43-705.fm Page 1 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM TAD-705 12-Memory Speakerphone Please read before using this equipment.
43-705.fm Page 2 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM ˆ Contents Features .................................................................................................................................. 5 Preparation ............................................................................................................................. 7 Installing a Backup Battery ................................................................................................ 7 Mounting the TAD ...........................
43-705.fm Page 3 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM Using Call Breakthrough ................................................................................................. Changing the CBT Code ......................................................................................... Changing the Remote Operation Security Code ............................................................ Remote Operation ..........................................................................................................
3-705.fm Page 4 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM Your TAD (Telephone Answering Device) is ETL listed to UL standards and meets all applicable FCC standards. to your telephone company. These numbers are on the bottom of the base. Note: You must not connect your TAD to: IMPORTANT CALLER ID INFORMATION • coin-operated systems • party-line systems To use the TAD’s Caller ID, you must be in an area where Caller ID service is available, and you must subscribe to the service.
43-705.fm Page 5 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM ˆ Features Your RadioShack 12-Memory Speakerphone combines a speakerphone, a high-quality fully-digital answering system and a Caller ID unit in one system. The TAD (Telephone Answering Device) prevents you from missing incoming calls and messages. Fully digital means the TAD stores all messages on a computer chip — there are no tape mechanism to wear out and no tapes to bother with. This gives you capabilities that tape-based answering machine do not have.
43-705.fm Page 6 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM Toll-Saver — lets you avoid unnecessary toll charges when you call by long-distance to check your messages. Remote Operation — lets you use a touchtone phone (or rotary phone and pocket tone dialer) to operate the TAD and Caller ID while you are away from your home or office. Phone Pick-Up Detection — stops recording when you pick up any phone on the same line as the TAD.
43-705.fm Page 7 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM ˆ Preparation INSTALLING A BACKUP BATTERY Warning: Dispose of old batteries promptly and properly. Do not burn or bury them. You can install an optional 9V backup battery so if the AC power fails or you unplug the TAD, the TAD will save the messages, time and day settings, CBT and remote operation security codes, and Caller ID records. For the best performance and longest life, we recommend you use a RadioShack alkaline battery.
43-705.fm Page 8 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM • Always connect the AC adapter to the TAD before you connect it to AC power. When you finish, disconnect the adapter from AC power before you disconnect it from the TAD. On a Desk 1. Plug one end of the supplied long modular cord into the TEL. LINE jack on the back of the TAD, then plug the cord's other end into a modular phone line jack. 2.
43-705.fm Page 9 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM 6. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet. SETTING THE DISPLAY CONTRAST SETTING THE DIALING MODE 1. Hold down STOP until the TAD beeps once. 3 and LCD CONTRAST appear. 3 flashes. Set T/P (Tone/Pulse) for the type of service you have. If you are not sure which type you have, do this simple test. 2. Repeatedly press :/8 to select the desired display contrast settings. Note: The TAD has ten (0–9) display contrast settings. 1. Be sure T/P is set to T. 2.
43-705.fm Page 10 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM 2. Press DIAL twice. 000 and SET AREA CODE appear. The first 0 flashes. 6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to set the minute, month, date, and the day of the week. 3. Repeatedly press :/8 until the first digit of your area code appears, then press 9/; to the second digit. The second 0 flashes. 7. Press DIAL then press STOP to return to the time display.
43-705.fm Page 11 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM ˆ Telephone Operation To make a call with the handset, pick up the handset, == TALK == appears. When you hear the dial tone, dial the phone number, DIALING.. appears, then you see the number as you dial, then (after 8 seconds) the elapsed time of your call. Press HEADSET/SPEAKERPHONE to make a call using the speakerphone. SPEAKERPHONE and appear. Dial the phone number, DIALING..
43-705.fm Page 12 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM USING REDIAL erphone, press HEADSET/SPEAKERPHONE or HOLD to release the call. The redial memory holds up to 32 digits, so it can store long-distance as well as local numbers. To redial the last number you dialed, lift the handset then press REDIAL. REDIAL.. appears. Note: The TAD will not show Caller ID information for an incoming call while another call is on hold. USING PRIVACY Notes: • The redial memory stores the first 32 digits of any number dialed.
43-705.fm Page 13 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM Storing a Number in Memory The TAD has 12 memory location buttons. Follow these steps to store a number in memory. Notes: • You must complete each step within 8 seconds. • To keep your accounts secure, we recommend you do not store personal access codes for services such as bankby-phone. • You can store the phone number with the handset on or off hook. 1. Press STORE. The TAD beeps and ENTER DIGITS displays. 2.
43-705.fm Page 14 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM Dialing a Memory Number microphone boom until it is about even with your chin. To dial a number stored in memory, lift the handset or press HEADSET/SPEAKERPHONE, then press the desired memory location button. Or you can press the desired memory location button then press DIAL. Chain-Dialing For quick recall of numbers for special services (such as bank-by-phone or alternate long-distance), you can store each group of numbers in its own memory location.
43-705.fm Page 15 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM ˆ TAD Operation RECORDING THE OUTGOING MESSAGES 2. Speak your message from about 8 inches from the front of the TAD. Before the TAD (Telephone Answering Device) can answer calls and record messages, you must record an outgoing message (OGM). The TAD lets you record two separate messages, and it operates differently based on which message you select. 3. When you finish, press STOP. The TAD beeps and plays back the outgoing message.
