Radio Shack TAD-794 User Manual

Cat. No. 43-794

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OWNER’S MANUAL

Please read before using this equipment.

TAD -794

900 MHz Caller ID/Call Waiting ID

Cordless Phone

with Digital Answering System

WARNING

: To reduce the r isk of
fire or shock hazard, do not ex­pose this product to rain or mois­ture.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

CAUTION

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

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DO NOT OPEN.

: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

This symbol is intended to alert you to
the presen ce of uninsula ted danger­ous voltage wi th in the pr oduct’s enclo­sure that might be of sufficient
magnitude t o con stitut e a ris k of elec ­tric shock. D o not open the prod uct’s
case.

This symbol is in tende d to infor m you
that importa nt operating and mai nte­nance in structi ons ar e in cluded i n the
literature accompanying this product.

COM-LOK and RadioShack are re

Important:

this one require AC power to operate.
When the AC power is off, you cannot
dial out or receive incomi ng calls usin

also have a phone tha t does not need
AC power to operate (not a cordless

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phone) so you can still make and re­ceive calls if there is an AC power fail­ure.

Cordless phones such as

our TAD-794. To be safe, you should

Important Caller ID Information

To use the TAD-794’s Caller ID and Call
Waiting with Caller ID features, you
must be in an area where those services
are available and you must subscribe to
those services through your local phone
company.

Where Caller ID is off ered , on e or m ore
options are generally available:

• caller’s number onl

• caller’s name onl

• caller’s name and number

We recommend you record the TAD’s
serial number here. The nu mber is on
the bottom of the base.

Serial Number: __________________

© 1998 Tandy Corporation.

hts Reserved.

All Ri

istered trademarks used by Tan dy Corporation.

FEATURES

Your RadioShack TAD-794 900 MHz
Caller ID/Call Waiting ID Cordless
Phone combines a 900 MHz cordless
telephone with a Caller ID unit and a dig­ital TAD (Telephone Answering Device).

The TAD-794’s telephone uses ad­vanced analog technology to give you
superior audio quality, while its cordless
operation lets you move freely around

our home or office.

The TAD-794’s Caller ID unit records
each caller’s telephone number (and
name, if available in your area) and the
day and time o f t he call, as pr ovid ed b

our local phone company to Caller ID
service subscribers. And, if you have
Call Waiting with Caller ID, the TAD-794
shows you the incoming caller informa­tion, even when you are already on the
phone.

The TAD stores up to 15 minutes of
messages on a computer chip and
records the day and time each message
was recorded. This gives you advanced
capabilities over tape-based answerin
machines. For exam ple, you can delete
individual messages and save th e rest.
Because your TAD is fully digital, there
are no tapes to b other w ith and no tape
mechanisms to wear out.

And, the remo te operation feature lets

ou operate your TAD from a touch-tone
phone (or a rotary phone and pocket
tone dialer).

Telephone Features

900 MHz Operation

range and less interference t han man
other cordless phones.

Caller ID Memory

Caller ID records.

Call Waiting ID

794 to display Caller ID information
about an incoming call when you are on
the phone (if you subscribe to this ser­vice from your local phone company).

Headset Jack

optional headset (available at your local
RadioShack store) for hands-free con­venien ce.

Easy-to-Read Liquid Crystal Display

— lets you see w ho is trying to reach

ou before you answer the phone.

20 Number Memory Dialing

store up to 20 numbers in memory for
easy dialing.

Handset Volume Control

adjust the volume of the sound you hear
through the handset.

Ample Talk and Standby T ime

supplied battery (when fully charged)
provides about 7 hours of talk tim e or 7
days of standby time.

40 Channels

clear channel every time you make or
receive a call. You can also manuall
change channels during a call.

— provides longer

— stores u p to 30

— you can set the TAD-

— lets you connec t an

— lets you

— lets you

— the

— the TAD-794 finds a

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Noise-Reduct ion Circuit ry — pr ovides

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sound clarity comparable to that of a
corded phone.

