All Rights Reserved. Radio Shack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation. 2 43-959.fm Page 3 Monday, August 16, 1999 3:26 PM FEATURES Your Radio Shack Caller ID System 350 offers the latest in telephone technology. The system displays the current date and time, and call information as provided by your local phone company. The system has these features: Caller ID Memory—stores and displays up to 99 incoming phone numbers, or up to about 50 incoming names and phone numbers (actual capacity depends on information sent). VIP Call List with Distinctive Ring—lets you store the phone numbers and names of up to 20 important callers and set the system to ring with a distinctive tone when those callers call. Caller ID Memory Dial—lets you select a stored phone number from Caller ID memory, then dial it with the touch of a button. Review Scrolling—lets you easily scroll through all call records in Caller ID memory. Large Liquid Crystal Display—displays three full lines of information, including the time and call information. Trilingual Operation—lets you set the system to display messages in English, French, or Spanish. 3 43-959.fm Page 4 Monday, August 16, 1999 3:26 PM Notes: • Your system requires four AAA batteries (not supplied) to protect its memory. • If you subscribe to your phone company’s message waiting service, you must connect an optional AC adapter (not supplied) to the system to power the message waiting function. Important Information • To use the System’s Caller ID and message waiting features, you must be in an area where Caller ID and message waiting service is available and you must subscribe to those services. • Where Caller ID is offered, one or more of the following options are generally available: – Caller’s number only – Caller’s name only – Caller’s name and number For your System 350’s Caller ID memory dial feature to operate, you must receive either the caller’s number only or the caller’s name and number. 4 43-959.fm Page 5 Monday, August 16, 1999 3:26 PM READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLATION We have designed your system to conform to federal regulations, and you can connect it to most telephone lines. However, each device that you connect to phone line draws power from the phone line. We refer to this power draw as the device’s ringer equivalence number, or REN. The REN is shown on the bottom of your system. This telephone has been tested and found to comply with all applicable UL and FCC standards. FCC STATEMENT This system complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules. You must, upon request, provide the FCC Registration Number and the REN to your phone company. These numbers are located on the bottom of your system. Note: You must not connect your system to any of the following: • Coin-operated systems • Party-line systems • Most electronic key telephone systems 5 43-959.fm Page 6 Monday, August 16, 1999 3:26 PM CONTENTS Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ConnectinganOptionalAC Adapter . ... . . .... . . . 10 Resetting theSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Connectingto a Single PhoneLine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Connectingto a Two-LinePhone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connectingto an AnsweringMachine . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Settingthe Language . . ... . . .... . . ... . . .... . . . 15 Adjusting theDisplay Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 StoringYourLocalArea Code .... . . ... . . .... . . . 16 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Receivingand Storing Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 New Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 MessagesWaiting . ... . . .... . . ... . . .... . . . 18 RepeatMessages . ... . . .... . . ... . . .... . . . 18 Long DistanceCalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Forwarded Calls . . ... . . .... . . ... . . .... . . . 19 Out of AreaCalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 PrivateCalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Name- or Number-Only Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Line Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Call Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ReviewingCall Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 DialingNumbers in Call Records . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 DeletingCall Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 VIPCall List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Storing Call Records in the VIP Call List . . . . . . . 24 Reviewing and Deleting VIP Call Records . . . . . 25 6 43-959.fm Page 7 Monday, August 16, 1999 3:26 PM Dialingfrom the VIP Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Turning On/Off the VIP Call Special Tone . . . . . 26 Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 ...