Setting The Tad To Answer Calls; Screening Calls; Recording Incoming Messages; Using The Mail Boxes - Radio Shack 900 MHz Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Phone with Digital Answerer and Caller ID/Call Waiting Deluxe Owner's Manual

SETTING THE TAD TO
ANSWER CALLS
To set the TAD to answer calls, press
. If the TAD is set to record a caller's
SWER
message (see "Setting the Record Time" on
Page 24), it plays the outgoing message and
shows the number of recorded messages. If
the TAD is set to Announcement Only, it
plays the outgoing message, and
To set the TAD to not answer calls, press
again. The TAD announces "An-
ANSWER
swer off" and the message counter turns off.

SCREENING CALLS

You can let the TAD answer calls for you
while you listen to the caller's message
through the base's speaker.
If you decide to answer the call, press
to answer using the speaker-
SPEAKER
phone.
Press to answer if the handset is off the
TALK
base, or if the handset is on the base, lift it
(and press if Auto Talk is off).
TALK
You can also pick up any phone on the same
line. The TAD stops recording and resets to
answer the next call.
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Press or to adjust the volume lev-
VOL
el of call screening. If you do not want to lis-
ten to calls, repeatedly press
appears.
Note: Even if you turn the volume to 0 for call
screening, you can still listen to incoming
message playback at the original volume lev-
el.
RECORDING INCOMING
MESSAGES
After the TAD answers a call, it plays the out-
going message, beeps, then records the call-
er's message. Each incoming message can
be up to 1 or 4 minutes long, depending on
how you set the recording time ("Setting the
Record Time" on Page 24). The TAD's maxi-
mum recording capacity is a total of 20 min-
AN-
utes (or 59 messages) for all three mail
boxes combined.
The TAD stops recording and resets to an-
swer the next call when:
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appears.
• The caller hangs up.
• The
reached.
• The TAD detects a busy signal or more
than 7 seconds of silence.
• You pick up the TAD's handset or any
phone on the same phone line.
Note: When the TAD's message memory is
<B <B <B <B
full,
remaining time" when you try to operate it.

USING THE MAIL BOXES

You can record messages from specific call-
ers in a designated mail box: for example,
when you are away from your home, you
might want to record your message sepa-
rately from other messages.
While the caller is hearing the outgoing mes-
sage, press
ber — for example, press ,
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until
VOL
message in mail box 3. The TAD announces
"Mail box 3" and is ready to record the mes-
sage.
Unless specified as above, the incoming
messages are recorded in mail box 1. You
might want to include this information in your
outgoing message.
For example: "To leave a message for Jack,
press star one now. To leave a message for
Jill press star two now. To leave a message
for Tom, press star three now."
Answering System Operation
maximum message
appears and the TAD announces "No
and the desired mail box num-
3
length is
to record the
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