ET-501 Cordless Telephone
(430-1004)                 Preparation                Faxback Doc. # 18706

INSTALLING/REPLACING THE BATTERY

Your phone is shipped without the battery installed.  Before you use it for
the first time, you must install and charge the battery.

If you follow the instructions in "Charging the Battery," below, a battery
should last for several years.  When the battery loses its ability to fully
charge, order a replacement battery through your local Radio Shack store.

Install the new battery as described below, then follow the instructions
under "Charging the Battery," below.

1.  Slide off the battery compartment cover on the back of the handset.

2.  If necessary loosen the plastic band and pull the battery and its
    connector from the battery compartment.

3.  Install the new battery and connect its plug to the pins inside the
    battery compartment.  Then re-fasten the plastic band.

4.  Replace the cover.

NOTE:  Your telephone contains a rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery.  At
       the end of the battery's useful life, it must be recycled or
       disposed of properly.  Contact your local, county, or state
       hazardous waste management authorities for information on recycling
       or disposal programs in your area.  Some options that might be
       available are:  municipal curb-side collection, drop off boxes at
       retailers, recycling collection centers, and mail-back programs.

CHARGING THE BATTERY

Before you use your phone for the first time or when you install a new 
battery, set POWER to OFF.  Then charge the battery for about 15 hours.

To charge or recharge the battery, place the handset on the base so the
IN USE/CHARGE indicator lights.

Recharge the battery when TALK/LOW BATT flashes on the handset.

NOTES:  Some deeply discharged batteries take longer to charge.  If
        overnight charging is not sufficient, try charging for up to 48
        hours.

        You can set POWER to ON while the battery charges.

        The first time you use your phone after installing a new battery,
        the handset might not work or it might sound an error tone when you
        press TALK.  This might also occur when you recharge a battery that
        has been completely discharged.  If this happens, be sure the
        handset is turned on.  Then return the handset to the base for 5
        seconds.  This resets the security access code.

        If the CHARGE indicator does not light when you place the handset
        on the base, be sure the battery is connected to the pins inside
        the battery compartment.

        Also, check the charging contacts on the handset and base.  If the 
        contacts are dirty or tarnished, gently clean them with a pencil 
        eraser.

        About once a month, fully discharge the battery.  Otherwise, the
        battery loses its ability to fully recharge.

        To fully discharge the battery, be sure the TALK/LOW BATT indicator
        is off and keep the handset off the base until LOW BATT flashes. 
        Then return the handset to the base and fully recharge the battery.

SETTING THE DIALING MODE

Set TONE/PULSE located on the bottom of the base, for the type of service 
you have.  If you are not sure which type of service you have, do this
test.

1.  Set TONE/PULSE to TONE.

2.  Lift the handset and listen for a dial tone.

3.  Press any number other than 0.

If the dial tone stops, you have touchtone service.

If the dial tone continues, you have rotary (pulse) service.  Set TONE/PULSE
to PULSE.


(CS 12/5/95)