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3.Insert the supplied AC adapter’s barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack on the back of the base.

4.Route the adapter’s cord through the left side of the strain relief slot on top of the base and through the left slots at the bottom of the base.

Strain Relief

Slot

5.Plug the short modular cord into the wall plate jack, press the excess cord into the slot in the center of the base, then align the base’s keyhole slots with the wall plate studs and slide the base downward to secure it.

Slot for

Excess

Cord

6.Press and lift out the handset holder, turn it over and rotate it 180°, then snap it back into place so it holds the handset.

7.Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. The POWER indicator on the base lights.

8.Lift the base’s antenna to a verti- cal position.

Mounting the Base Directly on the Wall

For this mounting method, you need two flat-head wood screws (not sup- plied) with heads that fit into the key- hole slots on the bottom of the base.

1. Drill two holes

315/16

3/16

inches

apart.

Then

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thread

a screw into

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

each hole, letting the

 

 

 

 

 

heads

extend

about

 

 

 

 

 

315/16

 

 

 

3/16 inch from the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Radio Shack ET-918, 43-1090, 43-1088/90 owner manual Mounting the Base Directly on the Wall