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 stores memos as incoming messages (see “Playing Messages”).
1.Hold down MEMO/REC until the TAD beeps. The TAD announces “Please select mail box.”
2.Press M-BOX 1, M-BOX 2, or M-BOX 3 to
select the mail box. The indicator for the selected mail box lights and ## appears in the message counter window.
3.The TAD announces “Record your mes- sage after the tone.”
4.When the tone sounds, speak your mes- sage. When you finish the memo, press
MEMO/REC or STOP.
Note: The TAD cannot record a memo less than two seconds long.
RECORDING A
CONVERSATION
The TAD lets you record both sides of a tele- phone conversation when you are talking us- ing the handset.
Important: 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
To start recording a phone conversation, hold down MEMO/REC until the TAD beeps and ## appears. To stop recording, press STOP or MEMO/REC.
The TAD stores a recorded conversation as a message in Mail Box 1 (see “Playing Mes- sages”).
Note: The TAD cannot record a conversation less than two seconds long, or a call using the speakerphone.
PLAYING MESSAGES
After the TAD has recorded a message, the total number of new messages stored in all mail boxes flashes on the message counter window, and the mail box indicators that con- tain new message flash.
To play your messages, press the mail box button with its indicator flashing. The TAD announces the number of new and old mes- sages, then plays the new messages. The message number appears as each message plays, and the TAD announces the day and time of the call at the end of each message.
When all the new messages in all the mail boxes are played, the message counter dis- plays the total number of all messages.
To play all messages after playing the new messages, press the mail box buttons again.
To skip to the next message, press SKIP while the message is playing. Hold down SKIP to quickly advance through a message. The TAD skips every other second of play- back and plays the next one second, until the end of the message. Release SKIP to re- sume normal playback.
To replay the current message from the be- ginning, press REPEAT. Hold down REPEAT to review the current message. The TAD skips back every other second of playback and plays the previous second, until the be- ginning of the message. Release REPEAT to resume normal playback.
If you press REPEAT within about 2 seconds after a message begins playing, the TAD re- plays the previous message. If the current message is the first new message, the TAD plays back from the beginning of the current
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