Page 2 - FEATURES
2 FEATURES Your RadioShack TAD-798 Digital Tele-phone Answering System is a high-quality telephone answering device(TAD) that you can also control remote-ly from any touch-tone phone. With anoptional pocket tone dialer, you caneven use it from a rotary phone. The TAD-798 stores messages on acomputer...
Page 4 - is on the label on the bottom of the TAD.; FCC STATEMENT; Your TAD complies with Part 68 of; FCC; • coin-operated systems
4 READ THIS BEFORE IN-STALLATION Your TAD conforms to federal regula-tions, and you can connect it to mosttelephone lines. However, each deviceyou connect to the phone line drawspower from the phone line. We refer tothis power draw is the device’s ringer equivalence number , or REN. The REN is on th...
Page 5 - CONTENTS
5 CONTENTS Preparation ...................................................................................................... 6 Connecting the TAD ................................................................................... 6Installing a Backup Battery ...........................................
Page 6 - CONNECTING THE TAD; PREPARATION; Lo
6 Select a location for the TAD that isnear both a telephone jack and an ACoutlet, and is not in the way of normalactivities. CONNECTING THE TAD Notes: • Your TAD connects directly to a modular phone line jack. If yourphone line jack is not modular, youcan update it yourself, using jacksand adapters...
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9 SETTING THE NUMBER OF RINGS Set the ring select switch on the rightside of the TAD to 2 , 4 , 7 , or TS to set how long the TAD waits before it an-swers a call (2 rings, 4 rings, 7 rings, ortoll-saver). If you plan to check your messages bylong distance, set the ring select switchto TS (see “Toll-...
Page 10 - BASIC OPERATION
10 BASIC OPERATION RECORDING THE OUTGOING MESSAGES Before the TAD can answer calls andrecord messages, you must record anoutgoing message (OGM). The TAD-798 lets you record two separate mes-sages, and it operates differently basedon the message you select (see “Usingthe Announce-Only Feature” onPage...
Page 11 - or; • You must record an outgoing mes-; . The TAD says “Announce; Ao
11 If no outgoing message is recordedwhen you press OGM 1 or OGM 2 , the TAD announces “You have no an-nouncement one” (or “two”) and soundsfour beeps. SETTING THE TAD TO ANSWER CALLS To set the TAD to answer or not answercalls, press ANSWER . The TAD an- nounces “Answer on” (or “off”) andplays the ...
Page 12 - FL; PLAYING MESSAGES
12 RECORDING INCOMING MESSAGES Each incoming message can be up to60 seconds long. At 55 seconds theTAD beeps to notify the caller that timewill soon be up. At 60 seconds it soundsone long and four short beeps, says“Thank you for your call,” and hangs up. Additionally, the TAD stops recordingand rese...
Page 13 - RECORDING A MEMO
13 To replay a message while you are lis-tening to it, press REPEAT . The current message replays from the beginning. To return to a previous message, holddown REPEAT until the desired mes- sage number appears in the messagecounter window. Release REPEAT to play the selected message. To skip to the ...
Page 14 - DELETING MESSAGES; dL
14 2. Press STOP when you finish the memo (or let the TAD automaticallystop recording after 60 seconds).The TAD beeps once and resets toanswer calls. The memo is stored with the incomingmessages. To hear the memo, simplyplay back your messages. RECORDING A CONVERSATION You can record both sides of a...
Page 15 - SCREENING CALLS; ward; Changing the CBT Code; Co
15 SCREENING CALLS To screen calls, let the TAD answer,then listen to the caller’s messagethrough the TAD’s speaker. To adjustthe TAD’s volume, slide VOLUME to- ward + or – . If you do not want to take the call, sim-ply let the TAD finish recording the call-er’s message. If you decide to answer the ...
Page 17 - REMOTE OPERATION; If the ring select switch is set to; resets to answer calls.
17 REMOTE OPERATION You can operate the TAD from almostany touch-tone phone, or from a rotaryphone using a pocket tone-dialer (avail-able at your local RadioShack store). TOLL-SAVER If the ring select switch is set to TS (toll- saver), the TAD-798 answers after tworings if you have new messages. Ift...
Page 18 - Remote Command List; Stop playback or recording.
18 Remote Command List Press: To: 00 Set the TAD to not answer calls. It beeps and says “Answer off.” 01 Set the TAD to answer calls. It beeps, says “Answer on” and plays OGM 1. If no OGM 1 is recorded, it beeps and says “You have no announcement one.” 02 Set the TAD to announce only. It beeps, says...
Page 19 - Press
19 After pressing 2 or 3 to play messages, you can: Press To: 1 Replay the previous mes-sage. 3 Skip to the next message. 4 Replay the current message. 5 Delete the current message. 6 Stop message playback. 43-798.fm Page 19 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM
Page 20 - TROUBLESHOOTING; Be sure the memory is not full.; is set to the desired; Lo appears on the display.
20 TROUBLESHOOTING We do not expect you to have any problems with your TAD-798, but if you do,try these suggestions. If the TAD still doesn’t operate properly, try resetting it (see “Resetting the TAD”on Page 21) or take it to your local RadioShack store for assistance. Problem Remedy The incoming m...
Page 21 - RESETTING THE TAD; on the back of the TAD.
21 RESETTING THE TAD If your TAD stops working properly, re-set it by using a straightened paper clipto press RESET on the back of the TAD. Note: The outgoing messages and allinformation stored in memory areerased when you press RESET . 43-798.fm Page 21 Monday, August 16, 1999 9:33 AM
Page 22 - CARE AND MAINTENANCE
22 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your RadioShack TAD-798 Digital Telephone Answering System is an exampleof superior design and craftsmanship. The following suggestions will help youcare for the TAD so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the TAD dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Liquidsmight contain...
Page 23 - LIGHTNING
23 THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW In the unlikely event that your TADcauses problems on the phone line, thephone company can temporarily discon-nect your service. If this happens, thephone company attempts to notify youin advance. If advance notice is notpractical, the phone company notifiesyou as soon a...
Page 24 - Printed in China
RadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 7A8N Printed in China Limited One-Year Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workman-ship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-ow...
