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Owner ’ s Manual C a t . N o . 1 7 - 1111 C T-502 Flip -Sty le Han dhel d Ce llul ar T ele pho ne with Silen t V ibrati ng Alert Please re ad before usi ng t his equi pment.
2 Your Radi oShack CT- 502 Fli p-Styl e Handhel d Cellu lar Tele- phone wi th Si lent Vibrat ing Alert is a state -of-the- art p ersonal cell ul ar tel ephone.
3 Last Number Redi al — lets you quickl y review and red ial any of t he l ast 10 numbe rs t hat yo u c alled . Scra tchp ad Memory — lets you t empor arily s tore a nu mber (even dur ing a call ), then easily di al it.
4 T ABLE OF CO NTENTS A Look at Y our Phone .... .. .. ... .. . .... . ...... . .... . ..... .... . ...... . .... . .. 6 Re adi ng th e S tat u s In d ica tors ... .. .. ... ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... ..... . 7 Re adi ng th e D isp la y ... .. ... .
5 Ot he r Fea tur e s ... ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. ..... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ..... ... .. . 50 Us ing t he Me s sag ing Fu n ctio ns ..... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ..... ... .. . 50 Us ing t he Ph one with Han ds fr ee Equ ipm en t . ..
6 A LOOK AT Y O UR PHONE 1. Retra ctable Ante nna Extend during a cal l for optimum per formance . 2. Earpi ece 3. Stat us Indi cators (See “Rea di ng the St atus Indi cat ors” on Page 7.) 4. Alphanumer i c Di splay (Seven-Char acter LED) Displ ays t he ph one num ber , name, memory locat ion numb er , or message.
7 6. Functio n Keys — Rec alls numb ers st ored in m emory . — Remov es char acter s or clear s functi ons . — Ends a call or exi ts the funct ions menu. — Places or answer s call s. — Access es the memor y or fu nctio ns menu. — Se lects funct ions.
8 NoSvc (No S ervice) In dicator Flas hes or l ights steadi ly i f the phone i s be yond th e range of the cell ular s ervice area , meaning call s cannot be made or re- ceiv ed.
9 USING THE BATT ERY Warni ng: A deta ched batt ery coul d cause pr ope rty damage , injur y, or burns i f a metal object (such as a pen spri ng, bead - ed chain, or piece of jewel ry) cont acts the batt ery’s termi nals and caus es a short circ uit.
10 To remo ve the battery , b e s ure th e phone i s turne d off , the n press t he lat ch at the t op of the batt ery a nd s lide th e battery towar d the bot tom o f t he phone un t il it st ops.
11 Notes: • Y ou can use t he pho ne whil e it is c harging , bu t charg - ing t ake s lon ger . • For the faste st char ging, be sure t he ph one is t urned off during cha rging, if you are not expec ting a cal l.
12 Note : Rechargeabl e batt eries l ast lo nger and per form bett er if occasi onall y a llowed to f ully discha rge. You can d o this by leav ing the p hone on u nti l it aut omatica lly t urn s off or you ca n use the battery dischar ge featur e of any appr oved access or y avai lable f or your phone.
13 IMPORTANT BATTERY TIPS • Use only t he suppl ied char ger and use only batte ries designe d for this phone. • Y ou can pur chase addit ional standar d or ex tended capaci ty batt eries t hrou gh your loca l RadioShac k sto re. • When yo u are no t u sing the c harger , disc onnect it f rom power .
14 BASIC OPERATION T URNING THE PHONE ON/OFF To t urn on t he ph one , f lip down t he cover t hen pr ess . The phone per f orms a shor t self tes t and sounds a t one or vi- brat es (see “Changi ng.
15 • Y ou c an disabl e the sign al str ength meter so it does no t appear . See “T urning t he Signa l Strengt h Meter O ff/O n ” on Page 26. If th e NoSvc i ndica t or (ab ove the di splay) tu.
16 Syste m Bus y M e ssa ge In addi tio n to the nor mal busy si gna l you hear when a num- ber y ou c all is busy , your phone s ounds tones and displa ys a mes sage to indicat e othe r situat i ons when it canno t complet e a c all.
17 • T o set your p hone s o you can ans wer a cal l by pre ssing keys ot her than just , se e “Usi ng Mul tip le Key Answer” on Page 32. • If you s ubscri be to cal lin g line ID servi ce thro ugh your cell ular car rier , you can view the c alli ng part y’s ph one number on the phone’ s displ ay .
