Radio Shack TAD-1004 manual

Cat. No. 43-7 44 OWNER’S MANUAL Fully Digi tal T AD wi th V oice Stamp and Please read before using this equipmen t. T AD-10 04 Speed Di al Memory Telephone 43-7 44 .f m Pag e 1 Fr ida y , Aug us t 13, 19 99 2:10 P M[...]

2 FEA TURES Your Radio Shack TAD-1004 Fu lly Dig- ital TAD with Voi ce Stamp and S peed Dial Memory Telephone is a c ombina- tion multi-feature teleph one and high quality answering system. F ully digital means t he TAD stores all messages on a comput er chip — the re are no tape mechanism s to wear out and no tapes to bother with. This gives you[...]

3 DELE TE Bu tt on — lets y ou quickly erase mes sages individually or all at once . Memo Recording — lets y ou leave memo s fo r yo ur f amil y, r oom mat es, or co-workers a s mes sages o n the TAD. Automatic Toll Save r — answers the phone af ter two rings when you have mess ages. Otherwise, it answers afte r four rings. This lets you hang[...]

4 READ THIS BEFORE IN ST ALLA TION We have d esigned your TA D to conform to federal regulations, and you can con- nect it to mo st telephone l ines. Howev- er, each device you connect to the phone line draws po wer from it. This power draw is the device’s Ringer Equivalence Num ber, o r REN. T he REN is shown on the b ottom of the TAD . If you u[...]

5 CONTENTS Ins tallat ion ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ... 6 Choosin g a Loca tion .... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ... 6 Connect ing to Power ... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... .... ...[...]

6 IN ST ALLA TION CHOOS ING A LOCA TIO N Select a l oc ation t hat is ne ar a m odu lar telephon e jack and an AC outlet. Your TAD con nects directly t o a m odu- lar te lephon e line jack. If your t e le- phone wiring does not have a modular jack, you can u pdate the wiring yourself or have the t ele phone com pan y updat e it for you. • Radio S[...]

7 Follow these step s to inst all t he battery. 1. Use a flat-bladed screwdriver to push the latch on the battery com - partm ent cover, th en lift the cover. 2. Snap t he battery’s terminals to t he conn ector inside the compa rtment . 3. Replace t he cover and pres s down on the latch to close it s e curely . W hen the battery is low and needs [...]

8 Note: Be sure the key hole slots on the bracket and t he T AD are pointed in the same direction. 4. Align the wall plate’s t wo studs with the keyhole sl ots on the bottom of t he T AD . Sli de t he T AD dow n on to th e studs to secure the T AD to th e wall plate. 5. Slide the handset clip up and out of its retaini ng slot in the base. Rotate [...]

9 5. Plug one end of the supplied long modul ar cord into the TEL LINE jack on top of the phone’s base. 6. Plug the cord’s other end i nto a modul ar phone line jack. 7. Slide t he h andset clip up and out of its retaining s lot in the b ase. Rotate the clip so the tab point s up, then slide t he clip ba ck int o its slot. Hang the handset on t[...]

10 PREP ARA TION SETTI NG T HE PULSE/ T O NE SWITCH Set PULSE/ TONE for t he t ype of serv ice you have. I f you are no t sure which t ype you h ave, follow these st eps. 1. Set PULSE/T O NE on the back of t he TA D t o TON E . 2. Lift the hands et and listen f or a dia l ton e . 3. Press any numb er other than 0 . If the d ial tone s tops, you hav[...]

11 Note: Each time you change the day , the number on th e display chan ges to indicate th e day of the week ( 1 - 7 ). 3. Press a nd rel eas e PLA Y/STOP . The T AD beeps onc e and announ ces the t ime for mat, “AM” o r “PM. ” 4. Press REPEA T/CODE to s et b ack the hour or SKIP/MEMO t o advance the hour to the desired hour . 5. Press a nd[...]

12 TE L EP H ON E OPER A TI O N Place and answer pho ne calls as y ou would with an y norm al phone. Rea d this section to learn about the phone’s spe- cial features. SETTI NG THE RINGER’S VOLUM E To adjust t he ringer’s volum e, set HI/ LOW/OFF to HI in a noisy room (such as a kitchen), or LOW in a quiet room (such as a bedro om). If you do [...]

13 USIN G PRIV ACY If you w ant to speak with som eone in the room without the person on the phone hearin g your conversat ion, press and hold PRIV ACY . Releas e PRIV ACY to resume your phone co nversation. USING TONE SER VICES ON A PULSE LINE Som e special s ervices, such as ba nk- by-pho ne, require t o ne signals. If you have pulse service, y o[...]

14 • Y ou c an store a FLASH ent ry in me mory if it is t he fir st en try . 4. S elec t the me mory lo ca tio n as fo l- lows : • For a priority m emory location, press P1 , P2 , or P3 . • For an indirec t memory location, press MEMORY , t h en enter a two- digit mem ory location number (01-10). 5. Press STORE agai n. 6. Follow Steps 2-5 t o[...]

