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Note: Each tone or pause entry uses one digit of memory.

4.Press MEM again, then enter the memory location number (09) where you want to store the number. A tone sounds to indicate that the number is stored.

Note: If the phone sounds five quick beeps, you have made an entry error, and the number was not stored. Start again.

To replace a stored number, store a new number in its place. To erase a number from a memory location, press MEM twice. Then press the memory location number (09) you want to clear. A tone sounds.

Entering a Pause

In some telephone systems, you must dial an access code (9, for example) and wait for a second dial tone before you can dial an outside number. You can store the access code with the phone number. However, you should also store a pause after the access code to allow the outside line time to connect.

To enter a 2-second pause, press REDI- AL/PAUSE (REDIAL on the handset). Press REDIAL/PAUSE or REDIAL repeat- edly for a longer pause.

Dialing a Memory Number

To dial a number stored in the handset’s memory, lift the handset from the base

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and press either line button. When you hear a dial tone, press MEM and enter the memory location number for the number you want to dial.

To dial a number stored in the base’s memory, press either line button. When you hear a dial tone, press MEM and en- ter the memory location number for the number you want to dial.

Note: If you select an empty memory lo- cation, the base beeps 5 times.

Chain-Dialing Service Numbers

For quick recall of numbers for special services (such as alternate long dis- tance or bank by phone), store each group of numbers in its own memory lo- cation.

To use the stored special service num- bers, dial the service’s main number first. Then, at the appropriate place in the call, press MEM and the number for the memory location where the addition- al information is stored.

Testing Stored Emergency Numbers

If you store an emergency service’s number (police department, fire depart- ment, ambulance) and you choose to test the stored number, make the test call during the late evening or early morning hours to avoid peak demand periods. Also, remain on the line to ex- plain the reason for your call.

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Radio Shack ET-686 owner manual Entering a Pause, Dialing a Memory Number, Chain-Dialing Service Numbers