Fcc Statement - Radio Shack Digital Telephone Answering Device Owner's Manual

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Read This Before Installation
Your TAD conforms to federal regulations, and you can connect
it to most telephone lines. However, each device that you con-
nect to the phone line draws power from the phone line. We re-
fer to this power draw as the device's ringer equivalence
number, or REN. The REN is on the bottom of the TAD.
If you use more than one phone or other device on the line, add
up all the RENs. If the total is more than five (or three in rural ar-
eas), your phone might not ring and your TAD might not an-
swer. If ringer operation is impaired, remove a device from the
line.

FCC Statement

Your TAD complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules . You must, upon
request, provide the FCC registration number and the REN to
your phone company. Both numbers are on the bottom of your
TAD.
Note: You must not connect your TAD to:
• coin-operated systems
• party-line systems
• most electronic key phone systems
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