Radio Shack TAD-759 User Manual

Cat. No. 43-759

OWNER’S MANUAL

Please read before using this equipment.

A

TAD-759

Digital Answering System

with 13-Memory Telephone

FEATURES

Your RadioShack TAD-759 Digital An­swering System combines a high-quality
answering system with a multi-feature
telephone.

The TAD (telephone answering device)
stores all messages on a computer chip.
This gives you advanced capabilities
over tape-based answering machines.
For example, you can delete an individu­al message while saving the rest. Be­cause your TAD is fully digital, there are
no tapes to bother with and no tape
mechanisms to wear out.

The TAD-759’s 16-minute memory is
more than enough to me et most users’
needs. And you can operate the TAD­759 remotely from a touch-tone phone.
With an optional pocket tone dialer, you
can even use it from a rotary phone.

TAD Features

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.

Adjustable Ring Selection — lets you
set the TAD-759 to answer the tele­phone after four or seven rings.

Toll-Saver — lets you avoid unneces­sary charges when you call long­distance to check your messages.

Programmable Remote Operation
Security Code — lets you set your own

three-digit security code for remote op­eration.

Message Counter — shows the num­ber of messages.

DELETE — lets you quickly erase mes­sages one at a time or all at once.

Voice Time/Day Stamp — announces
the time and day that each message
was recorded.

Memo Recording — lets you leave
messages for yourself or others in your
home or office.

Call Screening — lets you listen to in­coming calls before you decide to an­swer.

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Memory Backup — protects stored
messages in case of a power failure.

Phone Pick-Up Detection — automati­cally stops the TAD if you answer a call
after the TAD answers.

Room Monitor — lets you listen from a
remote phone to the room where you in­stalled the TAD.

ANSWER Button — lets you set the
TAD to answer or not answer.

Telephone Features

Priority Memory Dialing — lets you

store three priority memory numbers
and call them with the touch of a button.

This TAD has been tested and certified
to comply with applicable UL and FCC
standards.

10 Indirect Memory Locations — let
you quickly dial frequently-called num­bers.

Tone/Pulse Dialing — lets you use ei­ther type of service, and you can easily
switch from pulse to tone dialing for
long-distance, bank-by-phone, or other
special services.

Redial — lets you quickly redial the last
number dialed.

Flash — sends an electronic switch­hook signal for use with special phone
services such as Call Waiting.

Privacy — prevents the person on the
phone from hearing your conversation
with someone in the room.

Ringer Volume Switch — lets you ad­just the ringer’s sound level.

Handset Volume Control — lets you
adjust the volume you hear during a call.

WARNING:

shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain
or moisture.

CAUTION:

ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICE­ABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING
TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.

!

To reduce the risk of fire or

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

DO NOT OPEN.

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

This symbol is intended to alert
you to the presence of uninsu­lated dangerous voltage within
the product’s enclosure that might
be of sufficient magnitude to con­stitute a risk of electric shock. Do
not open the product’s case.

This symbol is intended to inform
you that important operating and
maintenance instructions are
included in the literature accom­panying this product.

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Hearing-Aid Compatibility — lets you

use the phone with any hearing aid that
has a T (telephone) switch.

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READ THIS BEFORE
INSTALLATION

We have designed your TAD-759 to
conform to federal regulations, a nd you
can connect it to most telephone lines.
However, each device you connect to
the phone line draws power from the
line. This power draw is the device’s

ringer equivalence number

REN is on the bottom of the TAD.

, or REN. The

FCC STATEMENT

Your TAD complies with Part 68 of

. You must, upon request, provide

Rules

the FCC registration number and the
REN to your telephone company. Both
numbers are marked on the bottom of
the TAD.

Note: You must not connect the TAD to:

• coin-operated systems

FCC

If you use more than one telephone or
other device on the line, add up all of the
RENs. If the total is more than five, your
telephones might not ring. In rural area s,
a total REN of three might impair ringer
operation. If ringer operation is imp aired,
remove a device from the line.

• party-line systems

• electronic ke y telephone systems

Your TAD complies with the limits for a
Class B digital device as specified in
Part 15 of
vide reasonable protection against ra­dio and TV interference in a residential
area. However, your TAD might cause
TV or radio interference even when it is
operating properly. To eliminate interfer­ence, you can try one or more of the fol­lowing corrective measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving

• Increase the distance between the

• Use outlets on diffe rent electrical cir-

Consult your local RadioShack store if
the problem still exists.

FCC Rules

antenna of the radio or TV antenna.

TAD and the radio or TV.

cuits for the TAD and the radio or TV.

. These limits pro-

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CONTENTS

Preparation .......................................................................................................... 6

Installing a Backup Battery ............................................................................. 6

Mounting the TAD ........................................................................................... 6

On a Desk Top .......................................................................................... 7

On a Wall Plate or Wall ............................................................................ 7

Setting the Dialing Mode ........... ... ... ... .... ... ...................................................... 8

Setting the Day and Time ............ ... ... .......................................... .... ... ............ 9

Setting the Number of Rings ......................................................................... 10

Telephone Operation ......................................................................................... 11

Setting the Ringer’s Volume ............ ... .... ... .................................................... 11

Using Redial ................................................................................................. 11

Adjusting the Handset’s Volume ................................................................... 11

Using Flash ................................................................................................... 11

Using Privacy ................................................................................................ 12

Using Tone Services on a Pulse Line ........................................................... 12

