Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CT-354 Radio Shack
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Cat. N o. 1 7-116 5 OWNER’S MANUAL Pleas e read b efore usin g this eq uipment. CT-354 Hand held Ce llular Ph one 17-1 165. fm Page 1 We dnesd ay, Ju ly 21 , 1 999 2:46 PM.
2 FEATURES Your Rad ioShack CT-354 Hand held Cellu l ar Phone co mbines adv anced tec hnology and desi gn simpl ici ty. To com plement its sm all si ze and easy- to- use desig n, the CT-354 pr ovides thi s full ran ge of fea tures.
3 One-Touch Emergenc y Diali ng — lets you dial the emerg ency num ber preprogr ammed into your phone, by br iefly hol di ng down the key. Scratch pad Memory — l ets you tem poraril y store a number (dur ing a call, fo r example), the n easi ly dial it or stor e it in memory.
4 CONTEN TS A Look at the Display . .. ....... ..... .. ..... .. .. . ..... .. ..... . 6 Pre pa rat ion ..... .. ... ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... ..... .. .. ..... ... .. ..... 8 Ins tal lin g th e Ba tte ry . .. .. ..... ... .. ..... .. ... ..... .. .
5 Ce ll u la r S y s te m Fea t ur e s . .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. . 30 Select ing the Acti ve Phone Num ber ... .. . .... 30 Se tt ing the Cel lula r Sy ste m Typ e .. ..... .. ... ... 3 1 Ro am ing .. ..... ... .. ..... .. ... ..... .
6 A LOO K AT THE DISPLAY AB Indi cates the typ e of net work selected : A ..... . ..... ...... . .. A system onl y B ..... . ..... ...... . .. B system onl y AB .... .. ..... ..... .. Both syst ems No I ndicat or .... . Ho me a r ea onl y See “Sett ing the Cell ular Syst em Type” on Page 31.
7 IN USE Appears dur ing a call. See “Maki ng a Call ” on Pa ge 13 or “Re ceivi ng a Call” on Page 15. NO SVC Appears wh en you are not within a support ed cellul ar service ar ea.
8 PREPARATION INSTALLING THE BATTERY To i nstal l the bat tery, p lace it fla t against th e back of the p hone wit h the tab f ac- ing up and towar d the top of t he phone. Th en slide the bat tery toward the t op of t he phone until i t snap s in to pl ac e .
9 • When the batt ery is not in use, store it uncharg ed in a cool and dark pla ce. • The battery is a sealed unit with no servi ce- able parts. Do n ot tr y to op en the case. • Y o u can p urchase additio nal stand ard or extende d capaci ty batter ies through you r local RadioShac k store.
10 • Do not short circui t t he batter y . Acciden tal short circui ting ca n occur when a me tal object (coi n, pape r clip, pen, or similar ) dir ectly con- nects the b attery’ s + and – t erminals (the met al str ips on the back of the bat tery) , su ch as when you carry a spare batte ry in your pocket or purse.
11 Notes: • Y ou ca n use y our phon e during chargi ng. For f aster charging , howev er , do not use the phone and t urn it off . • If t he bat t ery i s too hot or co ld, c harging stops un til the bat tery temper ature r eturns to no rmal. 3. The bat tery charge bar stops scrol ling when the bat tery is f ully char ged.
12 • When the batter y char ge level i s too l o w for the phone t o opera te, the phone di splay s RECHARGE B ATTERY and sounds a warning tone. The p hone aut omatic ally tu rns of f about 10 se conds later . Note: The phon e does not sound l ow battery warn- ing tones if sil ent s ervice i s set t o on (s ee “Ri ng Type” on Page 40 ).
13 BASIC O PERATION T URNING THE PHONE ON/ OFF Note: If your ph one has an ext endable ante nna, extend th e anten na ful ly. Avoid tou ching the anten- na with th e phone tu rned on. The phone must be turne d on bef or e you ca n make or answer cal ls.
14 If PIN cod e d iali ng is se t to O N ( see “PI N Code Dial ing” o n Page 46), the p hone disp lays PIN CALL the n WAIT FOR PROMPT . Pres s again afte r you hear the tone to send your PIN code and com pl ete the call . Notes: • NO SVC ( no ser vice) appear s if y ou ar e out- side the cel lular ser vice area.