Security Access-Protection Code —
helps prevent other cordles s phone us­ers from using your phone line while the
handset is off the base.

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COM-LOK

less phone users cannot use your phone
line when the handset is on the base.

Autotalk — lets you set the handset so
lifting the handset from the base.

Programmab le Hands et Rin ger — lets
settings for the handset’s ringer.
Redial — lets you quickly redial the last

number dialed.
Page — lets you send a signal from the

base to the handset to page someone or
locate the handset if you have mis­placed it.

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

Tone/P ulse Di alin g — lets you use ei-
ther type of service, and you can easil
switch from pulse to tone dialing for spe­cial services such a s bank-by-phone.

Hearing-Aid Comp atibility — lets you
use your phone with hear ing aids that
have a T (telephone) switch.

— ensures that other cord-

ou can make or answer a call by simpl

ou select from four tone and volume

TAD Features

Ample Recording Time — you can

record up to 15 minutes of messages.

Adjustable Maximum Message
Length — you can set the TAD-794 to

record messages of up to 1 or 4 min­utes.

Date/Time Stamp — records the da
and time each message was recorded.

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.

Digital Volume Control — lets you pre-
cisely adjust the message playback vol­ume.

Prerecorded Messages — give you the
option of using one of two existing out-

oing messages or you can record your

own message (up to 30 seconds long).
Announce-Only — lets you play an an-

nouncement for callers to hear, without
record ing their messages

Message Counter — sho ws the num­ber of messages the TAD has recorded.

Programmable PIN — you can set your
own two-digit personal identification
number (PIN) for secure remo te opera­tion.

Two-Way Recording — lets you record
both sides of your phone conversation.

Remote Answ er-O n — l ets you turn on
the TAD from a remote location even
when it is not set to answer calls.

Call Screening — lets you listen as a
caller leaves a message so you can de­cide whether or not to answer the call.

Memo Recording — lets you record a
message at the TAD, without ha ving to
call in by phone.

Adjustable Ring Number — lets you
set the TAD to answer after three or five
rings.

Toll-Saver — lets you avoid unneces-
sary charges when you call by lon
distance to check your messages.

Phone Pick-U p Detection — stops re­cordi ng when you pick up any phone on
the same line as the TAD.

This telephone has been tested and
found to comply with all applicable UL
and FCC standards.

READ THIS BEFORE
INSTALLATION

Your TAD-794 conforms to federal regu­lations, and you can connect it to m ost
telephone lines. However, each dev ice
that you connect to the telephone line
draws power from the line. We refer to
this power draw as the device’s

equivalence number

is on the bottom of the base.

, or REN. The REN

ringer

If you are using more than one phone or
other device on the line, a dd up all the
RENs. If the total is more than five, your
phones might not ring. In rural ar eas, a
total REN of three might impair ringer
operation. If ringer operation is impaired,
remove a device from the line.

FCC STATEMENT

Your TAD-794 comp lies with P art 68 of

FCC Rules

provide the FCC registration number
and the REN to your phone company.
These numbers are on the bottom of the
base.

You must not connect your phone to an
of the following:

Note: Your telephone o pera tes on stan­dard radio frequen cies, as allocated b
the FCC. Even though the securit
access-protection co de prevents unau­thorized use of your phone line, it is pos­sible for other radio units operating on
similar frequencies within a certain area
to unintentionally intercept your conver­sations and/or cause interfer ence. This
lack of pr iv a cy can occur with any cord­less phone.

