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Cat. No. 43-733
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
TAD-733
900 MHz Digital Spread Spectrum
Cordless Telephone and
Answering System
with Headset Jack
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43-733.fm Page 2 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM FEATURES Your RadioShack TAD-733 900 MHz Announce-Only — lets you play an an- Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Tele- nouncement for callers to hear, without phone and Answering System uses ad- recording their messages. vanced cordless telephone technology to give you superior audio quality. Its Remote Operation — lets you use a cordless operation lets you move freely touch-tone phone (or rotary phone and around your home or office. pocket to
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43-733.fm Page 3 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM Hearing Aid Compatible — lets you TELEPHONE FEATURES use this telephone with hearing aids that have a T (telephone) switch. 900 MHz Operation — provides better sound and less interference than many This telephone device has been tested other cordless phones. and found to comply with all applicable UL and FCC standards. Digital Spread Spectrum — provides the longest range and the utmost in se- curity. Frequencies are constantly WARNING: To re
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43-733.fm Page 4 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM Important: Cordless phones such as FCC STATEMENT this one require AC power to operate. When AC power is off, you cannot dial Your TAD-733 complies with Part 68 of out or receive incoming calls using your FCC Rules. You must, upon request, TAD-733. For this reason, the TAD-733 provide the FCC Registration Number should not be your only telephone. To and the REN to your phone company. be safe, you should also have a phone These numbers are on
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43-733.fm Page 5 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM CONTENTS Preparation .............................................................................................................. 7 Selecting a Location ........................................................................................... 7 Installing the Handset’s Antenna ........................................................................ 7 Installing the Phone ...................................................................
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43-733.fm Page 6 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM Recording a Memo ........................................................................................... 21 Playing Messages ............................................................................................ 22 Deleting Messages ........................................................................................... 22 Changing the Remote Operation Security Code .............................................. 23 Remote Operat
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43-733.fm Page 7 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM PREPARATION SELECTING A LOCATION INSTALLING THE You can place the phone on a desk top HANDSET’S or table, or mount it on a standard wall plate. Select a location that is: ANTENNA • near an accessible AC outlet Screw the antenna into • near a telephone line jack the hole at the top of the handset. • out of the way of normal activities • away from electrical machinery, electrical appliances, metal walls or INSTALLING THE PHONE filing cabine
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43-733.fm Page 8 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM 4. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s 7. Plug the adapter into a standard AC barrel plug into the DC 9V jack on outlet. The TAD-733 beeps and 00 the back of the base. appears. 8. Raise the base’s antenna to a verti- cal position. On a Wall Plate 1. Follow Steps 1–4 under “On a Desk Top” on Page 7. 5. Route the adapter’s cord through 2. Route the modular cord through the the strain relief slot on the back of left groove on the bottom of the the
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43-733.fm Page 9 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM 4. Snap the tabs at the wide end of the CONNECTING AND bracket into place. CHARGING THE HANDSET BATTERY PACK The TAD-733 comes with a recharge- able nickel-cadmium battery pack in the handset but not connected. Before using your phone, you must connect the bat- tery pack and then charge it for about 15 hours. 1. Press down and slide off the battery compartment cover. 5. Plug the modular cord into the wall plate jack. Align the base’s keyh
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43-733.fm Page 10 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM 4. To charge the battery pack, place Also, check the charging contacts the handset on the base. The IN on the handset and base. If the con- USE indicator flashes for 1 second tacts are dirty or tarnished, clean and the CHARGE indicator auto- them with a pencil eraser. matically lights after 4 seconds. IN USE Indicator CHARGE Indicator • When you first use the phone after charging or recharging the battery pack, the phone might not work and
