Radio Shack TAD-794 - Manual (Page 8)

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TAD OPERATION
SELECTING THE
OUTGOING MESSAGE
The TAD has two prerecorded outgoing
messages. One asks the caller to leave
a message: “Hello, no one is available to
take your call. Please leave a message
after the tone.” The TAD uses this mes-
sage when
REC TIME is set to 1 or 4 (see
“Setting the Record Time”).
The other is simply an announcement
and does not let the caller leave a mes-
sage: “Hello, no one is available to take
your call.” The TAD uses this message
when
REC TIME is set to ANN .
You can also record your own message
(see “Recording/Deleting an Outgoing
Message”). When you record your own
outgoing message, the TAD uses it for
all
REC TIME settings.
To switch between your outgoing mes-
sage and the TAD’s prerecorded mes-
sage, press
OGM . When the current
message begins to play, press OGM
again. The TAD switches to the other
message and plays it.
RECORDING/DELETING
AN OUTGOING MESSAGE
To record your outgoing message (up to
30 seconds long), hold down
OGM until
the TAD beeps and -- appears. When
you finish your message, press STOP .
The TAD plays back your message.
Hint: Do not tell callers that you are not
home. Instead, say that you cannot
come to the phone right now.
Note: The TAD-794 cannot record an
outgoing message less than two sec-
onds long.
To delete your outgoing message and
use the TAD’s prerecorded messages,
hold down
OGM until the TAD beeps.
Then press OGM again within two sec-
onds.
SETTING THE RECORD
TIME
Set REC TIME to 1 , 4 , or ANN to deter-
mine how the TAD-794 will record in-
coming messages.
1 — The TAD plays the outgoing
message and lets callers leave a
message up to 1 minute long.
4 — The TAD plays the outgoing
message and lets callers leave a
message up to 4 minutes long.
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ANN (announcement) — The TAD
plays the outgoing message but
does not let callers leave a mes-
sage.
SETTING THE TAD TO
ANSWER CALLS
To set the TAD to answer calls, press
ANSWER . If the TAD is set to record a
caller’s message (see “Setting the
Record Time” on Page 28), it plays the
outgoing message and shows the num-
ber of recorded messages. If the TAD is
set to announce-only, it plays the outgo-
ing message, and
A appears.
To set the TAD to not answer calls,
press
ANSWER . The TAD announces
“Answer off” and the message counter
turns off.
SCREENING CALLS
You can let the TAD answer calls for you
while you listen to the caller’s message
through the base’s speaker. If you de-
cide to answer the call, lift the handset,
press
TALK , or pick up any phone on the
same line. The TAD stops recording and
resets to answer the next call.
RECORDING INCOMING
MESSAGES
After the TAD answers a call, it plays the
outgoing message, beeps, and records
the caller’s message.
Each incoming message can be up to 1
or 4 minutes long, depending on how
you set
REC TIME (see “Setting the
Record Time” on Page 28). The TAD-
794’s maximum recording capacity is 15
minutes or 59 recorded messages.
The TAD stops recording up and resets
to answer the next call when:
• the caller hangs up
• the maximum message length is
reached
• the TAD hears a busy signal or more
than 5 seconds of silence
• you pick up the TAD’s handset or
any phone on the same phone line
Note: When the TAD’s message memo-
ry is full,
FL appears on the display.
RECORDING A MEMO
A memo is a message you can record at
the TAD for yourself or others in your
home or office. The TAD-794 stores
memos as incoming messages (see
“Playing Messages” on Page 30).
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To record a memo, hold down MEM on
the base until the TAD beeps and ––
appears in the message counter win-
dow, then speak your message (up to
four minutes long). When you finish the
memo, press
STOP .
Note: The TAD-794 cannot record a
memo less than two seconds long.
RECORDING A
CONVERSATION
The TAD-794 lets you record both sides
of a telephone conversation.
Note: It is illegal in some areas to record
a conversation without the consent of all
parties to the conversation, including the
phone company. Check the laws in your
area before you use the two-way record-
ing feature.
To start recording a phone conversation,
press
MEM on the base. The TAD beeps
and –– appears. As it records the con-
versation, the TAD beeps every 15 sec-
onds to let the caller know that the
conversation is being recorded. To stop
recording, press
STOP .
The TAD-794 stores a recorded conver-
sation as a message (see “Playing Mes-
sages” on Page 30).
Note: The TAD-794 cannot record a
conversation less than two seconds
long.
PLAYING MESSAGES
After the TAD-794 has recorded a mes-
sage, its message counter shows the to-
tal number of messages stored. If you
have new messages, the number flash-
es.
To play your messages, press PLAY .
The TAD announces the number of new
and old messages, then plays the new
messages. The message number ap-
pears as each message plays, and the
TAD announces the day and time of the
call at the end of each message.
To play all messages after playing the
new messages, press
PLAY again.
To skip to the next message, press SKIP
during playback.
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To replay the current message from the
beginning, press
REPEAT . If you press
REPEAT within 5 seconds after a mes-
sage begins playing, the TAD replays
the previous message.
ADJUSTING THE TAD’S
VOLUME
To adjust the speaker’s volume, repeat-
edly press
VOLUME s or t on the base.
The volume setting from 1 (lowest) to
10 (highest) appears in the message
counter window.
DELETING MESSAGES
To delete the current message while it is
playing, hold down
DELETE until the
TAD beeps.
To delete all messages at once, while
messages are not playing, hold down
DELETE on the base until the TAD
beeps and 0 appears in the message
counter window.
Note: You cannot delete new (un-
played) messages. If you try to delete all
messages at once while you still have
new messages, the TAD sounds five
quick beeps and does not delete any
messages.
SETTING THE REMOTE
OPERATION PIN
The TAD-794’s two-digit remote opera-
tion PIN (personal identification number)
prevents unauthorized remote access to
your messages. The default PIN is 80.
Follow these steps to change the PIN to
any number from 00 to 99.
Note: If you wait more than 15 seconds
between each keypress, the TAD exits
the PIN setting process. Start again at
Step 1.