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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 1
Cat. No. 43- 685 OWNER’S MANUAL Please re ad befor e using this equi pment. 2-Line 900 MHz Spread Spectrum Cordless Speakerphone with Caller ID/Call Wait ing 43-685.fm P age 1 Thursday, July 8, 1999 7:50 AM ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 2
2 FEATURES Your Radi oShack ET- 685 2-Lin e 900- MHz Sp read Sp ect rum Cordl ess Sp eak- erphone u ses adva nced cor dless te le- phone tech nology to give you s uperio r audio quali ty and extend ed range. The ET-68 5 lets yo u make and re ceiv e calls on two sep arate tele phone l ines. The ET- 685’s Cal ler ID r ecords eac h caller ’s telep ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 3
3 Caller ID Memory — stor es up to 80 Caller ID r ecords (4 0 for each l ine). 3-Line Liquid Crystal Display — lets you view an enti re Call er ID record on one scr een. Facedown or Fa ceup Handset Charg- ing — you ca n pla ce the ha nds et on the base fac edown or fa ceup. 20 Channels — autom atical ly s elect s a clear chann el when y ou ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 4
4 Important: • Cordles s phones such as th is one require AC powe r to operate. Wh en the AC powe r is off, you cannot dial out or re ceiv e in comi ng c alls usin g your ET -685. T o be safe, yo u shou ld also hav e a p hone that does not need AC power to operate (not a cordle ss ph one) s o you can st ill make and r eceiv e cal ls if th ere i s ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 5
5 This equ ipment complies with the limi ts for a Cla ss B di gital device a s sp ecified in Pa rt 15 of FCC Rules . Th ese li mits provid e reasona ble pro tection aga inst radio and TV interfe renc e in a resi dential area. Ho wever, your eq uipme nt might cause T V or radio inte rferenc e even when it is op erati ng pr ope rly. To elimi- nate in ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 6
6 CONTENTS Installation .... .................... ............ ............. .................... ............. ............. ................ 8 Mounting t he Phone ................ ............. ............. ............. .................... ............ .... 8 Connectin g to the Ph one Li nes ............. ................... ............. .... ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 7
7 Memory Oper ation ........ ............ .................... ............. ............. ................... ........... 24 Storing a Number in Memor y ............ ............. ............. ............. ................... ..... 24 In the Hands et ......... ................... ............. ............. ............. ................... .... ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 8
8 INSTALLA TION MOUNTING THE P H ONE You can p lace the ET–6 85’s bas e on a desk or tabl e, or mount i t on a standar d wall plate or dire ctly on a wa ll. C h oose a location that i s: • near an a ccessibl e AC outle t • near a mo dular te lephon e line ja ck • out of the wa y of no rmal ac tivities • away from elect rical ma chiner y ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 9
9 2. T o connect the pho ne to a two-line phone jack , plug one end of the sup- plied lon g two- l ine mod ula r cor d into the TEL LINE 1/2 jac k on the ba ck of the phone. Note: If you c onnect the phone to a two-line phone jack with a tw o-line cord, d o not conn ect an other (t hird) phone line to the TEL LINE 2 jack or the phone will not oper ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 10
10 4. Route the ada pter ’s cor d throu gh the strain r elief slot on the botto m of the brac ket. 5. Plug the ada pter i nto a stan dard AC outlet. 6. Connect the pho ne cord(s) to the modular phone lin e jack(s ). 7. Raise the base ’s antenna to a verti - cal p osition. On a W all Plate or a W all Note: To moun t the base directl y on the wal ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 11
11 3. Insert the supp lied AC adapt er ’s barrel plu g into the DC IN 9V ja ck on the back of the bas e. 4. Route the ada pter ’s cor d throu gh the narrow groove on the bracket. If you are u sing t wo phone cords, route t he sec ond cor d thro ugh one of the wide grooves on the br acket. 5. To mount th e phone on a wall plate, plug the oth er ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 12
12 CONNECTING AND CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK The ET-6 85 comes wi th a recha rgeable nickel -cadmium b attery p ack in the handset but not co nnecte d. Before usi ng your pho ne, you must con nect the bat - tery pack, th en charge it for about 24 hours. 1. Slide open the battery compartment cove r and lift the batter y pack out of the compa rtment. ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 13
