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Cat. No. 43-1109
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-1109
900 MHz Digital Cordless Telephone
with Caller ID/Call Waiting ID
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43-1109.fm Page 2 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM FEATURES Your RadioShack ET-1109 900 MHz Page — lets you send a signal from the Digital Cordless Telephone uses ad- base to the handset to page someone or vanced technology to give you superior to help you locate the handset. audio quality and extended range. Volume Control — lets you adjust the The ET-1109’s Caller ID unit records volume you hear through the handset. each caller’s telephone number (and name, if available in your area) and the
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43-1109.fm Page 3 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM Where Caller ID is offered, one or more Tone or Pulse Dialing — lets you use options are generally available: tone or pulse (rotary) dialing and lets you switch from pulse to tone dialing for • caller’s number only long-distance, bank-by-phone, or other • caller’s name only special services. • caller’s name and number. Redial — lets you quickly redial any of the last three numbers dialed. To reduce the risk of fire or WARNING: shock hazard, do
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43-1109.fm Page 4 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM Important: FCC STATEMENT • Cordless phones such as this one Your ET-1109 complies with Part 68 of require AC power to operate. When FCC Rules. You must, upon request, the power is off, you cannot make or provide the FCC registration number receive calls using your ET-1109. To and the REN to your phone company. be safe, you should also have a These numbers are on the bottom of the phone that does not need AC power base. to operate (not a cordles
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43-1109.fm Page 5 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................ 6 Mounting the Phone ........................................................................................ 6 On a Desk ................................................................................................. 6 On a Wall Plate or Wall .......................................................................
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43-1109.fm Page 6 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM INSTALLATION dioShack store. Or, you can let the MOUNTING THE PHONE telephone company update the wir- ing for you. You can place the phone on a desk or table, mount it on a standard wall plate, • The USOC number of the jack to be or mount it directly on a wall. installed is RJ11C, or RJ11W for a wall plate jack. Select a location that is: • near an AC outlet On a Desk • near a telephone line jack Follow these steps when you place the • out of t
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43-1109.fm Page 7 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM 3. Route the adapter’s cord through 4. Plug the modular cord’s other end the strain relief slot on the bracket. into the wall plate jack, then align the bracket’s keyhole slots with the Strain wall plate studs and slide the base Relief Slot downward to secure it. 4. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. 5. Lift the base’s antenna to a vertical position. On a Wall Plate or Wall 5. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. 1. Plug one end
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43-1109.fm Page 8 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM Follow the steps under “On a Wall Plate CONNECTING AND or Wall” on Page 7, then apply these ad- CHARGING THE BATTERY ditional instructions for placement on a PACK wall. 15 The ET-1109 comes with a recharge- 1. Drill two holes 3 /16 5 able nickel-cadmium battery pack in the inches (100 mm) /16 handset, but not connected. Before us- apart. Then thread ing your phone, you must connect the a screw into each 15 3 /16 battery pack, then charge it f
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43-1109.fm Page 9 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM To charge the battery pack, place the The handset does not lose its secu- handset either faceup or facedown on rity access-protection code even if the base. The CHARGE/IN USE indica- the battery pack is completely dis- tor on the base lights and Total:00 charged. appears on the handset display. • Using a pencil eraser, clean the charging contacts on the handset and base about once a month. CHARGE/IN USE Indicator Recharge the battery pack when
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43-1109.fm Page 10 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM • The supplied battery pack should If the dial tone continues, you have last for about a year. When it loses pulse service. Set DIAL MODE to P its ability to fully recharge, order a (pulse). replacement battery pack from your 4. Press TALK or place the handset on local RadioShack store (see “Re- the base to hang up. placing the Battery Pack” on Page25). SETTING THE RINGER TONE/VOLUME SETTING THE DIALING MODE You can select one of four differ
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43-1109.fm Page 11 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM 3. Press SELECT to change the Caller ID/Call Waiting setting. On or Off appears indicating the selected set- CALL ID ting. Follow these steps to turn auto talk on or off. 1. Lift the handset and hold down 4. Return the handset to the base or CALL ID. A menu appears with 1 press CALL ID to store the new set- Auto Talk selected. ting. 2. Press SELECT to change the auto talk setting. On or Off appears indi- STORING YOUR cating the selected setti
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43-1109.fm Page 12 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM 3. Press SELECT, then enter your three-digit area code. If you make a mistake, repeatedly press or to move the cursor over the incor- rect digit, then enter the correct number. Note: If an area code is already stored, it appears on the display af- ter you press and hold CALL ID. To delete the area code, press DELETE three times. Then enter your area code. 4. Press SELECT to store the area code, then press CALL ID or return the handset to the
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43-1109.fm Page 13 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM OPERATION MAKING AND RECEIVING SELECTING THE CALLS CHANNEL To make a call, lift the handset and The ET-1109 has 30 channels (frequen- press TALK (the CHARGE/IN USE indi- cy pairs used between the base and cator on the base lights), then dial the handset). If the call seems to disconnect number. The number displays on the for no reason during a call, press CH on handset as you dial, then (after a few the handset to select a different channel.