. You must, upon request,

• coin-operated systems

•party-line systems

• most electronic key phone systems

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CONTENTS

Installation ................. .............................................. .............................................. .. 8

Mounting the Phone ........................................... ................................................ 8

On a Desk Top ............................................................................................. 8

On a Wall Plate ......... ............ ........... ............ ........... ............ ........... ............ .. 9

Directly on the Wall .......................... .......................................................... 10

Connecting and Charging the Battery Pack .................. ................................... 12

Setting the Dialing Mode .................................... ........... ............ ........... ............ 13

Turning the Base’s Ringer On and Off .............................................................. 14

Setting the Handset Ringer’s Tone and Volume ............................................... 14

Setting the Number of Rings .............................. .............................................. 15

Setting the Day and Time .............................................. ................................... 15

Storing Your Area Code .......................... .......................................................... 16

Setting Caller ID with Call Waiting ................................. ................................... 16

Tur n i ng Autotalk On/Off .................................................................................... 17

Telephone Operation ............................................................................................ 18

Making Calls ..................................................................................................... 18

Answering Calls ................................................................................................ 18

Setting the Handset Volume ................... ............ ........... ............ ........... ............ 19

Changing the Channel ...................................................................................... 19

Using REDIAL .................................................................................................. 19

Using FLASH .................................................................................................... 20

Using Tone Services on a Pulse Line ........................................ ....................... 20

Using PAGE and FIND ..................................................................................... 20

Memory Dialing ................................................................................................. 21

Storing a Number and Name in Memory ................................................... 21

Editing or Deleting a Number in Memory ............................ ....................... 22

Entering a Pause ....................................................................................... 23

Dialing a Memory Number ......................................................................... 23

Chain-Dialing Service Numbers ................................................................. 23

Testing Stored Emergency Numbers ........... ........... ............ ........... ............ 23

Using a Headset ............................................................................................... 24

Caller ID Operation ............................................................................................... 25

Reviewing Caller ID Reco rds ............................................................................ 25

Caller ID Messages .......................... ............ ........... ............ ........... ............ 26

Dialing from a Caller ID Record ........................................................................ 27

Storing a Caller ID Record to Memory .............................................................. 27

Deleting Caller ID Reco rds ............................................................................... 27

TAD Operation ...................... ................................................................................. 28

Selecting the Outgoing Message ........................ ........... ............ ........... ............ 28

Recording/Deleting an Outgoing Message ................................ ....................... 28

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Setting the Record Time ................................................................................... 28

Setting the TAD to Answer Calls ...................................................................... 29

Screening Calls ........................ ........................................................................ 29

Recording Incoming Messages .............................................. .......................... 29

Recording a Memo ........................................................................................... 29

Recording a Conversation ................................................................................ 30

Playing Messages ............................... .......................................................... ... 30

Adjusting the TAD’s Volume ............................................................................. 31

Deleting Messages .............................. ....................... ....................... ............... 31

Setting the Remote Operation PIN ................................................................... 31

Remote Operation ............................................................................................ 32

Using Toll-Saver ............................................................................................... 32

Using Remote Commands ............................................................................... 32

Troubleshooting ................ ............ ........... ....................... ............ ........... ............ ... 34

Care and Maintenance .......................................................................................... 36

Replacing the Battery Pack .............................................................................. 37

The FCC Wants You to Know ........................................................................... 38

Lightning ................................... ....................... ....................... ....................... ... 38

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INSTALLATION

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Strain

Relief

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Tabs

Lower

Lower Clip Slots

Tab Slots

MOUNTING THE PHONE

You can place the TAD-794’s base on a
desk or table, mount it on a stan dard
wall plate, or mount it directly on a wall.
Choose a location that is:

• near an AC outlet

• near a modular telephone line jack

• out of the way of normal activities

•away from electrical machinery,
electrical appliances, metal walls or
filing cabinets, wireless intercoms,
alarms, and room monitors

•away from other cordless phones

The base’s location affects the p hone’s
range. If you have a choice of several lo­catio ns, t ry each to see which provides
the best performance.

Caution:

adapter was designed specifically for
adapter.

Notes:

The supplied RadioShack

our TAD-794. Use only the supplied

• Your telephone connects directly to
a modular telephone line jack. If

our phone line jack is not a modu-

lar j ack, you can update the wir in

ourself, using jacks and adapters
available at your local RadioShack
store. Or, you can let the phone
company update the wiring for you.

