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Cat. No. 43-747
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
TAD-1007
Multi-User Digital Telephone Answering System
with Day/Time Voice Stamp
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43-747.fm Page 2 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM FEATURES Your Radio Shack TAD-1007 Multi-User Your TAD’s features include: Digital Telephone Answering System with Day/Time Voice Stamp is a sophis- Four User Mailboxes — let you store ticated, fully digital message center that and play back messages for up to four groups recorded messages for up to four different users. different users. The caller can choose to leave a message for a specific person or Voice Time/Day Stamp — announces departmen
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43-747.fm Page 3 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM ANSWER Button — lets you turn the Warning: To prevent fire or shock haz- TAD on or off without disconnecting it. ard, do not expose this product to rain or moisture. Call/Message Counter — displays the number of messages recorded. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! Call Screening — lets you listen to in- DO NOT OPEN. coming calls so you can decide whether CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF or not to answer. ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BAC
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43-747.fm Page 4 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM READ THIS BEFORE FCC STATEMENT INSTALLATION Your TAD complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules. You must, upon request, provide We have designed your TAD to conform the FCC registration number and the to federal regulations, and you can con- REN to your telephone company. Both nect it to most telephone lines. However, numbers are shown on the bottom of each device you connect to the phone the TAD. line draws power from it. This power draw is the devic
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43-747.fm Page 5 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM CONTENTS Installation .............................................................................................................. 6 Choosing a Location ......................................................................................... 6 Connecting to the Telephone Line .................................................................... 6 Connecting to Power .............................................................................
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43-747.fm Page 6 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM INSTALLATION CONNECTING TO THE CHOOSING A LOCATION TELEPHONE LINE Select a location that is near a modular telephone jack and an AC outlet. To connect the TAD to the phone line, plug one end of the supplied telephone Your TAD connects directly to a modular cord into the TEL LINE jack on the back telephone line jack. If your telephone of the TAD. Then plug the other end into wiring does not have a modular jack, you a modular phone jack. can up
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43-747.fm Page 7 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM CONNECTING TO POWER INSTALLING THE BACKUP BATTERY Insert the supplied adapter’s barrel plug into the AC 9V jack on the back of the During an AC power failure, a 9-volt bat- TAD. Then plug the AC adapter’s other tery (such as Cat. No. 23-553, not sup- end into a standard AC outlet. plied) provides backup power so the TAD can maintain the correct time and memory information. However, the TAD cannot answer incoming calls and record messages witho
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43-747.fm Page 8 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM 2. Snap the battery’s terminals to the USING RESET connector inside the compartment. Then place the battery inside. If the TAD does not work, press RESET on the back of the TAD to reset the an- swering machine. Note: The outgoing message and all in- formation stored in memory are deleted when you press RESET. 3. Replace the cover When Lo and the number of calls in memory alternately flash on the display, replace the battery. Be sure the AC ada
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43-747.fm Page 9 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM PREPARATION 2. To change the day of the week, SETTING THE DAY AND within 8 seconds after releasing TIME SET, repeatedly press REPEAT to move backward or SKIP to move The TAD records the day and time of the forward until the TAD announces call with each phone message. Follow the desired day of the week. these steps to set the day and time. Notes: • To avoid having to reset the day and time if AC power is lost, we rec- ommend you install a bac
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43-747.fm Page 10 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM 6. To change the minutes, repeatedly “You have reached the Jones resi- press REPEAT to move backward or dence. We are unable to come to the SKIP to move forward to the desired phone right now, but you may press: 1 minute setting. to leave a message for John, 2 to leave a message for Mary, 3 to leave a mes- Note: To rapidly change the min- sage for Susan, 4 to leave a message utes, press and hold REPEAT or for Helen, or you can wait until after
