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Cat. No. 43-1085B
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-910
900 MHz Digital Cordless Speakerphone
With Dual Keypads
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43-1085.fm Page 2 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM FEATURES Your Radio Shack ET-910 900 MHz Security Access Protection Code Digital Cordless Speakerphone With — changes each time you place the Dual Keypads uses advanced digital handset on the base, to minimize the cordless telephone technology to chances of other cordless phones give you superior sound quality. It using your phone line. uses the recently allocated 900 MHz band which means less interference, 10 Channels — scans 10 channels cle
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43-1085.fm Page 3 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM Programmable Ringers — let you Important: Cordless phones such as select from four ringer types and turn this one require AC power to operate. the ringer on or off from both the When AC power is off, you cannot handset and the speakerphone. dial out or receive incoming calls us- ing your ET-910. For this reason, the Handset/Base Disable — lets you ET-910 should not be your only tele- disable the ET-910’s handset or phone. To be safe, you shou
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43-1085.fm Page 4 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM READ THIS BEFORE FCC STATEMENT INSTALLATION This telephone complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules. You must, upon re- Your telephone conforms to federal quest, provide the FCC Registration regulations, and you can connect it to Number and the REN to your phone most telephone lines. However, each company. These numbers are on the device you connect to the phone line label on the base’s back. draws power from the phone line. We refer to this power
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43-1085.fm Page 5 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM CONTENTS Installation ...................................................................................................... 7 Selecting a Location .................................................................................... 7 Placing the Base on a Desktop ................................................................... 7 Mounting the Base on a Wall ....................................................................... 8 Mounting
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43-1085.fm Page 6 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM Troubleshooting ........................................................................................... 26 Out of Range Indications ........................................................................... 29 Out of Range with No Call ................................................................... 29 Out of Range with a Call in Progress .................................................. 29 Care and Maintenance ......................
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43-1085.fm Page 7 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM INSTALLATION • After you mount the phone, you SELECTING A must install the battery pack and LOCATION charge it for 24 hours before you use it the first time. See “Prepa- You can set the ET-910’s base on a ration” on Page 12. flat surface (such as a desktop or counter-top), mount it on a modular jack wall plate, or mount it directly on PLACING THE BASE ON the wall. The base’s location affects the phone’s range. If you have a A DESKTOP choice
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43-1085.fm Page 8 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM 2. Plug one end of the supplied 7- MOUNTING THE BASE inch modular cord into the TO ON A WALL TEL LINE jack, then press the cord under the other recessed Using the supplied mounting bracket, clip on the bottom of the phone. you can mount the ET-910’s base on a phone jack wall plate or directly on the wall. To prepare the bracket for mounting, twist off the tabs attached to the cen- TO TEL. LINE ter of the bracket and press them se- curely int
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43-1085.fm Page 9 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM 4. Press the AC cord into the top and bottom grooves on the left CORDLESS TELEPHONE ET-910 side of the bracket, press the CHARGE HANDSET IN USE modular cord into the center ABC DEF 1 2 3 groove on the right side of the GHI JKL MNO 4 5 6 bracket, then plug the modular PRS 7 TUV 8 WXY 9 cord into the modular phone TONE OPER 0 # jack. 7. Plug the ET-910’s AC cord into a standard AC outlet. 8. For the best reception, adjust the base’s antenna so
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43-1085.fm Page 10 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM Mounting Directly on the Wall Using a drill (not supplied) and the supplied screws and spacers, you can easily mount your ET-910 direct- ly on the wall. 1. At the desired mounting loca- 15 tion, drill two holes 3 /16 inches apart, one above the other. 4. Plug one end of the supplied 7- foot modular cord into the TO TEL LINE jack, then press the cord under the other recessed 15 ” 3 /16 clip on the bottom of the phone. 2. Place a spacer over