Memory Dialing ............................................................................................. 12

Storing Numbers in Memory ................................................. .... ... .......... 12

Dialing a Stored Number ........................................................................ 13

Testing Stored Emergency Numbers ...................................................... 13

Chain-Dialing Special Service Numbers ................................................ 13

TAD Ope ra t ion ..................................... ... ........................................................... 14

Recording the Outgoing Message ................................................................ 14

Adjusting the TAD’s Volume .......................................................................... 14

Setting the TAD to Answer Calls ................................................................... 14

Recording Incoming Messages .................................................................... 15

Screening Calls ............................................................................................. 15

Playing Messages ........... ... ... .... ... ... .......................................... .................... 15

Deleting Messages ....................................................................................... 16

Recording a Memo ....................................................................................... 17

Changing the Remote Operation Security Code .......................................... 17

Remote Operation ............................................................................................. 18

Using Toll-Saver ............................................................................................ 18

Using Remote Commands ............................................................................ 18

Remote Commands ............................................................................... 19

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................ 20

Care and Maintenance ...................................................................................... 21

The FCC Wants You to Know ....................................................................... 22

Lightning ....................................................................................................... 22

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PREPARATION

INSTALLING A BACKUP
BATTERY

The TAD requires AC power to operate.
However, if AC power fails or you un­plug the TAD-759, a 9-volt battery (not
supplied) saves the messages, time and
day settings, memory numbers, and the
remote operation security code. We rec­ommend a RadioShack alkaline battery.

Note: The teleph one operates normally
during a power failure; however, the
TAD cannot answer and record incom­ing calls without AC power.

Follow these steps to install the battery.
Warning: If the TAD’s modular line cord

is connected to a phone line jack, dis­connect it before installing a battery.
This reduces the risk of electric shock.

Caution: Use only a fresh battery of the
required size and recommended type.

1. Use a flat-blade screwdriver to
unlatch the battery compartment
cover (as shown), then open the
cover.

Replace the battery when Lo appears
on the message counter. Be sure the
AC adapter’s cord is plugged in while
you replace the battery, so you do not
lose any stored information.

Cautions:

• Always remove an old or weak bat­tery. Batteries can leak chemicals
that can destroy electronic parts.

• Dispose of old batteries promptly
and properly. Do not burn or bury
them.

MOUNTING THE TAD

You can place the TAD-759 on a desk,
mount it on a standard wall plate, or
mount it directly on a wall. Select a loca­tion that is near both a modular tele­phone line jack and an AC outlet.

Notes:

• Your TAD-759 connects directly to a
modular telephone line jack. If your
telephone wiring does not have a
modular jack, you can update it
yourself using jacks and adapters
available at your local RadioShack
store, or have the telephone com­pany update it for you.

2. Snap the battery’s terminals to the
connector inside the compartment.

3. Close the cover and press down on
the latch to close it.

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• The USOC number of the jack to be
installed is RJ11C (or RJ11W for a
wall plate jack).

Caution: The supplied AC adapter was
designed specifically for your TAD-759.
Use only the supplied adapter.

On a Desk Top

1. Plug one end of the supplied long
modular cord into the

TEL. LINE

on the back of the base.

TEL. LINE Jack

2. Plug the cord’s other end into a
modular phone line jack.

3. Plug one end of the supplied coiled
handset cord into the jack at the left
side of the base. Plug the other end
into the handset’s jack.

jack

6. Plug the adapter into a standard AC
outlet.

When you first connect power,

_ _

flashes on the message counter as
the TAD runs a self-test. The TAD
beeps and

appears when the

00

test is complete.

On a Wall Plate or Wall

Note: To mount the base directly on the

wall, you need two screws (not supplied)
with heads that fit into the keyhole slots
on the bot tom of the bas e. Drill two holes

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3

/16 inches (100 mm) apart. Then thread a
screw into each hole, letting th e heads ex­tend about

1. Snap the supplied mounting bracket

3

/

inch (5 mm) from the wall.

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into the slots on the bottom of the
TAD as shown.

4. Place the handset on the base.

5. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s
barrel plug into the

AC 9V

jack on

the back of the base.

AC 9V Jack

Note: Be sure the keyhole slots on

the bracket and the TAD are aligned
in the same direction.

2. Plug one end of the supplied short
modular line cord into the

TEL. LINE

jack on the back of the TAD.

TEL. LINE Jack

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3. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s
barrel plug into the
back of the base.

AC 9V Jack

4.

To mount the phone on a wall plate,

plug the other end of the modular
cord into the wall plate jack. Then,
with the power cord hanging over
the bracket, align the TAD’s keyhole
slots with the wall plate studs and
slide the TAD downward to secure it.

AC 9V

jack on the

5. Slide the handset clip out of its
retaining slot, rotate it 180°, then
slide it back into its slot.

6. Plug one end of the supplied coiled
handset cord into the jack at the left
side of the base. Plug the other end
into the handset’s jack.

To mount the phone directly on a

with the power cord and the

wall,

modular cord hanging over the
bracket, align the TAD’s keyhole
slots with the screws and slide the
TAD downward to secure it.

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7. Place the handset on the base.

8. Plug the adapter into a standard AC
outlet.

When you first connect power,
flashes on the message counter as
the TAD runs a self-test. The TAD
beeps and
test is complete.

appears when the

00

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SETTING THE DIALING
MODE

Set

PULSE/TONE

you have. If you are not sure which ty pe
you have, follow these steps.

for the type of service