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TAD OPERATION
SELECTING THE
OUTGOING MESSAGE
The TAD has two prerecorded out
g
oin
g
messa
g
es. One asks the caller to leave
a messa
g
e: “Hello, no one is available to
take
y
our call. Please leave a messa
g
e
after the tone.” The TAD uses this mes-
sa
g
e when
REC TIME
is set to
1
or
4
(see
“Settin
g
the Record Time”).
The other is simpl
y
an announcement
and does not let the caller leave a mes-
sa
g
e: “Hello, no one is available to take
y
our call.” The TAD uses this messa
g
e
when
REC TIME
is set to
ANN
.
You can also record
y
our own messa
g
e
(see “Recordin
g
/Deletin
g
an Out
g
oin
g
Messa
g
e”). When
y
ou record
y
our own
out
g
oin
g
messa
g
e, the TAD uses it for
all
REC TIME
settin
g
s.
To switch between
y
our out
g
oin
g
mes-
sa
g
e and the TAD’s prerecorded mes-
sa
g
e, press
OGM
. When the current
messa
g
e be
g
ins to pla
y
, press
OGM
a
g
ain. The TAD switches to the other
messa
g
e and pla
y
s it.
RECORDING/DELETING
AN OUTGOING MESSAGE
To record
y
our out
g
oin
g
messa
g
e (up to
30 seconds lon
g
), hold down
OGM
until
the TAD beeps and
--
appears. When
y
ou finish
y
our messa
g
e, press
STOP
.
The TAD pla
y
s back
y
our messa
g
e.
Hint:
Do not tell callers that
y
ou are not
home. Instead, sa
y
that
y
ou cannot
come to the phone ri
g
ht now.
Note:
The TAD-794 cannot record an
out
g
oin
g
messa
g
e less than two sec-
onds lon
g
.
To delete
y
our out
g
oin
g
messa
g
e and
use the TAD’s prerecorded messa
g
es,
hold down
OGM
until the TAD beeps.
Then press
OGM
a
g
ain within two sec-
onds.
SETTING THE RECORD
TIME
Set
REC
TIME
to
1
,
4
, or
ANN
to deter-
mine how the TAD-794 will record in-
comin
g
messa
g
es.
1
— The TAD pla
y
s the out
g
oin
g
messa
g
e and lets callers leave a
messa
g
e up to 1 minute lon
g
.
4
— The TAD pla
y
s the out
g
oin
g
messa
g
e and lets callers leave a
messa
g
e up to 4 minutes lon
g
.
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ANN
(announcement) — The TAD
pla
y
s the out
g
oin
g
messa
g
e but
does not let callers leave a mes-
sa
g
e.
SETTING THE TAD TO
ANSWER CALLS
To set the TAD to answer calls, press
ANSWER
. If the TAD is set to record a
caller’s messa
g
e (see “Settin
g
the
Record Time” on Pa
g
e28), it pla
y
s the
out
g
oin
g
messa
g
e and shows the num-
ber of recorded messa
g
es. If the TAD is
set to announce-onl
y
, it pla
y
s the out
g
o-
in
g
messa
g
e, and
A
appears.
To set the TAD to not answer calls,
press
ANSWER
. The TAD announces
“Answer off” and the messa
g
e counter
turns off.
SCREENING CALLS
You can let the TAD answer calls for
y
ou
while
y
ou listen to the caller’s messa
g
e
throu
g
h the base’s speaker. If
y
ou de-
cide to answer the call, lift the handset,
press
TALK
, or pick up an
y
phone on the
same line. The TAD stops recordin
g
and
resets to answer the next call.
RECORDING INCOMING
MESSAGES
After the TAD answers a call, it pla
y
s the
out
g
oin
g
messa
g
e, beeps, and records
the caller’s messa
g
e.
Each incomin
g
messa
g
e can be up to 1
or 4 minutes lon
g
, dependin
g
on how
y
ou set
REC
TIME
(see “Settin
g
the
Record Time” on Pa
g
e28). The TAD-
794’s maximum recordin
g
capacit
y
is 15
minutes or 59 recorded messa
g
es.
