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Cat. No. 43-775
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
TAD-1016
25-Channel • Dual-Keypad
Cordless Speakerphone
High-Capacity Digital Answering System
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43-775.fm Page 2 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM If you are using more than one phone Warning: To prevent fire or shock or other device on the line, add up all hazard, do not expose this product the RENs. If the total is more than five, to rain or moisture. your phone might not ring and your answering machine might not answer. CAUTION In rural areas, a total REN of three might impair ringer operation. If ringer RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! DO NOT OPEN. operation is impaired, remove a de- vice fr
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43-775.fm Page 3 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM FEATURES Your RadioShack TAD-1016 25- 20-Number Memory Dialing — lets Channel • Dual-Keypad Cordless you store up to 20 phone numbers in Speakerphone, High-Capacity Digital memory (10 on the handset and 10 on Answering System uses advanced an- the base) for easy dialing. alog cordless telephone technology to give you superior audio quality. Its Flash — sends an electronic switch- cordless operation lets you move free- hook signal for use with s
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43-775.fm Page 4 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM Pre-recorded Messages — give you Toll-Saver — lets you avoid unneces- the option of using the existing outgo- sary long-distance charges when you ing messages or recording your own. call by long distance to check your messages. Announcement Only — lets you play an announcement for callers to hear, Phone Pick-Up Detection — stops without recording their messages. recording when you pick up any phone on the same line as the TAD, Digital Message C
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43-775.fm Page 5 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM CONTENTS Installation ............................................................................................................ 7 Selecting a Location ........................................................................................ 7 Placing the Base on a Desktop ................................................................ 7 Mounting the Base on a Wall Plate ........................................................... 8 Mounting t
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43-775.fm Page 6 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM Remote Operation .............................................................................................. 29 Using the Toll-Saver ...................................................................................... 29 Accessing the TAD by Remote ...................................................................... 29 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................. 31 Car
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43-775.fm Page 7 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM INSTALLATION Placing the Base on a SELECTING A Desktop LOCATION 1. Plug one end of the supplied mod- You can set the TAD-1016’s base on ular cord into the TEL LINE jack on a flat surface (such as a desk or the back of the base. counter top), or mount it on a wall plate or directly on the wall. The base’s location affects the phone’s range, so if you have a choice of sev- eral locations, try each to see which gives the best performance. Select
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43-775.fm Page 8 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM 4. Route the adapter’s cord through 6. Fully extend the base’s antenna the strain relief slot on the back of and place it in a vertical position. the base. Strain Relief Slot 5. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. The POWER indicator on the base lights. Mounting the Base on a Wall Plate To make this connection, you need a short modular cord such as Ra- dioShack Cat. No. 279-390 (not sup- plied). 1. Plug one end of the modular cord into
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43-775.fm Page 9 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM 2. Plug the supplied AC adapter’s 5. Plug the adapter into a standard barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack. AC outlet. The POWER indicator on the base lights. 3. Route the adapter cord through the upper and lower grooves and the modular cord through only the upper groove on the bottom of the base. Upper Grooves 6. Press and lift out the handset holder, rotate it 180°, then snap it back into place so it holds the handset. Lower Groove 4. Plug the
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43-775.fm Page 10 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM 7. Fully extend the base’s antenna 2. Plug one end of the modular cord and raise it to a vertical position. into the TEL LINE jack on the back of the base. 3. Plug the supplied AC adapter’s barrel plug into the DC IN 9V jack. 4. Route the adapter and modular Mounting the Base cords through the upper and lower Directly on the Wall grooves on the bottom of the base. To mount the base directly on the wall, you need two wood screws (not sup- plie
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43-775.fm Page 11 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM 5. Align the keyhole slots with the 7. Plug the other end of the modular mounting screws and slide the cord into a modular phone line base downward to secure it. jack. 8. Press and lift out the handset holder, rotate it 180°, then snap it back into place so it holds the handset. 6. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. The POWER indicator on the base lights. 9. Fully extend the base’s antenna and place it in a vertical position. 11
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43-775.fm Page 12 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM REMOVING THE PROTECTIVE SHEET The base’s digital display is covered with a transparent protective sheet to prevent damage during shipment and installation. After you install the base, peel off the sheet. 12
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43-775.fm Page 13 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM TELEPHONE PREPARATION 4. Replace the cover and tighten the CONNECTING AND screw. CHARGING THE 5. To charge the battery, simply BATTERY PACK place the handset on the base. The CHARGE indicator on the The TAD-1016 comes with a recharge- base lights. able nickel-cadmium battery in the handset. Before using your phone, you Recharge the battery when the BATT must connect the battery, then charge LOW indicator flashes. it for about 14 hours. 1.Usi
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43-775.fm Page 14 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM • About once a month, fully dis- SETTING THE DIALING charge the battery by keeping the MODE handset off the base until the BATT LOW indicator flashes. Oth- Set P••T on the back of the base for erwise, the battery loses its ability the type of service you have. If you to fully recharge. are not sure which type you have, do • If the BATT LOW indicator does this test. not light, but the phone does not 1. Set P••T to T (tone). work, recharge the
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43-775.fm Page 15 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM TURNING OFF/ON THE BASE’S RINGER To turn off the base’s ringer, set RING- ER on the back of the base to OFF. When a call comes in, the handset (if it is off the base) and any phone con- nected to the same line as the TAD- 1016 still ring, but the base does not. When you want the base to ring again, set RINGER to ON. 15
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43-775.fm Page 16 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM TELEPHONE OPERATION Note: You can use the keypad on ei- Using the Speakerphone ther the handset or the base to oper- ate the TAD-1016. To use the features To make or answer a call using the during a call, however, you must use speakerphone, press SPEAKER. The the same keypad that you used to SPEAKER indicator on the base make or answer that call. lights. MAKING AND RECEIVING CALLS Using the Handset To make or answer a call, lift the hand- set
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43-775.fm Page 17 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM PUTTING A CALL ON HOLD To place a speakerphone call on hold, press HOLD on the base. The HOLD indicator on the base lights. Neither you nor the other party can hear each other. Or, press SPEAKER and place the handset on the base within 5 seconds. To switch to the handset at any time during a call while you are using the speakerphone, simply lift the handset off the base. Or, if the handset is off the base, press HOLD on the base, then press T
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43-775.fm Page 18 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM USING THE INTERCOM You can use the TAD-1016 as an inter- com between the base and the hand- set. INTERCOM To use the intercom, press . Notes: Both the base and the handset ring. • The redial memory is separate for each keypad. You cannot redial a number you dialed on the handset keypad using REDIAL/P on the base keypad, or vice versa. • The redial memory holds up to To answer the intercom call, press TALK SPEAKER 32 digits, so you can redial
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43-775.fm Page 19 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM For example, if you have Call Waiting, MEMORY DIALING press FLASH to answer an incoming call without disconnecting the current You can store up to 20 numbers in call. Press FLASH again to return to memory (10 in the handset and 10 in the first call. the base), then dial a stored number by pressing a one-digit memory location Note: If you do not have any special number. phone services, pressing FLASH might disconnect the current call. Storing a
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43-775.fm Page 20 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:25 PM 2. Press MEMO. If you are storing a number in the handset memory, the BATT LOW indicator flashes. To erase a stored number, simply store a new number in its place. Or, 3. Enter the number and any tone or press MEMO twice, then press the pause entries (see “Using Tone memory location number (0–9) you Services on a Pulse Line” on want to clear. The phone sounds a Page 19 and “Entering a Pause”). tone. 4. Press MEMO, then enter a mem- ory locatio
