2 Line Cordless Phone w/3 Way Conference Calling
(430-0696)      Connecting and Charging the Battery   Faxback Doc. # 37728


The ET-596 comes with a rechargeable 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 battery compartment cover on the bottom of
    the handset, then press down and slide off the handset's cover.

2.  Plug the battery pack's plastic connector into the phone's socket.
    The connector fits only one way.

3.  Replace the cover and tighten the screw.

4.  To charge the battery, simply place the handset on the base.  The
    CHARGE indicator on the base lights.

Recharge the battery when the BATT LOW indicator flashes.

    Notes:

    If the CHARGE indicator does not light when you place the handset on
    the base, be sure the battery and AC adapter are correctly and
    securely connected.

    When you first use the phone after charging or recharging the battery,
    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.

    If the BATT LOW indicator does not light, but the phone does not work,
    recharge the battery.  (The battery charge might be too low to light
    the indicator.)

    If the battery pack gets weak during a call, the handset sounds a beep
    every 30 seconds, and the BATT LOW indicator flashes.  If this
    happens, you must recharge the battery before you can make another
    call.

    About once a month, fully discharge the battery by keeping the handset
    off the base until the BATT LOW indicator lights.  Otherwise, the
    battery loses its ability to fully recharge.

    Using a pencil eraser, clean the charging contacts on the handset and
    the base about once a month to make sure they are not dirty or
    tarnished.

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 code either.

        If the dial tone stops, that line has tone service.

        If the dial tone continues, that line has pulse service.

    4.  Press LINE 2, listen for the dial tone, and repeat Step 3.

If you have tone service on both lines, leave P..T set to T.

If you have pulse service on either line, set P..T to P.

(br/km-02/03/1997)

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