15 Storing/Cha in-Dialing Spec ial Servi ce Numbe r s W hen you s tore the ph one num bers fo r specia l s ervices (such as alternate long-distanc e or ba nk-by-ph one), we recomm end you store the service’ s phone nu mber in one m emory location and s tore additional inf ormation in an - other memory location. Note : For security reason s, we re[...]

16 ANSWE RIN G SY ST EM OP ERA TI ON RECORDING T HE OUTGOING MESSAGE Before you can set the TAD to answer calls, you must rec ord th e outgoi ng messag e (OGM). This is what the caller hears when the TAD answers a call. Notes : • The maxi mum outgoi ng mes sage length is 30 s econd s. • I f memory i s full and you at tempt to record an outgoin [...]

17 • If no outgoing m essage i s recorded, the T A D says, “Answer off, no announceme nt.” To set the TAD to not answer calls, press ANSWER again. Th e TAD says “Answer off,” and the indicator turns off. RECORDING INCO MING MESSAGES The maxi mum length for each incoming mess age is 60 seconds. I f a recording reache s 55 seconds, the TAD [...]

18 Before playing each me ssag e, the TAD announc es the message nu mbe r and the day and time when each m essage was recorded. After all message s play, the TAD says, “E n d of message(s)” and saves al l the messag es. Rep eating Message s To review a message while you are lis- tening to i t, pre ss REPEA T/CODE . The current me ssage starts a[...]

19 Stop ping M essage Play back To stop playing mess ages, press PLA Y/ STOP twice within 2 seconds. The TAD beeps on ce and stops pl ayback . ERASING M ESSAGES To delete a s pecific messag e, press DE- LETE once while the m essage is pl ay- ing. The TAD beeps once and immedia tely erases the current m es- sage , then pl ays t he next m essage. To [...]

20 REMOTE OPE R A TION You can operate t he TAD from almost any touch-tone phone, or from a rotary phone using a poc ket tone-dialer (avail- able at your local Rad io Sha ck store). The TAD’s remote operat ion security code is preset to 744. You can operate your TAD remotely with t his code; how- ever, we recom mend t hat you set your own code. ([...]

21 2. Press SK IP/M E MO or REPEA T/ CODE to set the f irst digit, then press PLA Y/ST OP . The T AD beeps, and the second digit flash es. 3. Press SKIP/MEMO or REPEA T/ CODE t o set the second digit, then press PLA Y/ST OP . The T AD beeps, and the third digit flashes. 4. Press SK IP/M E MO or REPEA T/ CODE t o set the third digit, then press PLA [...]

22 Press C ommand Functi on 0 Stop Stops messa g e playback , r e cor din g , and room mon i- tor in g . 1 Play Out g oin g Messa g e If an out g oin g messa g e is recorded, the T AD says, “Play announc em ent ” and plays the out g oin g mes- sa g e. After the mess a g e plays, the T AD beeps onc e. If no out g oin g messa g e is recorded, the[...]

23 Af t er yo u pr es s 4 (to play all mes sages) or 5 (to pl ay new mes sages), you c an ent er the following comm ands . Press Com mand Funct ion 6 De lete De lete t he cur re nt me s sa g e. 7 Revie w Replay s the pr evious m essa g e. 8 Replay Replay s the cu rrent m essa g e. 9 Skip Skips forwa rd t o the next m essa g e. 0 Stop Stops mess a g[...]

24 TRO UBLESHOOTI NG If you experienc e problems with your T AD , che ck t he po ssi ble c aus es i n t hi s section. If you still have prob lems, con- tact your local Radio Shack store for as- sist an ce. The inco min g mess a g e is inc om- plete. • Be sure the m emory i s not f ull. • The caller ’s message was longer t han 60 se c o nds . [...]

25 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your Ra dio Shack T AD-1004 F ully Digital TAD with Voice St amp and S pe ed Di a l Mem ory Telephone i s an examp le of superior desig n and craf tsmanship. The follow- ing suggestions will help you c are for your TAD so you can enjoy it for yea rs. Keep the TAD dry. If i t gets wet, wipe it dry i mmediate ly. Li qu ids mig[...]

26 THE F CC W ANTS YOU T O KNOW In the unl ikely even t that your TAD causes p roblem s on the telepho ne line, the telephon e c om pany at tempt s to no- tify you in a dv ance. If advance notice is not p ractical, the telep hone company notifies you as soon as possible and ad- vises you o f yo ur righ t to fi le a complai nt with the FCC. Also, th[...]

27 NOTES 43-7 44.f m P ag e 27 Frida y, Augu st 13, 199 9 2: 10 PM[...]

RADIO S H ACK A Division of T and y Corporation Fort Worth, T exas 76102 8A7 Printed in T aiwan Limited One-Y ear W arran ty Thi s prod uct is warra nted by Rad io Shac k a g ainst m anufactur in g defects in mater ia l and w orkm an- shi p under normal us e for one (1) ye ar from the date of purchas e from Radio Shack company - ow ned stor es and [...]