18 ADJUSTING THE V OLUME Adjusting t he E arpiece V ol ume To i ncr ease or decrease the earpi ece vol ume during a call , repeat edly p r ess the top (i ncrease) or bottom ( decrease ) vol- ume but to n on th e si de of the p hone. Each t ime you press th e butt on, t he volume met er appears on th e disp l ay for about 8 second s.
19 To turn t he microph one on aga in, press again so Mute d isappear s. Hint: To h elp you remembe r whi ch key to us e, note t hat “M” (for mute) app ears on the k ey.
20 • Emergcy do es not app ear if the emerge ncy disp l ay funct ion i s turned off ( see “T ur ning t he Emergency Di s- play Off/On” on Page 33) . REDIALING NUMBERS Using Last T en Number Redial Your p hone constant ly s tores the la st 10 phone n umber s you call ed.
21 If t he cal l can not be complet ed wit hin 4 min utes (a nd Snd to Redial app ears again) , you can p ress again t o repea t the r edial cycl e or to e nd the ca ll. DISPLAYING NUMBERS Y our P hone Number To disp lay your ph one numb er at a ny time (even whi le a c all is i n pro gr ess) , si mply press .
22 MENU FUN CTIONS OVERVIEW T urning a Function O n/Off Foll ow these st eps to tu rn any of yo ur phone’ s spec ial func- ti ons on or off . For a complet e descript ion of any functi on, see the sec tion tha t descri bes that funct ion. The page num- bers of each of the sec tions are l isted in “M enu Fun ctions List ” on Page 24.
23 Function Status Quick-Review Several commonl y used f uncti ons on your phone ( such as the message r emind er tone and emer gency dial ing) ar e pre- set to “on” so you c an begin using t hem immed iatel y; howev - er , you can tur n any funct ion on or of f.
24 Menu Functi ons List Di spl ay Show s Func tio n De scr ipt ion an d Default Se tting See Page Signal Mtr T urns off/o n t he sign al stre ngth mete r On 26 One Min Timr S et s t he ph on e to soun.
25 Auto Lock Se ts th e ph one t o au to- ma ti call y l oc k wh en y ou tu r n po wer on Of f 46 T urbo Di al Turn s of f/ on on e- t ouch diali ng On 32 Emergcy Call Turns off/ on th e e m er- genc .
26 USING THE MENU FUNCTIONS T urning the Signal Strength Meter Off/O n Your ph one is pres et to displ ay the s ignal strengt h meter each t ime you tur n on the phon e, clea r the di splay, or make a call ; however , you can set the ph one so it does not disp lay the meter .
27 T urni ng the Automatic Call T imer On/ Off To track how long you ar e on the phon e, you can se t you r phone to aut omatica lly d isplay t he t ime (mi nutes an d sec - onds) y ou sp end on each call. F ollow thes e st eps to turn t he automati c call ti mer on or off.
28 3. Press so Off ap pears or so On appears. 4. Press to exit t he functi ons menu. Notes: • In order to send DTMF to nes when you use speci al phone s ervices ( such as bank b y pho ne), yo u must.
29 4. Press the num be r keys ( – ) o n the phon e’s key- pad to hear the vari ous ring er styl es (o r re peatedl y press or to sc r oll backwar d or for ward and hear each of t hem). 5. When y ou hear the ringe r sty le you want t o us e, pre ss to sele ct it .
30 • If the c all scre ening f unct ion is tu rned on, your phone sounds a dif ferent al er t tone or numbe r of vibrat ions. See “Usi ng Call Scr eeni ng” on Page 34. Foll ow the s e steps to ch ange the aler t type. 1. Press . 2. Repeatedl y press or unti l Ring Or Vib Sel flas hes, the n press to ent er the cha nge mode.
31 3. Press so Off appears or so On appear s. 4. Press t o exit the f unctio ns menu. Note : R egar dl ess of the silent keypad setti ng, unle ss you turn on t he sile nt scratchp ad f u nction (see “Using Si lent Scratc hpad” on Page 27), the o the r party on the li ne hear s tones if you pr ess t h e keys dur ing a call .
