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TROUBLESHOOTING
If you experience problems with your
TAD, try the suggestions in this section.
If you still have problems, contact your
local Radio Shack store for assistance.
The incomin
g
messa
g
e is incom-
plete.
• Be sure the memory is not full.
• The caller’s message was longer
than 60 seconds.
• The TAD recorded over 8 seconds
of silence.
The incomin
g
messa
g
e is unclear.
•Be sure
VOLUME
is turned up.
The TAD does not answer after two or
four rin
g
s.
• Be sure the TAD is set to answer
calls.
Lo
flashes on the displa
y
• The backup battery is weak or miss-
ing. Replace the battery (see
“Installing the Backup Battery”).
You cannot record an incomin
g
mes-
sa
g
e.
• Be sure the TAD is set to answer
calls.
• Be sure you have recorded an out-
going message.
The TAD does not respond to the re-
mote operation securit
y
code
.
• Make sure the phone you used to
dial the TAD is a touch-tone phone.
(If it is not, you can use a pocket
tone dialer to call your TAD.)
• Re-enter your security code, press-
ing each button for 2 seconds.
• Make sure the remote operation
security code you entered is cor-
rect.
• Try the default remote operation
security code (747).
No messa
g
es appear on the displa
y
.
• This could be caused by a power
failure. Reset the TAD by removing
the AC adapter and the battery
from the TAD, then reinstalling
them.
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