Radio Shack ET-598 - Manual (Page 15)

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OPERATION
Note: You can use the keypad on ei-
ther the handset or the base to operate
the ET-598. To use the speakerphone,
you must use the base’s keypad; to
use the handset, you must use the
handset’s keypad.
HANDSET OPERATION
Making a Call
To make a call using the handset, lift
the handset from the base and listen
for a dial tone. If the handset is away
from the base, press
TALK and listen
for a dial tone. On the handset, the
BATT LOW indicator and a LINE indi-
cator (1 or 2, whichever line was dialed
the last time) light. The indicator for the
same line flashes on the base, indicat-
ing that line is in use at the handset.
Use the handset keypad to dial the de-
sired number.
You can also press LINE 1 or LINE 2 to
directly select the line you want to use.
If either indicator is flashing, someone
at the base is using that line on the
speakerphone. Press the line button
whose indicator is not lit.
Answering a Call
To help you tell which line is ringing,
each line has a distinctive ring tone.
To answer a call, simply lift the hand-
set. If the handset is away from the
base, press
TALK to answer the flash-
ing line. The BATT LOW indicator and
the LINE 1 or LINE 2 indicator on the
handset light. The indicator for the line
in use flashes on the base.
To disconnect a call, press TALK on
the handset or place the handset on
the base.
Notes:
• If you press TALK to hang up and
the phone does not disconnect,
hold the handset closer to the
base, then press
TALK again.
• When you receive an incoming
call on one line while you are
using the handset to talk on the
other, the handset does not ring
but you hear a tone through the
earpiece. Place the current call on
hold (see “Putting a Call on Hold”
on Page 17), then press the line
button for the incoming call.
If you press the other line’s button
without first pressing
HOLD , the
first call is disconnected.
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