Preparation
Hint: Do not tell callers that you are out of town or not home. Instead, say that you cannot come to the phone right now.
Follow these steps to record your announcement.
1Press CHANGE, then press ANNC until the TAD announces “Record the announcement after the tone. Press STOP when you are done.”
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2The message counter displays the length of the announcement in seconds. Your announcement can be up to three minutes long.
3Speak your message from about 9 inches in front of the TAD.
4When you finish, press STOP. The TAD beeps and plays back the announcement.
To hear the announcement, press ANNC at any time. AP (announcement playing) appears and the message plays.
Changing Your Recorded Announcement
To change your recorded announcement, simply record a new announcement over the existing one.
To delete your recorded announcement and return to the prerecorded an- nouncement, press DELETE while the announcement is playing. dE ap- pears briefly.
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REVIEWING THE TAD SETTINGS
To hear all feature settings, press SET UP once.
SETTING THE NUMBER OF RINGS
The TAD is preset to sound four rings before it answers the first call. Use ring select to set how many times the phone rings before the system answers. You can set it for 1 to 7 rings, or to SA for
To change the ring select setting, press CHANGE then repeatedly press SET UP until you hear “Number of rings is …” and follow the voice prompt instructions. Press STOP when you are done.
Note: If you plan to check your messages by long distance, set the number of rings to at least four to avoid un- necessary long distance charges when you call to check your messages (see “Using the
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