TAD-1004 (430-0744) Answering System Operation Faxback Doc. # 18949 RECORDING THE OUTGOING MESSAGE Before you can set the TAD to answer calls, you must record the outgoing message (OGM). This is what the caller hears when the TAD answers a call. NOTES: The maximum outgoing message length is 30 seconds. If memory is full and you attempt to record an outgoing message, the TAD announces, "Memory is full." 1. Press and hold down ANNOUNCE. The TAD beeps, and the display begins counting down the time from 30 seconds. 2. Speak in a normal voice about 8 inches away from the microphone (located on the front of the TAD). Ask for the caller's name, phone number, and message. IMPORTANT: To keep your home secure, do not tell callers that you are not home. Instead, say that you cannot come to the phone right now. 3. When you finish recording, release ANNOUNCE. The TAD beeps, automatically repeats the outgoing message so you can verify it, then beeps again. 4. Adjust VOLUME on the right side of the TAD to the desired listening level. To play the outgoing message at any time (except while recording or playing messages), press and release ANNOUNCE. If no outgoing message is recorded, the TAD says, "No announcement." SETTING THE TAD TO ANSWER CALLS To set the TAD to answer calls, press ANSWER. If an outgoing message is recorded, the TAD announces, "Answer on," and the indicator lights. If no outgoing message is recorded, the TAD says, "Answer off, no announcement." To set the TAD to answer calls, press ANSWER again. The TAD says "Answer off," and the indicator turns off. RECORDING INCOMING MESSAGES The maximum length for each incoming message is 60 seconds. If a recording reaches 55 seconds, the TAD beeps once to notify the caller that time will be up soon. If a recording reaches 60 seconds, the TAD beeps three times, then disconnects. NOTE: The TAD automatically hangs up if the caller is silence for over 8 seconds. SCREENING CALLS Your TAD's speaker lets you listen as callers leave messages. If you want to speak to a caller, pick up phone on the same line and begin speaking. The TAD detects when you pick up the phone and automatically resets to answer the next call. NOTE: If you pick up the phone exactly when the TAD answers, you might need to hang up and pick up the phone again, or press PLAY/STOP to stop the TAD. If you do not want to take the call, do not pick up the handset, and let the TAD finish recording the caller's message. PLAYING MESSAGES If there are new messages (messages that have not been listened to), the indicator flashes and the display shows the total number of messages. To play all the messages, press PLAY/STOP. Or, to play only the new messages, press and hold down PLAY/STOP. The TAD announces the number of messages it will play. NOTE: If you press and hold down PLAY/STOP and there are no new messages stored, the TAD says, "No new messages." Before playing each message, the TAD announces the message number and the day and time when each message was recorded. After all messages play, the TAD says, "End of message(s)" and saves all the messages. Repeating Messages To review a message while you are listening to it, press REPEAT/CODE. The current message starts again from the beginning. To hear the previous message, press and hold down REPEAT/CODE until that message's number appears. The TAD says the message. To hear an earlier message, repeat the procedure until the desired message's number appears. Skipping Messages To skip to the next message while you are listening to a message, press SKIP/MEMO once. The next recorded message plays. Pausing Message Playback To pause a message, press PLAY/STOP. PA appears on the display. Wait at least 2 seconds, then press PLAY/STOP again to resume playing messages. NOTE: If you do not resume playing messages within 60 seconds, the TAD sounds a beep, displays the total number of messages, stops playback, and resets to answer calls. Stopping Message Playback To stop playing messages, press PLAY/STOP twice within 2 seconds. The TAD beeps once and stops playback. ERASING MESSAGES To delete specific message, press DELETE once while the message is playing. The TAD beeps once and immediately erases the current message, then plays the next message. To erase all messages, press and hold down DELETE while the TAD is stopped. The TAD sounds a long beep, and 00 appears on the display. NOTE: The TAD will not erase messages that have been played. If you press and hold down DELETE without playing all the new messages first, the TAD announces, "New messages." RECORDING A MEMO A memo is a message you can record at the TAD, without having to call in on the phone. NOTES: The maximum memo length is 60 seconds. If the TAD's memory is full (FL and the number of messages alternately appear on the display), you must erase some messages before you can record a memo. Follow these steps to record a memo. 1. Press and hold down SKIP/MEMO. The TAD beeps. Then speak into the microphone in a normal voice. The display shows how much time is left for recording. 