Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 43-860 Radio Shack
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Cat. No. 43-860 OWNER’S MAN UAL Plea se read before using this eq uipment. COUNTR Y LIFE PHONE 43-8 60 .f m Pag e 1 M on day, Aug ust 16, 19 99 1:10 P M.
2 FEA TURES © 19 95 T andy Cor p orat ion . All Righ ts Res erv ed . Ra dio Sh ac k is a re giste red trad emark u sed b y T andy C or pora tion. Your Radio Sha ck Cou ntry Life Phone combines nostalgic styling with conve- nient, m odern features.
3 READ THI S BEFORE I NST ALLA TION We have designe d your telephon e to conform to federal regul ations an d you can connect it to m ost telephone l ines. However, each p hone that you con- nect to the telephone line draws power from the line. We refer to the pow er draw as the phone ’s ringer equiva- lence number (REN).
4 CONTENTS Ins tall atio n ..... .. ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... . 5 Mounting the Phone ........................... ..............................
5 IN ST ALLA TION Your tele phone connect s d irectly to a modular telep hone line ja ck. Choose a mounting location for the phone t hat i s near a m odula r phone jack a nd aw ay from normal activities. If your telephone wiring do es not have a modula r jack, you can upd ate the wiring yourself.
6 3. Depending on th e d istance between the mo dular phone jack and the desired mounting loca- tion, plug either the supplie d 7- foot or 10-inch s ilver phone line cord into the jack on the back of the phone, t hen set th e phone aside.
7 3. Press a plastic anchor i nto the hole at each bottom mark and tap the anchor into the wall with a hamme r until the anchor is seated. 4. Carefully pull the pape r template away from the wall to rem ove it.
8 and tighten the screws with a screwdriver. R ubb er S pace r 43-8 60.fm Pag e 8 Monda y, Aug u st 16, 19 99 1:10 P M.
9 Mou ntin g on Pla s ter/ La the or So lid Woo d 1. At each mounting mark on the template, turn a self-tapping screw clockwise a few rota ti ons with a screwdriver to start it, then tur n th e sc r ew c ou nte rc lo ck wi se to r em o ve i t. 2. Carefully pull the pape r template away from the wall to rem ove it.
10 2. Place the handse t on the cradle. 3. T o connect you r phone to the tele- phone lin e, plug the o ther end of the pho ne cord in to the modu lar phone j ack. COUNTRY LIFE PHONE 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 0 # 6 M N O L K J I H G D E F A B C P R S T U V W X Y COUNTRY LIFE PHONE 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 0 # 6 M N O L K J I H G D E F A B C P R S T U V W X Y 43-8 60.
11 OPE RA TION SETTI NG T HE DIAL ING MO DE Set PULSE/ TO NE for the type of phone service you have, either tone or pulse (rotary). If you are not s ure whi ch type you have, do t his si mpl e test. 1. Set PULSE/T ONE beneath the phone t o TONE . 2. Lift the handset and listen f or a dial tone.
12 REDIAL Each time you dial a telepho ne number, the phone st ores it in a redi al memory. The redial m emory hol ds up to 3 2 di gits in either pulse or tone mode. To quickly redial the last number dia led, lift the handset and pres s REDIAL (the large button in the cente r of th e dial pad ).
13 USING T ONE SERV I CES ON A PULSE LINE Some specia l services, s uch as bank by phone, requ i re tone signals. If you have puls e se rvic e, yo u can still us e the se special tone services by following t h es e st e ps. 1. Call the special service using pulse dialing.
14 CARE AND MA INTENANCE Your Radio Sha ck Cou ntry Life Phone is an example of sup erior design and craftsman ship. T he followin g sug ges- tions will hel p you care for your phone so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the p hone dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry im- mediately.
15 IF YOU HA VE PROBLEM S If you r telephone is not perf orming as it should, check the conne ction to the telephone l ine. Ca lls are automatically switched and rout ed through com plex equipmen t, so you m ight occasionall y hear noise on the line. When a call is too noisy, hang up and redi al the num - ber.
RADIO S HACK A Divisi on of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T exa s 76102 9A5 Printed i n H ong Kong RADIO SHACK LIMITED W ARRANTY Th is telep ho ne pr odu ct is war ra nted aga inst man ufactu rin g d.
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