Radio Shack ET-651 User Manual

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ET-651 Two-Line Desk Phone

Your RadioShack ET-651 Two-Line
Desk Phone lets you pla ce or receive
calls on two separate telephone lines.

Its features include:

Handset Volume Control

— lets you
adjust the volume of the sound you
hear through the handset.

Distinctive Rin

— tells you which

line is ringing.

Rin

Indicators

— tell you when calls
come in, even if the ringer is turned
off.

Ad

ustable Ringer Volume

— lets

you set the ringer to low, high, or off.

Redial

— lets you quickly redial the

last number dialed.

Hold with Indicator

— lets you put
one or both lines on hold and has a
separate hold indicator for each line.

We recommend you record the ET-651’s
serial number here. The number is on
the bottom of the phone.

Serial Number: __________________

Your ET-651 is ETL listed to UL stan­dards and meets all applicable FCC
standards.

Warnin

Cat. No.

: To prevent fire or s hock

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hazard, do not expose this prod­uct to rain or moisture.

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

DO NOT OPEN.

CAUTION

ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICE­ABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVIC­ING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.

: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

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Tone/Pulse Dialin

— lets you use
either type of service, and you can
easily switch from pulse to tone dialing
for long-distance, bank-by-phone, or
other special services.

Hearin

-Aid Compatibilit

— lets
you use this telephone with hearing
aids that have a T (telephone) switch.

©

1998 Tandy Corporation.

RadioShack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.

All Rights Reserved.

This symbol is intended to alert you to
the presence of uninsulated danger­ous voltage within the product’s enclo­sure that might be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of elec­tric shock. Do not open the product’s
case.

This symbol is intended to inform you
that important operating and mainte-

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nance instructions are included in the
litera ture accompanying this product.

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Read This Before Installation

We have designed your ET-651 to con­form to federal regulations, and you can
connect it to most t elepho ne l ines. How­ever, each telephone (and each device
such as an answering machine) that you
connect to the telephone line draws
power from the line. We refer to this
power draw as the phone’s

alence number

the bottom of your phone.
If you use more than on e telephone or

other device on th e line, add up all the
RENs. If the total is more than five, your
telephones might not ring. In rural areas,
a total REN of three might impair ringer
operation. If ringer operation is impaired,
remove one of the devices from the line.

, or REN. The REN is on

ringer equiv-

FCC Statement

Your ET-651 complies with Part 68 of
FCC Rules. You must, upon request,
provide the FCC registration number
and the REN to your telephone com pa­ny. Both numbers are on the bottom of
the phone.

PREPARATION

Connecting the Ha ndset

Plug the supplied coiled handset cord
into the j acks o n th e h andse t and the left
side of the phone.

Connecting to the Phone Lines

To take full advantage of the ET-651’s
capabilities, you must have two phone
lines with separate phone numbers. If
you have only one line, you can order a
second from your phone company.

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Notes

• The line that connects the phone
jack to the phone company wiring
must be twisted-pair cable. Other­wise, you might hear interference
(crosstalk) between the two lines.

You must not connect your ET-

Note:

651 to any of the following:

• coin-operated systems

• party-line systems

• most electronic key phone systems

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• Your phone connects directly to a
modular phone line jack. If your
phone wiring does not have a modu­lar jack, you can update it using
jacks and adapters available at your
local RadioShack store, or h ave the
phone company update it for you.

• The USOC number of the two-line
jack to be installed is RJ14C. The
USOC number of a single-line jack
is RJ11C.

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Plug one end of the supplied two-line
telephone cord into the jack on the back
of the phone. Th en pl ug t he cord’ s other
end into a modular telephone line jack.

If you use two single-line jacks, you
must connect the lin es with an optional
two-line coupler (such as RadioShack
Cat. No. 279-401).

Two-line
Coupler

2. Press

LINE 1

or

LINE 2

, lift the hand-

set, and listen for a dial tone.

3. Press any number except
: If your phone system requires

Note

0

.

that you dial an access code (9, for
example) before you dial an outside
number, do not press the access
code, either.

If the dial tone stops, you have
touch-tone service. Leave

PULSE

set to

TONE

.

TONE–

If the dial tone continues, you hav e
pulse service. Set

PULSE

.

TONE–PULSE

to

4. Hang up, then repeat the test for the

other line.

Setting the Dialing Mode

TONE–PULSE

Set
you have. If y ou a re not s ure which type
you have, do this simple test.

1. Be sure

TONE

.

for the type of service

TONE–PULSE

is set to

If you have tone service on one

Note:

line and pulse service on the other, you
must set

TONE–PULSE

to the right set­ting each time you make a call on a dif­ferent line. The setting does not matter
when you answer a call, however.

Confirming the Line Numbers

Follow these steps to determine which
phone number is connected to which
line.

1. Be sure

TONE–PULSE

rectly.

is set cor-

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