EC-342  (650-0860)               Preparation           Faxback Doc. # 16776

INSTALLING/REPLACING THE BATTERIES

Your EC-342 is powered by four AA batteries.  For best performance and
longest life, we recommend alkaline batteries, such as Radio Shack Cat.
No. 23-552.

CAUTIONS:  You should always keep a written record of all important names
           and numbers.  All electronic devices are subject to possible
           data loss.

           To prevent losing information stored in your EC-342, do no press
           any button while you replace the batteries.

1.  Remove the screw from the latch on the battery compartment cover.
    Then push the latch in the direction of the arrow and lift open the
    cover.

2.  Insert the batteries, as indicated by the polarity symbols marked
    inside the compartment.

3.  Replace the cover and screw.

The batteries should last about 1 year based on an average of 20 calls per
day, dialing 16 digits each call.  If the display dims, replace the
batteries.

Your EC-342 also has a backup battery that protects the memory when the
main batteries are dead or removed.  This battery lasts about five years.
If your EC-342 loses all information when you remove the main batteries,
take it to your local Radio Shack store and ask to have the backup battery
replaced.

INITIALIZING THE EC-342

After installing the batteries, initialize your Ec-342 before you use it
for the first time.

CAUTION:  This procedure clears the date, time, security code, and all
          records from your EC-342.

1.  While holding down ENTER, insert a pointed object (such as a straight
    ended paper clip) into the RESET hole on the bottom of your EC-342,
    press, and then release.

2.  Release ENTER and wait for the display to return.

The databank is initialized, and any stored information is deleted.

TURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF

If the key tone function is on, your EC-342 beeps each time you press a
key. To turn the tone on or off, press and hold space while you press K.

SETTING/VIEWING THE TIME AND DATE

When you are not using one of its many functions, your EC-342 continuously
displays either the time or the date.

To switch between the time and date, simply press TIME/DATE.

SETTING THE TIME

1.  If the display does not already show the time, press TIME/DATE.  Then
    press and hold down TIME/DATE until HH-MM A/P appears.

2.  Enter the desired hour and minutes(enter a 0 before a single-digit hour
    or minute).  Then press A for AM or P for PM. For example, enter 1:00
    PM like this- 0100 P..

NOTE:  If the information you enter is invalid (for example, you enter 13
       for the hour), the display remains blank and waits for valid entry.
       After you press A or P, the display shows the time you entered.

SETTING THE DATE

1.  If the display does not already show the date, press TIME/DATE.  Then
    press and hold down TIME/DATE until MM-DD-YY appears.

2.  Enter the desired date (enter a ) before single-digit day or month). 
    For example, enter March 5, 1993 like this - 030593.

    NOTE:  If the information you enter is invalid (for example, you enter
           15 for the month), the display[lay remains blank and waits for a
           valid entry.

    After you press the last digit in the year, the display shows the date
    with the day of the week flashing.

3.  Repeatedly press VIEW to set the day of the week.

4.  When the correct date appears, press TIME/DATE to store the date.

NOTE:  If you do not press TIME/DATE within about 4 minutes, the previously
       entered day of the week remains on the display.

CONNECTING THE AUTO-DIALER

Your Ec-342 uses modular telephone jacks to connect to the phone line.  If
your telephone and/or line does not have modular jacks, you can purchase
the necessary adapters at your local Radio Shack store.  Or, you can have
your local telephone company update your wiring.

Tour EC-342 dials using standard touch tones.  If you do not subscribe to
touch-tone service, you must order this service from your local telephone
company.

The telephone company will charge you installation of the necessary jacks
and any change in service.  The telephone company will ask you for the USOC
of the jack to be installed.  This number is RJ-11C.

Follow these steps to connect the auto-dialer to your phone line.

1.  Unplug the modular cord from your telephone and plug it into your
    EC-342's LINE jack.

2.  Plug one end of the supplied modular telephone cord into your EC-342's
    PHONE jack.  Then plug the cord's other end into the phone's modular
    jack.


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