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Note: If your message is less than
2 seconds long, the TAD does not
recognize it as a new message
and plays back the previous pre-
recorded message. Rerecord your
message and make sure it is
longer than 2 seconds.
4. Press
FLASH/REMOTE
so the
TALK/BATT LOW indicator turns
off.
To delete your personal message and
use the prerecorded messages again,
hold down
OGM REC/8
for about 2 sec-
onds until the TAD beeps. Then, within
2 seconds, press
STOP/7
.
SETTING THE TAD TO
ANSWER CALLS
To set the TAD to answer calls, press
ANSWER
on the base. The TAD plays
the outgoing message, then displays
the number of currently recorded mes-
sages if you set the TAD to announce
and record, or
A
if you set it to an-
nounce only.
You can also turn the TAD on and off
from the handset. Press
REMOTE
so
the TALK/BATT LOW indicator lights
green. When the TAD announces the
current outgoing message, press
AN-
SWER/6
, then press
FLASH/REMOTE
again.
Notes:
• If the incoming message memory
has less than 5 minutes left, the
TAD announces “Remaining time,
xx minute(s)” when you set the
TAD to answer calls (where xx is
the number of minutes).
• If the incoming message memory
is full (40 messages or less than 1
minute left), the TAD announces
“No remaining time for incoming
messages” and does not answer
calls.
To turn off the TAD, press
ANSWER/6
on the handset or
ANSWER
on the
base. The display goes blank and the
TAD sounds a long beep.
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, lift the
handset, press
TALK
, or pick up any
phone on the same phone line as the
TAD. The TAD stops recording and
resets to answer the next call.
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