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16
STORING YOUR AREA
CODE
To quickl
y
dial a number from a Caller
ID record (see “Dialin
g
from a Caller ID
Record” on Pa
g
e27) or to correctl
y
store a number from a record into a
memor
y
dialin
g
location (see “Storin
g
a
Caller ID Record to Memor
y
” on
Pa
g
e27),
y
ou must store
y
our local area
code in the TAD-794’s memor
y
. Then,
when
y
ou dial from a Caller ID record,
the TAD-794 skips the area code if it
matches the one
y
ou stored.
Follow these steps to store
y
our area
code.
1. Lift the handset. If appears,
press
TALK
to turn it off.
2. Press
FUNCTION
twice. The displa
y
shows
AREA
CODE
and
1-
.
Note:
If an area code is alread
y
stored, it appears on the displa
y
af-
ter the
1–
. Repeatedl
y
press
DE-
LETE
to erase it.
3. Enter
y
our 3-di
g
it area code, then
press
MEM
. The phone beeps and
STORING
appears.
To delete the area code, follow Steps 1
and 2, then press
MEM
in Step 3 without
enterin
g
a new area code.
DELETING
appears.
SETTING CALLER ID WITH
CALL WAITING
If
y
ou have Caller ID with Call Waitin
g
service on
y
our phone line, the TAD-794
can show Caller ID information for an in-
comin
g
call even while
y
ou are alread
y
on the phone.
Follow these steps to turn the Caller ID
with Call Waitin
g
feature on or off.
1. Lift the handset. If appears,
press
TALK
to turn it off.
2. Press
FUNCTION
three times.
CIDCW
(Caller ID Call Waitin
g
), the
current settin
g
, and
ON-1OFF-0
appear.
3. Press
1
to turn this feature on, or
0
to turn it off.
4. Press
MEM
. The new settin
g
ap-
pears.
talk
talk
17
TURNING AUTOTALK ON/
OFF
Your phone is preset so
y
ou must press
TALK
when
y
ou lift the handset from the
base to make or answer a call. With auto
talk turned on,
y
ou can make or answer
a call b
y
just liftin
g
the handset from the
base.
Follow these steps to turn auto talk on or
off.
1. Lift the handset. If appears,
press
TALK
to turn it off.
2. Press
FUNCTION
4 times. The cur-
rent autotalk settin
g
and
ON-
1OFF-0
appear on the displa
y
.
3. Press
1
to turn on the autotalk fea-
ture, or
0
to turn it off.
4. Press
MEM
to store the new settin
g
.
The handset beep, and briefl
y
shows the new settin
g
.
talk
18
TELEPHONE OPERATION
MAKING CALLS
1. Lift the handset. Press
TALK
, if nec-
essar
y
, so appears.
The IN USE indicator on the base
li
g
hts and the currentl
y
selected
channel number appears on the
handset displa
y
.
2. Dial the number. You see the num-
ber as
y
ou dial, then (after 5 sec-
onds) the elapsed time for this call.
You can also dial the number when
is not on the displa
y
. The number
appears on the displa
y
as
y
ou dial.
When
y
ou finish dialin
g
, press
TALK
.
(The phone does not dial the number
until
y
ou press
TALK
.)
Notes:
• If
y
ou make a mistake when dialin
g
,
repeatedl
y
press
DELETE
to erase
the error, then enter the correct
number.
DELETE
erases one num-
ber each time
y
ou press it.
• To erase the entire phone number,
press
CANCEL
.
To end a call, place the handset on the
base or press
TALK
.
ANSWERING CALLS
CALLING
appears on the handset
when a call comes in. If
y
ou subscribe to
Caller ID service, the Caller ID informa-
tion appears b
y
the second rin
g
(see
“Caller ID Operation” on Pa
g
e 25).
To answer the call, lift the handset and
press
TALK
. Or, if auto talk is on, just lift
the handset from the base. ap-
pears, and the displa
y
briefl
y
shows the
channel number, then the call’s elapsed
time.
To end a call, place the handset on the
base or press
TALK
.
talk
IN USE
Indicator
talk
talk
19
SETTING THE HANDSET
VOLUME
The TAD-794’s handset has two volume
settin
g
s, normal and hi
g
h. To chan
g
e
the volume durin
g
a call, press
VOLUME
.
VOL
NORMAL
or
VOL
HIGH
appears.
The handset resets to normal volume af-
ter each call.
CHANGING THE
CHANNEL
The TAD-794 has 40 channels (frequen-
c
y
pairs used between the base and
handset). It automaticall
y
selects a clear
channel each time
y
ou make or receive
a call.
You can also chan
g
e the channel
y
our-
self. If
y
ou hear other conversations or
excessive noise durin
g
a call, press
CHANNEL
to select a different channel.
The new channel number briefl
y
ap-
pears.
Note
: If the handset is too far from the
base, the channel mi
g
ht not chan
g
e.
Move closer to the base and tr
y
a
g
ain.
USING REDIAL
You can quickl
y
dial the last number di-
aled. Lift the handset and press
TALK
,
then press
REDIAL
.
Notes:
• You can also press
REDIAL
(so
y
ou
see the stored number) first, then
press
TALK
.
• The redial memor
y
holds up to 32
di
g
its, so
y
ou can redial lon
g
-
distance as well as local numbers.
• The redial memor
y
hold pause en-
tries (see “Enterin
g
a Pause” on
Pa
g
e 23) and tone entries (see “Us-
in
g
Tone Services on a Pulse Line”
on Pa
g
e20).