13 • Use a pen cil eraser to clea n the chargi ng contacts on the handset and the bas e abou t once a m onth. • If the ba ttery pack beco mes com - pletely d ischa rged or th e base lo ses power whil e the handset i s away from it , the security code m ight be lost. T o r eset the c ode, retu rn the handset to th e base. If it was the handset t ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 14
14 If the dial tone conti nues, that line has puls e serv ice. 4. Press LINE 2 , li st en fo r the d ia l to ne, and repe at Step 3. If you hav e tone service o n both lin es, le ave PULSE-TONE set t o TON E . If you hav e pulse servi ce on ei ther line, se t PULSE-TONE to PULSE (pulse ). Y ou can use tone ser vices on the li ne whic h supports the ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 15
15 1. Li ft the handset and h old down CALLER ID un til Call er I D Set up appears on the displ ay with the pointer at Line 1 . 2. Us e or to se lect L ine 1 or 2, then press SELECT . 3. A m enu appe ars with Auto Talk sele cte d. Pre ss SELECT to c hange the se tting. On or Off appea rs, indicati ng the selecte d setting. 4. T o clear the di s pla ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 16
16 3. A m enu appe ars with Auto Talk sele cted . Pre ss tw ice to sele ct Area Code , then pres s SEL EC T . 4. En ter you r 3-di git area code using the number keys . If you m ake a mis- take, repe atedly pr ess or to move the cu rsor ov er the inco rrect digit, the n enter th e corre ct number . 5. Press SELECT to store the area code, t hen pres ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 17
17 BASIC OPERATION Note : You ca n use t he keypa d on ei ther the handset or the base to operate the ET-685. T o make a call wi th the s peak- erphone, you must use the base’ s key- pad; to ma ke a call with the hands et, you m ust use th e hands et’s ke ypad. USING THE HANDSET Making a Cal l To make a call usi ng the handse t, lift the handse ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 18
18 USING THE SPEAKERPHONE Making a Cal l To make a cal l usin g the speak erpho ne, press LINE 1 or LINE 2 , listen for the dial tone, then dial th e numb er. The L INE 1 SPEAK ER or LINE 2 SPEA KER indi ca- tor light s green on th e base, and (Base) or (In Use) appears above Line 1 or Line 2 on the handset’ s display as a remi nder that th e lin ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 19
19 To releas e a line from hol d and con tinue your conv ersa tio n, pres s that line ’s bu t- ton on the hands et or base. Y ou can als o re leas e a c all fr om h old by li fti ng t he handset if the han ds et is on th e bas e, or pickin g up an extensi on phone. You can al ternate between th e two lines by press ing HOLD then the bu tton for t ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 20
20 3. O nce you have the sec ond party on the line , press CONFERENCE ( CONF/DELETE on the handset) to bring i n the fir st party. Both l ine indi - cators on the base l ight g reen. T he handset d ispla y shows (Confer- ence) above Line 1 Line 2 if you are m aking a c onferenc e call using th e hand set, o r (Conf Base) and Line 1 Line 2 if yo u a ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 21
21 USING THE ET-685 WITH EXTE NS IO N PHONES The ET-68 5 detects whe n an extensi on phone is in use, and th e correspo nding line indi cator fla shes o n the base and In Use flashe s on the ha ndset’s dis- play alo ng with Line 1 or Line 2 . To joi n the co nver sation fr om th e hand - set or base , press the line but ton for the line in us e. ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 22
22 USING T ONE SERVICES ON A PULS E LI NE Some spec ial ser vices, suc h as ba nk- by-phon e, requi re tone signa ls. If y ou have puls e service, yo u can sti ll use these spe cial tone s ervices by foll owing thes e steps. 1. Be s ure PULSE-TONE is set to PULSE . 2. Dia l the ser vice’s main n umber . 3. Wh en the serv ice answers , press TON E ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 23
23 USING A HEADSET You can make or answer cal ls with hands-f ree conven ience using an op- tional h eadset (avail able at your local RadioShac k store) th at has a 3 / 32 -inch plug. To connec t the headse t, pull ope n the rubber cover ma rked on t he side of the handse t, then inser t the 3 / 32 -inch pl ug into the j ack. Notes: • Connectin g ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 24
24 MEMORY OPERATION You can store up to 30 num bers in the handset’ s memory and anoth er 10 in the base’s memory, then di al a stored num - ber by pres sing a two -digit me mory lo ca- tion num ber (or se lecting from the lis t of stored num bers) . You can also store a name wit h each number in the hands et’s memory . You ca nnot dial a n u ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 25
