User Manual

charitable organizations, blood banks, public safety and service organizations,
market researchers, opinion and political pollsters, and academic institutions.
Many organizations and communities do not rely entirely on computerized calling
systems to reach you. Most have secondary means in place to contact or notify
people with important information. Furthermore, these organizations can always
contact you by simply dialing your phone number manually. Manually dialed calls
will not be zapped. As such, you can contact organizations to determine if they
use predictive dialers and, if so, to ask that your phone number be manually
dialed or that alternate means be used in order to contact you.
Finally, during times of severe weather or at any time that important public
emergency notifications might be received, you can quickly and easily disconnect
your TeleZapper to allow all calls, including those placed by computerized
dialers, to be successfully completed.
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How do I know when I've "zapped" someone?
If you answer your telephone and there's no one there, the odds are that you
just "zapped" a telemarketer. After a few weeks, you'll notice that you are
receiving fewer and fewer of these calls.
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Why buy a TeleZapper instead of letting my answering machine or caller ID screen
telemarketing calls?
The TeleZapper is the only product that emits a signal that "tells" predictive
dialer computers your number is disconnected. Unlike answering machines or
caller ID, once the TeleZapper's tone is emitted, your number is removed from
the computer's call list. So, as time passes, you'll receive fewer and fewer
annoying telemarketing calls. If the computer gets your answering machine, your
number is put back into the database to be called again and again ... and again.
Most telemarketing calls show up on Caller ID as "out of area" or "private". But
since many callers are identified in these ways, it's difficult to know who's
calling and whether or not you want to pick up the phone. The TeleZapper really
is a better solution to keep telemarketers out!
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How do I install the TeleZapper?
The TeleZapper is easy to install. Simply plug it into any phone jack to cover
all extensions and answering machines connected to that line. (Please note:
Model TZ800 must also be plugged into an electrical outlet.) Plus, you have
flexibility to place the TeleZapper anywhere in your home since you can plug the
phone cord into a phone, into an answering machine, or directly into a phone
jack.
If you use an answering machine on your phone line, it is important that you re-
record your message and delay speaking for a few seconds to allow time for the
TeleZapper tone prior to the start of your recorded message. Please be aware
that all answering machines are different. If the delay until the recorded
message is played is too short, the special tone may not play which will keep
the TeleZapper from working.
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Do I need a TeleZapper for each telephone extension?
No. One TeleZapper covers all telephones and answering machines connected to the
same line (telephone number). If you have two lines, you will need an additional
TeleZapper for your other line.
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Do I need to use a special phone with the TeleZapper?
No. The TeleZapper works on any home phone line and with most types of phones.
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Will the TeleZapper interfere with my answering machine?