15 RECEIVING A CALL When t he phon e receives an in coming c all, i t rings and fl ashes CALL . To a nswer a cal l, press a ny key except . To end the cal l, pres s . Notes: • I f you sel ected si lent servi ce (see “Rin g V ol- ume ” on Pa ge 39), the ph one does n ot ring.
16 MAKING EMERGENCY CALLS We pro gra m your primar y local e me rge ncy number (suc h as 911 ) into your p hone at the t ime of activa- ti on. To prevent u nwanted emergency calls , how- ever, your phone’s one- touch emer gency dial ing feat ure is pr eset t o off.
17 LAST NUMBER REDIAL Foll ow these steps to v iew and dial the last five phone n umbers called. 1. Hold down to cle ar the displ ay (if nec es- sa ry ). 2. Press . The phone di splays the las t num- ber d ialed. 3. T o scroll through t he last fi ve number s dialed, repeat edly press or .
18 USING MEMORY STORING A NUMBER IN MEMORY Your phone h as 22 memory loca tions — 2 0 speed- dial and 2 one -touch ( and ). Each mem- ory locat ion can h old a phone n umber of up t o 32 digi ts. Foll ow these steps to st ore a pho ne number i n memory.
19 3. To sto re th e number in t he sugges ted sp eed- dial memory , press . To store the number in a differ ent memory , enter that memory’ s two-d i git number then press . To stor e the nu m b er in o ne-touc h prio rity memory 1 or 2 , pre ss or .
20 Hints : • Using Mem ory Locat ion 1 — If one- touch dial ing is set t o on ( see “One-T ouch Dialing ” on Page 40) , you can hol d down for about 1 secon d to q uickl y dial the number stor ed in memory locati on 1.
21 ONE-T O UCH/SPEED DIALI NG To dial the number stored in ei the r one-t ouch pr ior- ity memory ( or ) , sim ply press that key. To speed dial the nu m b er stored in Memor y 1 (if one-t ouch dia ling is turned on — see “ One-Touch Dialing ” on Page 40) , hold down for a bout 2 seconds.
22 CLEARING A MEMORY 1. Hold down to cl ear the displ ay . 2. Press . The pho ne prom pts you f or t he memory n um- ber ( LOCATION? ). 3. Enter the memory number or press the one- touch memor y key ( or ) you want t o clea r , t hen pr ess . The phone d ispla ys ERASE? and the st ored numb er .
23 USING SCRATCHPAD MEMORY Your phone’ s scrat chpad memory le t s you t empo- rari ly stor e a p hone number during a c all. Th is is useful , for example, when you don’t have a penci l and paper hand y! Foll ow these steps t o sto re a number i n the scrat chpad me mory.
24 MENU OV ERVI EW This s ection li sts your phon e’s easy- to-us e m e nu funct ions, t he shor tcut keys (if any) y ou can u se to access the func tions, and the pages i n this manual where you ca n fi nd full descr iptions of the f unc- ti ons. To selec t a speci fic menu functi on , p ress t hat f unc- ti on’s short cut keys ( if any) .
25 Y ou See Shortcut/Desc riptio n See Pg. LIGHTS Set s the di splay an d ke y- pad b ack ligh ts 37 KEYPAD TONES Turns key pad tone s on /off 38 RINGING VOLUME Se le ct s the r ing v olu me 39 RINGIN.
26 SECURITY FE ATURES SELECTING A CALL RESTRICTION LEVEL Your phone i s prese t to let you (or anyon e else) dial any type of number ( local or long di st ance) a nd fre ely ac cess any info rmation st ored i n its memory.
27 Fo llow th e se ste ps to s e lec t a cal l r est ri ctio n le ve l. Importa nt: You can dial the pre-progr ammed emergency number an d the number stor ed in Memory 20 regar dless of wh i ch call r estri ction level you selec t. 1. Press . The phone displ ays t he cur- ren t se tti ng.
28 T URNING ONE -T OUCH EMERGENCY DIALING ON/OFF One-t ouch em ergency di alin g lets y ou cal l the pri- mary e mergen cy number programmed into your phone by hol ding down for abo ut 2 seco nds. One-t ouch em ergency di alin g is pres et to off on your ph one.
