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Cat. No. 43-774
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
TAD-1015
25-Channel Cordless Telephone
High-Capacity Digital Answering System
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43-774.fm Page 2 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM FEATURES Your RadioShack TAD-1015 25- 10-Number Memory Dialing — lets Channel Cordless Telephone High- you store up to 10 phone numbers in Capacity Digital Answering System memory for easy dialing. uses advanced analog cordless tele- phone technology to give you superior Paging System — lets you send a audio quality. Its cordless operation signal from the base to the handset so lets you move freely around your you can page someone or easily lo-
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43-774.fm Page 3 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM Announcement Only — lets you play Phone Pick-Up Detection — stops an announcement for callers to hear, recording when you pick up any without recording their messages. phone on the same line as the TAD, and resets to answer the next call. LED Digital Message Counter — shows the number of messages the We recommend you record the tele- TAD has recorded. phone’s serial number here. The num- ber is on the bottom of the base. Remote Operation — lets
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43-774.fm Page 4 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM Important: Cordless phones such as FCC STATEMENT this one require AC power to operate. When AC power is off, you cannot dial This telephone complies with Part 68 out or receive incoming calls using of FCC Rules. You must, upon re- your TAD-1015. For this reason, the quest, provide the FCC Registration TAD-1015 should not be your only Number and the REN to your phone telephone. To be safe, you should company. These numbers are on the also have a
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43-774.fm Page 5 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 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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43-774.fm Page 6 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM Remote Operation .............................................................................................. 26 Using the Toll-Saver ...................................................................................... 26 Accessing the TAD by Remote ...................................................................... 26 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................. 28 Car
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43-774.fm Page 7 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM INSTALLATION Placing the Base SELECTING A on a Desktop LOCATION 1. Plug one end of the supplied mod- You can set the TAD-1015’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. Selec
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43-774.fm Page 8 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM 4. Route the adapter’s cord through Mounting the Base the strain relief slot on the back of on a Wall Plate the base. Strain Relief Slot 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 the TEL LINE jack on the back of the base. 5. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. The POWER indicator on the base lights. 2. Plug the supplied AC ada
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43-774.fm Page 9 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM 3. Route the adapter cord through 5. Plug the adapter into a standard the upper and lower grooves and AC outlet. The POWER indicator the modular cord through only the on the base lights. 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 modular cord’s other end into the wall plate jack, then align the base
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43-774.fm Page 10 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM 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- plied) with heads that fit into the key- hole slots on the bottom of the base. 15 1. Drill two holes 3 /16 5 /16 inches apart. Then Upper thread a screw into Grooves each hole, letting 15 the heads extend 3 /16 5 about /16 inch fr
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43-774.fm Page 11 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM 6. Plug the adapter into a standard 9. Fully extend the base’s antenna AC outlet. The POWER indicator and place it in a vertical position. on the base lights. 7. Plug the other end of the modular cord into a modular phone line jack. REMOVING THE PROTECTIVE SHEET 8. Press and lift out the handset holder, rotate it 180°, then snap it The base’s digital display is covered back into place so it holds the with a transparent protective sheet to han
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43-774.fm Page 12 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM PREPARATION 4. To charge the battery pack, simply CONNECTING AND place the handset on the base. CHARGING THE The CHARGE indicator on the BATTERY PACK base lights. The TAD-1015 comes with a recharge- able nickel-cadmium battery pack in the handset. Before using your phone, you must connect the battery, then charge it for about 18 hours. 1. Remove the screw from the bat- tery compartment cover on the bottom of the handset, then press down and
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43-774.fm Page 13 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM • Using a pencil eraser, clean the • If the battery pack loses its charge charging contacts on the handset completely, the handset loses the and the base about once a month security access-protection code it to make sure they are not dirty or uses to communicate with the tarnished. base. To reset the security code and recharge the battery pack, place the handset on the base. • The supplied battery pack should last about a year. When the bat- t
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43-774.fm Page 14 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM Note: If your phone system TURNING THE BASE’S requires that you dial an access RINGER OFF/ON code (9, for example) before you dial an outside number, do not To turn off the base’s ringer, set RING- press the access code either. ER on the back of the base to OFF. If the dial tone stops, you have When a call comes in, any phone con- touch-tone service. Leave P• •T nected to the same line as the TAD- set to T. 1015 and the handset (if it is off
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43-774.fm Page 15 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM TELEPHONE OPERATION The TAD-1015 changes to a different MAKING AND channel each time you press CH. RECEIVING CALLS Note: If the handset is too far from the To make or answer a call, lift the hand- base, the channel might not change. set. Or, if the handset is off the base, Move closer to the base and try again. press TALK. The BATT LOW indicator on the handset and the IN USE indica- tor on the base light. USING REDIAL REDIAL lets you dial the
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43-774.fm Page 16 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM 4. When the service answers, press USING FLASH TONE/ . Any additional numbers you dial are sent as tone signals. FLASH performs the electronic equiva- lent of a switchhook operation for spe- cial services, such as Call Waiting. 5. After you complete the call, return the handset to the base or press TALK . The phone automatically For example, if you have Call Waiting, resets to the pulse mode. press FLASH to answer an incoming call without dis
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43-774.fm Page 17 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM 4. Press MEMO, then enter a mem- MEMORY DIALING ory location number (0–9). A tone sounds to indicate that the num- You can store up to 10 numbers in ber is stored. memory, then dial a stored number by pressing a one-digit memory location Note: If five quick beeps sound, number. you have made an entry error and the number was not stored. Start again from Step 2. Storing a Number in Memory 5. For each stored number, write the 1. Lift the handset
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43-774.fm Page 18 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM Entering a Pause Chain-Dialing Service Numbers In some telephone systems, you must dial an access code (9, for example) When calling special services (such as and wait for a second dial tone before alternate long distance or bank-by- you can dial an outside number. You phone), dial the service’s main number can store the access code with the first. Then, at the appropriate place in phone number. However, you should the call, press MEMO and th
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43-774.fm Page 19 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM TAD OPERATION You can use the base or the handset The TAD tells you the number of mes- to control the TAD. With the handset sages you have (if any), then an- you set the day and time, the remote nounces the help messages through operation personal identification num- the handset. Then the TAD beeps ber, record outgoing messages and when it is ready to accept a command. memos, turn the TAD on and off, play messages, and delete messages. At Note
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43-774.fm Page 20 Friday, August 13, 1999 3:14 PM SETTING THE REMOTE SETTING THE DAY AND OPERATION PIN TIME The PIN (personal identification num- You must set the day and time so the ber) permits remote access to the TAD can record the correct day and TAD. The PIN can be any number time of each message. from 00 to 99. 1. Press REMOTE on the handset so Note: The default setting is 00. the BATT LOW indicator lights 1. Press REMOTE on the handset so green. the BATT LOW indicator lights 2. Press
