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43-739.fm Page 1 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM
Cat. No. 43-739
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
TAD-739
Two-Line
Digital Telephone Answering System
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43-739.fm Page 2 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM FEATURES Your TAD-739 Two-Line Digital Tele- Memo Recording — lets you leave phone Answering System is a sophisti- messages for yourself or others in your cated, fully digital message center that home or office. records messages for up to two lines telephones. Dual Outgoing Messages — you can record two outgoing messages of up to The TAD (telephone answering device) about 32 seconds each: one for when stores all messages on a computer chip. you
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43-739.fm Page 3 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM LED Message Counter — shows the Warning: To prevent fire or shock number of messages the TAD has re- hazard, do not expose this prod- corded. uct to rain or moisture. Programmable Remote Operation Se- CAUTION curity Code — lets you set your own security code for remote operation. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! DO NOT OPEN. Remote Answer-On — lets you turn on CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE the TAD from a remote location
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43-739.fm Page 4 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM READ THIS BEFORE IN- FCC STATEMENT STALLATION Your TAD complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules. You must, upon request, provide Your TAD-739 conforms to federal regu- the FCC registration number and the lations, and you can connect it to most REN to your phone company. Both num- telephone lines. However, each device bers appear on the bottom of your TAD. that you connect to the phone line draws power from the line. We refer to this Note: You must no
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43-739.fm Page 5 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM CONTENTS Preparation .............................................................................................................. 6 Connecting to the Telephone Line(s) .................................................................. 6 Connecting the AC Adapter ................................................................................ 8 Installing a Backup Battery ........................................................................
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43-739.fm Page 6 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM PREPARATION Select a location for the TAD that is near modular telephone line jack(s) and an AC outlet, and is not in the way of normal activities. CONNECTING TO THE TELEPHONE LINE(S) Your TAD connects to your phone(s) and phone line(s) using up to four modular tele- phone line connectors. If your phone line(s) do not have modular jacks, you can up- date the wiring yourself using adapters available at your local RadioShack store. Or, you can ha
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43-739.fm Page 7 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM For a Single-Line Phone and a Two-Line Phone Jack For Two Single-Line Phones and a Two-Line Phone Jack For Two Single-Line Phones and Two Single-Line Phone Jacks 7
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43-739.fm Page 8 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM • A1 appears if you have not record- CONNECTING THE AC ed announcement 1. ADAPTER • A2 appears if you have not record- Caution: The supplied AC adapter was ed announcement 2. designed specifically for your TAD-739. • Lo appears if a backup battery is Use only the supplied adapter. weak or missing. AC 9V 1. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s barrel plug into the AC 9V jack on the back of the TAD. 2. Plug the other end of the adapter into a standa
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43-739.fm Page 9 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM Replace the battery when Lo appears. INSTALLING A BACKUP BATTERY Cautions: If AC power fails or you unplug the TAD, • Before you replace the battery, be a 9V backup battery (not supplied) sure the TAD is properly connected saves the message groups, message to AC power. Otherwise, you might counts, and the settings for the day, lose any stored information. time, and security code. We recommend • Always remove old or weak battery. you use an alk
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43-739.fm Page 10 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM 1. Hold TIME SET until the TAD sounds shortly, then the TAD announces the day one long beep and one short beep, and time. CL (clock) appears briefly, then a number from 1 (Sunday)–7 (Sat- urday) appears, and the TAD an- RECORDING THE nounces the currently set day. OUTGOING MESSAGES Before the TAD-739 can answer calls and record messages, you must record an outgoing message (OGM). The TAD lets you record two separate messages of up to 32 secon
