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Cat. No. 43-696A
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
ET-596
25-Channel
2-Line Cordless Telephone
with 3-Way Conference Calling
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43-696a.fm Page 2 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM FEATURES Your RadioShack ET-596 25-Channel Redial — lets you quickly redial the 2-Line Cordless Telephone with 3- last number dialed. Way Conference Calling lets you place and receive calls on two separate tele- Page — sends a signal from the base phone lines. It is designed to exacting to the handset so you can page some- standards that ensure reliability, long one or locate the handset if you have life, and outstanding performance. misplace
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43-696a.fm Page 3 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM Important Note: Cordless phones Warning: To prevent fire or shock such as your ET-596 require AC pow- . hazard, do not expose this phone er to operate. When the AC power is to rain or moisture. off, you cannot dial out or receive in- coming calls using this phone. To be safe, you should also have a phone CAUTION that does not need AC power to oper- RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ate (not a cordless phone) so you can ! DO NOT OPEN. still make and rec
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43-696a.fm Page 4 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM READ THIS BEFORE FCC STATEMENT INSTALLATION This telephone complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules. Upon request, you must Each device that you connect to the provide the FCC Registration Number phone line draws power from the and the REN to your phone company. phone line. We refer to this power draw These numbers are located on the bot- as the device’s Ringer Equivalence tom of the base. Number, or REN. The REN for your ET-596 is located on the
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43-696a.fm Page 5 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................ 6 Selecting a Location ........................................................................................ 6 Mounting/Connecting the Phone ..................................................................... 6 Placing the Base on a Desk Top ............................................................... 7 Mo
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43-696a.fm Page 6 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM INSTALLATION You can connect your telephone to a SELECTING A LOCATION 2-line modular telephone jack using the supplied 2-line modular cord. You can place the phone on a desk top or table, or mount it on a wall. Select a Note: Two-line and single-line modu- location that is: lar cords look alike, but are wired dif- • near an AC outlet ferently. To use the ET-596’s two lines, use only the supplied 2-line • near a telephone line jack modular cor
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43-696a.fm Page 7 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM If you have only one 1-line modu- Placing the Base lar jack, plug one end of the sup- on a Desk Top plied modular cord into the TEL LINE 1/2 jack to use line 1, or to Follow these steps when you place the TEL LINE 2 jack to use line 2. the base on a desk, shelf, or table. 2. Plug the supplied AC adapter’s 1. If you have a single 2-line modular barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack. jack, plug one end of the supplied modular cord into the TEL LIN
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43-696a.fm Page 8 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM 5. Plug the other end(s) of the modu- Mounting the Base lar cord(s) into the modular on a Wall Plate jack(s). To make this connection, you need a 2-line short modular cord, such as Cat. No. 279-390, not supplied. 1. If you have a single 2-line modular jack on the wall plate, plug one end of a 2-line short modular cord into the TEL LINE 1/2 jack. 6. Raise the base’s antenna to a ver- tical position and fully extend it. Note: When you make this
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43-696a.fm Page 9 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM 2. Plug the supplied AC adapter’s 4. Plug the adapter into a standard barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack. AC outlet. The POWER indicator on the base lights. 3. Route the adapter cord through both the upper and lower grooves 5. Plug the other end(s) of the modu- and the modular cord(s) through lar cord(s) into the wall plate jack only the upper groove on the bot- (and wall jack, if appropriate), then tom of the base. align the base’s keyhole s
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43-696a.fm Page 10 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM 7. Raise the base’s antenna to a ver- 2. If you have a single 2-line modular tical position and fully extend it. jack close by, plug one end of the supplied modular cord into the TEL LINE 1/2 jack. Note: When you make this con- nection, you should not connect another modular cord to the TEL LINE 2 jack or phone operation will be erratic. Mounting the Base Directly on the Wall If you have two separate 1-line modular jacks, plug one end of the