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43-1109.fm Page 14 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM For example, if you have Call Waiting, USING REDIAL press FLASH to answer an incoming call without disconnecting the current call. You can quickly dial any of the last three Press FLASH again to return to the first numbers you dialed recently. Lift the call. handset and repeatedly press REDIAL/ PAUSE until the number you wish to dial Note: If you do not have any special displays. Then press TALK and the phone services, pressing FLASH might pho
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43-1109.fm Page 15 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM Storing a Number PAGING and Name in Memory To send a page from the base to the handset or to locate the handset, when Notes: the phone is not in use, press PAGE/ • An error tone sounds and the phone FIND on the base. The handset beeps exits the storing process if you wait for 5 seconds. more than 20 seconds between each key press. • If you receive a call during memory entry, the phone exits the storing process. 1. Lift the handset. 2.Hold dow
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43-1109.fm Page 16 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM Repeatedly press to view the the backing from the sticker and attach it characters in alphabetical order. to the phone. (The display shows uppercase let- ters first, then lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters.) Notes: • Press to see the characters in re- verse alphabetical order. • You can hold down or to scroll rapidly through the characters. • If you make a mistake, move the cursor over the error, then enter the correct char
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43-1109.fm Page 17 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM Edit Memory n — edit the record again to see the rest of the number. as described in Steps 5 through 8 of Repeatedly press to return to the “Storing a Number and Name in name display. Memory” on Page 15. To exit the memory number list, press Delete Memory n — the display MEM. prompts you to confirm the deletion. Press or to move the cursor to To see a stored name and phone num- Yes or No, then press SELECT or ber at the same time, press SEL
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43-1109.fm Page 18 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM Notes: Testing Stored Emergency Numbers • Connecting a headset disconnects the handset’s earpiece and micro- If you store an emergency service’s phone. number (police department, fire depart- • or on the handset also con- ment, ambulance) and you choose to trols the headset’s volume. test the stored number, make the test call during the late evening or early • If you place the handset on the base morning hours to avoid peak demand to recharg
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43-1109.fm Page 19 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM CALLER ID OPERATION If you subscribe to Caller ID service from your phone company, the phone compa- ny sends information about the call, as well as the time and date, between the first and second rings of every call you receive. The ET-1109 displays this information when it receives a call, and it stores up to 50 Caller ID records for later review. It also shows if caller information is un- available or if the name and number Note: If the hand
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43-1109.fm Page 20 Friday, June 18, 1999 10:26 AM Caller ID Messages Display Description New:XX Shows the number of new Caller ID records Total:XX (records you have not reviewed) and the total number of records. Private Name The caller has blocked the Caller ID informa- or tion Private Number Unknown Name The caller is not within a Caller ID service or area. Unknown Number Incomplete Data Appears if there was an error during the transmission of Caller ID information. Occa- sional errors a
