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OWNER’S MANUAL 

 

Please read before using this equipment.

5.8 GHz Multi-Handset Expandable 
Cordless Telephone with Digital 
Answering System

43-3880

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Memo Recording — 

lets you leave messages for 

yourself or others in your home or office, or record your 
phone conversations. (See “Voice memo” on page 63.)

Phone Pick-Up Detection — 

stops recording when 

you pick up any phone on the same line as the 
answering system, and resets to answer the next call.

Call Screening — 

lets you listen as a caller leaves a 

message. (See “Screening a call” on page 59.)

Speakerphone — 

lets you conduct a hands-free 

conversation using the handset and base speaker. (See 
“Making and Receiving Calls” on page 27)

Handset Remote Operation — 

lets you listen to your 

incoming messages from the handset. (See “Remote 
Operation” on page 64.)

Message Alert — 

beeps when you have new incoming 

message. (See “Setting the message alert” on page 57.)

Convenient Extension Placement — 

lets you place 

accessory handsets (up to ten total) anywhere you have 
an AC outlet, regardless of phone jack location.

Call Waiting/Caller ID — 

lets you answer a call even 

when you’re on the phone and see who’s calling before 
you answer.

Summary of Contents for 43-3880

Page 1: ...nversations See Voice memo on page 63 Phone Pick Up Detection stops recording when you pick up any phone on the same line as the answering system and resets to answer the next call Call Screening lets...

Page 2: ...encing 33 Flash and Call Waiting 33 New Message LED 33 Phonebook 34 Storing Phone Numbers Names Distinctive Rings and Speed Dial 34 Steps for Entering Names and Special Characters 35 Viewing the Phone...

Page 3: ...gives you advanced capabilities over tape based answering machines You can delete individual messages and save the rest There are no tapes to bother with and no tape mechanisms to wear out The remote...

Page 4: ...is subject to state tariffs Contact the state public utility commission public service commission or corporation commission for information We have designed your phone to conform to federal regulation...

Page 5: ...unt of radio frequency energy various products may produce depending on their intended usage This product has been tested and found to comply with the FCC s exposure criteria For body worn operation t...

Page 6: ...sh bowl kitchen sink or laundry tub in a wet basement or near a swimming pool 2 Avoid using a telephone other than a cordless type during an electrical storm There may be a remote risk of electric sho...

Page 7: ...he incoming caller information even when you are already talking on the phone READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLATION We have designed your phone to conform to federal regulations and you can connect it to most...

Page 8: ...nge If you have a choice of several locations try each to see which provides the best performance The handset antenna is located on the back above the ringer speaker For maximum communication range do...

Page 9: ...e adapter into a standard AC outlet On a Wall Plate or Wall To mount the phone directly on a wall you need two screws not supplied with heads that fit into the keyhole slots on the base Drill two hole...

Page 10: ...metal hydride Ni MH battery pack in the handset but not connected Before using your phone you must connect the battery pack then charge it for about 15 20 hours 1 Press down and slide off the battery...

Page 11: ...once a month If you are not going to use your phone for an extended period disconnect the battery pack This increases the battery pack s usable life The supplied battery pack should last for about a...

Page 12: ...on the side of the handset then insert the headset s plug into the jack Connecting a headset disconnects the handset s earpiece and microphone VOL RING or VOL RING on the handset also controls the hea...

Page 13: ...handset speaker phone is used Talk The Privacy icon appears when the Privacy Mode is turned on Talk The Recording icon appears while recording a conversation Turning on the phone Hanging up the phone...

Page 14: ...ation The function of each soft key is determined by the icon that appears directly above it For example when the handset is in standby mode pressing soft key 1 will redial the last dialed number When...

Page 15: ...of all the phone features The table below lists the default settings Function Default Settings Ringer Tone Flicker Distinctive Ring On Auto Talk Off Anykey Answer Off Banner Language LCD English Contr...

Page 16: ...ets to communicate with each other without the base unit or a telephone line Use them at sporting events or while shopping to stay in contact with family members or friends You must set both handsets...

Page 17: ...ss the OK soft key RoomMonitor appears and you hear sounds in the room where the handset or the base is installed 4 To turn off the Room Monitor press the END soft key or END Handset Setup The followi...

Page 18: ...Setup Distinctive Ringer allows you to assign a designated ring tone to a stored phonebook number 100 stored locations available When a call is received and the Caller ID information matches the infor...

Page 19: ...er Anykey Answer allows you to answer the phone by pressing any number key TONE or on the handset 1 Press the MENU soft key Select the Handset Setup menu and then the Anykey Answer submenu 2 Press VOL...

Page 20: ...r Espa ol Spanish 3 Press the OK soft key You will hear a confirmation tone Adjusting the LCD Contrast Contrast adjusts the handset LCD brightness Choose one of the 10 levels for optimum viewing 1 Pre...

Page 21: ...ss VOL RING or VOL RING to select On or Off 3 Press the OK soft key You will hear a confirmation tone See Animation Displays on page 13 for all the available screens Answering System Setup This main m...

