Radio Shack ET-685 User Manual

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Spread Spectrum

Cordless Speakerphone

Cat. No. 43-685

OWNER’S MANUAL

Please read before using this equipment.

2-Line 900 MHz

with Caller ID/Call Waiting

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FEATURES

Your RadioShack ET-685 2-Line 900­MHz Spread Spectrum Cordless Speak­erphone uses advanced cordless tele­phone technology to give you superior
audio quality and extended range. The
ET-685 lets you make an d receive calls
on two separate telephone lines.

The ET-685’s Caller ID records each
caller’s telephone number (and name , if
available in your area) an d the day and
time of the call, as provided by your local
phone company to Caller ID service
subscribers. If you subscribe to Call
Waiting with Caller ID, the ET-685 can
even show you inco ming caller in forma­tion when you are already on the phone.
Its other features include:

900 MHz Operation

— provides lo nger
range and less interference than many
other cordless phones.

Two-Line Telephone System

— lets
you easily handle two teleph one lines at
the same time. You can use both lines to
make 3- or 4-way conference calls, or
one line for data communication while
you are talking on the other.

Ample Talk and Standby Time

— the
supplied battery pack provides 4 hours
of continuous talk time or 7 days of
standby time (when fully charged).

40-Number Memory Dialing

— lets you
store up to 40 numbers in memory (30 in
the handset and 10 in the base) for easy
dialing.

Paging/Two-Way Intercom System

—
lets you send a signal from the base to
the handset, or fr om the handset to th e
base, to page someone or locate the
handset when it is awa y from the base.
If someone answers, you can use the
ET-685 as an intercom.

Dual Volume Control

– let you adjust
the volume you hear thro ugh the hand­set and speakerphone.

Adjustable Ringer

— lets you choose
high or low volume for bo th lines’ ring­ers.

Wall Mountable

— you can mount th e
ET-685 on the wall to save space on
your desk top.

Dual Keypads

— a full set of keys on
both the ET-685’s handset and base lets
you use either keypad to mak e and an­swer calls or use the phone’s features.

Speakerphone

— lets you make or an-

swer calls without using the handset.

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1999 Tandy Corporation.

RadioShack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.

All Rights Reserved.

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Headset Jack

— lets you make or an­swer calls with han ds-free convenience
using an optional headset.

Spread Spectrum Technology

—
spreads the signal across several fre­quencies, providing additional security
for your phone conversations.

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Caller ID Memory

— stores up to 80

Caller ID records (40 for each line).

3-Line Liquid Crystal Display

— lets
you view an entire Caller ID record on
one screen.

Facedown or Faceup Handset Charg-

— you can place the hands et on the

ing

base facedown or faceup.

20 Channels

— automatical ly selects a
clear channel when you make or answer
a call.

Security Access-Protection Code

—
automatically prevents other cordless
phone users from usin g your phone line
while the handset is off the base.

Line Status Indicators

— show if a line

is available, in use, or on hold.

Auto Talk/Any Key Answer

— lets you
set the ET-685 so you can an swe r a call
by lifting the handset from the base,
pressing any key on the base, or pr ess­ing any key on the handset when it is
away from the base.

— lets you qu ickly redial t he la st

Redial

number dialed.

— sends an electronic switch-

Flash

hook signal for use with special phone
services, such as Call Waiting.

Tone/Pulse Dialing

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

Hearing-Aid Compatibility

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

This telephone has been tested and
found to comply with all applicable UL
and FCC standards.

We recommend you record your
phone’s serial number here. The num­ber is on the bottom of the base.

Serial Number: ___________________

WARNING:

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

CAUTION:

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

!

To reduce the risk of fire or

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

DO NOT OPEN.

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

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
maintenance instructions are
included in the literature accom­panying this product.

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Important:

• Cordless phones such as this one
require AC power to operate. When
the AC power is off, you cannot dial
out or receive incoming calls using
your ET-685. To be safe, you should
also have a phone that does not
need AC power to operate (not a
cordless phone) so you can still
make and receive calls if there is an
AC power failure.

• When AC power is lost, the E T-685
loses the secu rity access -protecti on
code connection between the base
and the handset. When power is
restored, put the handset on the
base briefly to restore this connec­tion so you can use the handset.

IMPORTANT CALLER ID
INFORMATION

To use the phone’s Caller ID and Cal ler
ID with Call Waitin g features, you must
be in an area w here those services ar e
available and you must subscribe to
those services throu gh your loc al phone
company.

