feature is set to on.) ID L IEWING THE ALLER The Caller ID list stores information for incoming calls - even unanswered calls. You can store 100 Caller ID messages and Phonebook locations (including Speed Dials) in total.

  • Page 40: Deleting A Caller Id Message

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ELETING A ALLER ESSAGE Deleting Information from the Caller ID List 1. When the phone is in standby mode, Ô Ô NOTE view the Caller ID information to be Once the Caller ID data has deleted (see “Viewing the Caller ID List”...
  • Page 41 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2. Press . The talk/FLASH SPEAKER displayed phone number dials automatically. From Talk mode 1. Press talk/FLASH SPEAKER 2. View the Caller ID message you want to dial (see “Viewing the Caller ID List” on page 39).

  • Page 42: Call Waiting Deluxe Features

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AITING ELUXE Ô Ô NOTES EATURES • To activate features, Your phone gives you new options for call CW On/CWDX select waiting. At the touch of a key, you can place in the CIDCW option. the caller on hold, send them to your voice See “Setting CIDCW mail service, or conference them into your...

  • Page 43: Expanding Your Phone

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EXPANDING YOUR PHONE Ten Multi-Handsets Expandability Your phone supports up to ten handsets including the handsets supplied with your phone. You can now place a fully- featured cordless handset anywhere AC power is available to connect the handset charger.

  • Page 44: Register The Handset To The Base

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com EGISTER THE ANDSET TO Ô Ô NOTES • All of the handsets ring If you purchase an extra handset, you need when a call is received. to register the handset to the base before use.
  • Page 45 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2. Press the soft key to enter ENTER DirectLink mode. You will hear a DirectLink confirmation tone, and Mode Complete appears. 3. Press the soft key. DirectLink 4. Select the handset to which you wish to DirectLink with by pressing the number keys ( ).

  • Page 46: Intercom/Call Transfer Feature

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com To Cancel intercom press the CANCEL soft key on the initiating handset. 3. On the receiving handset, to answer the call, press talk/FLASH INTCM/ , or the soft key. Or HOLD ANSWER press any number key, /tone/<...

  • Page 47: Find Handset

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com ANDSET Ô Ô NOTE To locate a misplaced handset, press PAGE on the base when the phone is in standby If the battery pack is mode. All registered handsets beep for 60 completely drained, the Paging seconds, and appears on the...

  • Page 48: Troubleshooting

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TROUBLESHOOTING If your phone is not performing to your expectations, please try these simple steps first Symptom Suggestion • Make sure the AC adapter is plugged into the base and wall outlet. The CHARGE LED won’t •...
  • Page 49 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Symptom Suggestion • Keep the handset away from microwave ovens, computers, remote control toys, wireless microphones, alarm systems, intercoms, room Severe noise interference. monitors, fluorescent lights, and electrical appliances. • Move to another location or turn off the source of interference.

  • Page 50: Care

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CARE Keep the phone dry; if it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Use and store the phone only in normal temperature environments. Handle the phone carefully; do not drop it. Keep the phone away from dust and dirt, and wipe it with a damp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new.
  • Page 51 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com This erases all the handset registration data on the base, not limited to the handset you placed at Step 5 above. You need to register other handset(s) also. First de-register the handset as in Step 1 above, and then place it on the base.

  • Page 52: Main Menu Flow Chart

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MAIN MENU FLOW CHART From standby mode...
  • Page 53 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MEMO...
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  • Page 55 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com MEMO...
  • Page 56 This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. RadioShack Customer Relations, 300 RadioShack Circle, Fort Worth, TX 76102-1964 12/99 43-5560 UPZZ01796BZ RadioShack Corporation 03A06 Fort Worth, Texas 76102...

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