Radio Shack TAD-705 owner manual Incoming Message Recording, Playing Messages, Announce Only

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Announce Only

When the announce-only feature is on, the TAD plays OGM 2 but does not let callers leave a message. (You must have recorded an OGM 2 message before you can use this feature.)

To set the TAD to announce-only, be sure the TAD is set to answer calls, then press OGM2. The TAD says “Announce only,” and ANS ONLY appears. The TAD plays OGM 2, and OGM2 PLAYING briefly appears.

To turn off the announce-only feature, press OGM1. The TAD beeps, says “Answer on,” and plays OGM 1.

To turn off the TAD so it does not answer calls, press ANSWER again. The TAD an- nounces “Answer off” and beeps. The HOLD/ ANSWER indicator turns off.

INCOMING MESSAGE RECORDING

Each incoming message can be up to 60 seconds long. While recording the incoming message, ICM RECORDING appears on the display. When a recording reaches 55 sec- onds, the TAD beeps to notify the caller that time will soon be up. At 60 seconds it sounds one long and four short beeps, says “Thank you for your call,” and hangs up.

Additionally, the TAD stops recording and re- sets to answer the next call when:

•The caller hangs up.

•There are more than 8 seconds of silence.

•You pick up any phone on the same line as the TAD.

If the TAD's incoming messages are full but the Caller ID records are not full, the TAD an- nounces “Message is full”, and xx CALLS

xxMSG FULL appears. It answers calls af- ter 3 rings and plays the second outgoing message (OGM 2). If no OGM 2 is recorded, the TAD says “Message is full. Thank you for your call.”

If Caller ID records or both the incoming messages and Caller ID records are full, the TAD announces “Memory is full,” and xx CALLS xx MSG FULL appears. The TAD answers calls after 3 rings and plays the sec- ond outgoing message (OGM 2). If no OGM 2 is recorded, the TAD says “Memory is full. Thank you for your call.”

Notes:

•The maximum recording capacity is 16 minutes (or 68 recorded messages), or 62 Caller ID records.

•Many local phone companies use calling party control (CPC) to signal that the caller has hung up. Your TAD recog- nizes a CPC signal and releases the line. If the TAD records phone company messages or dial tones, your local phone company probably does not use CPC.

PLAYING MESSAGES

The TAD's message window shows the total number of messages, both old and new. If there are new messages, the NEW MES- SAGE indicator flashes.

To play all messages, press PLAY. The TAD announces the number of messages record- ed, the message number and the day and time the message was recorded, and then plays the message.

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