Radio Shack TAD-764 - Manual (Page 17)

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SETTING THE TAD TO
ANSWER CALLS
To set the TAD to answer calls, press
ANSWER/STOP/DELETE .
• If an outgoing message is re-
corded, the TAD announces, “An-
swer on,” and the
ANSWER
indicator lights.
• If no outgoing message is
recorded, the TAD says, “Answer
off, no announcement” (see
“Recording the Outgoing Message”
on Page 16).
To have the TAD not answer calls,
press
ANSWER/STOP/DELETE again.
The TAD announces “Answer off,” and
the ANSWER indicator turns off.
RECORDING INCOMING
MESSAGES
The TAD-764 lets you record up to 16
minutes of outgoing and incoming mes-
sages. It hangs up and resets to answer
the next call when:
• The caller hangs up.
• The maximum message length (60
seconds) is reached.
• There are more than 8 seconds of
silence.
• You pick up any extension on the
same phone line as the TAD (see
“Screening Calls”).
The PLAY/SKIP indicator flashes when
a new message is recorded.
SCREENING CALLS
To screen calls, let the TAD answer.
Listen to the caller’s message through
the TAD’s speaker. If you decide to an-
swer the call, pick up any phone con-
nected to the same phone line as the
TAD. The TAD stops recording and re-
sets to answer the next call.
Note: If you pick up the phone just as
the TAD answers, it might not stop play-
ing the OGM. If this happens, press
AN-
SWER/STOP/DELETE to stop the TAD.
PLAYING MESSAGES
When there are new messages, the
PLAY/SKIP indicator flashes until all the
new messages have been played.
To play all messages, press PLAY/SKIP .
The TAD announces the number of
messages. If there are no messages,
the TAD announces, “No message.”
Before playing each message, the TAD
announces the message number and
the day and time when the message
Illus. showing PLAY/SKIP
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