Radio Shack TAD-794 owner manual TAD Operation

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.

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.

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 messa ge counter turns off.

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/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.

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1 — The TAD pla ys the outgoing message and lets callers leave a message up to 1 minute long.

4 — The TAD pla ys the outgoing message and lets callers leave a message up to 4 minutes long.

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 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.

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.

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