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Cat. No. 43-798
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
TAD-798
Digital Telephone Answering System
with Call Breakthrough
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43-798.fm Page 2 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM FEATURES Your RadioShack TAD-798 Digital Tele- — alerts you Call Breakthrough (CBT) phone Answering System is a high- to an important call when the caller en- quality telephone answering device ters a code you set. (TAD) that you can also control remote- ly from any touch-tone phone. With an — lets you record Two-Way Recording optional pocket tone dialer, you can both sides of a phone conversation. even use it from a rotary phone. — lets you
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43-798.fm Page 3 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM Remote Operation — lets you use a Memory Backup — protects stored touch-tone phone (or rotary phone and messages in case of a power failure. pocket tone dialer) to operate the TAD while you are away from your home or Your TAD is ETL listed to UL standards office. and meets all applicable FCC stan- dards. Phone Pick-Up Detection — stops re- cording when you pick up any phone on the same line as the TAD. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or sho
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43-798.fm Page 4 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM READ THIS BEFORE IN- FCC STATEMENT STALLATION Your TAD complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules. You must, upon request, provide Your TAD conforms to federal regula- the FCC Registration Number and the tions, and you can connect it to most REN to your phone company. Both telephone lines. However, each device numbers are on the label on the bottom you connect to the phone line draws of the TAD. power from the phone line. We refer to this power draw is
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43-798.fm Page 5 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM CONTENTS Preparation ...................................................................................................... 6 Connecting the TAD ................................................................................... 6 Installing a Backup Battery ........................................................................ 7 Setting the Day and Time ........................................................................... 8 Setting the
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43-798.fm Page 6 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM PREPARATION Select a location for the TAD that is 3. Plug the cord’s other end into a near both a telephone jack and an AC modular phone line jack. outlet, and is not in the way of normal 4. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s activities. barrel plug into the AC 9V jack on the back of the TAD. Caution: The supplied AC adapter CONNECTING THE TAD was designed specifically for your TAD-798. Use only the supplied Notes: adapter. • Your TAD connects d
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43-798.fm Page 7 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM 2. Snap the battery’s contacts firmly to INSTALLING A BACKUP the battery connector and place the BATTERY battery in the compartment. If the AC power fails or you unplug the TAD, a 9V backup battery (not supplied) saves the messages, time and day set- tings, and the CBT and remote opera- tion security codes. We recommend you use an alkaline battery, such as Ra- dioShack Cat. No. 23-553. 3. Replace the cover and secure it with the screw. Caution
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43-798.fm Page 8 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM SETTING THE DAY AND TIME When you set the TAD-798’s clock, the TAD records the day and time each memo and message is recorded. 2. To change the day, hold down RE- PEAT to move backward or SKIP to Notes: move forward until the TAD an- • To avoid losing the day and time nounces the desired day. settings if AC power is lost, we rec- ommend you install a backup bat- tery before you set the day and time (see “Installing a Backup Battery” on Page 7)
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43-798.fm Page 9 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM SETTING THE NUMBER OF RINGS Set the ring select switch on the right side of the TAD to 2, 4, 7, or TS to set how long the TAD waits before it an- swers a call (2 rings, 4 rings, 7 rings, or toll-saver). If you plan to check your messages by long distance, set the ring select switch TS to (see “Toll-Saver” on Page 17). 9
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43-798.fm Page 10 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM BASIC OPERATION Follow these steps to record an outgo- RECORDING THE ing message. OUTGOING MESSAGES 1. To record an outgoing message, Before the TAD can answer calls and hold down OGM 1 or OGM 2 until the record messages, you must record an TAD beeps and the timer starts outgoing message (OGM). The TAD- counting. 798 lets you record two separate mes- sages, and it operates differently based on the message you select (see “Using the Announce-O