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

On a Desk Top

1. Insert the bracket’s tabs into the
base’s upper tab slots as shown,
then press down on the bracket’s
clips and insert them into the u pper
clip slots.

Clips

Upper Tab Slots

2. Route the supplied long modular
cord through the strain relief slot on
the side of the bracket, then plug the
cord into the
back of the base.

Strain
Relief
Slot

3. Plug the modu lar cord’s other end
into a modular telephone line jack.

TEL LINE

Upper
Clip Slots

jack on the

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

5. Route the adapter’s cord through
the strain reli ef slot on the bottom of
the bracket.

6. Plug the adapter into a standard AC
outlet.

7. Lift the b ase’s antenna to a vertical
position.

DC IN 9V

jack on

On a Wall Plate

1. Insert the bracket’s tabs into the
base’s lower tab slots as shown,
then press down on the bracket’s
clips and insert them into th e lower
clip slots.

Lower
Tab Slots

Tabs

Lower Clip Slots

2. Plug one end of the supplied short
modular cor d into the
on the back of the base.

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

TEL LINE

DC IN 9V

jack.

jack

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4. Route the adapter cor d through the
narrow groove on the bracket.

Narrow
Groove

5. Plug the modular cord’s other end
into the wall plate jack, then align
the bracket’s keyhole slots with the
wall plate studs a nd slide the b ase
downward to secure it.

6. Plug the adapter into a standard AC
outlet.

7. Press an d lift o ut the handset hol d­er, flip it over as shown, then snap it
back into place so it holds the hand­set.

8. Lift the base ’s antenna to a vertical
position.

Directly on the Wall

For this mounting method, you need two
screws (not supplied) with heads that fit
into the keyhole slots on the bottom of
the base.

1. Drill two holes 315/
inches (100 mm)
apart. T hen thread a
screw into each hole,
letting the heads ex­tend about 5/
mm) from the wall.

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/16"

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2. Insert the bracket’s tabs into the
base’s lower tab slots as shown,
then press down on the bracket’s
clips and in sert them into th e lo wer
clip slots.

3. Plug one end of the supp lied lon
modular cord into the
on the back of the base.

/16"

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

TEL LINE

DC IN 9V

jack.

5. Route the modular and adapter’s
cords through the grooves on the
bracket as shown.

6. Align the bracket’s keyhole slots
with the mounting screws and slide
the base downward to secure it.

jack

7. Plug the modular cord’s other end
into a modular telephone line jack.

8. Plug the adapter into a standard AC
outlet.

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9. Press and lift out the handset hold-

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er, flip it over as shown, then snap it
back into place so it holds the hand­set.

10. Lift the base’s an tenna to a vertic al
position.

CONNECTING AND
CHARGING TH E BATTERY
PACK

The TAD-794 comes with a recharge­able nickel-cadmium batte ry pack in the
handset but not connected. Before usin

our phone, you must connect the bat­tery pack and then charge it for about 14
hours.

1. Press down and slide off the batter
pack compartment cover.

2. Unfasten the plastic retainer strap
and lift the battery pack out of the
compartment. Plug the batter
pack’s connector into the s ocket in

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the compartment. The connector fits
only one way.

3. Put the bat tery pack in the compart­ment and fasten the retainer strap.

4. Replace the cover.

5. To charge the battery pack, simpl
place the handset on the base, fac­ing either up or down. The CHARGE
indicator on the base lights.

Recharge the battery pack when

RECHARGENOW

es on the handset display.

appears and flash-

Notes:

• When you first use the phone after
charging or recharging the batter
pack, the phone might not work and

ou might hear a five-beep error sig­nal when you press
happens, return the hands et to the
base for about 5 seconds. This re­sets the security access-protection
code .

• If the CHAR GE indicator does no t
light when you place the handset on
the base, be sure the battery pack
and AC adapter are correctly and
securely connected.

