ET-917 900-MHz Digital Cordless Telephone with 10-Number Memory
(430-1087) Preparation Faxback Doc. # 35013
CONNECTING AND CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK
The ET-917 comes with a rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery pack in the
handset. Before using your phone, you must connect the battery pack and
then charge it for at least 14 hours.
1. Loosen the Screw on the battery compartment cover on the bottom of the
handset. Press down and slide off the compartment cover in the
direction of the arrow.
2. Insert the battery pack's plastic connector into its socket. The plug
fits only one way.
NOTE: For easier battery pack connection, lift it out of the compart-
ment, insert its connector into its socket and replace the battery
pack inside the compartment.
3. Replace the cover and tighten the screw.
To charge the battery pack, simply place the handset on the base. The
CHARGE indicator on the base lights.
Recharge the battery pack when the TALK/BATT LOW indicator flashes.
NOTES: If the CHARGE indicator does not light when you place the handset on
the base, be sure the battery pack and AC adapter are correctly and
securely connected.
Also, check the charging contacts on the handset and the base. If
the contacts are dirty or tarnished, clean them with a pencil eraser.
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. If
this happens, return the handset to the base for a few seconds.
About once a month, fully discharge the battery pack by keeping the
handset off the base until the TALK/BATT LOW indicator flashes.
Otherwise, the battery pack loses its ability to fully recharge.
If the TALK/BATT LOW indicator does not light but the phone does not
work, recharge the battery pack. (The battery power might be too low
to light the indicator.)
If the battery pack becomes weak during a call, you hear a beep every
30 seconds and the TALK/BATT LOW indicator flashes every 3 seconds.
Recharge the battery pack.
If the battery pack is completely discharged, the handset loses the
security access-protection code. To reset the code, place the handset
on the base and charge the battery pack.
The supplied battery pack should last for about a year. When the
battery pack loses its ability to fully recharge, order a replacement
battery pack from your local Radio Shack store (see "Replacing The
Battery Pack" on Faxback Doc. # 35012).
A fully charged battery should allow the handset to be away from the
base for approximately 5 - 7 hours of talk time or 150 - 200 hours of
standby time or a combination of talk and standby time that will vary
depending on the type of usage.
SETTING THE DIALING MODE
Set DIAL MODE on the back of the base for the type of service you have. If
you are not sure which type you have, do this test.
1. Set DIAL MODE to T.
2. Lift the handset and listen for a 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 code either.
If the dial tone stops, you have touch-tone service. Leave DIAL MODE
set to T.
If the dial tone continues, you have pulse service. Set DIAL MODE to P.
SETTING THE RINGER TONE/VOLUME
You can select one of your different ringer ton/volume settings while the
phone is not in use.
1. Press VOLUME. The ET-917 sounds the current ringer tone.
2. Repeatedly press VOLUME until you hear the desired ringer setting.
Each time you press VOLUME, the ringer changes in this order:
--- High-volume, high-pitch
| |
| ---->Low-volume, high-pitch
| |
| ---->High-volume,low-pitch
| |
| ---->Low-volume, low-pitch
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(BR/EB 10/7/96)
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