Radio Shack 43-3808 manual

Owner’s Manual Please read be fore using this eq uipment. Digital Answering System with Time/Day Voice Stamp[...]

2 Read This Before Installation ˆ Read This Before Installation Your Digital Answering System is ETL listed to UL standards and meets all appli cable FCC requirements. WARNING: To reduce the risk o f fire or shock hazard, do not ex- pose this product to rain or moisture. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NO T OPEN. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF [...]

3 Read This Before Installation We have designed your Digi tal Answering System to conform to federal regulations, and you can conne ct it to most telephone lines. However, each device th at you connect to the telephon e line draws power from the telephone line . We refer to this power draw as the device's ringer equivalence number, or REN. Th[...]

4 Read This Before Installation phone company notifies you as soon as possible and advises you of your right to file a complaint with the FCC. Also, the phone company can make changes to its line s, equip- ment, operations, or procedures that could affect the operation of this system. The telephone company notifies you of the se changes in advance,[...]

5 Contents ˆ Contents Features ............. ............ ........... .............. ........... ........... ......... 6 Preparation ........... ........... ............ .............. ........... ........... ...... 7 Installing the Backup Battery .............................................. 7 Connecting AC Power ................. ..............[...]

6 Features ˆ Features Your RadioShack Digital Answering System is a sophisticated, fully digital message center that stores al l messages on a com- puter chip. This gives you advanced capabilities over ta pe- based answering machine s. Because this telephone answerin g system is fully digital, there are no tape mechanisms to wear out and no tapes [...]

7 Preparation ˆ Preparation INSTALLING THE BACKUP BATTERY If AC power fails or you unplug the system, one 9V alkaline bat- tery (not supplied) is needed to save any recorde d messages and the settings for the day and time. For the best pe rformance and longest li fe, we re commend you u se a RadioSha ck alkaline battery. Follow these steps to inst[...]

8 Preparation Notes: • If you did not install a backup battery , Lo , 00 , and -- alternately appear . • Do not press any of the system’ s buttons while you are plugging the adapter i nto the AC outlet. If you accidentally press a button, reset the system by unplugging the adapter from the AC outlet and re-inserting it. • The system cannot [...]

9 Preparation T URNING THE SYSTEM ON/OFF To turn on the system, press ON/OFF/STOP . The display lights and the system sounds a tone. The system is set to answer calls. To tur n it off , pr ess ON/OFF/STOP . The display turns off and the system sounds 2 tones. ADJUSTING THE V OLUME Push down or pull up VO L UM E 8 8 8 8 / 9 9 9 9 to increase or decr[...]

10 Preparation the display . Repeatedly press MEMO/2 W A Y/HOUR until you hear or see the correct hour . 4. While holding down SKIP/TIME SET/CHECK, press PLA Y/ P AUSE/MIN . The system announces “01”. 01 appears on the display . Repeate dly press or hold down PLA Y/P AUSE/ MIN until you hear or see the correc t minute. Note: When you ho ld down[...]

11 Preparation SETTING THE INCOMING MESSAGE LENGTH Slide INCOMING MSG to 1 or 5 MIN (minutes) to choose the length of incoming messages. If you slide INCOM ING MS G to ANN ONL Y (Announcement Only), the system plays your outgoing message, but the caller cannot record a message. After the system answers, it monitors the line for 10 seconds for any r[...]

12 Operation length, the system sounds a tone and plays back the mes- sage. • If you record your own message and subsequently decide to use the prer ecorded message, press REPEA T/ANNC/DA Y to play the message you record ed. While it is playing, press DELETE to erase your message. • T o hear the outgoing message at any time, press REPEA T/ ANNC[...]

13 Operation a Calling Party C ontrol (CPC) sign al, it stops pla ying th e outg o- ing message or recording an incoming message and resets to answer another call. Many local phone compan ies use Calling Party Control (CPC) to signal that the caller has hung up. Your system can re cog- nize a CPC signal and release the line. If the system records p[...]

14 Operation your message clearly into the microphone from abo ut 10 inches away from the system. Release REPEA T/ANNC/DA Y when you finish your message. The system sound s a tone and plays back the message. A2 and the message indicato r appear alternately. Notes: • The maximum length fo r an announce-only OGM is about 30 seconds. When it reaches[...]

15 Operation Notes: • If you pick up the phone just as the system answers, the system might not stop playing the message. If this hap- pens, press ON/OFF/STOP on the system or the hook switch on your phone to stop playing the messa ge. • If the volume is set to the minimum level , during incoming calls the speaker will turn off and you will not[...]

16 Operation 3. When you finish speaking, rel ease MEMO/2 W A Y/HOUR . The system sounds a tone. The number flashes on th e dis- play until you play the memo. RECORDING A T WO-W AY PHONE CONVERSATION You can record both sides of a conversati on on any phone con- nected to the same phone line as the system. At any time during the con versation, pres[...]

17 Operation The system announces the day and time the message was re- corded. After you play all the new messages, the display sh ows the total number of recorde d messages, and the system auto- matically saves the messages and resets to answer cal ls. Note: If there are no messages, the system sounds two tones. To pause whil e l istening to me ss[...]

18 Remote Operation To delete all messages after playback, hold down DELETE for about 3 seconds. The system sounds a tone. ˆ Remote Operation While you are away from your home or office, you can use a touch-tone phone or a pulse (rotary) phone with a pocket tone dialer to enter your remote operatio n security code and do any of the following: • [...]

19 Remote Operation tone, enter your remote operation securi ty code. Enter a remote command (see “Remote Comma nds” on Page 19). When you finish, press 5# to end remote access. REMOTE COMMANDS Note: When listenin g to messages in remote mode, the re is a pause during playback every 2 minutes and 40 seconds. Press 0 – 9 , # , or ∗ ∗ ∗ ?[...]

RadioShack Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 43-3808 LIB850YY 02A01 Printed in China Lightning damage is not common. However, if you live in an area that has severe electrical storms, we suggest you u nplug your system when storms approach to reduce the possibility of damage. Limited One-Y ear Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack aga [...]