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43-798.fm Page 11 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM If no outgoing message is recorded USING THE ANNOUNCE- when you press OGM 1 or OGM 2, the ONLY FEATURE TAD announces “You have no an- nouncement one” (or “two”) and sounds When the announce-only feature is on, four beeps. the TAD-798 plays OGM 2 but does not let callers leave a message. (You must have recorded an OGM 2 message be- SETTING THE TAD TO fore you can use this feature.) ANSWER CALLS To set the TAD to announce-only, be To set the TA
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43-798.fm Page 12 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM RECORDING INCOMING PLAYING MESSAGES MESSAGES The message counter shows the total number of messages, both old (ones Each incoming message can be up to you have listened to and saved) and 60 seconds long. At 55 seconds the new. If there are new messages, the TAD beeps to notify the caller that time ANSWER indicator flashes. will soon be up. At 60 seconds it sounds one long and four short beeps, says PLAY To play all messages, press . The “Than
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43-798.fm Page 13 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM To replay a message while you are lis- To play the message at a faster speed, tening to it, press REPEAT. The current hold down SKIP. The playback speed in- message replays from the beginning. creases, allowing you to quickly scan a message or move to any place within a message. To resume normal playback, release SKIP. To stop playback, press STOP. The TAD beeps, says “End of messages,” and re- sets to answer calls. To return to a previous mes
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43-798.fm Page 14 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM 2. Press STOP when you finish the The recorded conversation is stored as memo (or let the TAD automatically a message (see “Playing Messages” on stop recording after 60 seconds). Page 12). The TAD beeps once and resets to answer calls. DELETING MESSAGES The memo is stored with the incoming messages. To hear the memo, simply To delete a specific message, press DE- play back your messages. LETE while the message is playing. The TAD beeps and de
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43-798.fm Page 15 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM When a caller enters the CBT code dur- SCREENING CALLS ing the outgoing message, the TAD alerts you with a series of loud beeps for To screen calls, let the TAD answer, 35 seconds. To answer the call, pick up then listen to the caller’s message the handset. If you do not answer, the through the TAD’s speaker. To adjust caller can leave a message after the VOLUME the TAD’s volume, slide to- outgoing message plays. + – ward or . Changing the C
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43-798.fm Page 16 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM 4. Repeatedly press SKIP or REPEAT 3. Repeatedly press SKIP or REPEAT to set the second digit, then press to set the first digit, then press STOP. The third digit appears. STOP. The second digit appears. 5. Repeatedly press SKIP or REPEAT 4. Repeatedly press SKIP or REPEAT to set the third digit, then press to set the second digit, then press STOP. The TAD sounds a long beep STOP. The third digit appears. then announces and displays the 5. Rep
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43-798.fm Page 17 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM REMOTE OPERATION You can operate the TAD from almost USING REMOTE any touch-tone phone, or from a rotary COMMANDS phone using a pocket tone-dialer (avail- able at your local RadioShack store). Follow these steps to operate the TAD from a remote location. 1. Dial your phone number. TOLL-SAVER Even if the TAD is not set to Note: If the ring select switch is set to TS (toll- answer calls, it will answer after saver), the TAD-798 answers after t
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43-798.fm Page 18 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM Remote Command List Press: To: 5 Delete all messages (except Press: To: new messages). Press 1 after 00 Set the TAD to not answer the TAD announces “Erase calls. It beeps and says messages,” then the TAD “Answer off.” beeps. 01 Set the TAD to answer calls. It 6 Stop playback or recording. beeps, says “Answer on” and 7 Record a memo. plays OGM 1. If no OGM 1 is 81 Change OGM 1. After the recorded, it beeps and says TAD beeps, begin spea
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43-798.fm Page 19 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM After pressing 2 or 3 to play messages, you can: Press To: 1 Replay the previous mes- sage. 3 Skip to the next message. 4 Replay the current message. 5 Delete the current message. 6 Stop message playback. 19
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43-798.fm Page 20 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM TROUBLESHOOTING We do not expect you to have any problems with your TAD-798, but if you do, try these suggestions. Problem Remedy The incoming message is incom- Be sure the memory is not full. plete. The incoming message is un- Be sure VOLUME is set to the desired clear. sound level. The TAD does not answer after Be sure the TAD is set to answer calls. two, four, or seven rings. Lo appears on the display. The backup battery is weak. Replace t
