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OPERATION

Note: You can use the keypad on either the handset or the base to operate the ET-686. To make a call with the speak- erphone, you must use the base’s key- pad; to make a call with the handset, you must use the handset’s keypad.

USING THE HANDSET

Making a Call

To make a call using the handset, lift the handset from the base and press LINE 1 or LINE 2, then dial the number. When you press a line button on the handset, that line’s indicator on the handset lights. The same line’s indicator on the base flashes to show that someone is using that line at the handset.

Note: If a line indicator on the handset is flashing, someone is using that line at the base. Press the other line button.

To end a call, press LINE 1 or LINE 2 on the handset or place the handset on the base.

Answering a Call

When a call comes in, the line indicator for that line flashes at the handset and base.

Note: To help you tell which line is ring- ing, each line has a distinctive ring tone.

To answer a call, lift the handset from the base. If the handset is away from the base, press the line button for the line

that is ringing, or press any key to an- swer a call. The indicator for the line you are using lights at the handset and flash- es at the base.

If you receive a call on one line while you are using the handset to talk on the other, you hear three ring tones through the handset. Press the line button for the incoming call’s line. The current call is automatically placed on hold.

If both lines have an incoming call, pressing a key answers the line that re- ceived a call first.

Setting the Handset Volume

To increase or decrease the handset’s volume during a call, press VOLUME. Each time you press the button, the vol- ume setting changes to low, medium, high, or loud.

Changing the Channel

If you hear interference, static, or noise during a call, you can press CH to find a clearer channel.

CH

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Radio Shack ET-686 owner manual Operation, Using the Handset