Radio Shack 43-3910 User Manual

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Liquid Crystal Display —

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Heavy Duty Wall Phone

with Caller ID/Call Waiting ID

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

date and time, the number you dialed, caller ID information, and elapsed talk time.

UP/DOWN — PressUP or DOWN to scroll through Caller ID records.

Handset Jack

• TheUSOC number of the jack to be installed is RJ11C (or RJ 11W for a wall plate jack).

• If your home has specially wired alarm equipment connected to the telephone line, ensure the installation of this system does not disable your alarm equipment. If you have questions about whatwill disable alarm equipment, consult your telephone company or a qualified installer.

• 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.

• If you do not replace the batteries within two minutes, your Caller ID and telephone memory information may be lost.

• During battery replacement, keep the line cord plugged in to maintain Caller ID and Speed Dialing Memories.

Shows the

Ô NOTE Ô

Ô BATTERY NOTES Ô

DELETE — Press to delete the selected call record.

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

M/S (Master/Secondary) — Connect up to four system modules to the same phone line, so you can receive CID and Call Waiting information at more than one phone on that line. See Page 2.

TONE/PULSE — Slidetothe desiredsettingto select toneor pulse dialing.

VOLUME NORM/HI — Slidetothedesiredsettingto s et the handset volume to a comfortable level.

RINGER OFF/LO/HIGH — Slide to the desired setting to set ringer volume or to disable the ringer.

Thank you for purchasing the RadioShack Heavy Duty Wall Phone with Caller ID/Call Waiting ID. It offers the latest in telephone technology. In addition, the Caller ID memory stores and displays up to 99 single or 64 multiple incoming phone records.

PREPARATION

INSTALLING BATTERIES

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

1. Lift the battery compartment door from the top of the base, then remove the cover.

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

3. Replace the battery compartment and cover.

When the battery low icon appears on the display or the display dims, replace the batteries. Ô

SELECTING A LOCATION

Select a location for your telephone that is:

• Near a telephone jack

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• Not in the way of normal activities in the area

Your telephone connects directly to a modular telephone line jack. If your telephone wiring does not have a modular jack,youcanupdatethewiringyourself using jacks and adapters (available at your local RadioShack store), or have the telephone company update the wiring for you. You must use compatible modular 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 compliant for connecting to the telephone company network. Ô

MOUNTING AND C

ONNECTING THE PHONE

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

On a Wall Plate or Wall

1. Plug one end of the supplied short modular cord into the back of the base. Route any excess cord through the strain relief.

train elief

LINE jack at the

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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.

Using the Master/Secondary Setting

• If M is not set on at least one or more phones, incoming calls might be disconnected.

• If you connect only one system to a phone line, set M/S to M.

• You can also connect other CID modules that do not have the Call Waiting function to the same phone line as your system, as long as you do not connect more than four CID modules total (including this phone).

• If you connect another type of CID module that has Call Waiting (oth er thanthis system) to the same phone line as your system, the Call Waiting signal might be garbled or not received.

Making a Call

If you dial a number over 15 digits, only thelast 14 digits appear on the display.

Receiving a Call

• The NEW indicator remains flashing until you have reviewed all new calls.

• The number of new calls does not change until all calls have been reviewedand

NEW CALL

counter then resets to

Timer

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

appears. Th e system new call

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2. Plug the other end of the cord into a wall plate jack.

3. Alignthe base’s keyhole slotswith the wall plate studs and slide the phone downward to secure it.

4. To mount the phone directly on a wall (after mounting the phone on a wall plate), drill two holes 3 (83 mm) apart, one below the other.

5. Thread a screw into each hole, letting the heads extend about 5mm from the wall.

/4 inches

CONNECTING THE HANDSET

Plugoneendofthesuppliedcoiledcordinto the handset’s modular jack. Then connect it to the jack on the left bottom of the base. Ô

SET UP THE PHONE

1. Holddown both UP and DOWN for about four seconds until

ENTER LANGUAGE,then

ENG ESP FRA appear, with ENG flashing.

2. Press

3. Press

4. Press

5. Repeat step 4 to set the second and the

UP or DOWN to select the desired

language, then press confirm. appear on the display, with 3 flashing.

contrast level (1-5), and press to confirm. ENTER AREA CODE appears, then flashing.

number of the area code, and press

DELETE to confirm the selection.

third digits.

LCD CONTRAST and 1 2 3 4 5

UP or DOWN to select the

_ _ _ appears, with the first _

UP and DOWN to select the first

DELETE to

DELETE

SETTING THE RINGER

If you do not want to hear the phone ring,

RINGER to OFF.Youcanstillmake

slide calls with the ringer off, and you can still answer calls if you hear another phone on the same phone line ring. If you want tohear the phone ring, set

RINGER to HI or LO.

SETTING THE DIALING MODE

Slide TONE/PULSE to the setting for the type of service you have. If you are not sure which type you have, do this simple test.

1. Slide

TONE/PULSE to TONE.Liftthe

handset and listen for a dial tone.

• If the dial tone continues, you have pulse service. Set the switch to

PULSE.

USING SPECIAL TONE S

ERVICES

Some computer services require tone signals for communications. If you have pulse service, you can still simulate special tone service by following these steps.

1. Connect to the special service using pulse dialing.

2. When the special service answers, press * to temporarily switch to tone dialing.

3. When you complete the call, hang up and change the setting back to

PULSE.

USING THE MASTER/ S

ECONDARY SETTING

M/S (Master/Secondary) lets you easily

connect up to four system modules to the same phone line, so CID and Call Waiting information can be set to more than one phone on that line.

1. Slide

2. Slide

3. Set one system to answer; set the

M/S to M. M/S on all (up to three) other

systems to

others to off.

S. Ô

OPERATION

MAKING A CALL

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

2. Use the keypad to enter the number youwishtodial.Thenumberappears on the display . Ô

3. When you complete your call, hang up the handset. 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 indicator flashes. CALL# and

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

2. Press any number except phone requires that you dial an access

9, for example)before you dial an

code ( outside number, do not press the access code number.

• If the dial tone stops, you have touch-

tone service. Set the switch to

0. If your

TIMER

This phone is designed with a clock timer to count the off-hook time in seconds, up to one hour. The timer appears on the display and starts to count up when you dial a number or answer an incoming call. Ô

TONE.

USING FLASH

FLASH performs the electronic equivalent of

a switchhook operation for special services,

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