Page 22: ...VOL RING or VOL RING to select a Ring Time Toll Saver 2 Times 4 Times or 6 Times 3 Press the OK soft key You will hear a confirmation tone Setting the Record Time Record Time sets the duration for rec...

Page 23: ...ress any key on the base unit the tone will automatically deactivate Turning the message alert tone off from a remote location When all new messages are played back using the remote playback feature s...

Page 24: ...ered handsets Only one handset can change global settings at a time Setting Day and Time Day Time sets the day and time of your display 1 Press the MENU soft key Select the Global Setup menu and then...

Page 25: ...de does not appear in the Caller ID message For calls received from outside your local area code you will see a full 10 digit number 1 Press the MENU soft key Select the Global Setup menu and then the...

Page 26: ...ect Tone or Pulse the initial setting is Tone 3 Press the OK soft key You will hear a confirmation tone De register the Handset Deregister HS clears the handset s ID from the main base unit and the ba...

Page 27: ...LASH Handset Off the Cradle Press any number key TONE or Anykey Answer or press TALK FLASH Handset Off the Cradle Press SPEAKER To make a call Handset Off the Cradle 1 Press TALK FLASH 2 Listen for th...

Page 28: ...the handset are independent from each other 1 With the phone in standby mode press the REDIAL soft key To hang up Press END or return the handset to the cradle Auto Standby Toentera pause within the...

Page 29: ...L RING repeatedly to display the number to be deleted 3 Press the DELETE soft key 4 Press VOL RING or VOL RING to choose Yes 5 Press the OK soft key The redialed number is deleted Storing a Redial Rec...

Page 30: ...for high one for low and 0 for off When the phone is in standby mode press VOL RING or VOL RING repeatedly to scroll through ringer volumes The ringer level is displayed and you will hear each volume...

Page 31: ...ill return to the previous setting starting with the next incoming call MUTE MICROPHONE With the handset You can temporarily mute the microphone so that the caller cannot hear you Press the MUTE soft...

Page 32: ...GE During a call as you begin to move your handset too far from your base unit noise may increase If you pass the range limits of the base unit you will hear a beep and see Out of Range on the display...

Page 33: ...Waiting service and a call waiting tone sounds while you are on a call press TALK FLASH to accept the waiting call There is a short pause and then you will hear the new caller To return to the origin...

Page 34: ...ss the number keypad VOL RING or VOL RING 3rd line How to enter the storing operation press the STORE soft key 4th line The BACK COPY and STORE soft keys 2 Press the STORE soft key Store Edit Name app...

Page 35: ...ct the desired characters With each press of a number key 0 9 the displayed character appears in the following order upper case letters first lower case letters next and finally the number correspondi...

Page 36: ...press 2 Press the STORE soft key Store Edit Name appears 3 Press 6 once and then press to move the cursor to the right 4 Press 6 six times 5 Press 8 six times 6 Press 4 six times 7 Press 3 five times...

Page 37: ...cond letter and so on The first location that begins with the letter you entered appears For example to search for Movies press 6 once Press VOL RING or VOL RING until the phonebook location is displa...

Page 38: ...a number key 0 9 associated with the speed dial until the phone number appears and then press TALK FLASH or SPEAKER The number stored in the speed dial SPD1 SPD0 is dialed EDITING OR ERASING A DATA 1...

Page 39: ...re enter names and numbers You can transfer one memory phonebook location at a time or all memory locations at once 1 When the phone is in standby mode press 2 Press the COPY soft key 3 Press VOL RIN...

Page 40: ...ns in the handset are not limited to phone numbers You can also store a group of numbers up to 20 digits that you need to enter once your call connects This is referred to as Chain Dialing An example...

Page 41: ...th the date and time The incoming call information is stored in the Caller ID record If the Caller ID service includes the caller s name the name will appear in the display up to 15 characters You may...

Page 42: ...rom old to new repeatedly press VOL RING to scroll through the messages from the latest to the earliest or VOL RING to scroll back through the messages To view the Caller ID messages with alphabetical...

Page 43: ...ll hear a confirmation tone Deleting all Caller ID names numbers 1 When the phone is in standby mode press CID 2 Press the DELETE soft key Delete All appears 3 Press VOL RING or VOL RING to choose Yes...

Page 44: ...k The phone number and name of the party on the Caller ID list can be stored in memory 1 When the phone is in standby mode view the Caller ID message to be stored Then press the STORE soft key Store E...

Page 45: ...l appear and returns back to the call Your phone is pre programmed with seven call waiting options You may select to ask the calling party to hold send them a busy message forward them to your voice m...

Page 46: ...upplied with the phone are registered to the base by the factory When charged pre registered handsets display a handset ID number Handsets that have not been registered display Place handset on main b...

Page 47: ...press the DirectLink soft key 2 Select the handset to which you wish to DirectLink with by pressing the number keys 1 9 0 Your handset will then page the other handset 3 On the receiving handset press...