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43-1085.fm Page 11 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM 6. Press the AC cord into the top and bottom grooves on the left CORDLESS TELEPHONE ET-910 side of the bracket, press the CHARGE HANDSET IN USE modular cord into the top and ABC DEF 1 2 3 bottom grooves on the right side GHI JKL MNO 4 5 6 of the bracket, then plug the PRS 7 TUV 8 WXY 9 modular cord into a modular TONE OPER0 # phone jack. 9. Plug the ET-910’s AC cord into a standard AC outlet. 10. For the best reception, adjust the base’s an
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43-1085.fm Page 12 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM PREPARATION Note: The phone uses one recharge- INSTALLING THE able nickel-cadmium battery pack. At BATTERY PACK the end of the battery’s useful life, it must be recycled or disposed of To install the supplied rechargeable properly. Contact your local, county, battery pack, place it on the battery or state hazardous waste manage- compartment tracks, then slide it up ment authorities for information on (toward the antenna) until it locks in r
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43-1085.fm Page 13 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM Notes: • If the CHARGE indicator does PRIVACY / LOW BATT not light or blinks continuously when you place the handset on TALK INT.CM OFF the cradle, be sure the battery ABC DEF and AC adapter are correctly 12 3 and securely connected. Also, check the charging contacts on If the battery pack will not hold a both the handset and base. If charge, replace it. We recommend the contacts are dirty or tar- you replace the battery pack about nished,
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43-1085.fm Page 14 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM SETTING THE ADJUSTING THE PULSE/TONE SWITCH RINGERS Set PULSE/TONE for the type of ser- The ET-910 lets you control its base vice you have. If you are not sure and handset ringers separately. You which type you have, do this test. can choose from four different ringer types for the base and handset, or 1. Set PULSE/TONE to TONE. turn off the ringer on one or both. Note: If you turn off the ringer on the base or handset, you can still make c
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43-1085.fm Page 15 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM 2. Within 30 seconds, press #, then If you do not want the base’s ringer to press 1-4 (one key after the sound, set RINGER to OFF. other) to hear the different ringer types. The ET-910 sounds a dif- Turning On/Off the ferent ringer type for each key. Handset’s Ringer Notes: The ET-910’s handset is preset to • To hear the currently selected ring when a call comes in. To turn off ringer type, press 0 anytime the handset’s ringer, follow these
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43-1085.fm Page 16 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM OPERATION Important: If you move the handset To answer a call if the handset is on outside the base’s range, the hand- the base, simply lift the handset and set will not operate properly and a begin your conversation. call in progress might be disconnect- ed (see “Troubleshooting” on To answer a call if the handset is not Page26). on the base, press any key on the handset (except OFF) before speak- Note: You can use the keypad on ei- ing. th
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43-1085.fm Page 17 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM • To turn the handset’s volume up To answer a call using the speaker- or down during a call, press phone, simply press SPKR so the or on the side of the handset. SPKR indicator turns on, then begin your conversation. To end a speakerphone call, simply press SPKR again. The SPKR indica- tor turns off. Notes: • To turn the speaker’s volume up or down before, during, or after you make or answer a call using To end a call, place the handset on
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43-1085.fm Page 18 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM During the call, one of you can hang Switching Between the up and end the call at that keypad Handset and Speakerphone and let the call continue at the other keypad. To switch to the speakerphone at any time during a call while you are using Or, you can both hang up at the the handset, simply press SPKR on same time to end the call. the base so its red indicator turns on, then press OFF to turn off the hand- set. USING REDIAL To switch to t
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43-1085.fm Page 19 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM USING HOLD USING PRIVACY To place a call on hold, simply press To talk to someone else in the room HOLD . The HOLD indicator on the without the person on the other end base and the TALK indicator on the of the phone line hearing your con- PRIVA- handset (if it is off the base) flash to versation, press and release CY remind you that the call is on hold. during the call. The PRIVACY/ You and the other party cannot hear LOW BATT indicator on
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43-1085.fm Page 20 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 2:31 PM USING FLASH CHANGING CHANNELS FLASH You can use to produce a The ET-910 continuously scans 10 switchhook signal for special phone channels (frequency pairs used be- services, such as call waiting. If you tween the base and the handset) and FLASH have call waiting, press to automatically selects the one with take an incoming call without discon- the least interference each time you FLASH necting the current call. Press make or receive a cal
