13
Installation
4. Press
TALK
or place the handset on the
base to hang up.
TURNING THE BASE’S
RINGER ON AND OFF
To turn off the base’s ringer, set
RINGER
on
the back of the base to
OFF
. You can still
make or receive calls using this phone. Tele-
phones on the same line (and the TAD’s
handset if it is away from the base) still ring
when there is an incoming call.
To turn on the base’s ringer, set
RINGER
to
ON
.
SETTING THE RINGER
TONE/VOLUME
You can select one of four different ringer
tone/volume settings while the phone is not
in the talk mode. Press
VOL
8
8
8
8
or
9
9
9
9
to in-
crease or decrease the ringer level setting.
Note: The setting is not cyclic. If the ringer
does not change when you press
VOL
8
8
8
8
or
9
9
9
9
, try pressing the opposite arrow key.
SETTING THE NUMBER OF
RINGS
Set
RING TIME
on the side of the base to
3
,
5
,
or
T/S
(Toll-Saver) to select how long the
TAD waits to answer a call (3 rings, 5 rings,
or toll-saver).
Note: If you plan to check messages by long
distance, set
RING
TIME
to
T/S
(see “Using
the Toll-Saver” on Page 20).
SETTING THE DAY/TIME
You must set the day of the week and time
so the TAD can record the correct day and
time of each message.
Note: Enter each key press within about 2
minutes. Otherwise, the TAD exits the time
setting process and you must begin again
with Step 1.
1. Hold down
CLOCK
until the TAD beeps.
The TAD announces the currently set
day and displays the day’s number (
0
for Sunday,
1
for Monday, and so on).
2. To change the day of the week, repeat-
edly press
SKIP
to move forward or
REPEAT
to move backward to set the
correct day, press
CLOCK
.
3. The TAD announces the hour. To
change the hour, repeatedly press
SKIP
or
REPEAT
until
the correct hour dis-
plays, then press
CLOCK
.
4. The TAD announces the minutes. To
change the minutes, repeatedly press
SKIP
or
REPEAT
until the correct minutes
display, then press
CLOCK
.
5. The TAD announces “AM” or “PM,” and
A
or
P
appears. Press
SKIP
or
REPEAT
to change this setting. Press
CLOCK
again to set “AM” or “PM.” The TAD
beeps and announces the day and time.
To check the day and time, press
CLOCK
.
The TAD announces the currently set day
and time.
Note: When power fails, the clock retains the
current time. When the power is restored, the
clock starts counting again from the time the
power failed. You must reset the time.
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