25 If yo u make a mistak e, mov e the cursor ov er the error , then en ter the corre ct charac ter , or press CONF/ DELETE to delete a c haract er . T o delete al l char acters, h old d own CONF/DELETE for at least 1 seco nd. 6. Press SELECT . Store Number appears . 7. En ter the number and any ton e and pause entrie s (s ee “U sing T one Ser - v ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 26
26 T o clear a sto red num ber , simpl y store a ne w number in its pl ace. Or , press MEM twice. Then pres s the memory location numbe r ( 0 – 9 ) you want to cl ear . A t one so unds. Use the su pplie d memory direct ory stic ker to reco rd yo ur stor ed numbe rs. Peel the bac king from the sticker and at- tach it to the base. Entering a Pause ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 27
27 Note: You can also pr ess LINE 1 or LINE 2 first, then ch oose a mem ory numbe r to dial. To dial a nu mber stored in the bas e’s memory, pr ess LINE 1 or LINE 2 . When you h ear a di al tone, press MEM and en- ter the memo ry locat ion numb er for the number you want to d ial. Note: If you select an emp ty mem ory lo - catio n, the ba se beep ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 28
28 CALLER ID OPERAT ION (HANDSET ONLY) If you s ubscri be to Call er ID se rvice from your ph one co mpany, the pho ne compa - ny sends informa tion ab out the c all, as well as th e time and date , betwee n the first an d second rings of every call y ou receiv e. Althoug h the Call er ID memor y is on the han dset, it r ecor ds the ca ll you recei ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 29
29 CALLER ID MESSAGES DIALING NUMBERS FROM A CALLER ID RECORD To dia l a local number stored i n a Call er ID reco rd, recall the rec ord, then p ress LINE 1 or LINE 2 . If it is a long di stance call, press 1 ( 1 appea rs befor e the dis- played number ) before yo u press LIN E 1 or LINE 2 . Notes: • Y ou can us e eit her line to ma ke a call. F ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 30
30 If a reco rd exis ts in the selec ted lo ca- tion, Replace Memory? appear s, promptin g you to confirm the repla ce- ment. Move the cur sor to Yes or No , then press SELECT . DELETING CALL ER ID RECORDS You can de lete Call er ID reco rds indivi d- ually or a ll at o nce. To delete a si ngle reco rd, recall it , then press CONF/DELETE . Delete M ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 31
31 T ROUBLESHOOTING We do not ex pect you to have any pr oblems wi th your phone , but if yo u do, the fo llow- ing sugg estio ns mig ht hel p . Pr ob lem Sug gestion The phone doe s not w ork or works poorly . Be sure the base’ s phone line cord and A C adapter are correc tly and securel y connec ted. Be sure the han dse t’ s batter y pac k is ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 32
32 If the base los es power whi le the hands et is off of it, the securi ty access- protec tion code migh t change. Resto re power to the bas e, then place the handset bac k on the base and leave it there for a few s econds. If you still have problems , discon nect the ph one. If other pho nes on the same line work proper ly, the fa ult is in th is ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 33
33 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your Radi oShack ET -685 2 -Line 900-M Hz Cordl ess Spea kerphone i s an e xample of superi or design and crafts manship. The fol lowing suggesti ons will help you care for your E T-685 s o you can e njoy it f or ye ars. Keep the E T-685 dr y. If it ge ts wet, wi pe it dry im mediat ely. Liqu ids might co ntain m inerals th ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 34
34 REPLACING THE BATTERY PACK If you foll ow the in structi ons in “ Conne ct- ing and Charg ing the Batter y Pac k” on Page 12, the batt ery pack shou ld last about a year . If the batter y pack will not hold a c harge f or more than 2 h ours af- ter an overn ight ch arge, repla ce it with a new 3. 6 V, 600 mA h bat tery pa ck w ith a connecto ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 35
35 Also, the ph one com pany can mak e changes to its lines, equipme nt, ope ra- tions, or procedur es that c ould affe ct the operatio n of thi s telepho ne. The te le- phone compan y notifie s you of these changes in a dvance, so you can tak e the necessar y step s to prev ent in ter rup- tion of your tel ephone s ervice. Your phon e might cause ...
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Radio Shack ET-685 - page 36
RadioShack A Division of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T exas 7 6102 UCZZ01642 ZZ 07A99 Printed i n the Philippine s Limited O ne-Y ear Wa rranty This pro duct is warrante d by RadioShack aga inst manufac turing defects in mate rial and workma n- ship unde r normal use for one (1) year from the da te of purchase fro m RadioS hack comp any-own ed s ...
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