Radio Shack 43-3909 User Manual

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OWNER’S MANUAL —
Please read before using this equipment.

the desired setting to enable
or disable the rin ger when
youreceiveacall.

iquid Crystal Display —

hows the caller’s phone
umber, the time they called,
nd the number you dial.

CALL BACK — Press to
automatically dial the
selected caller ID record.

DELETE — Press to
delete the selected caller
ID record.

Ô BATTERY NOTES Ô

• Dispose of old batteries promptly and
properly.

• Do not burn or bury batteries.

• Use only fresh batteries of the required size
and recommended type.

• Do not mix old and new batteries, different
types of batteries (standard, alkaline, or
rechargeable), o r rechargeable batteries of
different capacities.

• If you do not plan to use the phone for two
weeks or longer, remove the batteries.
Batteries can leak chemicals that can
destroy electronic parts.

• You must install the batteries before
connecting the telephone to the wall jack. If
no batteries are installed, the telephone and
Caller ID will not work.

• If the batteries are not replaced with two
minutes, the Caller ID and telephone
memory information may be lost.

VOLUME NORM/HI

— SlideVOLUME to
NORM or HI to

adjust the handset

volume to a
comfortable listening
level.

TONE/PULSE — Slide
to the desired setting to
select tone or pulse
dialing.

d REVIEW e — Press
d or e to scroll through the

stored caller ID records.

Modular jacks
for coiled cord

PREPARATION

INSTALLING BATTERIES

Your phone requires three AA batteries (not
supplied) for power. Ô

1. Use a flat-bladescrewdriver to lift and
remove the battery compartment door.

2. Insert three AA batteries into the
compartment as indicated by the
polarity symbols (+ and –) marked
inside.

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MUTE — Hold
down to talk
withoutthecaller
hearing your
conversation.

FLASH — If you
have Call Waiting,
press FLASH to
answer an incoming
call without
disconnecting the
current call. Press
again to return to the
first call.

REDIAL/PAUSE —

Press to dial the last
phone number you
entered.

SELECTING A LOCATION

Select a location for your telephone that is:

• Near a telephone jack

• Not in the way of normal activities

MOUNTING THE PHONE

You can mount your telephone on a wall
plate, on a wall, or place it on a shelf, desk,
or table.

On a Wall Plate

1. Plug one end
of the supplied
short modular
cord into the
modular jack
on the back of
the phone.

If an icon appears at the end of a paragraph, go to the box on that page with the corresponding icon
for pertinent information.

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3. Snap the battery compartment door
back into place. When ) appears on
the display or the displaydims, replace
the batteries.

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2. Route the cord
through the
groove on the
bottom of the base. Secure the cord
with the tabs.

3. Plug the other end of the cord into a
wall plate with a modular phone jack.

On a Wall

1. Drill two holes 31/4 inches(82.5 mm)
apart, one below the other.

2. Thread two screws (not supplied) into
each hole, letting the heads extend

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about

/16 inch from the wall. Be sure to

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use screws with heads that fit into the
keyhole slots on the bottom of the base.

8. Repeat step 7 to set the minutes,
month, and day . Ô

Ô NOTE Ô

Connecting the Handset

Your local RadioShack store sells a variety of
longer coiled handset cords, which are
especially useful when you mount the phone
onawall.

Set Up the Phone

Do not lift the handset from the base until the
Caller ID setup has been completed.

3. Plug one end of the supplied long
modular cord into the modular jack on
the back of the base.

4. Route the phone cord through the
groove on the bottom of the base,
securing the cord under the tabs.

5. Fit the heads of the screw into the
keyhole slots, then slide the base down
until it is secure.

6. Plug the other end of the cord into a
modular phone jack.

On a Desktop

1. Plug one end of the
supplied long modular
cord into the modular
jack on the bottom of
the base.

2. Route the phone cord
through the groove on
the base’s bottom.
Secure the cord under
the tabs along the
groove.

3. Plug the other end of
the cord into a modular
phone jack.

CONNECTING THE HANDSET

Plugoneendofthesuppliedcoiledcordinto
the handset’s modular jack, then connect
the other end to the jack on the bottom of
the telephone base. Ô

SET UP THE PHONE

1. Hold down both d REVIEW e for about
four seconds until

ENG (flashing) ESP FRA appear.