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43-747.fm Page 11 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM 2. While holding down ANN, speak in a SETTING 2/4/TS normal voice about 8 inches away from the microphone (located on 2/4/TS on the back of the TAD controls the front of the TAD). Ask for the how long the TAD waits before it an- caller’s name, phone number, and swers a call. message. The display shows how much time is left for recording. 3. When you finish recording, release ANN. The TAD automatically beeps and repeats the outgoing message so
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43-747.fm Page 12 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM BASIC OPERATION RECORDING INCOMING SETTING THE TAD TO MESSAGES ANSWER CALLS After the TAD answers a call, the outgo- To set the TAD to answer calls, press ing message plays. After the TAD ANSWER. beeps at the end of the announcement, the caller must select a mailbox by en- • If an outgoing message is recorded, tering a number (1-4). The TAD an- the TAD announces, “Answer on,” nounces, “Record Mailbox” and the and the indicator in the call/m
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43-747.fm Page 13 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM (Or, to play only the new messages, SCREENING CALLS press and hold down the mailbox but- ton.) The TAD announces “Mailbox __” Your TAD lets you listen as callers leave and the number of messages (or new messages. If you want to speak to a call- messages) stored in that mailbox. er, pick up any phone on the same line and begin speaking. The TAD detects when you pick up the phone and auto- matically resets to answer the next call. Note: If you
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43-747.fm Page 14 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM Repeating Messages Pausing Message Playback To review a message while you are lis- To pause while listening to messages, tening to it, press REPEAT. The current press STOP. PA appears on the display. message starts again from the begin- Wait at least 2 seconds, then press ning. STOP again to resume playing messag- es. To hear an earlier message, repeatedly press REPEAT until the desired mes- sage’s number appears. The TAD plays the message.
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43-747.fm Page 15 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM Deleting All Messages in a DELETING MESSAGES Mailbox Deleting a Single Message Follow these steps to delete all messag- To delete a specific message, press DE- es from a particular mailbox. LETE once while the message is playing. 1. Press DELETE . dE appears on the The TAD beeps once and immediately display. deletes the current message, then plays the next message or announces, “End of 2. Press and hold down the desired messages” (if that me
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43-747.fm Page 16 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM 2. Press and hold down the selected RECORDING A MEMO mailbox button. The TAD beeps. Speak into the microphone in a A memo is a message you can record at normal voice. The display shows the TAD, without having to call in on a how much time is left for recording. phone. You can record a memo in any of the mailboxes. Notes: • The maximum memo length is 60 seconds. • If the TAD’s memory is full (FL appears on the display), you must delete some m
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43-747.fm Page 17 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM REMOTE OPERATION You can operate the TAD from almost CHANGING THE REMOTE any touch-tone phone, or from a rotary OPERATION SECURITY phone using a pocket tone-dialer (avail- CODE able at your local Radio Shack store). The TAD’s remote operation security Notes: code is preset to 747. You can operate your TAD remotely with this code; how- • You can set the security code to ever, we recommend that you set your any number from 500 to 999. own cod
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43-747.fm Page 18 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM 2. Press SKIP or REPEAT to set the REMOTE ANSWER-ON first digit, then press STOP. The TAD beeps and the second digit flashes. Note: You must record an outgoing message before you can remotely set the TAD to answer calls. Follow these steps to remotely set the TAD to answer calls. 1. Dial your phone number. If the TAD is set to answer-off, it 3. Press SKIP or REPEAT to set the answers the call after 60 seconds second digit, then press STOP. T
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43-747.fm Page 19 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM USING REMOTE COMMANDS To use remote commands, you must enter the remote operation security code within 8 seconds after the TAD answers the call. After the TAD beeps once to verify you entered the code correctly, you can enter the number(s) for the function(s) you want the TAD to perform. Press Command Function 0 Stop Stops message play, message recording, and room monitoring. 1Play Outgoing Message If an outgoing message is recorded, the TAD
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43-747.fm Page 20 Friday, August 13, 1999 2:22 PM Press Command Function 5 1 Play New Messages in Plays only new messages that have not already 5 2 a Specific Mailbox (To been played. When new messages are recorded, 5 3 see what commands the TAD beeps, announces, “Mailbox __” and the 5 4 you can use at this number of new messages, then plays them. point, see the table If there are no new messages, the TAD beeps and below) says, “Mailbox (number), no new message.” 6 1 Delete All Messages