The TAD stops recordin
g
up and resets
to answer the next call when:
• the caller han
g
s up
• the maximum messa
g
e len
g
th is
reached
• the TAD hears a bus
y
si
g
nal or more
than 5 seconds of silence
•
y
ou pick up the TAD’s handset or
an
y
phone on the same phone line
Note:
When the TAD’s messa
g
e memo-
r
y
is full,
FL
appears on the displa
y
.
RECORDING A MEMO
A memo is a messa
g
e
y
ou can record at
the TAD for
y
ourself or others in
y
our
home or office. The TAD-794 stores
memos as incomin
g
messa
g
es (see
“Pla
y
in
g
Messa
g
es” on Pa
g
e30).
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To record a memo, hold down
MEM
on
the base until the TAD beeps and
––
appears in the messa
g
e counter win-
dow, then speak
y
our messa
g
e (up to
four minutes lon
g
). When
y
ou finish the
memo, press
STOP
.
Note:
The TAD-794 cannot record a
memo less than two seconds lon
g
.
RECORDING A
CONVERSATION
The TAD-794 lets
y
ou record both sides
of a telephone conversation.
Note
: It is ille
g
al in some areas to record
a conversation without the consent of all
parties to the conversation, includin
g
the
phone compan
y
. Check the laws in
y
our
area before
y
ou use the two-wa
y
record-
in
g
feature.
To start recordin
g
a phone conversation,
press
MEM
on the base. The TAD beeps
and
––
appears. As it records the con-
versation, the TAD beeps ever
y
15 sec-
onds to let the caller know that the
conversation is bein
g
recorded. To stop
recordin
g
, press
STOP
.
The TAD-794 stores a recorded conver-
sation as a messa
g
e (see “Pla
y
in
g
Mes-
sa
g
es” on Pa
g
e30).
Note:
The TAD-794 cannot record a
conversation less than two seconds
lon
g
.
PLAYING MESSAGES
After the TAD-794 has recorded a mes-
sa
g
e, its messa
g
e counter shows the to-
tal number of messa
g
es stored. If
y
ou
have new messa
g
es, the number flash-
es.
To pla
y
y
our messa
g
es, press
PLAY
.
The TAD announces the number of new
and old messa
g
es, then pla
y
s the new
messa
g
es. The messa
g
e number ap-
pears as each messa
g
e pla
y
s, and the
TAD announces the da
y
and time of the
call at the end of each messa
g
e.
To pla
y
all messa
g
es after pla
y
in
g
the
new messa
g
es, press
PLAY
a
g
ain.
To skip to the next messa
g
e, press
SKIP
durin
g
pla
y
back.
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To repla
y
the current messa
g
e from the
be
g
innin
g
, press
REPEAT
. If
y
ou press
REPEAT
within 5 seconds after a mes-
sa
g
e be
g
ins pla
y
in
g
, the TAD repla
y
s
the previous messa
g
e.
ADJUSTING THE TAD’S
VOLUME
To adjust the speaker’s volume, repeat-
edl
y
press
VOLUME
s or t on the base.
The volume settin
g
from
1
(lowest) to
10
(hi
g
hest) appears in the messa
g
e
counter window.
DELETING MESSAGES
To delete the current messa
g
e while it is
pla
y
in
g
, hold down
DELETE
until the
TAD beeps.
To delete all messa
g
es at once, while
messa
g
es are not pla
y
in
g
, hold down
DELETE
on the base until the TAD
beeps and
0
appears in the messa
g
e
counter window.
Note:
You cannot delete new (un-
pla
y
ed) messa
g
es. If
y
ou tr
y
to delete all
messa
g
es at once while
y
ou still have
new messa
g
es, the TAD sounds five
quick beeps and does not delete an
y
messa
g
es.
SETTING THE REMOTE
OPERATION PIN
The TAD-794’s two-di
g
it remote opera-
tion PIN (personal identification number)
prevents unauthorized remote access to
y
our messa
g
es. The default PIN is 80.
Follow these steps to chan
g
e the PIN to
an
y
number from 00 to 99.
Note:
If
y
ou wait more than 15 seconds
between each ke
y
press, the TAD exits
the PIN settin
g
process. Start a
g
ain at
Step 1.