32 Using Mul tiple Key Ans wer Your pho ne is preset to answer an incomi ng call only whe n you pres s ; howeve r, you can set the phone t o answer a call when you pres s any of thes e keys aft er the fir s t rin g (or vibr atio n): , any number key ( – ), or ei ther vol- ume butt on.
33 T urni ng the Emergency Dis play Off/ On Your phone i s preset to displ ay Emergcy when you hol d down to m ake an emerg ency call; ho wever , you c an set the ph one so Emergcy does not appear (if you did not stor e an emergency num be r i n memor y 01, f or exa m ple).
34 Using Call S creening The cal l screen i ng funct ion le ts you set yo ur phone so Call appear s and the phone so unds s everal unique bee ps (or vi - brat es) when it rece i ves a cal l, but you cannot answe r the call .
35 T urni ng the M essage Reminder T ones Off/On If your cell ular c arrie r offe rs a speci al m e ssa gi ng ser vice, and you subscri be to that servi ce, your phone i s preset to b eep every 2 minutes until y ou read al l new messages, but y ou can turn of f th e tones.
36 USING MEMORY Your phone has 50 speed - dial memor y locations that can each h old a phone number (up to 32 di gits) and a name (up to 14 char acte rs , incl uding spac es) . STORING SPEED DIAL NUMBERS Note: If you ar e unable t o compl ete Ste ps 1 and 2 wit hin 8 second s, the di splay go es blank to cons erve bat tery powe r.
37 For example , to enter the letter Y , pr ess three ti mes (sinc e the let ter Y is thi rd in the seri es of le tter s on that key). Notes: • T o store a spac e, p ress twice ( without en ter i ng a le tte r). • T o enter t he let ter Q ( even though i t i s not pr inted on the key) , pres s t wice.
38 Storing S peed Dial Numbers in Bloc ks To help you or ganize and easily re call info rmat ion, you can stor e spee d dial num ber s in “bl ocks , ” so num ber s with si m il ar chara ct e ristic s (such as fam il y, friends , servi ces, and so on) are st ored toget her.
39 ONE-T OUCH DIALING To quick ly pl ace a cal l to any nu mber stor ed in mem ory l oca- tions 0 2–09 (wit hout pres sing ), si mply hol d d own that number key f o r about 1 second. The InUse i ndicat or fl ashes and the phone bri efly disp lays Dialing then the nu m ber call ed, t hen th e s ignal str ength met er .
40 MEMORY SCROLLING/DIALING Scrolling by Name (Alphabetic al Order) Your phon e stores names in alpha betical order , based on th e fi rst few cha racter s of the name. Fol low the se steps to scrol l thr ough memory by name. 1. Press . The phon e displ ays the f irst nam e in mem- ory .
41 3. When you se e the name you want to use, pr ess t o place the c all. Scrolling by Memory Locat ion Number 1. Press . 2. Press to start scrol lin g from the firs t memory locat ion, o r en ter a sp eci fic mem or y nu mb er ( suc h as 1 1 ) that you want to star t from.
42 CHANGING INFORMATION IN A MEMORY LOCATION 1. Recall the memor y lo cation informat ion. 2. Press (if necessa r y) to di spl ay th e phone number . 3. Repeat edly pre ss to backsp ace and eras e digit s, then ent er the cor re ct number s; or , to sim pl y add di gits to the ex isti ng numb er , ent er the a dditi onal nu mbers.
43 CLEARING A MEMORY Wi t h a na me and numbe r — Foll ow these st eps to cle ar a memory t hat has a name a nd phone number (or only a name) stored in i t. 1. Press to displ ay t he fi rst name s tored in m emory , then rep eatedl y press until t he name you want to clear ap pears.
44 USING SCRATCHPAD MEMORY Your phone ’s scrat chpa d memor y lets you t emporari ly store a tel ephone num ber on t he dis play dur ing a c al l. Thi s is han dy, for exampl e, whe n so m eone g ives y ou a num ber dur i ng a cal l and y ou don’t hav e a pl ace t o write it down.
45 SECURIT Y FEATURES LOCKING Y OUR PHONE To prevent unau thorized us e of your ph one, you can ente r a 3-digi t co de to l ock your phone a t any ti me ( see “Using Manu - al Lock”) . For a dded convenie nce, you can also set t he phone to aut omat ically lock ever y time you turn it on (see “Using Autom atic Lock” on Page 46).