2. Release SKIP/MEMO when you finish the memo. The TAD beeps once, and the number of messages increase by one. The memo is recorded along with the incoming messages. To hear the memo, simply play back your messages. REMOTE OPERATION You can operate the TAD from almost any touch-tone phone, or from a rotary phone using a pocket tone-dialer (available at your local Radio Shack store). The TAD's remote operation security code is preset to 744. You can operate your TAD remotely with this code; however, we recommend that you set your own code. (See "Changing the Remote Operation Security Code.") NOTES: When the memory is full, the TAD answers the call after two rings and announces, "Memory is full." To bypass the outgoing message and begin recording a message immediately when you call the TAD from a remote phone, you can press * when the announcement begins. The TAD skips the rest of the announcement, beeps once and begins recording. If there are new messages, the TAD answers after about two rings. Otherwise, the TAD answers after four rings. This lets you avoid unnecessary charges when calling by long-distance to check your messages. If you hear more than two rings, the TAD has no new messages. Hang up so you will not be charged for the call. CHANGING THE REMOTE OPERATION SECURITY CODE NOTES: Be sure to set each digit within 8 seconds. Otherwise, you must start over from Step 1. Do not use three identical digits (such as 999) for the security code. Numbers like this are too easy for others to guess! If the AC power fails and the backup battery becomes weak, the remote operation security code automatically resets to 744. 1. Press and hold REPEAT/CODE for about 2 seconds. The TAD beeps, and the first digit of the preset code flashes on the display. 2. Press SKIP/MEMO or REPEAT CODE to set the first digit, than press PLAY/STOP. The TAD beeps and the second digit flashes. 3. Press SKIP/MEMO or REPEAT/CODE to set the second digit, then press PLAY/STOP. The TAD beeps, and the third digits flashes. 4. Press SKIP/MEMO or REPEAT/CODE to set the third digit, then press PLAY/STOP. The TAD beeps, and the display shows the number of messages stored. To see the new code, press and release REPEAT/CODE. REMOTE ANSWER-ON NOTE: You must record an outgoing message before you can remotely set the TAD to answer calls. Follow these steps to remotely set the TAD to answer calls. 1. Dial your phone numbers. If the TAD is set to answer-off and an OGM is recorded. It answers the call after 60 seconds and announces, "Answer off." If no OGM is recorded, the TAD announces, "Answer off, no announcement." Record an OGM (see "Recording an Outgoing Message.") If the TAD is set to answer-on, it answers after about two or four rings. 2. Enter the remote operation security code. The TAD beeps. NOTE: If you do not enter each digit of the security code within 8 seconds, the TAD hangs up. 3. Press #. If the TAD was set to answer-off, the TAD announces, "Answer on." If the TAD was set to answer-on, the TAD announces, "Answer off." USING REMOTE COMMANDS To use remote commands, you must enter the remote operation security code. If you do not enter each digit of the security code within 8 seconds, the TAD hangs up. After the TAD beeps once to verify you entered the code correctly, you can enter the number(s) for the function(s) you want the TAD to perform. NOTE: The TAD sounds 3-beeps if you press the wrong button. Press Command Function 0 Stop Stops message playback, recording, and room monitoring. 1 Play Outgoing If an outgoing message is recorded, Message the TAD says, "Play announcement" and plays the outgoing message. After the message plays, the TAD beeps once. If no outgoing message is no outgoing message is recorded, the TAD beeps and announces. "No announcement." 2 Change Outgoing Records a new outgoing message. Message When the TAD beeps, announcement." and beeps again, begin your new outgoing message. When you finish, press 0. The TAD beeps. 3 Room Monitor Monitors the room where the TAD is located. The TAD beeps, announces "Room Monitor." After 30 seconds, the TAD beeps and monitoring stops. To stop monitoring the room sooner, press 0. 4 Play All Messages Plays all the recorded messages. (To see what When messages are recorded, the TAD commands you can beeps, announces the number of use at this point, messages recorded, and plays the see the table on Page messages. If no message is 23 recorded, the TAD beeps and says, "NO message." 5 Play New Messages Plays only new messages that have (To see what not already been played. If new commands you can messages are recorded, the TAD use at this point, beeps, announces the number of new see the table on messages, the TAD beeps and says, Page 23.) "No new message." 6 Erase All Messages If some messages (but no new messages) are recorded, the TAD sounds 2 beeps and erases all messages. If new messages are recorded, the TAD beeps and announces, "New messages" but does not erase all messages. If no messages are recorded, the TAD beeps and announces, No Message." After you press 4 (to play all messages) or 5 (to play new messages), you can enter the following commands. Press Command Function 6 Delete Delete the current message. 7 Review Replays the previous message. 8 Replay Replays the current message. 9 Skip Skips forward to the next message. 0 Stop Stop message play. (/all-02/14/96)