Page 48: ...with from the selection list within 30 seconds To select the handset or the base press VOL RING or VOL RING and then press the OK key If you select All all handsets and the base will be paged An inte...

Page 49: ...hen Anykey Answer is on or pick up the handset from the cradle when Auto Talk is on 4 To hang up the intercom call press PAGE INTCOM on the base or END or the END soft key on the handset Call Transfer...

Page 50: ...EAKER on the base From the base to a handset 1 During a call press PAGE INTCOM on the base The call will automatically be placed on hold and an intercom tone sounds All the handset s will be paged 2 O...

Page 51: ...12 Minutes of Recording Time Call Screening On Off Personal or Pre recorded Outgoing Messages Voice Prompts for Menu Setup Guidance English Spanish or French Time and Day Announcement Remote Message R...

Page 52: ...the display flashes then there are new messages waiting for you 2 To turn the answering system Off press ANSWER After the announcement Answering System is off the message counter display will no long...

Page 53: ...hold OGM 2 Start your recording after the announcement Record greeting The message counter displays 30 then begins to count down 3 When you have finished recording your greeting press OGM SET or XPLA...

Page 54: ...ring System Settings For your convenience voice prompts will guide you through the menu setup mode To scroll through the menu options repeatedly press CLOCK MENU on the base in standby mode The system...

Page 55: ...until you hear the correct AM or PM setting The message counter displays or 9 Press SET to select the AM PM setting A confirmation tone sounds the day and time you set are announced for your review Se...

Page 56: ...after the second ring to avoid billing charges 1 Press CLOCK MENU three times The current ring time setting 2 4 6 Toll saver appears on the base and it is announced 2 Press SKIP SELECT or REPEAT SELE...

Page 57: ...he outgoing message is played Press OGM to select the greeting of your choice If you want to use your own greeting you may want to change your greeting to omit the prompt to leave a message Refer to R...

Page 58: ...om your phone When new messages are played back using the remote playback feature see Remote Operation on pages 64 67 the Message Alert tone will automatically deactivate The tone will not deactivate...

Page 59: ...s 1 After the answering system answers the base speaker will let you hear the calls as the machine records the message To adjust the volume press VOL RING or VOL RING If you set the answering system t...

Page 60: ...ay your new messages first After you play all your new messages you can then play your old messages Playing your messages 1 When the phone is in standby mode press XPLAY STOP The system announces the...

Page 61: ...To repeat the current message press REPEAT SELECT after a few seconds of beginning the message To quickly scroll backwards through a message press and hold REPEAT SELECT To repeat the previous messag...

Page 62: ...essages and return to standby The message counter shows the number of messages stored in memory Deleting a message To maintain maximum record time delete the old messages 1 Press XPLAY STOP to review...

Page 63: ...within ten minutes From the handset 1 During a conversation press the MENU soft key on the handset 2 Press VOL RING or VOL RING to select Call Record and then press the OK soft key Recording a Call ap...

Page 64: ...from home You can operate your answering system from a remote location using any touch tone telephone 1 Call your telephone number and wait for the system to answer If the answering system is off it w...

Page 65: ...ished hang up to exit the system The answering system automatically returns to standby Command Function 0 then 1 Repeat a Message 0 then 2 Playing incoming Messages 0 then 3 Skipping a Message 0 then...

Page 66: ...Enter a command within 30 seconds You may select a command from the following chart NOTES If you press END before the answering system answers the phone will return to standby When the answering syste...

Page 67: ...essage 2 Playing incoming Messages 3 Skipping a Message 4 Deleting a Message 5 Stop Operation 6 Answering System On 7 Memo Record Stop 8 Greeting Message Record Stop 9 Answer System Off 0 Help Guidanc...

Page 68: ...er is plugged into the base and wall outlet Disconnect the AC adapter for a few minutes and then reconnect it De register the handset see De register the Handset on page 26 and register the handset se...

Page 69: ...ther handsets De register the handset see De register the Handset on page 26 and register the handset see Register the Handset to the Base on page 46 Make sure that you have registered all handsets Th...

Page 70: ...ore locator feature on RadioShack s website www radioshack com or call 1 800 The Shack 843 7422 and follow the menu options Modifying or tampering with the phone s internal components can cause a malf...

Page 71: ...CPFUGV CPFUGV 1 QPVTCUV G 6QWEJ 6QPG PKOCVKQP 5ETGGP P MG PUYGT CPPGT CPIWCIG 4KPIGT 6QPGU KUVKPEVKXG 4KPI 0 5 6 5 672 WVQ 6CNM 1 570 CPFUGV KTGEV KPM QFG 0 KTGEV KPM 07 or 1 PVGT or 1 1 4QQO QPKVQT C...

Page 72: ...he event of a product defect during the warranty period take the product and the Ra dioShack sales receipt as proof of purchase date to any RadioShack store RadioShack will at its option unless otherw...

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