29 T URNING KEYGUARD ON/O FF You can use k eygua rd to d isabl e the phon e’s k ey- pad and p revent accide ntal key p resses ( when the phone i s i n a pur se or pocket, for example ). To turn on keyg uard , press or hold down for ab out 2 seconds (this is handy when you are endi ng a call, for exampl e).
30 CELL U L AR SYSTEM FEATURES SELECTING THE ACTIVE PHONE NUMBER Every cellul ar t elepho ne has at leas t one NAM (Num ber Assi gnment Modu le), which is used to stor e its phone numb er.
31 • I f you want to r ecei ve calls on both num ber s at the same time and you subsc ribe t o call fo r- wardin g thr ough your cell ular servi ce provid- ers, yo u c an set both numbe rs on you r phone to for ward to the othe r number if not answe red.
32 • Usu ally , it is less ex pensive to use t he same com pany for ce llular servi ce when yo u are in your home cit y and when y ou roam. T o do thi s, you nee d to kno w whether your cel lular ser- vice provi der is type A or B in your home city and in each cit y where you plan to tr avel .
33 Foll ow these s teps to set the cel l ular sys tem ty pe. 1. Press . The phone displ ays the cu r- ren t se tti ng. 2. Repeatedl y press or until you see the se tting yo u want t o use, then press t o select and store that sett ing.
34 SID SCREENING If t wo differen t cellul ar market areas are lo cated clos e to one a nother, a c all d esi gnated f or the A (or B) ca rrie r in one mar ket c an someti mes be p laced usin g the A (or B) carr ier located in t he other mar- ket ar ea.
35 Foll ow these s teps t o turn SID scr eening on or o ff. 1. Press , then rep eatedly pres s or unti l the phone di splay s SID SCREEN . Note: If no SI D informat ion has b een pro- gramme d into your phone, the messag e NOT AL LOWED appe ars and th e phone e xits the menu.
36 SPECIAL FE ATURES CALL TIMERS Your pho ne has four call ti mers that l et you chec k the l ength of your cal ls in minut es and seconds (for exam ple, 12345:12 equa ls 12,345 minutes and 12 second s). Yo u can view t he timers at any tim e (even durin g a call) , and yo u can res et all b ut one of the ca ll timers .
37 CLEAR TIMERS — Rese ts al l ca ll tim er s except for LI FE. 3. T o clear t he timers, pr ess when the phone dis plays CLEAR TIMERS . T he phone prompts y ou t o ente r your 4-dig it lock code ( LOCKCODE ? ). Enter your loc k code and press . The pho ne brief ly displ ays TIM- ERS CLEARED to conf irm t hat the t i mers have been r eset.
38 • And the phone i s used as a por tabl e phone or connec ted to a c harger , the li ghts turn o n for 15 second s when you pr ess a key or recei ve a cal l . • And t he phone is c onnec ted t o a han dsfree car kit , t he lights remai n on continuous ly .
39 RING V OLUME You can selec t one of these three ring volu m es for the p hone: • RINGING LOW — the ring is qui et. • RINGING HIGH — the ring is lou d. • SILENT SERVICE — the phone does not ring. Instead, the key pad and di splay ba ck- ligh ts flash, CALL flashes on t he display , and the phone s ounds a short beep .
40 RING T YPE Foll ow these steps to s elect from five differe nt ring patt erns that yo ur phone can sound whe n it re- ceiv es a c al l. 1. Press , then r epeatedl y press or unti l the phone di splays RINGING TYPE . 2. Press . The phone di splays the current sett ing ( RINGING TYPE 1 to 5 ).
41 3. Press or to selec t t he othe r setting. 4. Press to sto re your select ion. CHANGING THE LOCK COD E At the t ime of activa tion, we prog ram your phone with (an d gi ve you) a 4-digi t lock code requi red to change t he sett ings of some menu funct ions ( such as SID screen ing, call restri ctions, and calli ng card dial ing).
42 USING CALLING CARD DIALING Storing a Calling Card Number The call ing card feat ure lets you sel ect from thr ee prepr ogrammed l ong-di stance ca rrier names a nd stor e a l ong-dista nce cal ling car d number in t he phone’ s memor y, so you c an place long-d i s t an ce call s f rom this phon e usi ng that number.
