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Cat. No. 43-1099
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-929
900 MHz Cordless Telephone
with Caller ID/Call Waiting ID
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43-1099.fm Page 2 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM FEATURES Your RadioShack ET-929 900 MHz Volume Control — so you can adjust Cordless Telephone uses advanced the volume you hear through the hand- technology to give you superior audio set. quality and extended range, while its cordless operation lets you move freely Programmable Ringer — choose from around your home or office. four tone/volume settings for the hand- set’s ringer. The ET-929’s Caller ID unit records each caller’s telephone num
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43-1099.fm Page 3 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM Important Caller ID Information Autotalk — you can set the ET-929 so you can answer a call simply by lifting To use the phone’s Caller ID and Call the handset from the base. Waiting with Caller ID features, you must be in an area where those services Tone or Pulse Dialing — lets you use are available and you must subscribe to your phone with tone or pulse (rotary) di- those services through your local phone aling and lets you switch from puls
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43-1099.fm Page 4 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM Important: FCC STATEMENT • Cordless phones such as this one Your ET-929 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-929. 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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43-1099.fm Page 5 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................ 6 Mounting the Phone ........................................................................................ 6 On a Desk ................................................................................................. 6 On a Wall Plate .............................................................................
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43-1099.fm Page 6 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM INSTALLATION On a Desk MOUNTING THE PHONE Follow these steps when you place the You can place the phone on a desk or base on a desk or table. table, mount it on a standard wall plate, or mount it directly on a wall. 1. Insert the bracket’s tabs into the base’s upper tab slots as shown, Select a location that is: then press down on the bracket’s clips and insert them into the clip • near an AC outlet slots. • near a telephone line jack Clip Sl
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43-1099.fm Page 7 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM 4. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack on Lower Tab the back of the base. Slots Tabs Clip Slots 5. Route the adapter’s cord through the strain relief slot on the bracket. 2. Plug one end of the supplied short modular cord into the TEL LINE jack Strain on the back of the base. Relief Slot 6. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. 3. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack on the
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43-1099.fm Page 8 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM 5. Plug the modular cord into the wall Directly On a Wall plate jack, then align the bracket’s keyhole slots with the wall plate For this mounting method, you need two studs and slide the base downward screws (not supplied) with heads that fit to secure it. into the keyhole slots on the bottom of the base. 5 15 /16" 1. Drill two holes 3 /16 inches (100 mm) apart. Then thread a screw into each hole, 15 3 /16" letting the heads ex- 5 tend about
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43-1099.fm Page 9 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM 4. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack on the back of the base. 8. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. 5. Route the modular and adapter cords through the grooves on the bottom of the bracket. 9. Press and lift out the handset hold- Grooves er, rotate it 180×, then snap it back into place. 6. Align the keyhole slots with the 10. Lift the base’s antenna to a vertical mounting screws and slide the base pos
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43-1099.fm Page 10 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM 1. Press down and slide off the battery Notes: pack compartment cover as shown. • When you first use the phone after charging or recharging the battery pack, the phone might not work and you might hear an error tone (5 short beeps) when you press TALK. If this happens, return the handset 2. Unfasten the retainer strap and lift to the base for about 5 seconds. the battery pack out of the compart- This resets the security access- ment. protec
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43-1099.fm Page 11 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM • If the battery pack becomes weak 1. Set DIAL MODE to T (tone). during a call, the handset beeps ev- ery 30 seconds, and RECHARGE NOW and flash on the display. If this happens, you must recharge the battery pack before you can make another call. TALK 2. Press and listen for a dial • About once a month, fully discharge tone. the battery by keeping the handset off the base until RECHARGE NOW and flash on the display. Other- wise, the batte
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43-1099.fm Page 12 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM Follow these steps to turn auto talk on or SETTING THE RINGER’S off. TONE AND VOLUME 1. Lift the handset. If talk appears, Follow these steps to set the handset press TALK to turn it off. ringer’s tone and volume. 2. Press FUNCTION 4 times. The cur- 1. Lift the handset. If talk appears, rent autotalk setting and ON- press TALK to turn it off. 1OFF-0 appear. 2. Press VOLUME. The phone dis- plays and sounds the current ringer tone and volume.
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43-1099.fm Page 13 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM To delete an area code, follow Steps 1 STORING YOUR AREA and 2, then press MEM without entering CODE a new area code. DELETING appears. To quickly dial a number from a Caller ID record (see “Dialing from a Caller ID SETTING CALLER ID WITH Record” on Page21) or to correctly store a number from a record into a CALL WAITING memory dialing location (see “Storing a Caller ID Record to Memory” on If you subscribe to Caller ID with Call Page 22),
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43-1099.fm Page 14 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM OPERATION MAKING CALLS ANSWERING CALLS 1. Lift the handset and press TALK so CALLING appears on the handset talk appears. when a call comes in. If you subscribe to Caller ID service, the Caller ID informa- tion appears by the second ring (see “Caller ID Operation” on Page 20). To answer the call, lift the handset and press TALK. Or, if auto talk is on, just lift the handset from the base. talk ap- The IN USE indicator on the base pears, and
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43-1099.fm Page 15 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM If you hear other conversations or ex- USING FLASH cessive noise during a call, press CHAN- NEL to select a different channel. The FLASH performs the electronic equiva- new channel number briefly appears. lent of a switchhook operation for spe- cial services, such as Call Waiting. Note: If the handset is too far from the base, the channel might not change. For example, if you have Call Waiting, Move closer to the base and try again. press FL
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43-1099.fm Page 16 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM 3. When the service answers, press To have the handset beep for 1 minute, TONE ( ). Any additional numbers hold down PAGE/FIND for at least 2 sec- you dial are sent as tone signals. onds. To stop the handset’s beeping, press TALK twice. MEMORY DIALING You can store up to 20 phone numbers and names in memory, then dial a stored 4. After you complete the call, return number by entering a two-digit memory the handset to the base or press locati
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43-1099.fm Page 17 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM 4. Enter the number and any tone and Notes: pause entries (see “Using Tone Ser- • Press s to see the characters in vices on a Pulse Line” on Page 15 reverse alphabetical order. and “Entering a Pause” on Page18). • You can hold down s or t to scroll rapidly through the characters. Note: Each tone or pause entry us- es one digit of memory. • If you make a mistake, move the cursor over the error, then enter 5. Press MEM. NAME? appears. If you t
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43-1099.fm Page 18 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM Editing or Deleting a Memory Entering a Pause Number In some telephone systems, you must dial an access code (9, for example) and 1. Lift the handset. If talk appears, wait for a second dial tone before you press TALK to turn it off. can dial an outside number. You can 2. Press FUNCTION. DIAL MEMORY? store the access code with the phone and MEM-1 EDIT-0 appear. number. However, you should also store a pause after the access code to allow 3.
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43-1099.fm Page 19 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM Chain-Dialing Service Numbers When calling special services (such as alternate long distance or bank-by- phone), dial the service’s main number first. Then, at the appropriate place in the call, press MEM and enter the num- ber for the location where the additional information is stored. Testing Stored Emergency Numbers Notes: If you store an emergency service’s • Connecting a headset disconnects number (police department, fire depart- the
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43-1099.fm Page 20 Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:19 PM CALLER ID OPERATION If you subscribe to Caller ID service, the To scroll through the Caller ID records, phone company sends information repeatedly press s or t. about the call, as well as the time and date, between the first and second rings call id of every call you receive. The ET-929 displays this information when it receives a call, and it stores up to 30 Caller ID records for later review. It also shows if the name or number were The fi
