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  • Page 1

    Cat. No. 43- 704 OWNER’S MANUAL Please re ad befor e using this equi pment. T AD-704 16-Minute Digital Telepho ne Answering System with 68 -Memory Caller ID 43-704.fm P age 1 Wednesday, November 17 , 1999 4:47 P M[...]

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    2 FEA TURES Your Radi oShack TA D-704 16-M inute Digital T eleph one An swering Syst em with 68- Memor y Call er I D is a c ombina- tion high -quality full y-digital answeri ng system and C aller I D. The T AD-704 pre- vents yo u from m issing incom ing ca lls and me ssages. Full y digita l mean s the TAD-704 s tores a ll mess ages on a com - puter[...]

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    3 Programma ble Remote Op eration Se- curity Code — lets you s et your own secu rity code for remo te oper ation. Remote Answer-On — lets you tur n on the TAD from a remote location even when it is not s et to answe r calls. Room Monitor — lets y ou listen from a remote p hone to the roo m where the TAD is i nstalle d. Memory Backup — pr ot[...]

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    4 READ THIS BEFORE INST ALLA TION We have des igned your TAD -704 to conform to fede ral reg ulatio ns an d you can con nect it to most phone l ines. How - ever, each d evice th at you conn ect to the telepho ne l in e dr aws po wer from the line. W e refer to this power d raw as the TAD-704's ringer eq uivalen ce number , or REN. The REN is s[...]

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    5 CONTENTS Preparation ....... ............. ............ .................... ............. ............. ............. ................... 6 Connectin g the T ad .. ................... ............. ............. ................... ............. ............. 6 Installing a Backu p Battery ................ ............. ............. ...........[...]

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    6 PREPARATION Select a loca tio n for the TAD-70 4 that i s near a modul ar teleph one line jack and an AC outlet, and is not in the way of normal a ctivities . CONNECTING THE T AD Notes: • Y our T AD-704 connects dir ectly to a modular telephone line jac k. If you r phone line jack is not a modu lar jack, yo u can upd ate the wir ing yourse lf, [...]

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    7 When you f irst connec t power, the TAD beeps o nce, MEMORY TEST appea rs, and the message cou nter co unts up from 0 to 22 . Then the TA D beeps . 0 CALL 0 MESSAGE appears . OGM1 and OGM2 flash to ind icate that no out going message s are r ecorded . INSTALLING A BACKUP BATTERY Notes: • If the AC power fa ils or you u nplug the T AD, a 9V back[...]

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    8 2. Repeate dly press REPEA T to se lect the d esired display co ntra st set- tings. Note: The T A D-704 pr ovides ten ( 0 – 9 ) disp lay cont rast set tings . 3. P ress CALLBACK to lock in the set- ting. 4. P ress ST OP to retu rn to th e time di s- play . SETTING THE LONG DISTANCE CODE Note: If you do no t compl ete each s tep within 8 sec ond[...]

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    9 3. Repeate dly press REPEA T to se lect AM or PM hour . 4. P ress SKIP . The hou r digit flashes . 5. R epea tedl y pres s REPEA T to s et the cor rect hou r . 6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to se t the minute, m onth, date, and the da y of the week. 7. P ress CALLBACK then pr ess STOP to retur n to the tim e displa y . SETTING THE NUMBER OF RINGS Set t[...]

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    10 T AD OPERA TION RECORDING THE OUTGOING MESSAGES Before the T AD-704 c an answer ca lls and rec ord me ssag es, you must r ecord an outgoin g mes sa ge (O G M). The T AD - 704 l ets you record t wo sepa rate me s- sages, and it opera tes differ ently bas ed on which mess age yo u sele ct . OGM 1 — After play ing your out going message , the TAD[...]

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    11 The ANSWE R indicato r lights to s how that the TAD i s ready to answer calls us - ing t he OGM 1 messag e and the record caller s' mes sage. T o Announce Only When the ann ounce-o nly feature is on, the TA D-704 play s OGM 2 but does not let cal lers leav e a message . (You must have re corded a n OGM 2 mess age be - for e you c an use t h[...]

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    12 • Many local p hone comp anies us e Calling Par ty Control (C PC) to sig- nal that the ca ller has hu ng u p . Y ou r T A D recogniz es a CPC s ignal and releases the l ine. If the T A D reco rds phone com pany m essages or dial tones, your local phone com pany probabl y does no t use C PC. PLAYING MESSAGES The TAD's messag e window s how[...]

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    13 Follow th ese s teps to rec or d a memo up to 60 sec onds long. 1. P ress MEMO (and quickly releas e it). The T AD sounds a long beep, MEMO RECORDING appears, and the timer star ts counti ng. Spea k into the micr ophone in a nor mal voi ce. 2. P ress STOP when you finish the memo (or let the T A D automatica lly stop rec ording af ter 60 sec ond[...]

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    14 Listen to the cal ler's mes sage throu gh the TAD's sp eaker. T o adju st the vol - ume, sli de VOLUME on the rig ht side of the TAD. If you dec ide to answ er the call, p ick up any phone on the s ame phone line a s the TAD. The TAD stops re cording and resets to a nswer the next call. If you do not want to ta ke the call , simply let[...]