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43-739.fm Page 11 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM 1. To record the OGM 1 (or OGM 2) cators flash. Then press ANSWER within message for each line, hold down 8 seconds on the selected line and the OGM 1 (or OGM 2) until the TAD message plays after the beep. beeps and both ANSWER indicators flash. If there is no announcement recorded, you hear “You have no announcement Notes: one (or “two”) in line one (or “two”)” • Proceed next step within 8 seconds. when you press its button. Otherwise, the T
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43-739.fm Page 12 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM BASIC OPERATION SETTING THE TAD TO INCOMING MESSAGE ANSWER CALLS RECORDING The ANSWER indicator lights to indicate When the TAD is set to answer calls us- which line the TAD is set to answer on; ing OGM 1, it plays the outgoing mes- or announce only. A steady light indi- sage, then beeps. The caller can then cates the line is set to answer on. A record a message up to 60 seconds flashing light indicates the line is set to long. announce only
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43-739.fm Page 13 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM Notes: PLAYING MESSAGES • The maximum recording capacity is The TAD’s message counter window 32 minutes or 59 messages. shows the total number of messages, • Many local phone companies use both old and new. If there are new mes- calling party control (CPC) to signal sages, the line indicators flash to let you that the caller has hung up. Your know which line has new messages. TAD recognizes a CPC signal and releases the line. If the TAD record
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43-739.fm Page 14 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM To play only new messages, hold down move to any place within it. To resume the desired PLAY button for 2 seconds. normal playback, release SKIP. The TAD tells you how many new mes- sages you have in that line and plays To stop playback at any time, press them. STOP. The TAD beeps and resets to an- swer calls. After all messages play, the TAD says, “End of messages.” DELETING MESSAGES To replay a message during playback, press REPEAT. The curr
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43-739.fm Page 15 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM RECORDING A MEMO RECORDING A CONVERSATION A memo is a message you can record at the TAD for yourself or others. You can You can record both sides of a conver- record memos of up to 60 seconds long sation on any phone connected to the in each line. same phone line as the TAD. Memos are stored with incoming mes- Note: It is illegal in some areas to record sages, and are replayed the same way a conversation without the consent of all (see “Playi
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43-739.fm Page 16 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM 4. Repeatedly press SKIP or REPEAT USING CALL to set the second and third digits, BREAKTHROUGH pressing STOP after each digit. The TAD beeps and announces the new If you screen your calls but want to know CBT code. when calls come in from certain people, give them your call breakthrough (CBT) code. CHANGING THE REMOTE When a caller enters the CBT code dur- OPERATION SECURITY ing the outgoing message, the TAD CODE alerts you with a series of
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43-739.fm Page 17 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM REMOTE OPERATION While you are away from your home or USING REMOTE office, you can use a touch-tone phone COMMANDS or a pulse (rotary) phone with a pocket tone dialer to enter your remote opera- Follow these steps to operate the TAD tion security code and do any of the fol- remotely. lowing: 1. Dial either one of your phone num- • set the TAD to answer calls ber which you connected with the • listen to your messages TAD. • record a new annou
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43-739.fm Page 18 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM Remote Commands Press: To: #0 Set the TAD to announce only Press: To: for both lines. It says “Line 1 is announce-only, line 2 is [0 Set the TAD to not answer announce-only.” If no OGM 2 calls for both lines. The TAD is recorded in line 1, it says says “Line 1 is off, line 2 is off.” “You have no announcement [1 Set the TAD to not answer two in line 1.” Then it sounds calls only for line 1. The TAD four beeps and says “Line 2 is sa
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43-739.fm Page 19 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM Press: To: Press: To: 3, then Play new messages in the 82# Play line 2’s OGM 1. If no OGM line num- selected line. If no new mes- 1 is recorded, the TAD ber (0, 1, sage is recorded, the TAD says, announces “You have no 2) “You have no new messages in announcement one in line two.” line x.” (where x is the line num- 91[ Change line 1’s OGM 2. After ber). If no new messages are the TAD beeps, speak your recorded in both lines, the TAD mes
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43-739.fm Page 20 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM TROUBLESHOOTING We do not expect you to have any problems with your TAD-739, but if you do, try these suggestions. Problem Remedy The incoming message is incom- Be sure the memory is not full. plete. The incoming message is unclear. Be sure VOLUME is set to the desired sound level. Check all phone line connections. The TAD does not answer after Be sure the TAD is set to answer calls. two, four, or seven rings. Check all phone line connections