43 5. If you must dial a n umber ( such as an 800 number ) t o access the car rier , enter that num- ber . Then press . If you do not have to dial an ac cess nu mber , s imply press .
44 2. When you hear the car rier ’ s calli ng card tone, press . The pho ne sends th e phone num- ber to th e networ k. CARD CALL re ma ins on the di splay unt i l th e tra nsmissi on is comple te. The phone t hen prompt s you to wait for anoth er dial tone ( WAIT FOR PROMPT ).
45 Adding a Pause Some servi ces, su ch as voicem ail, re quire you to enter an acces s code t hen pause befor e entering addit ional dig its. To i nclude a pa use in a sequence when stori ng it in memo ry, p ress . The phone di splays p . W hen you send the sequence, the ph one pause s for 2 1 / 2 s econds whe re you en- tered a paus e.
46 PIN CODE DIALING Fo r securi ty, some ce llu lar se rvice c arri ers req uir e you t o dial a p ersonal i dentifi catio n numbe r (PIN) in addit ion to the p hone number ea ch time you place a cal l. Th is is som eti me s refe r red to as “P IN c ode dial ing.
47 T o turn of f PIN code dial in g, simply pre ss withou t enterin g a num ber . PIN CALL OFF appears bri efly . When PIN cod e dia ling is set to ON , th e phone di s- plays PIN CALL th en WAIT FOR PROMPT after you press to plac e a cal l . When you hear the tone, press agai n to autom atically dial y our store d PIN code.
48 ACCESSORIES A new, extensi ve ran ge of access ories is avail able for your p hone through you r local Radi oShack stor e. You can s elect the accessor ies tha t best meet your n eeds. Im port ant: Use o nly accessor ies appr oved by t he phone ma nufacturer .
49 SAFETY INFORM ATION T RAFFIC SAFETY • Do not use a handhel d phone while dr iving a vehicl e. If u sing a handheld phone, park the vehicl e bef ore taki ng or making a cal l. • Always secure t he phone in its hol der; do not place the ph one on t he pass enger s eat or where i t can break loose i n a col lision or sud- den stop.
50 • As wit h othe r mobile r adio t ransmitt ing equ i p- ment, for your s afety , only use yo ur phon e in the no rmal ope rating pos ition ( held t o your ear with the antenna pointi ng over your sho ulder) . • T urn of f t he phone whi le gett ing gaso l i ne (at a fi lling sta tion).
51 Fail ure to observe t hese inst ruct ions could l ead to suspensi on or de nial of c ellular telephone s ervic es, legal acti on, or both. EMERGENCY CALLS IMPORTANT! T his p hone, li ke any cellul ar ph one, operat es using r adio signal s, cell ular, and l and line network s, as well as user- programmed funct i o ns.
52 FCC REGULATIONS A cell ular phone might ca use TV or r adio inte rfer- ence, even when i t is ope rati ng normal l y. Th e FCC can req uire you to st op using you r cellul ar phone if you canno t eli m inat e the inter ference. If you re- quir e assistanc e, conta ct your local RadioShac k stor e.
53 T RO UBLESHOOTING If the power does not com e on or stay on: • Make sure the batter y is prop erly ins talled and charged . • Be sure that the cont acts on the batt ery and the char ging s tand are cl ean. If t hey are not , clean t hem wit h a soft clot h or pen cil eraser .
54 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Yo ur Rad io Shack C T-35 4 Ha ndhel d Ce llu lar Phon e is a n ex ampl e of sup erior des ig n and craf tsma nshi p and shou ld be treat ed w ith c are. Th ese sugg esti ons all ow you to enjo y thi s ph one for m an y year s.
55 SPECIFICATIONS Dim en sio ns . .. .. ..... ... .. ... .... .. Wi dth : 2 1 / 8 in (54 mm) Height : 6 1 / 4 in (159 mm) Depth: 1 1 / 8 in (29 mm) Weight .. ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ..... ...... .. 8.6 oz. ( 245 g) wit h Supplie d Battery Tr ansmit ti ng Power .
RadioSha ck A Divi sion of T a ndy Corpor ation Fort Wor th, T ex as 76102 9351 254 2/ 97 P rin ted in C a nada Limi te d O ne- Y ea r W a rran t y This pr oduc t is warranted b y RadioShac k a g ains.
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