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INSTALLATION
SELECTING A LOCATION
You can place the phone on a desk top
or table, or mount it on a wall. Select a
location that is:
• near an AC outlet
• near a telephone line jack
• out of the way of normal activities
• away from electrical machinery,
electrical appliances, metal walls
or filing cabinets, wireless inter-
coms, alarms, and room monitors
• away from other cordless phones
The base’s location affects the hand-
set’s range. If you have a choice of
several locations, try each to see
which provides the best performance.
MOUNTING/CONNECTING
THE PHONE
To use both of the ET-596’s lines, you
must connect it to two separate tele-
phone lines. Each of these lines must
have its own phone number. If you do
not have two telephone lines, contact
your phone company to get a second
line.
You can connect your telephone to a
2-line modular telephone jack using
the supplied 2-line modular cord.
Note: Two-line and single-line modu-
lar cords look alike, but are wired dif-
ferently. To use the ET-596’s two
lines, use only the supplied 2-line
modular cord to connect to a 2-line
modular jack.
Or, you can connect your telephone to
two separate 1-line modular telephone
jacks using the supplied modular cord
and another 1- or 2-line modular cord
(such as RadioShack Cat. No. 279-
356, not supplied).
Note: You can also use the ET-596
with a single 1-line modular jack.
If your phone wiring does not have a
modular phone jack, you can:
• Update the wiring yourself, using
jacks and adapters available at
your local RadioShack store
• Have the phone company update
the wiring for you
Note: The USOC number of the jack
to be installed is RJ14C for a two-line
baseboard jack or RJ14W for a two-
line wall-plate jack.
Caution: The supplied RadioShack
adapter was designed specifically for
your ET-596. Use only the supplied
adapter.
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