Where Caller ID is offered, one or more
options are generally available:

• caller’s number only

• caller’s name only

• caller’s name and number

READ THIS BEFORE
INSTALLATION

We have designed your phone to con­form to federal re gulations and you can
connect it to most phone lines. However,
each device that you connect to the tele­phone line draws power from the line.
We refer to this power draw as the
phone's ringer equivalence number, or
REN. The REN is on the bottom of your
phone.

If you use more than one phone or other
device on the line, add up all the RENs.
If the total is more than fiv e (three in ru­ral areas), your pho nes m ight not r in g. If
ringer operation is impaired, remove one
of the devices from the line.

FCC STATEMENT

Your telephone c ompli es with Par t 68 o f
FCC Rules. You must, upon request,
provide the FCC registration number
and the REN to your phone company.
These numbers are on the bottom of the
base.

You must not connect your phone to any
of the following:

• coin-operated systems

• party-line systems

• most electronic key phone systems

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This equipment compli es with the limits
for a Class B digit al device as spec ified
in Part 15 of

FCC Rules

. These limits
provide reasonable protection against
radio and TV interference in a residential
area. However, your equipment might
cause TV or radio interference even
when it is operating properly. To elimi­nate interference, you can try one or
more of the following corrective mea­sures.

• Reorient or relocate the receiving
antenna.

• Increase the distance between the
equipment and the radio or TV.

• Use outlets on different electrical cir­cuits for the equipment and the
radio or TV.

Consult your local RadioShack store if
the problem still exists.

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CONTENTS

Installation ............................................................................................................... 8

Mounting the Phone ........................................................................................... 8

Connecting to the Phone Lines .................................................................... 8

On a Desk Top ............................................................................................. 8

On a Wall Plate or a Wall ........................................................................... 10

Connecting and Charging the Battery Pack ..................................................... 12

Setting the Dialing Mode .................................................................................. 13

Adjusting the Ringer ......................................................................................... 14

On the Handset .......................................................................................... 14

On the Base ............................................................................................... 14

Setting Auto Talk ............................................................................................... 14

Turning Caller ID/Call Waiting On/Off ............................................................... 15

Storing Your Area Code .................................................................................... 15

Basic Operation .................................................................................................... 17

Using the Handset ............................................................................................ 17

Making a Call ............................................................................................. 17

Answering a Call ........................................................................................ 17

Setting the Handset Volume ...................................................................... 17

Using the Speakerphone .................................................................................. 18

Making a Call ............................................................................................. 18

Answering a Call ........................................................................................ 18

Adjusting the Speakerphone Volume ......................................................... 18

Using Mute ................................................................................................. 18

Using Hold ........................................................................................................ 18

Switching Between the Handset and Speakerphone ....................................... 19

Using Both the Handset and Speakerphone .................................................... 19

Making a Conference Call ................................................................................ 19

3-Way Conferencing .................................................................................. 19

4-Way Conferencing .................................................................................. 20

Using the ET-685 with Extension Phones ........................................................ 21

Using Redial ..................................................................................................... 21

Using Flash ....................................................................................................... 21

Using Tone Services on a Pulse Line ............................................................... 22

Using the Paging/Intercom Features ................................................................ 22

Using a Headset ............................................................................................... 23

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Memory Operation ................................................................................................ 24

Storing a Number in Memory ........................................................................... 24

In the Handset ........................................................................................... 24

Editing or Deleting a Number in the Handset’s Memory ............................ 25

In the Base ................................................................................................. 25

Entering a Pause ....................................................................................... 26

Reviewing Memory Numbers (Handset Only) ........................................... 26

Dialing a Memory Number ......................................................................... 26

Chain-Dialing Service Numbers ................................................................. 27

Testing Stored Emergency Numbers ......................................................... 27

Caller ID Operation (Handset Only) ..................................................................... 28

Reviewing Caller ID Records ........................................................................... 28

Caller ID Messages .......................................................................................... 29

Dialing Numbers from a Caller ID Record ........................................................ 29

Storing a Caller ID Record to Memory ............................................................. 29

Deleting Caller ID Records ............................................................................... 30

Troubleshooting ...................................................................... ................... ........... 31

Care and Maintenance .......................................................................................... 33

Replacing the Battery Pack .............................................................................. 34

The FCC Wants You to Know ........................................................................... 34

Lightning ......................... ................................ ................................. ................. 35

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INSTALLATION

MOUNTING THE PHONE

You can place the ET –685’s base on a
desk or table, or mount it on a stan dard
wall plate or directly on a wall. Choose a
location that is:

• near an accessible AC outlet

• near a modular telephone line jack

• out of the way of normal activities

• away from electrical machinery,
electrical applianc es, metal walls or
filing cabinets, wireless intercoms,
alarms, and room monitors

• away from other cordless phones

The base’s location affects the hand­set’s range. If you have a choi ce of sev­eral locations, try each to see which
provides the best performance.