2. Press

d or e to select the desired

language, then press
confirm.
appear on the display, and 3 flashes.

LCD CONTRAST and 1 2 3 4 5

ENTER LANGUAGE,then

DELETE to

SETTING THE RINGER

If you do not want to hear the phone ring,

RINGER to OFF. You can still make

slide
calls with the ringer off, and you can answer
calls if you hear another phone on the same
phone line ring.
phone rings, even when the ringer is off.

NEW flashes when the

SETTING THE DIALING MODE

Slide TONE/PULSE to the appropriate setting
foryourtypeofservice.Ifyouarenotsure
which service you have, do this simple test.

1. Slide

2. Press any number except

TONE/PULSE to TONE.Liftthe

handset and listen for a dial tone.

0.Ifyour

phone requires that you dial an access
code before you dial anoutside number
(9, for example), do not press the
access code number.

• If the dial tone stops, you have touch­tone service. Slide

TONE/PULSE to TONE.

• If the dial tone continues, you have
pulse service. Slide

PULSE.

TONE/PULSE to

USING SPECIAL TONE
S

ERVICES

Some computer services, such as alternate
long distance, require tone signals for
communications. If you have pulse service,
you can still use special tone service by
following these steps.

1. Connect to the special service with

TONE/PULSE set to PULSE.

2. When the special service answers,
change

TONE/PULSE to TONE,orpress

* to temporarily switch to tone dialing.

3. When you completethe call, hang up
and return the setting to

PULSE.

3. Press

4. Press

5. Repeat step 4 to select the second and

6.

7. Press

2

d or e to select the contrast level

(from 1-5), then press
confirm.
appears and the first _ flashes.

of the area code. Press
confirm the selection.

the third digit.

ENTER AREA CODE appears, _ _ _

d or e to select the first number

DELETE to

DELETE to

ENTER TIME DATE appears and the hour

digit flashes.

d or e to select the desired hour,

then press
appears for an AM hour, PM appears for
a PM hour.

DELETE to confirm. AM

OPERATION

MAKING A CALL

1. Pick up the handset and wait for a dial
tone.

2. Use the keypad to enter the number
youwishtodial.Thedialednumber
appears on the display. If you dial a
number over 15 digits, only the last 14
digits appear on the display.

3. When you complete your call, hang up.
A few seconds later, the number
disappears, and the display returns to
normal.

RECEIVING A CALL

When you receive a call, the phone rings

NEW flashes. NEW and the caller’s

and
number appear on the display. To answer
the call, pick up the handset.

NEW flashes

until you have reviewed all calls.

TIMER

This unit is designed with a clock timer to
count up to 60 minutes in the off-hook time

00:00 format). The timer appears on the

(in
display and starts to count up when you dial
a number or answer incoming calls.

If you lift the handset and don’t dial a
number, the timer appears and starts to
count up after 10 seconds.

USING PAUSE

When you manually dial a number, you can
have your telephone pause anywhere during
the dialing sequence. Simply press

REDIAL/PAUSE at the desired location, and P

appears on the display next to the dialed
number. Ô

CALLER ID
OPERATION

If you subscribe to a Caller ID service, the
phone automatically displays information
about calls you receive and stores the
informationinmemory.Thesystemcan
store up to 64 incoming phone numbers and
incoming names into call records. Ô

REVIEWING CALL RECORDS

1. Repeatedly press d or e to review the
new calls.
when all calls have been reviewed.

2. Toreview all the records from oldest to

newest, repeatedly press
To review the records from newestto

oldest, repeatedly press

After reviewing all records in memory,

END OF LIST appears.

3. If an incorrect, invalid or incomplete
Caller ID signal is received,
appears on the display .

If the name and number are not
available due to the caller’s restriction,

PRIVATE CALL appears on the display .

END OF NEW CALL appears

REVIEW e.

d REVIEW.

LINE ERROR

CALL BACK FROM
C

ALLER ID MEMORY

1. With the handset on the base, press d
or e to findthe number to redial.

2. Press

CALL BACK twice. PICK UP CALL

appears.

3. Lift the handset, and the number is
automatically redialed.

Select one of the four options below based
on your telephone company’s requirements
to make toll calls within your area code.

