Basic Operation; Setting The Tad To Answer Calls; Incoming Message Recording - Radio Shack TAD-739 Owner's Manual

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BASIC OPERATION

SETTING THE TAD TO
ANSWER CALLS
The ANSWER indicator lights to indicate
which line the TAD is set to answer on;
or announce only. A steady light indi-
cates the line is set to answer on. A
flashing light indicates the line is set to
announce only.
To set the TAD to answer calls after you
have recorded OGM 1 and OGM 2, or
only OGM 1, press
ANSWER
lected line. The TAD announces "Line x
(line number) is on."
the TAD beeps and plays the outgoing
message. The ANSWER indicator lights
to show that the TAD is ready to answer
calls and record caller's messages.
To set the TAD to not answer calls,
press on the selected line
ANSWER
again. The TAD announces "Line x (line
number) is off." The ANSWER indicator
turns off.
To set the TAD to play an outgoing mes-
sage but not let callers leave a mes-
sage, press
ANSWER
line again. Ao (announce only) appears,
the TAD says "Line x (line number) is
announce only" and beeps, then
briefly appears, and plays OGM 2. The
ANSWER indicator flashes.
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INCOMING MESSAGE
RECORDING
When the TAD is set to answer calls us-
ing OGM 1, it plays the outgoing mes-
sage, then beeps. The caller can then
record a message up to 60 seconds
long.
When a recording reaches 55 seconds,
the TAD beeps to notify the caller that
time will soon be up. At 60 seconds, the
on the se- TAD sounds a long beep and four short
beeps, says "Thank you for your call,"
A1 appears, and and hangs up.
The TAD stops recording and resets to
answer the next call when:
If the TAD's memory is full,
number of recorded messages alter-
nately appear. It answers calls after 3
rings and plays the announce-only mes-
sage (OGM 2). If no OGM 2 is recorded,
the TAD says "Memory is full, thank you
for your call." and beeps once. Then the
TAD beeps once again after 8 seconds.
on the selected
A2
• the caller hangs up
• the maximum message length is
reached
• there are more than 7 seconds of si-
lence
• you pick up any phone on the same
line as the TAD
and the
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