Caution:

designed specifically for your ET-685.
Use only the supplied adapter.

The supplied AC adapter wa s

• connect one line th rough a one-line
modular phone jack

Notes:

• 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 adap ters a va ilabl e at y our
local RadioShack s tore. Or, you can
have the phone company update it
for you.

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

• The USOC number of the two-line
jack to be installed is RJ14C
(RJ14W for a wall-plate). The USOC
number of a single-line jack is
RJ11C.

Connecting to the Phone Lines

To take full advantage of the ET-685’s
capabilities, you must have two phone
lines with separate phone numbers. If
you have only on e line, you can order a
second from your phone company.

You can connect the E T-6 85 to the l ine s
in one of the these ways:

• connect two lines through a two- line
modular phone jack

• connect two lines thr ough two one­line modular phone jacks

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On a Desk Top

1. Insert the two tabs at the bo ttom of
the wide end of the supplie d brac ke t
into the base’s upper tab slots as
shown, then press down on the
bracket’s latches and insert them
into the clip slots.

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2. To connect the phone to a two-line
phone jack, plug one end of the sup­plied long two-line mod ula r cor d i nto

TEL LINE 1/2

the

jack on the back of

the phone.

To connect the phone to two one­line phone jacks, plug one end of
the supplied long two-line modular
cord into

TEL LINE 1/2

and plug

another cord (not supplied) into the

TEL LINE 2

jack.

To connect the phone to a single
one-line phone jack, plug one end of
the supplied lo ng modular cord into

TEL LINE 1/2

the

TEL LINE 2

or

jack.

If you connect the phone to a

Note:

two-line phone jack with a two-line
cord, do not connec t another (third)
phone line to the

TEL LINE 2

jack or
the phone will not operate properly.
Instead, you can connect another
phone device, such as a fax
machine or modem.

If you connect the phone to a

Note:

single one-line phone jack, avoid
pressing the unused line button or
you might hear feedback.

3. Plug the supplied AC adapter ’s bar­rel plug into the

DC IN 9V

jack on the

back of the base.

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4. Route the adapter’s cord through
the strain relief slot on the b ottom of
the bracket.

5. Plug the adapter into a s tandard AC
outlet.

6. Connect the phone cord(s) to the
modular phone line jack(s).

7. Raise the base’s antenna to a verti­cal position.

On a Wall Plate or a Wall

To mount the base directly on the

Note:

wall, you need two screws (not supplied)
with heads that fit i nto the keyhole slots
on the bottom of the bracket. Drill two
holes 3
screw into each hole, letting the heads
extend about

15

/16 inches apart. Then threa d a

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/16 inch from the wall.

1. Insert the two tabs at the top of the
wide end of the supplied bracket
into the base’s lower tab slots as
shown, then press down on the
bracket’s latches and insert them
into the clip slots.

2. To connect the phone to a two-line
phone jack, plug one end of the sup­plied long modular c ord into the

LINE 1/2

jack on the back of the

TEL

phone.

If you connect the phone to a

Note:

two-line phone jack with a two-line
cord, do not connect a cord to the

TEL LINE 2

jack or the phone will not

operate properly.
To connect the phone to two one-

line phone jacks, plug one end of
the supplied short two-line modular
cord into

TEL LINE 1/2

and plug

another cord (not supplied) into the

TEL LINE 2

jack.

To connect the phone to a single
one-line phone jack, plug one end of
the supplied lo ng modular cord into

TEL LINE 1/2

the

If you connect the phone to a

Note:

TEL LINE 2

or

jack.

single one-line phone jack, avoid
pressing the unused line button or
you might hear feedback.

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3. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s
barrel plug into the

DC IN 9V

jack on

the back of the base.

4. Route the adapter’s cord through
the narrow groove on the brack et. If
you are using two phone cords,
route the second cord through one
of the wide grooves on the bracket.

5.

To mount the phone on a wa ll plate,

plug the other end of the sho rt mod­ular cord into the wall plate jack,
then align the bracket’s keyhole
slots with the wall plate studs and
slide the base downw ard to secure
it. If you are using two phone cords,
plug the second cord into the sec­ond phone jack.

To mount the phone directly on a
wall,

align the bracket’s keyhole
slots with the mounted screws and
slide the base downward to secure
it. Connect the ph one cord(s) to th e
modular phone line jack(s).

6. Plug the adapter in to a s tandar d AC
outlet.

7. Press and lift out the handset
holder, flip it over as shown, then
snap it back into place.

8. Raise the base’s antenna to a ve rti­cal position.

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