Radio Shack TAD-705 Setting the VIP Alert, Dialing Number Selections, Using Dial, Same Area Code

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To review the VIP call records, press VIP, then repeatedly press :/8 or 9/;.

To delete a VIP call record, recall the desired VIP call record, then press DELETE.

Note: The selected VIP call disappears from the VIP Call List when you delete it. The VIP mark still remains on the call when you re- view the Caller ID memories. The VIP mark on the VIP call does not disappear unless you remove that call record.

To call a phone number on the VIP Call List, recall the desired VIP call number, then press DIAL.

Setting the VIP Alert

Note: When you first connect the AC adapt- er, the VIP alert automatically turns on, and appears.

1.Hold down STOP until the TAD beeps.

2.Repeatedly press DIAL until VIP ALERT ON appears.

3.Press :/8 to turn off the VIP alert.

disappears and VIP ALERT OFF appears. To turn on the alert, press :/

8. VIP ALERT ON and appear.

4.Press STOP to return to the time display.

Dialing Number Selections

VIP also provides dialing options for different phone systems allowing you to select the correct dialing selection for a phone number before you press DIAL.

Different Area Code

When the phone number's area code does not match the area code you stored, the TAD provides two different dialing number selec- tions. Press VIP once, the display first shows the ten-digit number (three digits of the area

code plus seven digits of the phone number, for example, 8185551212). Press VIP again and 1 appears before the ten-digit number (18185551212).

Same Area Code

If the phone number's area code matches the area code you stored, the TAD provides four different numbers. Repeatedly press VIP, the TAD cycles through and displays four patterns for dialing numbers.

•Seven-digit number — for example,

5551212.

•Eight-digit number (“1” plus the phone number) — for example, 15551212.

•Ten-digit number — for example,

8175551212.

•Eleven-digit number (“1” plus the area code plus the phone number) — for example, 18175551212.

Using Dial

You must store your home area code for Callback to work correctly (see “Setting the Area Code” on Page 9). If the call came from your home area code, the display shows only the seven-digit number (without an area code). Follow these steps to dial a phone number from Caller ID records.

1.Repeatedly press :/8 or 9/; to select the desired phone number.

2.Then, repeatedly press VIP to select the suitable dialing pattern for that phone number (see “Dialing Number Selec- tions” on Page 24).

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