46 The phone r emains locke d until you unlo ck it. To unlock your phone, simply e nte r the 3-dig it l ock co de so Locked di sap- pears . If you make a mist ake , press then t ry again. Using Automat ic Lock The aut omatic l ock feature l ets you s et your phone t o auto- mat ical ly lock each t ime you turn it on .
47 2. Enter th e 6-di git sec urit y code. 3. Enter th e new 3-di git l ock cod e you want to use. 4. Press . T he p hone di splays Changed To an d the new lock code.
48 USING SERVICE RESTRICTION S Your p hone is pr eset t o let you ( or anyo ne else ) d ial a ny type of numb er (loca l or long distanc e) and freel y a ccess any in- format ion s tored i n it s memor y.
49 Follo w these st eps t o change t he servi ce r estrict ion level on your p hone. Note : The phone’ s display doe s not change (no cha racter s appear when you press the key s) unti l you press i n Step 4. 1. Press . 2. Enter th e 6-di git sec urit y code.
50 OTHER FE ATURES USING THE MESSAGING FUNCTI ONS Some cell ul ar systems pr ovide ser vices tha t can send up to thr ee dif ferent types of m essages t o y our phone , inc ludin g call ing l ine I D, voi ce mail noti ficat ion, and shor t (al phanume r- ic) mes sages.
51 Notes: • If the mes sage stac k is full (20 mess ages are cur rentl y stored ) and t he pho ne recei ves a new mes sage, it auto- matical ly store s the ne w mes sage an d deletes the oldes t messag e in the s tack. • Y ou r phone does not r eceive messag es wh ile it is t urned off .
52 2. T o view anot her m essage, repeat edly pr ess (t o scro ll back wards) or ( to scr oll f orwards ) unti l that mes sage appe ar s. 3. When you fin ish, press to e xit the m essage f unc- ti on. Deleti ng Messages To del ete an indivi dual m essage , rec all t hat m essage, then hold down until the pho ne dis plays Deleted .
53 USING THE CALL TIMER S Your phone ha s t hree c all t imers t hat let you c heck the l ength of your cal l s (“air time”) : • Indiv idual cal l t imer — times e ach call you make o r answer in minut es an d seconds, a nd aut omatica l ly resets each t ime you make or answer a c all o r tur n of f the ph one.
54 If y ou press duri ng a call , the a ir time of the call fla shes on t he displ ay unt il yo u clear the di splay o r en d the cal l. Note : To set your pho ne so it d is plays t he in divid ual cal l t imer automat ical ly, see “Tur ning the Automati c Call Timer On/Of f” on P a ge 27 .
55 SELECTING THE ACTIV E PHONE NUMBER If you subs cribe to two ce llul ar ser vices ( fo r exampl e, com - petit ive c ellul ar sys tems in your ar ea or cel lul ar syst ems i n diff erent citi es), your dealer progr ams your ph one with two diff ere nt phone num ber s.
56 Notes: • Calls can be made o n your phon e from onl y on e phone numb er at a ti me, and you ca nnot ac tivat e the other phone num ber while a cal l i s in pr ogress.
57 Your phone’ s select able syst em regi str ation fu nctio n lets you select one of six poss ible r oamin g mod es: Roami ng Mod e Descri ption Displ ay St an da r d Mo de — the phone first se eks a ho me typ e sys t em, th en it se eks a no n- ho me typ e .
58 Displayi ng the Currently Sel ected Syste m T ype To dis pl ay the sy stem type currentl y selec ted on you r phone, press . The current ly se l ecte d system t ype ( such as Std BA ) ap pears for about 8 s econd s. To cl ear t he disp lay sooner , press .
59 ROAMING In some ar eas, the cel lula r system’ s c omputer aut omati call y recogni zes roa ming tel ephon es. In o ther ar eas, you mus t contact the service pr ovide r b efore it ca n r ecogniz e you r phone.
60 Notes: • Enable PIN di ali ng on your ph one only i f it is req uired by your cel lul ar pr ovider . • Y ou must stor e your PI N in m emory 07, otherwi se your phone cann ot proper ly make call s throu gh your cell ular syst em. • If you ent er a servic e area tha t does not req uir e PI N dial- ing, disabl e PIN dia ling on you r phone .
61 USING T OUCH-T ONE SE RVICES To use your cel lul ar phone to co ntrol a nswerin g mac hines and speci al t elephone services (such a s ban k-by-p hone or voicemai l), simply enter t ouch-t one com mands using you r phone’s keypad aft er t he servi ce answe rs ( and when pr ompt- ed).