Option1

1 + Area Code + 7-digit number (11 digits)

Option 2

1 + 7-digit number (8 digits)

Option 3

Area Code + 7-digit number (10 digits)

Option 4

7-digit number

1. With the handset on the base, press
or e to findthe number to redial.

2. Press

CALL BACK. The 7- or 11-digit

number flashes.

3. Press

d or e to selectone of the above

four options.

4. Press

CALL BACK again to confirm. Ô

5. Pick up the handset, and the selected
number is dialed automatically.

d

DELETING CALL RECORDS

You can delete an individual call record, or
all call records stored in the system. Ô

To delete a single call record, press
until the call record you want to delete
appears, then press

DELETE twice. The

record is deleted, and the remaining call
records are automatically renumbered.

To delete all of the call records after
reviewingall new calls, hold down

for about three seconds. ERASE ALL CALLS
appears. PressDELETE. The system deletes
all call records,

NO CALLS appear, then

TOTAL:00 NEW:00 appears.

d or e

DELETE

Ô NOTE Ô

Ô NOTE Ô

• If you do not have any special phone

• If you do not have any special phone
services, pressing FLASH might disconnect

services, pressing FLASH might disconnect
the current call.

the current call.

Using Pause

Using Pause

• Redial memory holds up to 32 digits, so you

• Redial memory holds up to 32 digits, so you
can redial long distance, as wel l as local

can redial long distance, as wel l as local
phone numbers.

phone numbers.

• When you redial a number, the telephone

• When you redial a number, the telephone
pauses for about four seconds at the pause

pauses for about four seconds at the pause
entry. For long pauses, press

entry. For long pauses, press

REDIAL/PAUSE again.

REDIAL/PAUSE again.

Caller ID Operation

Caller ID Operation

• During an incoming call, the phone company

• During an incoming call, the phone company
automatically sends the correct time

automatically sends the correct time
between the first and second rings to update

between the first and second rings to update
your system’s display.

your system’s display.

• After reviewing all calls, the system resets so

• After reviewing all calls, the system resets so
that the display shows

that the display shows

Call Back from Caller ID Memory

Call Back from Caller ID Memory

• When the caller’s phone number has a

• When the caller’s phone number has a
different area code from the preset area

different area code from the preset area
code, 1 and the caller’s three digit area code

code, 1 and the caller’s three digit area code
are inserted automatically during memory

are inserted automatically during memory
call back.

call back.

• When the caller’s phone number has the

• When the caller’s phone number has the
same area code as the preset one, 1 and the

same area code as the preset one, 1 and the
three digit area code are deleted

three digit area code are deleted
automatically dur ing the memory call back.

automatically dur ing the memory call back.

Deleting Call Records

Deleting Call Records

• When the phone’s memory is full, it

• When the phone’s memory is full, it
automatically replaces the oldest call record

automatically replaces the oldest call record
with the newest incoming call.

with the newest incoming call.

• If you do not press any button within about

• If you do not press any button within about
15 seconds while the display shows

15 seconds while the display shows

ALL CALLS

ALL CALLS

to normal display and the call records are not

to normal display and the call records are not
deleted.

deleted.

, the phone automatically returns

, the phone automatically returns

0 new calls.

0 new calls.

ERASE

ERASE

If the name and number are not
available,

–UNAVAILABLE- appears on the

display.

RPT appears beside a number if you

have received a call from the same
phone number more than once.

4. If you do not press a button within about
15 seconds, the system automatically
returns to the normal display. Ô

FCC STATEMENT

This phone is hearing aid compatible.
Your telephone complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules and

the requirements adopted by the ACTA. On the back of
this product is a label with this product’s FCC Product
Identification number in theformat DYFMT08B433909.If
requested, you must provide this information to the
telephone company.

Note: You must not connect your telephone to:

• coin-operated systems

• most electronickey telephonesystems

• party-line systems

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Ô NOTE Ô

Surge Protection

Your telephone has built-in protection circui ts
to reduce the risk of damage from surges in
telephone line and power line current. These
protection circuits meet or exceed the FCC
requirements. However, lightning striking the
telephone or power lines can damage your
telephone.

Lightning damage is not common.
Nevertheless,ifyouliveinanareathathas
severe electrical storms, we suggest that you
unplug your phone when storms approach to
reduce the possibility of damage.

