TAD-266 Telephone Answering System
(430-0735)                 Installation               Faxback Doc. # 19228

READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLATION

We have designed your answering system to conform to federal regulations,
and you can connect it to most telephone lines.  However, each device you
connect to the phone line draws power from the phone line.  We refer to
this power draw as the device's ringer equivalence number, or REN.  It is
marked on the bottom of the TAD.

If you are using more than one device on the line, add up all the RENs. If
the total is more than five, your phones might not ring and your TAD might
not answer.  In rural areas, a total REN of three might impair ringer
operation.  If ringer operation is impaired, remove a device from the 
telephone line.

INSTALLATION

You can install the TAD on a desk, table, or shelf or mount it on a wall. 
Select a location that is near a modular telephone jack and an AC outlet,
and away from normal activities.

If your telephone wiring does not have a modular phone jack, you can update
the wiring yourself.  Radio Shack stores sell the necessary jacks and 
adapters to convert older wiring methods to modular wiring.

Or, you can have the telephone company update your telephone wiring.

    The telephone company charges to install the necessary jack.

    The USOC number of the jack to be installed is RJ11C for a baseboard
    jack, or RJ11W for a wall jack.

DESK-TOP CONNECTION

To use your answering system on a desk, table, or shelf, plug its modular
cord into a modular phone jack.

MOUNTING DIRECTLY ON A WALL

To mount the TAD directly on a wall, you need two screws (not included) 
with heads that fit into the keyhole slots on the back of the supplied
wall-mount bracket.

Follow these steps to mount the system directly on a wall.

1.  Drill two holes 3 15/16 inches apart, then thread the screws into the
    wall letting the heads extend about 1/6 inch from the wall.

2.  Hook the supplied wall-mount bracket into the slots at the top of the
    TAD, then push in the bottom of the bracket to snap it into place.

3.  Route the modular telephone cord through the channel on the bottom of
    the wall-mount bracket.

4.  Plug the end of the attached modular telephone cord into a modular
    phone jack.

    NOTE:  To prevent the excess telephone cord from getting in the way of
           normal activities, wrap it around the wall-mount bracket.

5.  Remove the handset holder from just below the charging contacts.  Turn
    it so its tab faces up, then reinsert it so you can hang the handset
    on it.

6.  Place the wall-mount bracket's keyhole slots over the screw heads and
    press down on the TAD to secure it.

MOUNTING ON A WALL PLATE

Follow these steps to mount the TAD/phone base on a wall plate.

1.  Hook the supplied wall-mount bracket into the slots at the top of the
    TAD, then push in the bottom of the bracket to snap it into place.

2.  Plug the end of the attached modular phone cord into the modular wall
    jack.

    NOTE:  To prevent the excess telephone cord from getting in the way of
           normal activities, wrap it around the wall-mount bracket.

3.  Remove the handset holder just below the charging contracts.  Turn it
    so its tab faces up, then reinsert it so you can hang the handset on 
    it.

4.  Place the wall-mount bracket's keyhole slots over the wall plate's
    studs, and press the TAD down to secure it.

CONNECTING TO POWER

Follow these steps to connect the supplied AC adapter to your TAD and to
power.

CAUTION:  Use only the supplied adapter with the TAD.  Using any other
          type of adapter might damage the TAD.

1.  Insert the adapter plug into the TAD's DC 9V jack.

2.  Route the AC adapter's cable through the TAD's strain-relief slot.

3.  Plug the other end of the AC adapter into a standard AC outlet.

    The POWER indicator lights and a tone briefly sounds when power is
    first connected.

    NOTE:  The POWER indicator remains lit as long as the TAD/phone is
           connected to AC power.


(JC  1/2/96)