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43-696a.fm Page 11 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM 3. Plug the supplied AC adapter’s 5. Plug the adapter into a standard barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack. AC outlet. The POWER indicator on the base lights. 4. Route the adapter and modular 6. Plug the other end(s) of the cords through both the upper and cord(s) into a modular phone line lower grooves on the bottom of jack(s). the base. Upper Lower Grooves Grooves 7. Align the keyhole slots with the mounting screws and slide the base downwar
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43-696a.fm Page 12 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM 8. Press and lift out the handset CONNECTING AND holder, rotate it 180°, then snap it CHARGING THE back into place so it holds the BATTERY handset. The ET-596 comes with a recharge- able nickel-cadmium battery installed in the handset. Before using your phone, you must connect the battery then charge it for about 14 hours. 1. Remove the screw from the bat- 9. Raise the base’s antenna to a ver- tery compartment cover on the tical position a
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43-696a.fm Page 13 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM 4. To charge the battery, simply • If the BATT LOW indicator does place the handset on the base. not light, but the phone does not The CHARGE indicator on the work, recharge the battery. (The base lights. battery charge might be too low to light the indicator.) Charge Indicator • If the battery pack gets weak dur- ing a call, the handset sounds a beep every 30 seconds, and the BATT LOW indicator flashes. If this happens, you must recharge th
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43-696a.fm Page 14 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM SETTING THE DIALING MODE Set P• •T on the back of the base for the type of service you have. If you are not sure which type you have, once the battery is charged, do this test. 1. Set P• •T to T (tone). 2. Lift the handset, press LINE 1 and listen for the dial tone. 3. Press any number other than 0. Note: If your phone system requires that you dial an access code (9, for example) before you dial an outside number, do not press the access co
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43-696a.fm Page 15 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM OPERATION sound a tone through the ear- MAKING A CALL piece. Place the current call on hold (see “Putting a Call on Hold” To make a call, lift the handset. Or, if on Page 16), then press the line the handset is away from the base, button for the new incoming call. press TALK. On the base, the IN USE indicator lights, and on the handset, • If you press the other line’s button the BATT LOW indicator and a LINE without first pressing HOLD, the
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43-696a.fm Page 16 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM You can alternate between the two PUTTING A CALL ON lines by pressing HOLD then the button HOLD for the desired line. Press HOLD to put a call on hold so you Notes: can temporarily place the handset on the base or use the other phone line • If you press the other line’s button without disconnecting the current call. without first pressing HOLD, the The light over the line’s button flashes first call is disconnected. when that call is on hol
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43-696a.fm Page 17 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM 3. Press CONF. The TALK/BATT • The redial memory also holds LOW indicator briefly flashes and pause entries. See “Entering a remains steadily on, and you can Pause” on Page 19. talk with both parties. • The redial memory does not store a flash entry or any digits you press after FLASH (see “Using Flash”). USING FLASH To end the conference call, press FLASH performs the electronic equiva- TALK or return the handset to the base. lent of a swit
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43-696a.fm Page 18 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM USING TONE SERVICES PAGING ON A PULSE LINE To page the person who has the hand- set or to locate the handset when the Some special services, such as bank- phone is not in use, press PAGE on the by-phone, require tone signals. If you base. The handset beeps five times. have pulse service, you can still use these special tone services by follow- ing these steps. 1. Be sure P• •T is set to P. 2. Dial the service’s main number. 3. When the serv
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43-696a.fm Page 19 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM later.) Attach the sticker to the Storing a Number in Memory phone. Note: If you wait more than 20 sec- onds between each key press, an error tone sounds and the phone exits the programming mode. 1. Lift the handset. If you hear a dial tone, press TALK to turn it off. 2. Press MEMO. The BATT LOW indicator blinks. To erase a stored number, simply 3. Enter the number and any TONE store a new number in its place. Or, and PAUSE entries (see “Usi
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43-696a.fm Page 20 Friday, August 13, 1999 12:48 PM Dialing a Memory Number To dial a number stored in memory, lift the handset from the base or press TALK. When you hear a dial tone, press MEMO and enter the memory location number for the number you want to dial. 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 MEMO and the number for the me
