Radio Shack 900 MHz Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Phone with Digital Answerer and Caller ID/Call Waiting Deluxe Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
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Answering System Operation
RECORDING A MEMO
A memo is a message you can record at the
TAD for yourself or others in your home or
office. The TAD stores memos as incoming
messages (see “Playing Messages”).
1. Hold down
MEMO/REC
until the TAD
beeps. The TAD announces “Please
select mail box.”
2. Press
M-BOX 1
,
M-BOX 2
, or
M-BOX 3
to
select the mail box. The indicator for the
selected mail box lights and
##
####
##
appears
in the message counter window.
3. The TAD announces “Record your mes-
sage after the tone.”
4. When the tone sounds, speak your mes-
sage. When you finish the memo, press
MEMO/REC
or
STOP
.
Note:
The TAD cannot record a memo less
than two seconds long.
RECORDING A
CONVERSATION
The TAD lets you record both sides of a tele-
phone conversation when you are talking us-
ing the handset.
Important:
It is illegal in some areas to
record a conversation without the consent of
all parties to the conversation, including the
phone company. Check the laws in your area
before you use the two-way recording fea-
ture.
To start recording a phone conversation,
hold down
MEMO/REC
until the TAD beeps
and
##
####
##
appears. To stop recording, press
STOP
or
MEMO/RE
C.
The TAD stores a recorded conversation as
a message in Mail Box 1 (see “Playing Mes-
sages”).
Note:
The TAD cannot record a conversation
less than two seconds long, or a call using
the speakerphone.
PLAYING MESSAGES
After the TAD has recorded a message, the
total number of new messages stored in all
mail boxes flashes on the message counter
window, and the mail box indicators that con-
tain new message flash.
To play your messages, press the mail box
button with its indicator flashing. The TAD
announces the number of new and old mes-
sages, then plays the new messages. The
message number appears as each message
plays, and the TAD announces the day and
time of the call at the end of each message.
When all the new messages in all the mail
boxes are played, the message counter dis-
plays the total number of all messages.
To play all messages after playing the new
messages, press the mail box buttons again.
To skip to the next message, press
SKIP
while the message is playing. Hold down
SKIP
to quickly advance through a message.
The TAD skips every other second of play-
back and plays the next one second, until the
end of the message. Release
SKIP
to re-
sume normal playback.
To replay the current message from the be-
ginning, press
REPEAT
. Hold down
REPEAT
to review the current message. The TAD
skips back every other second of playback
and plays the previous second, until the be-
ginning of the message. Release
REPEAT
to
resume normal playback.
If you press
REPEAT
within about 2 seconds
after a message begins playing, the TAD re-
plays the previous message. If the current
message is the first new message, the TAD
plays back from the beginning of the current