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Answering System Operation
SETTING THE TAD TO
ANSWER CALLS
To set the TAD to answer calls, press
AN-
SWER
. If the TAD is set to record a caller’s
message (see “Setting the Record Time” on
Page 24), it plays the outgoing message and
shows the number of recorded messages. If
the TAD is set to Announcement Only, it
plays the outgoing message, and
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appears.
To set the TAD to not answer calls, press
ANSWER
again. The TAD announces “An-
swer off” and the message counter turns off.
SCREENING CALLS
You can let the TAD answer calls for you
while you listen to the caller’s message
through the base’s speaker.
If you decide to answer the call, press
SPEAKER
to answer using the speaker-
phone.
Press
TALK
to answer if the handset is off the
base, or if the handset is on the base, lift it
(and press
TALK
if Auto Talk is off).
You can also pick up any phone on the same
line. The TAD stops recording and resets to
answer the next call.
Press
VOL
8
8
8
8
or
9
9
9
9
to adjust the volume lev-
el of call screening. If you do not want to lis-
ten to calls, repeatedly press
VOL
9
9
9
9
until
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appears.
Note: Even if you turn the volume to 0 for call
screening, you can still listen to incoming
message playback at the original volume lev-
el.
RECORDING INCOMING
MESSAGES
After the TAD answers a call, it plays the out-
going message, beeps, then records the call-
er’s message. Each incoming message can
be up to 1 or 4 minutes long, depending on
how you set the recording time (“Setting the
Record Time” on Page 24). The TAD’s maxi-
mum recording capacity is a total of 20 min-
utes (or 59 messages) for all three mail
boxes combined.
The TAD stops recording and resets to an-
swer the next call when:
• The caller hangs up.
• The maximum message length is
reached.
• The TAD detects a busy signal or more
than 7 seconds of silence.
• You pick up the TAD’s handset or any
phone on the same phone line.
Note: When the TAD’s message memory is
full,
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appears and the TAD announces “No
remaining time” when you try to operate it.
USING THE MAIL BOXES
You can record messages from specific call-
ers in a designated mail box: for example,
when you are away from your home, you
might want to record your message sepa-
rately from other messages.
While the caller is hearing the outgoing mes-
sage, press
∗
and the desired mail box num-
ber — for example, press
∗
,
3
to record the
message in mail box 3. The TAD announces
“Mail box 3” and is ready to record the mes-
sage.
Unless specified as above, the incoming
messages are recorded in mail box 1. You
might want to include this information in your
outgoing message.
For example: “To leave a message for Jack,
press star one now. To leave a message for
Jill press star two now. To leave a message
for Tom, press star three now.”
