Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ET-531 Radio Shack
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Cat. No. 43-1031 OWNER’S MAN UAL Plea se read before using this eq uipment. ET-5 31 10-Channel Cordless Telep hone with 10-Memory Speed Dialing 43-1 03 1.
2 FEA TURES © 19 95 T andy Cor p orat ion . All Righ ts Res erv ed . C OM-L OK an d Ra di o Shac k are r egis tere d trade ma rks us e d by T andy Co rpora tion . Your Radi o Shack E T-5 31 10-C hannel Cordless Telepho ne with 10-Memory Speed Dialing includes the latest ad- vances i n cordle ss phone tec hnology.
3 This telephone has b een t ested and found to com ply with all app licable FCC and UL standards. Note: Your 10-Channe l Cordles s Tele- phone with 1 0-M emory Spe ed Dialing operates on sta ndard radio freque n- cies, as allocated by the FCC.
4 CONTENTS Prep arati on .... .. ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... . 5 In stal ling th e Batt e ry .... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .
5 PREP ARA TION INST ALLIN G THE BA TTER Y Before you us e your phone for the first time, you m ust install and c onnect the battery, then charge it f or about 12-15 hours. To insta ll the ba ttery, slide off the bat- tery compartment cov er on the back of the handset .
6 • T he USO C number of the jack to be ins ta lled is RJ1 1W for a w all jack or RJ 1 1C for a baseboa rd jack. Cautio n: You m ust use a 120 VAC/12 VDC adapter that delivers at least 200 millia mps. Its plug must c orr ectly fit the phone’s 12VDC j ack.
7 3. Route the other end of the short cord through the hole in the bracket’s center . 4. Attach the s upplied bracket to the bottom of the ba se by inserting the tabs on th e bracket into the slots on the base, then sliding the bracket up. 5. Insert the supplie d AC adapter ’s barrel plug into the 12VDC j ack on the back of the base.
8 2. Plug one end of the supplie d mod- ular cord into the TEL. LINE jack on the back of the bas e. 3. On the bottom of the base, route the modul ar cord downward and under the slot’s clips as shown.
9 CHARGING T HE BA TTER Y Before you us e your phone for the first time or when you i nstall a new battery, ma ke sur e RINGER ON/ OFF on t h e handset is set to OFF , t hen charge the battery for about 12-15 hours by plac- ing the handset on t he cradle so the POWER and CHARG E indicators ligh t.
10 2. Lift t h e handset, press TA L K , and listen for a d ial tone. 3. Press any numb er other than 0 . If the dial tone stops, you have touch- tone service. Lea ve TONE/PULSE set to TON E . If the dial tone con tinues, you ha ve pulse (rotary) service.
11 OPE RA T ION Before using you r cordless telepho ne, you must install and charge its battery (see “Installing the Battery” and “Charging the Battery”).
12 REDUCING INTERFERENCE To reduce interference between the handset and th e b ase, press CHANNEL to switch to the nex t channel (10 in all ) until y ou receive the best rec eption. REDIAL To qui ckly redia l the last n umb er di- aled, simply li ft the hand set from the cr adl e or pr es s TA L K so the IN US E i n- dicator lights.
13 USING T ONE SERV ICES WITH A SER VICE NUMBER Some special services, such as ba nk by phone, require t one signals. If you have pulse service, you can still u se the se s pec ial ton e s erv ices by follo w - ing th ese steps . 1. Set TONE/PULSE on the bas e to PULSE .
14 MEM OR Y DIA LING You can sto re up to 10 ph one num bers for single-button dialing. E ach stored number can be up to 16 digits long. Notes: •I f TONE/ PULSE is set t o PULSE and you want to us e tone di aling for a memo ry number , you must store t h e tone entry (S) along with t h e n um b er .
15 Ent ering a P ause i n a Memor y Number In some teleph one systems , you m ust dial an acces s code (9, for ex ampl e) and wait for a second dial tone b efore you can dial an out side number.
16 TRO UBLESHOOTI NG We do not e xpect you to have a ny proble ms w ith your teleph one, but if you do, t hese suggest ions might help. If you still have probl ems, chec k other phon es on the same line to see if they work properly.
17 Probl em S olut ion The han dset’s range decreases. • Fully extend the base’s antenna vertically . • Be sure the antenna is not touching a metal su r f ac e. • Return t he hands et to the cradl e, and recharge the b attery . Receiver sound flutters or fad e s .
18 CARE AND MA INTENANCE Your Radi o Shack E T-531 1 0-Channel Cordl ess Tel ephone wit h 10-Memory Spe ed Dialing is an exam ple of s uperio r design an d c raftsma ns hip. The following sugges- tions will help you ca re for you r phon es so you can enj oy it for years.
19 REPLACING THE BA TTER Y If you follow the inst ructions in “Cha rg- ing the Battery, ” the supplied ba ttery should last about one year. When the battery loses its ability to fully ch arge, ord er a 3 .6 volt , 300 mi llia mp ba tte ry with a c onnector that fits the connector in the batt e ry compartment.
RADIO S HACK A Divisi on of T andy Corpor ation Fort Worth, T exa s 76102 8A5 Printed i n H ong Kong Your p hone might cau se T V or radio interference even when it is operating properly. To det ermine whe ther your phone is c ausing the in terference, turn off your phon e.
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