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Answering System Operation
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Answering System Operation
USING THE MENU BUTTON
Use
MENU
on the base to select the various
function settings. Each time you press
MENU
, the TAD announces the function and
its current setting.
SETTING THE DAY AND
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. Press
MENU
twice. The TAD announces
“Time”, then the currently set time and
the day of the week.
2. Press
SET/RING
to enter the time setting
mode. The TAD announces the currently
set day and displays the day’s number
(
&&&&
for Sunday,
''''
for Monday, and so on).
3. Repeatedly press
SKIP
on the base to
move forward or
REPEAT
on the base to
move backward until the correct day
appears, then press
SET/RING
. The TAD
announces and displays the hour.
4. Repeatedly press
SKIP
or
REPEAT
until
the correct hour appears, then press
SET/RING
. The TAD announces and dis-
plays the minutes.
5. Repeatedly press
SKIP
or
REPEAT
until
the correct minutes appear, then press
SET/RING
. The TAD announces “AM” or
“PM,” and
7777
or
FFFF
appears.
6. Press
SKIP
or
REPEAT
to choose AM or
PM, then press
SET/RING
. The TAD
beeps and announces the day and time.
To check the day and time, press
MENU
twice. The TAD announces the currently set
day and time. Press
STOP
to exit the menu.
Note: If power fails, the clock retains the cur-
rent time. When the power is restored, it
starts counting again from the time the power
failed.
SETTING THE NUMBER OF
RINGS
You can select how long the TAD waits to
answer a call — 2, 4, or 6 rings, or toll-saver.
If you plan to check messages by long dis-
tance, set
RING TIME
to toll-saver (see “Us-
ing the Toll-Saver” on Page 27).
1. Press
MENU
five times. The TAD
announces “Ring time” followed by the
current setting. The display also shows
the current setting (
((((
,
****
,
,,,,
, or
j+
j+
j+
j+
toll-
saver).
2. Press
SET/RING
.
# of
Presses
Function
1
Outgoing Message
2
Clock Set
3
Security Code for Remote Oper-
ation
4
Ringer Volume
5
Number of Rings before the TAD
Answers
6
Recording Time for Incoming
Messages
7
Exit the menu setting mode.