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    15 1. Hold down STOP unti l the T AD beeps onc e. 2. P ress CA LLBACK three times . 704 and SECURITY CODE appe ar . 7 flas hes. 3. R epea tedl y pres s REPEA T to s et the first digit, then pre ss SKIP . The sec- ond digit flash es. 4. Repeat Step 3 to set the s econd and the third digits. 5. P ress CALLBACK then pr ess STOP to retur n to the tim e[...]

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    16 Remote Command List Press: T o: 00 Set the T AD to not an swer ca lls. It be eps an d says “Answer of f.” 01 Set the T AD to answer calls. It be eps, say s “Answer on” and p lays OG M 1. If no OGM 1 is recorded , it beeps and says “Y ou have n o annou ncement o ne.” 02 Set the T AD to annou nce only . It beeps, says “Announ ce only[...]

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    17 After pr essing 21 , 22 , 31 , or 32 to play Cal ler ID reco rds or mess ages, you can: 6 Stop p layback or recor ding. 7 R e c o r d a m e m o . 81 Change OGM 1. Afte r the T AD be eps, begi n speak- ing. When you f inish, pres s 6. Th e T AD bee ps and plays t he new OG M 1. 82 Play OG M 1. If no OGM 1 has been rec orded, th e T AD announc es [...]

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    18 CALLER ID OPERAT ION If you s ubscri be to Call er ID se rvice from your p hone com pany, the TA D-704 au - tomatica lly d isplay s the info rmation the phone com pany sen ds between th e first and se cond rings of every c all you re- ceive. It s tor es up to 68 numbe rs onl y o r name and nu mber cal l records in its Caller ID me mory. It also [...]

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    19 CALLER ID MESSAGES Display Des cription CALL# xx NEW Appear s as new calls a re rec eived. xx is the numbe r of ne w call s. PRIVATE Appears when the caller has b locked the C aller ID info r- mation f rom be ing sent. OUT OF AREA Appear s when the caller is not withi n a Cal ler ID servi ce area. No caller informa tion appea rs. ERROR Appears i[...]

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    20 REVIEWING CALLER I D RECORDS Each time y ou rece ive a call , the T AD- 704 sto res a Call er ID r ecord that you can rev iew later, ev en durin g a call. A Caller I D record i nclud es: • call number • time and d ate of th e call • callers' telep hone num ber (if ava il- able) • caller' s name ( if avail able) • voice mes sa[...]

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    21 When t he TA D-704 r e cei v es the c al l f or- warding informat ion, appears on the displa y. If you answer the forwa rded phone cal l, and CONVERSATION ap- pear to i ndicate t he tele phone i s in use . DELETING CALL RECORDS Notes: • The T AD-704 w ill not de lete Calle r ID record s or messages that have not been r eviewed o r pla yed. •[...]

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    22 Note: The s elected VIP call disa ppears from t h e VIP C a ll L is t wh en you d el et e i t. But VIP ma rk still rem ains on th e call when you re view t he Cal ler ID memo- ries. VI P mark on the VIP ca ll does not disappea r unle ss you r emove that call reco rd. To place a phone nu mber on th e VIP Call L ist, re ca l l t he de si re d VI P[...]

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    23 USING CALLBACK You must sto re your hom e area code for Callback to work correc tly (see “Setting the Area Code” on P age 8). If the call came from yo ur home area cod e, the display shows on ly the se ven-digit num- ber (witho ut an ar ea code ). Follow these steps to dial a phone number from Ca ll- er ID records . 1. Repeatedly press REVIE[...]

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    24 T ROUBLESHOOTING We do not expe ct yo u to ha ve any p robl ems with your T AD-704, but if you do , try these sugge sti ons . Problem: Suggestion : The in comi ng mes - sage is incomp lete. Be sur e the me mory is no t full . The in comi ng mes - sage i s uncl e ar . Be su re VOLUME is set to the des ired s ound le vel. The T AD does not answer [...]

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    25 RESETTING THE T AD If your TAD st ops worki ng proper ly, use a straighte ned pa per clip to press RE- SET on th e back of the T AD to reset the answering m achine. Note: The out going mes sage and all in- formatio n stored in mem ory are eras ed when you pr ess RESET . 43-704.fm P age 25 Wednesday, November 1 7, 1999 4:47 PM[...]

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    26 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your Ra dioSh ack TAD- 704 16-Min ute Digita l Telephon e Answeri ng System is an example of superior design an d craftsmans hip. The following sug gestions wil l help you care fo r y our TAD-704 so you c an enjo y it for ye ars. Keep the T AD-704 dr y. If it gets we t, wipe it dr y immed iately . Liquids might co ntain m i[...]

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    27 THE FCC W ANTS Y OU T O KNOW In the unli kely ev ent that your TAD-704 causes proble ms o n the telep hone li ne, the te lephone compa ny can dis connect your serv ice. The tel ephon e company normall y attem pts to noti fy you i n ad- vance. If ad vanc e notic e is not prac tica l, the teleph one co mpany not ifies you as soon a s possi ble and[...]

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    RadioShack A Division of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T ex as 7610 2 09A99 Printed in Chin a Limited O ne-Y ear W arranty This pro duct is warrante d by RadioShack aga inst manufac turing defects in mate rial and workma n- ship unde r normal use for one (1) year from the da te of purchase fro m RadioS hack comp any-own ed stores and autho rized R[...]