Radio Shack Digital Answering System with Caller ID Deluxe and 2.4 GHz Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Phone - Manual (Page 14)

14 Installation
SETTING THE NUMBER OF
RINGS
Set RING TIME on the side of the base to 3 , 5 ,
or TS to select how long the answering sys-
tem waits to answer a call (3 rings, 5 rings, or
toll-saver).
Note: If you plan to check messages by long
distance, set
RING TIME to TS (see “Using
the Toll-Saver” on Page 27).
SETTING THE DAY/TIME
You must set the day of the week and time
so the answering system can record the cor-
rect day and time of each message.
Note: Enter each key press within about 2
minutes. Otherwise, the answering system
exits the time setting process and you must
begin again with Step 1.
1. Hold down CLOCK on the base until the
answering system beeps. The answer-
ing system announces the currently set
day of the week and displays the day’s
number (
&&&&
for Sunday,
''''
for Monday, and
so on).
2. To change the day, repeatedly press
SKIP on the base to move forward or RE-
PEAT on the base to move backward un-
til the correct day appears, then press
CLOCK . The answering system an-
nounces the hour.
3. To change the hour, repeatedly press
SKIP or REPEAT until the correct hour
appears, then press CLOCK . The an-
swering system announces the minutes.
4. To change the minutes, repeatedly
press SKIP or REPEAT until the correct
minutes appear, then press CLOCK . The
answering system announces “AM” or
“PM,” and
7777
or
FFFF
appears.
5. To switch between the AM and PM set-
ting, press SKIP or REPEAT , then press
CLOCK . The answering system beeps
and announces the day and time.
To check the day and time, press CLOCK .
The answering system announces the cur-
rently set day and time.
Note: If power fails, the clock retains the cur-
rent time. When the power is restored, it
starts counting again from the time the power
failed.
SETTING AUTO TALK
Your phone is preset so you must press
TALK to answer a call. With auto talk turned
on, you can answer a call by lifting the hand-
set from the base or, if the handset is away
from the base, by pressing any key.
Follow these steps to turn auto talk on or off.
1. Lift the handset and press FUNC . The
Caller ID setup menu appears on the
display with auto talk selected.
2. Press SELECT/CH to change the auto
talk setting.
Ed Ed Ed Ed
or
E\\ E\\ E\\ E\\
appears indicating
the selected setting.
3. To clear the display when you finish,
press FUNC or return the handset to the
base.
TURNING CALLER ID/CALL
WAITING ON OR OFF
If you have Call Waiting and Caller ID ser-
vice, you can set the answering system to
show Caller ID information for an incoming
call even while you are on the phone.