Radio Shack TAD-268 Owner's Manual page 46

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Symptom
The TAD does not record
caller's messages.
The TAD records a dial
tone, beeping, or the opera-
tor's voice instead of the
caller's message.
Recordings sound distort-
ed.
You cannot operate the
TAD remotely.
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Cause
The incoming message
tape is full.
A caller hung up without
leaving a message or with-
out using the maximum
time, and the TAD didn't
detect 7 seconds of silence.
• Tape heads are dirty.
• The tape is worn out.
• The tone output from
the phone or tone dial-
er is not long enough.
• You are using a rotary-
dial phone.
• You did not correctly
enter the remote oper-
ation security code.
• You didn't enter a
remote command with-
in 30 seconds after the
command prompt. The
TAD beeped and hung
up.
Suggestion
Delete calls from the incom-
ing message tape, or turn
the tape over and record on
the other side, or rewind the
tape and record over any
old messages you don't
want to save.
Set CPC to MIN.
• Clean the tape heads
(see "Cleaning the
Tape-Handling Parts"
on Page 49).
• Replace the tape.
• Use another phone or
tone dialer.
• Use a touch-tone
phone or pocket dialer.
• Try entering the secu-
rity code again. Enter
the security code
within 5 seconds, and
make sure each but-
ton press is at least
second long.
• Redial and try again.
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