Page 2 - Read This Before; CAUTION
2 Read This Before Installation ˆ Read This Before Installation Your Digital Answering System is ETL listed to UL standardsand meets all applicable FCC requirements. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not ex- pose this product to rain or moisture. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK....
Page 3 - FCC STATEMENT; Note: You must not connect your system to:; • coin-operated systems; THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW
3 Read This Before Installation We have designed your Digital Answering System to conform tofederal regulations, and you can connect it to most telephonelines. However, each device that you connect to the telephoneline draws power from the telephone line. We refer to this powerdraw as the device's r...
Page 4 - • Reorient or relocate the TV or radio’s receiving antenna.
4 Read This Before Installation phone company notifies you as soon as possible and advisesyou of your right to file a complaint with the FCC. Also, the phone company can make changes to its lines, equip-ment, operations, or procedures that could affect the operationof this system. The telephone comp...
Page 5 - Contents
5 Contents ˆ Contents Features ................................................................................. 6 Preparation ............................................................................ 7 Installing the Backup Battery .............................................. 7Connecting AC Po...
Page 6 - Features; The system’s features include:
6 Features ˆ Features Your RadioShack Digital Answering System is a sophisticated,fully digital message center that stores all messages on a com-puter chip. This gives you advanced capabilities over tape-based answering machines. Because this telephone answeringsystem is fully digital, there are no ...
Page 7 - Preparation; INSTALLING THE BACKUP BATTERY; Lo; CONNECTING AC POWER; Cr
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 recorded messagesand the settings for the day and time. For the best performanceand longest life, we recommend you use a RadioShack alka...
Page 8 - • If you did not install a backup battery,; • Do not press any of the system’s buttons while you are
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 into the AC outlet. If you accidentallypress a button, reset the system by unplugging the adapterfrom the AC outlet and r...
Page 9 - TURNING THE SYSTEM ON/OFF; SETTING THE DAY AND TIME
9 Preparation TURNING 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 answercalls. To turn it off, press ON/OFF/STOP . The display turns off and the system sounds 2 tones. ADJUSTING THE VOLUME Push down or pull up VOL...
Page 10 - Note: When you hold down; SETTING THE NUMBER OF RINGS
10 Preparation the display. Repeatedly press MEMO/2 WAY/HOUR until you hear or see the correct hour. 4. While holding down SKIP/TIME SET/CHECK, press PLAY/ PAUSE/MIN . The system announces “01”. 01 appears on the display. Repeatedly press or hold down PLAY/PAUSE/ MIN until you hear or see the correc...
Page 11 - RECORDING THE OUTGOING MESSAGE
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 INCOMING MSG to ANN ONLY (Announcement Only), the system plays your outgoing message, but the caller cannotrecord a message. After the system answers,...
Page 12 - Operation; SETTING THE SYSTEM TO ANSWER CALLS
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 prerecorded message, press REPEAT/ANNC/DAY to play the message you recorded. While it is playing, press DELETE to erase your message. • To hear the outgoing ...
Page 13 - If; FL; to; flashes on the display, and the system sounds a tone. Speak
13 Operation a Calling Party Control (CPC) signal, it stops playing the outgo-ing message or recording an incoming message and resets toanswer another call. Many local phone companies use Calling Party Control (CPC)to signal that the caller has hung up. Your system can recog-nize a CPC signal and re...
Page 14 - Screening Calls
14 Operation your message clearly into the microphone from about 10 inchesaway from the system. Release REPEAT/ANNC/DAY when you finish your message. The system sounds a tone and plays backthe message. A2 and the message indicator appear alternately. Notes: • The maximum length for an announce-only ...
Page 15 - RECORDING A MEMO
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 message. • If the volume is set to the minimum level, during incoming calls...
Page 17 - DELETING MESSAGES
17 Operation The system announces the day and time the message was re-corded. After you play all the new messages, the display showsthe total number of recorded messages, and the system auto-matically saves the messages and resets to answer calls. Note: If there are no messages, the system sounds tw...
Page 18 - Remote Operation; SECURITY CODE
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 atouch-tone phone or a pulse (rotary) phone with a pocket tonedialer to enter your remote operation s...
Page 19 - to end remote access.; REMOTE COMMANDS; to continue playing the message.; LIGHTNING; Press
19 Remote Operation tone, enter your remote operation security code. Enter a remotecommand (see “Remote Commands” on Page 19). When youfinish, press 5# to end remote access. REMOTE COMMANDS Note: When listening to messages in remote mode, there is apause during playback every 2 minutes and 40 second...