Connection to party line service is subjectto state tariffs.
Contact the statepublic utility commission, public service
commission, or corporation commission for information.

We have designed your telephone to conform to federal
regulations,and you can connect it to most telephone
lines. However, each telephone (and each device, such
as a telephone or answering machine) that you connect
to the telephone line draws power from the telephone
line. We refer to this power draw as the device's ringer
equivalence number, or REN. The REN for your
telephone is the digits represented by ##, without a
decimal point (e.g., 03 is a REN of o.3), in the Product
Identificationnumber found on the bottom of your
telephone.

If you use more than one phone or other device on the
line, add up all of the R ENs. If the total is more than five
(three in rural areas), your telephones might not ring. If
ringer operation is impaired, remove a device from the
line.

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
noticeis not practical, the phone company notifies you as
soon as possible and advises you of your right to file a
complaint with the F CC.

Also, the phone company can make changes to its lines,
equipment, operations, or procedures that could affect
the operation of this telephone. The telephone company
notifies you of these changes in advance, so you can
take the necessary steps to prevent interruption of your
telephone service.

THE FCC WANTS YOU
TO KNOW

This equipment has been tested and found to comply
with the limits for a C lass B digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordancewith the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference w ill not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:

• Reorient or relocatethe receivingantenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment
and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit
differentfrom thatto which the receiver is
connected.

• Consult your local RadioShack store or an
experienced radio/TV technician for help.

• If you cannot eliminate the interference, the FCC
requires that you stop using your telephone.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by
RadioShack may cause interference and void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)
this device may not cause harmful interference,and (2)
this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired
operation.

SETUP

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 you. You must use compatiblemodular jacks that are
compliant with Part 68 of FCC Rules and the
requirements adopted by the ACTA. The telephone cord
and modular plug provided is Part 68 compliantfor
connecting to the telephone company network.

Note: The USOC number of the jack to be installed is
RJ11C (or RJ11W for a wall plate jack).

If your home has specially wired alarm equipment
connected to the telephone line, be sure that installing
the telephone does not disable your alarm equipment. If
you have questions about what will disable your alarm
equipment, contact your telephone company or a
qualified installer.

SERVICE AND REPAIR

If your telephone 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 the menu
options. Modifying or tampering with the telephone's
internal components can cause a malfunction and might
invalidateits warranty and void yourFCC authorization to
operate it.

RadioShack Corporation
Fort Worth, Texas 76102

This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workmanship under normal use for one (1)
year from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-ownedstores and authorized RadioShack franchisees and dealers. EX­CEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, RadioShack MAKES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING
THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DURA­TION OF THE WRITTEN LIMITED WARRANTIES CONTAINED HEREIN. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, RadioShack SHALL
HAVENO LIABILITYOR RESPONSIBILITY TO CUSTOMER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LIA­BILITY ,LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT OR ARISING
OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM INCON­VENIENCE, LOSS OF TIME, DATA, PROPERTY, REVENUE, OR PROFIT OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CON­SEQUENTIALDAMAGES, EVEN IF RadioShack HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Some states do not allow limitationson how long an implied warranty lasts or the exclusion or limitationof incidental or consequential
damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.
In the event of a product defect during the warranty period, take the product and the RadioShack sales receipt as proof of purchase
date to any RadioShack store. RadioShack will, at its option, unless otherwise provided by law: (a) correct the defect by product repair
withoutcharge for parts and labor; (b) replace the product with one of the same or similar design; or (c) refund the purchase price. All
replaced parts and products, and products on which a refund is made, become the property of RadioShack. New or reconditioned
parts and products may be used in the performance of warranty service. Repaired or replaced parts and products are warranted for
the remainder of the original warranty period. You will be charged for repair or replacement of the product made after the expiration of
the warranty period.
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, improper installation or maintenance, alteration, lightning or other incidence of excess
voltage or current; (b) any repairs other than those provided by a RadioShackAuthorized Service Facility; (c) consumables such as
fuses or batteries; (d) cosmetic damage; (e) transportation, shipping or insurance costs; or (f) costs of product removal, installation,
set-up service adjustment or reinstallation.
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.

RadioShackCustomer Relations,200 Taylor Street, 6th Floor, Fort Worth, TX 76102

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