43-705.fm Page 16 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM Announce Only When the announce-only feature is on, the TAD plays OGM 2 but does not let callers leave a message. (You must have recorded an OGM 2 message before you can use this feature.) To set the TAD to announce-only, be sure the TAD is set to answer calls, then press OGM2. The TAD says “Announce only,” and ANS ONLY appears. The TAD plays OGM 2, and OGM2 PLAYING briefly appears. To turn off the announce-only feature, press OGM1.
43-705.fm Page 17 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM Note: flashes during new message playback. lights during message playback to indicate the messages have already been played. To adjust the TAD's volume, slide SPEAKER VOL MIN/MAX on the right side of the TAD. To play only new messages, hold down PLAY for 2 seconds. flashes. If there are no new messages stored, the TAD says, “You have no new messages.” After all messages play, END OF MESSAGES appears and the TAD says, “End of messages.
43-705.fm Page 18 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM • the TAD's memory is full The recorded conversation is stored as a message (see “Playing Messages” on Page 16). Note: If you answer the phone just as the TAD answers, the TAD might not stop playing the outgoing message. If this happens, press STOP. DELETING MESSAGES USING CALL BREAKTHROUGH To delete a specific message, press DELETE while the message is playing. The TAD beeps and deletes the message, then plays the next.
43-705.fm Page 19 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM CHANGING THE REMOTE OPERATION SECURITY CODE USING THE TOLL-SAVER The TAD's remote operation security code is preset to 705, but you can change it by following these steps. Note: If you do not complete each step within 8 seconds, the TAD exits setup. Start again from Step 1. 1. Hold down STOP until the TAD beeps once. 2. Press DIAL three times. 705 and SECURITY CODE appear. 7 flashes. 3. Repeatedly press :/8 to set the first digit, then press 9/;.
43-705.fm Page 20 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM Press To 02 Set the TAD to announce only. It beeps, says “Announce only,” plays OGM 2, then beeps. If no OGM 2 is recorded, it beeps and says “You have no announcement two.” 21 Play all messages. If there are no messages, the TAD says “You have no messages.” 22 Announce all Caller ID records. The TAD announces the total calls and each caller’s information. If there are no Caller ID records, the TAD says “You have no calls.
43-705.fm Page 21 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM ˆ Caller ID Operation If you subscribe to Caller ID service from your phone company, the phone automatically displays the information the phone company sends between the first and second rings of every call you receive. It stores up to 62 numbers only or name and number call records in its Caller ID memory. It also shows the date and time the call was received.
43-705.fm Page 22 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM CALLER ID MESSAGES Display Description CALL# xx NEW PRIVATE Appears as new calls are received. xx is the number of new calls. OUT OF AREA Appears when the caller is not within a Caller ID service area. No caller information appears. ERROR Appears if there was an error during the transmission of Caller ID information. SET AREA CODE MESSAGE WAITING Prompts you to set the area code.
43-705.fm Page 23 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM Reviewing the Call Forwarding Information If you subscribe to your phone company's call forwarding service, the phone company will forward the phone call from the main telephone to the assigned telephone so you will not miss the phone call. To see the call forwarding information, be sure to connect the TAD to the assigned telephone. The phone company offers three call forwarding services — Call Forward Universal, Call Forward Busy, and Call Forward Unanswer.
43-705.fm Page 24 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM To review the VIP call records, press VIP, then repeatedly press :/8 or 9/;. To delete a VIP call record, recall the desired VIP call record, then press DELETE. code plus seven digits of the phone number, for example, 8185551212). Press VIP again and 1 appears before the ten-digit number (18185551212). Same Area Code Note: The selected VIP call disappears from the VIP Call List when you delete it.
43-705.fm Page 25 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM To callback a phone number from Caller records with the speakerphone, press DIAL. DIALING.. appears. Then, after the TAD dials the number, SPEAKERPHONE appears, and the TAD starts to count the time. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SYSTEM CALL NEW PM O M1 O M2 CALLER ID / / DELETE DIAL To call back a phone number from Caller ID records with the handset, pick up the handset then press DIAL. DIALING.. appears. The TAD dials the number, ==TALK== appears.
43-705.fm Page 26 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM ˆ Troubleshooting We do not expect you to have any problems with your TAD, but if you do, these suggestions might help. Problem Suggestion The incoming message is incomplete. Be sure the memory is not full. The incoming message is unclear. Be sure SPEAKER VOL MIN/MAX is set to the desired sound level. The TAD does not answer after two, four, or seven rings. Be sure the TAD is set to answer calls. appears on the display.
43-705.fm Page 27 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM RESETTING THE TAD If your TAD stops working properly, use a straightened paper clip to press RESET on the back of the TAD to reset the answering machine. Note: The outgoing message and all information stored in memory are erased when you press RESET. CARE To enjoy your RadioShack 12-Memory Speakerphone for a long time: • Keep the phone dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. • Use and store the phone only in normal temperature environments.
43-705.fm Page 28 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:54 AM Limited One-Year Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workmanship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees and dealers.
