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Radio Shack 43-798 Owner's Manual
Summary of 43-798
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Cat. No. 43-798 owner’s manual please read before using this equipment. Tad-798 digital telephone answering system with call breakthrough 43-798.Fm page 1 monday, august 16, 1999 9:33 am.
Page 2: Features
2 features your radioshack tad-798 digital tele- phone answering system is a high- quality telephone answering device (tad) that you can also control remote- ly from any touch-tone phone. With an optional pocket tone dialer, you can even use it from a rotary phone. The tad-798 stores messages on a c...
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3 remote operation — lets you use a touch-tone phone (or rotary phone and pocket tone dialer) to operate the tad while you are away from your home or office. Phone pick-up detection — stops re- cording when you pick up any phone on the same line as the tad. Call screening — lets you listen as a call...
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4 read this before in- stallation your tad conforms to federal regula- tions, and you can connect it to most telephone lines. However, each device you connect to the phone line draws power from the phone line. We refer to this power draw is the device’s ringer equivalence number, or ren. The ren is ...
Page 5: Contents
5 contents preparation ...................................................................................................... 6 connecting the tad ................................................................................... 6 installing a backup battery ..........................................
Page 6: Preparation
6 select a location for the tad that is near both a telephone jack and an ac outlet, and is not in the way of normal activities. Connecting the tad notes: • your tad connects directly to a modular phone line jack. If your phone line jack is not modular, you can update it yourself, using jacks and ad...
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7 installing a backup battery if the ac power fails or you unplug the tad, a 9v backup battery (not supplied) saves the messages, time and day set- tings, and the cbt and remote opera- tion security codes. We recommend you use an alkaline battery, such as ra- dioshack cat. No. 23-553. Caution: alway...
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8 setting the day and time when you set the tad-798’s clock, the tad records the day and time each memo and message is recorded. Notes: • to avoid losing the day and time settings if ac power is lost, we rec- ommend you install a backup bat- tery before you set the day and time (see “installing a ba...
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9 setting the number of rings set the ring select switch on the right side of the tad to 2 , 4 , 7 , or ts to set how long the tad waits before it an- swers a call (2 rings, 4 rings, 7 rings, or toll-saver). If you plan to check your messages by long distance, set the ring select switch to ts (see “...
Page 10: Basic Operation
10 basic operation recording the outgoing messages before the tad can answer calls and record messages, you must record an outgoing message (ogm). The tad- 798 lets you record two separate mes- sages, and it operates differently based on the message you select (see “using the announce-only feature” ...
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11 if no outgoing message is recorded when you press ogm 1 or ogm 2 , the tad announces “you have no an- nouncement one” (or “two”) and sounds four beeps. Setting the tad to answer calls to set the tad to answer or not answer calls, press answer . The tad an- nounces “answer on” (or “off”) and plays...
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12 recording incoming messages each incoming message can be up to 60 seconds long. At 55 seconds the tad beeps to notify the caller that time will soon be up. At 60 seconds it sounds one long and four short beeps, says “thank you for your call,” and hangs up. Additionally, the tad stops recording an...
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13 to replay a message while you are lis- tening to it, press repeat . The current message replays from the beginning. To return to a previous message, hold down repeat until the desired mes- sage number appears in the message counter window. Release repeat to play the selected message. To skip to t...
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14 2. Press stop when you finish the memo (or let the tad automatically stop recording after 60 seconds). The tad beeps once and resets to answer calls. The memo is stored with the incoming messages. To hear the memo, simply play back your messages. Recording a conversation you can record both sides...
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15 screening calls to screen calls, let the tad answer, then listen to the caller’s message through the tad’s speaker. To adjust the tad’s volume, slide volume to- ward + or – . If you do not want to take the call, sim- ply let the tad finish recording the call- er’s message. If you decide to answer...
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16 4. Repeatedly press skip or repeat to set the second digit, then press stop . The third digit appears. 5. Repeatedly press skip or repeat to set the third digit, then press stop . The tad sounds a long beep then announces and displays the new cbt code. Changing the remote operation security code ...
Page 17: Remote Operation
17 remote operation you can operate the tad from almost any touch-tone phone, or from a rotary phone using a pocket tone-dialer (avail- able at your local radioshack store). Toll-saver if the ring select switch is set to ts (toll- saver), the tad-798 answers after two rings if you have new messages....
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18 remote command list press: to: 00 set the tad to not answer calls. It beeps and says “answer off.” 01 set the tad to answer calls. It beeps, says “answer on” and plays ogm 1. If no ogm 1 is recorded, it beeps and says “you have no announcement one.” 02 set the tad to announce only. It beeps, says...
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19 after pressing 2 or 3 to play messages, you can: press to: 1 replay the previous mes- sage. 3 skip to the next message. 4 replay the current message. 5 delete the current message. 6 stop message playback. 43-798.Fm page 19 monday, august 16, 1999 9:33 am.
Page 20: Troubleshooting
20 troubleshooting we do not expect you to have any problems with your tad-798, but if you do, try these suggestions. If the tad still doesn’t operate properly, try resetting it (see “resetting the tad” on page 21) or take it to your local radioshack store for assistance. Problem remedy the incoming...
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21 resetting the tad if your tad stops working properly, re- set it by using a straightened paper clip to press reset on the back of the tad. Note: the outgoing messages and all information stored in memory are erased when you press reset . 43-798.Fm page 21 monday, august 16, 1999 9:33 am.
Page 22: Care and Maintenance
22 care and maintenance your radioshack tad-798 digital telephone answering system is an example of superior design and craftsmanship. The following suggestions will help you care for the tad so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the tad dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Liquids might cont...
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23 the fcc wants you to know in the unlikely event that your tad causes problems on the phone line, the phone company can temporarily discon- nect your service. If this happens, the phone company attempts to notify you in advance. If advance notice is not practical, the phone company notifies you as...
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Radioshack a division of tandy corporation fort worth, texas 76102 7a8n printed in china limited one-year warranty this product is warranted by radioshack against manufacturing defects in material and workman- ship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from radioshack company-o...