62 CALLING CARD DIALING To use you r ce ll ul ar phone t o dial long dis tance num be r s wit h a call ing car d nu mber, you can si mply dia l as you usual ly would (f or exampl e, dial 0 and the tel ephone numbe r then press , the n enter your call ing ca r d number when you hear t he p rompt).
63 6. Withi n 8 seco nds, press then ent er the 2- di git mem - ory loc ati on numbe r (0 1–50) where you want to st ore the card sequ ence, or press to aut omat ic ally s elect t he fir st unused memory l ocatio n. Alpha or STO appears to pr ompt you f or the next st ep.
64 RESETTING THE PHONE USING MASTER RESET Mas ter r eset l ets y ou enter the phone’ s prese t securi ty cod e ( 00000 0 ) and reset all of the phone’ s special functi ons to thei r defau lt set ting s (see “ Menu Fu nctio ns List ” on Page 24 ), but it doe s not cl ear any i nfor mation yo u stor ed in memor y.
65 USING MASTER CLEAR Master clear le ts you enter t he pres et sec ur ity cod e ( 000000 ) to do the f ollowi ng: • Reset al l of the ph one’s sp ecial fu nction s to t heir defaul t setti ngs (s.
66 T ROU B LES HO OT IN G If th e ph one’ s power does not come on or stay on: • Make sure the bat tery is proper ly ins talled and cha rged. • Be sure that th e cont act s on the ba t tery are cle an. If they are not , clean t hem wit h a soft cloth or pen cil er aser .
67 SAFETY INFO RMATION T RAFFIC SAFETY • Do not use a handhel d phone whil e drivi ng a vehi cle. I f using a handh eld phone , park the vehi cle be f ore t aking or making a cal l. • Alwa ys secure t he phone in it s holder; do not place the phone on t he pas senger seat or wher e it ca n br eak lo ose in a coll isio n o r sudde n stop .
68 • Do not s t or e or carr y fl ammable li quids, ga ses, o r expl o- sive material s in the same compa rtment as a cell ular phone or any of its par ts or accessor ies. • Only qual ifie d personn el shoul d inst all or serv ice th e phone i n a vehicl e.
69 You might not be abl e to m ak e emergency cal ls on al l cell ular phone net wor ks or wh en ce rtain net work s er vic es or ph one featur es ar e set . Check with your local servic e provid ers. FCC REGULATIONS A cellular phone mi ght cause TV or radi o inter feren ce, even when it is operat ing pr operly.
70 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your Radi oShack CT- 502 Fli p-Styl e Handhel d Cellu lar Tele- phone wit h Sile nt Vibrati ng Alert is an exam ple of superi or desi gn and cr aftsmans hip. The foll owing sug gestio ns will help yo u care for you r phone so you can enj oy it for year s.
71 SPECIFIC ATIONS Di me nsio n s: .... ... .. ... ..... .. .. ... ..... .. ... .... 5 5 / 8 × 2 3 / 8 × 1 3 / 8 Inches We igh t (wit h S up pl ied Ba tt ery ): .... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. ..... 7.7 oz (218 g ) Tran sm ittin g Po we r: .
72 4400585 46689 17 4827507 5018188 D332261 5363071 D270 835 4670747 4829274 5 020091 518 2749 5365549 D271 491 4672502 4837534 5020092 D332 785 D352497 Re31 470 4680787 D301476 5 020093 5185566 53668.
73 DIS PLAY ME SSAG E GLOSS ARY Me ssag e De scr ip ti on See Page(s) NN’ Memo ry scro lling i s activ e (where NN is the m emo ry n umbe r) 40 o Sho ws a pa us e stor ed i n memory 61 Alpha or STO .
74 NoNames Stored No names are st ore d i n memor y 40 Emergc y Call Eme r ge nc y dial in g displ a y se t ti ng (appears wi th On or Off) 33 Full Memo ry is fu ll or th e re queste d me mor y b lo c.
75 Ring Only Rin g onl y aler t type 29 Scan A Non -wir e line A sy stem- typ e sele cted 56 Scan AB A th en B sc an sys tem -ty p e s ele cted 56 Scan B Wir el ine B sca n s ystem - type sele cted 56.
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