Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ET-686 Radio Shack
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Cat. No. 43- 686 OWNER’S MANUAL Please re ad befor e using this equi pment. 2-Line 900 MHz Cordless Speakerphone ET-686 43-686.fm Page 1 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM.
2 FEATURES Your Radi oShack ET- 686 2-Lin e 900- MHz Cord less Sp eakerphone uses ad - vanced co rdle ss tele phone techno logy to give y ou superior audio quality a nd extended range. T he ET -686 le ts you make and rece ive calls on two separate telephone lines.
3 Line Status Indicators — show if a li ne is avai lable, i n use, or on hol d. Auto Talk — lets you set the ET-686 so you can an swer a call by l ifting the hand - set from the base. Any Key Answer — let s you set the ET - 686 so y ou ca n press an y key to answe r a call on the base or on the handset when it is away from t he base.
4 Important: • Cordles s phones such as th is one require AC powe r to operate. Wh en the AC powe r is off, you cannot dial out or re ceiv e in comi ng cal ls us ing your ET -686.
5 CONTENTS Installation . .................... ............ ............. .................... ............. ............. ................... 6 Mounting t he Phone ....... ............. ............. ................... ............. ............. ..
6 INSTALLA TION MOUNTING THE P H ONE You can p lace the ET–6 86’s bas e on a desk or tabl e, or mount i t on a standar d wall plate or dire ctly on a wa ll.
7 Note: If you c onnect the phone to a two-line phone jack with a tw o-line cord, do no t conne ct a cord to the TEL LINE 2 jack or the phone wil l not operate prop erly . Instea d, you can connect a nother phone devi ce, such as a fax machine or modem.
8 1. Insert the two tabs at the top of the narrow end of the supp lied bra cket into the b ase’s upper tab slots a s shown, then press do wn on the bracke t’s latches and ins ert th em into the c lip slo ts.
9 4. Route the ada pter ’s cor d throu gh the narrow g roove on the brack et. If you a re us ing t wo phon e cord s, route t he sec ond cor d thro ugh one of the wide grooves on the br acket.
10 7. Press and lift ou t the hands et holder , fli p it over as shown, then snap it b ack into place. 8. Raise the base ’s antenna to a verti - cal p osition. CONNECTING AND CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK The ET-6 86 comes wi th a recha rgeable nickel -cadmium b attery p ack in the handset but not co nnecte d.
11 Notes: • When you first us e the phon e after chargi ng or rechar ging the batt ery pack, the phone might not work and you might he ar an error tone when you pres s LINE 1 or LINE 2 . If this happens, r eturn the ha ndset to the base for about fi ve seco nds.
12 2. Press LINE 1 on the base. The LINE 1 SPEAK ER indicat or lights . Then listen fo r the dial tone. 3. Pr ess any num ber othe r than 0 on the base k eypad. Note: If your p hone system re quires that you di al an acce ss co de ( 9 , for example ) before you dial an out side number , do not press the acc ess code e ither .
13 OPERATION Note : You ca n use t he keypa d on ei ther the handset or the base to operate the ET-686. T o make a call wi th the s peak- erphone, you must use the bas e’s key- pad; to ma ke a call with the hands et, you m ust use th e hands et’s ke ypad.
14 The E T-686 ch anges to a d iffer ent chan - nel each time y ou pres s CH . Note: If the handset is too far fro m the base, the c han nel might not chan ge a nd the phone s ounds th e error bee ps.
15 Using Mute While tal king on the s peaker phone, you can te mporaril y tur n off th e ET-686’ s mi - crophon e by pres sing MUTE so t he ot h er party cann ot hear you. The SPEAK ER indicato r flashes red when a li ne is mut- ed. Pr ess MUTE again to resume your conver satio n.
16 USING B OTH TH E HANDSET AND SPEAKERPHONE To use the han dset to join a call at the base, or to use the b ase to j oin a c on- versat ion at the h andset, p ress t he li ne button for th e line that i s in use. Y ou hear a busy tone. Be fore the tone ends, press the line b utton ag ain.
17 2. Press INTCM on the h andset o r INTERCOM on the base to pag e the other ke ypad. The two o utside l ines are autom ati- cal ly plac ed on ho ld, but the pa rties on both lin es can tal k with each other . 3. T o answer th e page, press INTCM on the hand set, or INTERCOM on the base, then press CONF .
18 USING FLASH FLASH performs the electr onic equi va- lent of a switc hhook op eration for spe - cial se rvi ces, su ch as Call W aitin g. For examp le, if you ha ve Cal l Waiti ng, press FLASH to answer a n i nco mi ng cal l without disconne cting the cur rent c all.
19 • T o t ran sfer t he call, pres s INTER- COM or INTCM again when the per- son at the base o r han dset an swers. • T o star t a 3-way call, tell the person at the b ase or h andse t to press the line button for the call, then pr ess the sa me but ton twi ce on your key- pad when th ey ans wer the pa ge.
20 Note: Each tone or pa use en try uses one digit of m emory . 4. Press MEM agai n, then enter the memory location numbe r ( 0 – 9 ) where you want to st ore the number . A tone soun ds to in dicate tha t the number i s store d. Note: If the phon e sound s five qu ick beeps, y ou have made an ent ry error , and the n umber was not stor ed.
21 USING A HEADSET You can make or answer cal ls with hands-f ree conven ience using an op- tional h eadset (avail able at your local RadioShac k store) th at has a 3 / 32 -inch plug. To connec t the headse t, pull ope n the rubber cover ma rked on t he side of the handse t, then inser t the 3 / 32 -inch pl ug into the j ack.
22 T ROUBLESHOOTING We do not ex pect you to have any pr oblems wi th your phone , but if yo u do, the fo llow- ing sugg estio ns mig ht hel p . Pr oblem S uggestion The phone doe s not w ork or works poorly . Be sure the base’ s phone line cord and A C adapt er are correc tly and securel y connec ted.
23 If the base los es power whi le the hands et is off of it, the securi ty access- protec tion code migh t change. Resto re power to the bas e, then place the handset bac k on the base and leave it there for a few s econds. If you still have problems , discon nect the ph one.
24 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your Radi oShack E T-686 2- Line 900 MH z Cordless Speake rphone is an exam ple of super ior des ign an d crafts mans hip. The follo wing s ugges tions will hel p you care for your E T-686 s o yo u can en joy it f or ye ars. Keep the ET-686 dr y.
25 REPLACING THE BATTERY PACK If you foll ow the in structi ons in “ Conne ct- ing and Charg ing the Batter y Pac k” on Page 10, the batt ery pack shou ld last about a year . If the batter y pack will not hold a c harge f or more than 2 h ours af- ter an overn ight ch arge, repla ce it with a new 3.
26 THE FCC W AN TS Y OU TO KNOW In the unlik ely eve nt that y our phone causes proble ms o n the ph one line, the phone c ompany can temp orar ily discon - tinue you r se rvice. If th is hap pens, the phone comp any atte mpts to notify you in advance .
27 NOTES 43-686.fm P age 27 Friday, Se ptember 10, 1999 3:1 3 PM.
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