Also, check the charging contacts
on the handset and base. If the con­tacts are dirty or tarnished, clean
them with a pencil eraser.

• About once a month, fully discharge
the battery by keeping the handset
off the base until
appears and flashes on the dis­play. Otherwise, the battery pack
loses its ability to fully recharge.

• If the battery pack becomes weak
during a call, the handset beeps ev­ery four seconds, and

NOW

appears and flashes on the

TAL K

. If this

RECHARGE NOW

RECHARGE

display. If this happens, you must re­charge the battery pack before you
can make ano ther call.

• If the battery pack is completely dis­charged or the base loses power
while the handset is away from it,
place the handset on the base to re­set the security access-protection
code. If it was the handset that lost
power, recharge the battery pack.

• The supplied battery pack should
last for about a year. When it loses
its ability to fully recharge, order a
replacement battery pack from your
local RadioShack store (see “Re­placing the Battery Pack” on
Page 37).

SETTING THE DIALING
MODE

DIAL MODE

Set
for the type of service you have. If you
are not sure which type you have, after

ou charge the handset battery pack, do

this simple test.

1. Set

on the back of the ba se

DIAL MODE

to T (tone).

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TAL K

2. Press
ten for a dial tone.

3. Press any number other than 0.

Note:

that you dial an access code ( 9, for
example) before you dial an outside
number, do not press the access
code number either.

If the dial tone stops, you have
touch-tone service. Leave

MODE

If the dial tone continues , you have
pulse service. Set
(pulse).

4. Press
the base to hang up.

on the handset a nd lis-

If your phone system requires

set to T.

DIAL MODE

TALK

or place the handset on

DIAL

to

TURNING THE BASE’S
RINGER ON AND OFF

To turn off the base’s ringer, set
on the back of the base to
still make or receive calls using this
phone, and telephones on the same line
and the TAD’s hands et (when it is aw a
from the base) still ring when there is an
incoming call.

OFF

RINGER

. You can

To turn on the base’s ringer, set
to ON.

SETTING THE HANDSET
RINGER’S TONE AND
VOLUME

Follow these steps to set the handset
ringer’s tone and volume.

1. Lift the handset. If appears,

P

TAL K

press

VOLUME

2. Press
plays and sounds the current r inger
tone and volume.

3. Repeatedly press
hear the desired ringer tone and vol­ume. Eac h time you press
the ringer setting changes in the fol­lowing order:

Ring Type A High
Ring Type A Low
Ring Type B High
Ring Type B Low

talk

to turn it off.

. The phone dis-

VOLUME

RINGER

until you

VOLUME

SETTING THE NUMBER
OF RINGS

RING TIME

Set

3, 5

waits before it answers a ca ll (3 rings, 5
rings, or toll-saver).

Note:

es by long distance, set
toll-saver (see “Using Toll-Saver” on
Page32).

on the side of the base to

T/S

, or

to select how long the TAD

If you plan to check your messag-

RING TIME

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 m essage.

Note:

If you wait more than 15 se conds
between each key press, the T AD exits
the time setting process. Start again at
Step 1.

,

1. Hold down
beeps. The TAD announces the cur­rently set day and displays the day’s

CLOCK

until the TAD

number (0 for Sunday, 1 for Mon­day, and so on).

2. To change the day of the week, re­peatedly press
ward or

to

3. Press
the hour. To change the hour, re­peatedly press

4. Press
the minutes. To change the minutes,
repeatedly press

5. Press
“AM” or “PM,” and A or P appears.
Press
this setting.

6. Press
the day and time.

Notes:

If the TAD los es AC power, its
clock will keep the correct time for about
one hour.

SKIP

REPEAT

to move backward.

CLOCK

. The TAD announces

SKIP

CLOCK

. The TAD announces

SKIP

CLOCK

. The TAD announces

SKIP

REPEAT

or

CLOCK

. The TAD announces

to move for-

REPEAT

or

REPEAT

or

to change

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