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43-733.fm Page 11 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM • If the battery pack is completely dis- 2. Press TALK on the handset and lis- charged or the base loses power ten for the dial tone. The TALK indi- while the handset is away from it, cator lights. place the handset on the base to re- TALK set the security access-protection Indicator code. If it was the handset that lost power, recharge the battery pack. • The supplied battery pack should last for about a year. When the battery pack loses i
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43-733.fm Page 12 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM You can still make or receive calls using Checking/Setting the Ringer this phone, and telephones on the same Tone line still ring when there is an incoming call. The IN USE indicator on the base You can set the TAD 733’s handset to and the TALK indicator on the handset sound any of four ringer types. The flash until you answer the call. handset is preset to use ringer tone 1. To change or hear the different tones, To turn on the base and h
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43-733.fm Page 13 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM 2. Press CHANGE ( ) then CLOCK (8). With the Base The TAD announces the currently set day. 1. Hold down CLOCK until the TAD an- nounces the currently set day. 3. To change the day, repeatedly press SKIP (6) to move forward or REPEAT (4) to move backward. 2. To change the day of the week, re- peatedly press SKIP( ) to move forward or REPEAT( ) to move backward. 4. Press CLOCK (8). The TAD an- nounces the hour and “AM” or “PM.” 5. To change t
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43-733.fm Page 14 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM TELEPHONE OPERATION and down the four settings and remains MAKING AND RECEIVING set for subsequent calls. A CALL To make a call, lift the handset and press TALK. When you hear the dial tone, dial the desired phone number or memory number (see “Memory Dialing” on Note: The TAD-733 beeps three times Page16). when it reaches the highest or lowest volume setting. To answer a call if the handset is on the base, lift the handset and begin your c
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43-733.fm Page 15 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM USING FLASH USING TONE SERVICES ON A PULSE LINE FLASH performs the electronic equiva- lent of a switchhook operation for special Some special services, such as bank-by- services, such as Call Waiting. phone, require tone signals. If you have pulse service, you can still use these special tone services by following these steps. 1. Be sure T/P is set to P. 2. Lift the handset and press TALK. 3. Dial the service’s main number. For example, i
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43-733.fm Page 16 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM USING PAGE To page the person with the handset or to find the handset, press PAGE on the base. The handset beeps twice for about 15 seconds. 2. Enter the number and any tone or pause entries (see “Using Tone Ser- vices on a Pulse Line” on Page 15 and “Entering a Pause” on Page17). Notes: • Each tone or pause entry uses one digit of memory. To stop the handset from beeping be- • If you wait more than 30 seconds fore it automatically stops, p
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43-733.fm Page 17 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM Entering a Pause Testing Stored Emergency Numbers In some telephone systems, you must dial an access code (9, for example) and If you store an emergency service’s wait for a second dial tone before you number (police department, fire depart- can dial an outside number. You can ment, ambulance) and you choose to store the access code with the phone test the stored number, make the test number. However, you should also store call during the
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43-733.fm Page 18 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM 2. Place the headset on your head with To replace the belt clip, insert either tab the earpiece over either ear and ad- of the belt clip into one slot of the hand- just the microphone boom until it is set, then snap the other tab into the other about even with your chin. slot of the handset. 3. Hang the belt clip on your belt. 4. Use the handset to make or receive calls. Notes: • Connecting a headset disconnects the handset’s earpiece and m
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43-733.fm Page 19 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM TAD OPERATION SETTING THE TAD TO USING THE MAILBOXES ANSWER CALLS The TAD-733 has a general message center and two user mailboxes. It is pre- The TAD-733 is ready to answer and set to record messages in the message record calls with the prerecorded outgo- center, but a caller can record a mes- ing message as soon as you connect it sage for mailbox 1 or 2 by pressing # to AC power. To record your own outgo- then the desired mailbox number wi
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43-733.fm Page 20 Friday, September 17, 1999 8:57 AM Note: FL flashes when the TAD’s mem- press REMOTE then ANNC (0) on the ory is full. You must delete some mes- handset, or press ANNC on the base. PL sages before you can record a new appears while the message plays. outgoing message. 1. Set the TAD to Answer-On to record DELETING AN OUTGOING a new outgoing message, or An- nounce-Only to record the an- MESSAGE nouncement-only message. See “Setting the TAD to Answer Calls” Select the outgoin
