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Cat. No. 43-686
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
2-Line 900 MHz Cordless
Speakerphone
ET-686
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43-686.fm Page 2 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM FEATURES Your RadioShack ET-686 2-Line 900- Paging/Two-Way Intercom System — MHz Cordless Speakerphone uses ad- lets you send a signal from the base to vanced cordless telephone technology the handset, or from the handset to the to give you superior audio quality and base, to page someone or locate the extended range. The ET-686 lets you handset when it is away from the base. make and receive calls on two separate If someone answers, you can
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43-686.fm Page 3 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM Line Status Indicators — show if a line We recommend you record your is available, in use, or on hold. phone’s serial number here. The num- ber is on the bottom of the base. Auto Talk — lets you set the ET-686 so you can answer a call by lifting the hand- Serial Number: ___________________ set from the base. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain Any Key Answer — lets you set the ET- or moistu
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43-686.fm Page 4 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM Important: FCC STATEMENT • Cordless phones such as this one Your telephone complies with Part 68 of require AC power to operate. When FCC Rules. You must, upon request, the AC power is off, you cannot dial provide the FCC registration number out or receive incoming calls using and the REN to your phone company. your ET-686. To be safe, you should These numbers are on the bottom of the also have a phone that does not base. need AC power to op
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43-686.fm Page 5 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................... 6 Mounting the Phone ........................................................................................... 6 Connecting to the Phone Lines .................................................................... 6 On a Desk Top .................................................................................
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43-686.fm Page 6 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM INSTALLATION Notes: MOUNTING THE PHONE • Your phone connects directly to a You can place the ET–686’s base on a modular phone line jack. If your desk or table, or mount it on a standard phone wiring does not have a modu- wall plate or directly on a wall. Choose a lar jack, you can update it using location that is: jacks and adapters available at your local RadioShack store. Or, you can • near an accessible AC outlet have the phone company up
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43-686.fm Page 7 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM Note: If you connect the phone to a 3. Route the adapter’s cord through two-line phone jack with a two-line the strain relief slot on the bottom of cord, do not connect a cord to the the bracket. TEL LINE 2 jack or the phone will not operate properly. Instead, you can connect another phone device, such as a fax machine or modem. 4. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. 5. Connect the phone cord(s) to the modular phone line jack(s). 6.
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43-686.fm Page 8 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM 1. Insert the two tabs at the top of the narrow end of the supplied bracket into the base’s upper tab slots as shown, then press down on the bracket’s latches and insert them into the clip slots. To connect the phone to two one- line phone jacks, plug one end of the supplied short two-line modular cord into TEL LINE 1/2 and plug another cord (not supplied) into the TEL LINE 2 jack. To connect the phone to a single one-line phone jack, plug
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43-686.fm Page 9 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM 4. Route the adapter’s cord through plug the second cord into the sec- the narrow groove on the bracket. ond phone jack. If you are using two phone cords, To mount the phone directly on a route the second cord through one wall, align the bracket’s keyhole of the wide grooves on the bracket. slots with the mounted screws and slide the base downward to secure it. Connect the phone cord(s) to the modular phone line jack(s). 5. To mount the phon
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43-686.fm Page 10 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM 7.Press and lift out the handset 2. Plug the battery pack’s connector holder, flip it over as shown, then into the socket in the compartment. snap it back into place. The connector fits only one way. 8. Raise the base’s antenna to a verti- cal position. 3. Replace the battery pack and the cover. CONNECTING AND Recharge the battery pack when the CHARGING THE BATTERY handset beeps every 3 seconds or its PACK line indicators flash every 3 se
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43-686.fm Page 11 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM Notes: • About once a month, fully discharge the battery pack by keeping the • When you first use the phone after handset off the base until the low charging or recharging the battery battery indications (flashing line indi- pack, the phone might not work and cators and beeping) appear. Other- you might hear an error tone when wise, the battery pack loses its you press LINE 1 or LINE 2. If this ability to fully recharge. happens, return the
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43-686.fm Page 12 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM 2. Press LINE 1 on the base. The LINE can choose from a high or low ringer 1 SPEAKER indicator lights. Then setting for the base and the handset. listen for the dial tone. LINE 2 LINE 1 On the Handset At any time except during a call, press VOLUME to set the handset’s ringer vol- ume. The phone rings at the selected volume. 3. Press any number other than 0 on the base keypad. VOLUME Note: If your phone system requires that you dial an acc
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43-686.fm Page 13 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM OPERATION Note: You can use the keypad on either that is ringing, or press any key to an- the handset or the base to operate the swer a call. The indicator for the line you ET-686. To make a call with the speak- are using lights at the handset and flash- erphone, you must use the base’s key- es at the base. pad; to make a call with the handset, you must use the handset’s keypad. If you receive a call on one line while you are using the hand
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43-686.fm Page 14 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM The ET-686 changes to a different chan- lights at the base and flashes at the nel each time you press CH. handset. Note: If the handset is too far from the If you receive an incoming call on a line base, the channel might not change and while you are talking on the speaker- the phone sounds the error beeps. Move phone on the other, the new call’s line closer to the base and try again. indicator flashes and you hear a low ring if you have se
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43-686.fm Page 15 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM Note: If you are using a line on the Using Mute handset only, pressing HOLD on the While talking on the speakerphone, you base will not place the call on hold and can temporarily turn off the ET-686’s mi- vice versa. crophone by pressing MUTE so the other party cannot hear you. The SPEAKER While a call is on hold, you can tempo- indicator flashes red when a line is mut- rarily place the handset on the base or ed. Press MUTE again to resume
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43-686.fm Page 16 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM 3. Once you have the second party on USING BOTH THE the line, press CONF to bring in the HANDSET AND first party. Both line indicators light SPEAKERPHONE steadily. You can now talk with both parties, and they can talk with each To use the handset to join a call at the other. base, or to use the base to join a con- versation at the handset, press the line button for the line that is in use. You hear a busy tone. Before the tone ends, press
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43-686.fm Page 17 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM 2. Press INTCM on the handset or To join the conversation from the hand- INTERCOM on the base to page the set or base, press the line button for the other keypad. line in use. You hear a busy tone: before the tone ends, press the line button INTERCOM again. Note: If you hang up the ET-686 and someone is still on that line on an exten- sion, the ET-686’s line indicator(s) might not stay lit. INTCM The two outside lines are automati- USING RE
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43-686.fm Page 18 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM 4. After you complete the call, the USING FLASH phone automatically resets to the pulse mode when you hang up. FLASH performs the electronic equiva- lent of a switchhook operation for spe- cial services, such as Call Waiting. USING THE PAGING/ For example, if you have Call Waiting, INTERCOM FEATURES press FLASH to answer an incoming call without disconnecting the current call. You can use the ET-686 as a two-way Press FLASH again to return
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43-686.fm Page 19 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM • To transfer the call, press INTER- bers. Peel the backing from the stickers COM or INTCM again when the per- and attach them to the handset and son at the base or handset answers. base. • To start a 3-way call, tell the person Notes: at the base or handset to press the line button for the call, then press • Each number you store can be up to the same button twice on your key- 16 digits long. pad when they answer the page. • You cannot dia
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43-686.fm Page 20 Friday, September 10, 1999 3:13 PM Note: Each tone or pause entry and press either line button. When you uses one digit of memory. hear a dial tone, press MEM and enter the memory location number for the 4. Press MEM again, then enter the number you want to dial. memory location number (0–9) where you want to store the number. To dial a number stored in the base’s A tone sounds to indicate that the memory, press either line button. When number is stored. you hear a dial tone
