Radio Shack TAD-733 User manual

Cat. No. 43-733
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
TAD-733
900 MHz Digital Spread Spectrum
Cordless Telephone and
Answering System
with Headset Jack
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© 1999 Tandy Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
RadioShack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.
FEATURES
Your RadioShack TAD-733 900 MHz
Digital Spread Spectrum Cordless Tele-
phone and Answering System uses ad-
vanced cordless telephone technology
to give you superior audio quality. Its
cordless operation lets you move freely
around your home or office.
The TAD-733 stores 12-minutes of mes-
sages on a computer chip. This gives
you better performance than 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.
You can operate the TAD-733 remotely
from a touch-tone phone, even if it is not
turned on.
TAD FEATURES
Date/Time Stamp — records the day
and time each message was recorded.
Two User Mailboxes and a Message
Center — stores messages, each up to
60 seconds long (for a total of up to 12
minutes or 62 messages) in one of the
user mailboxes or in the general mes-
sage center.
Pre-Recorded Message — gives you
the option of using the TAD-733’s exist-
ing outgoing message or recording your
own (up to 60 seconds long).
Announce-Only — lets you play an an-
nouncement for callers to hear, without
recording their messages.
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.
Remote Answer-On — lets you turn on
the TAD from a remote location even
when it is not set to answer calls.
Programmable Remote Operation Se-
curity Code — you can set a two-digit
security code for remote operation.
Call Screening — lets you listen as a
caller leaves a message so you can de-
cide whether or not to answer the call.
Memo Recording — lets you leave
messages for yourself or others in your
home or office.
Adjustable Ring Number — lets you
set the TAD to answer after four or sev-
en rings.
Toll-Saver — lets you avoid unneces-
sary long-distance charges when you
call by long distance to check your mes-
sages.
Phone Pick-Up Detection — stops re-
cording when you pick up any phone on
the same line as the TAD.
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TELEPHONE FEATURES
900 MHz Operation — provides better
sound and less interference than many
other cordless phones.
Digital Spread Spectrum — provides
the longest range and the utmost in se-
curity. Frequencies are constantly
changing across the entire 900 MHz
band, making it difficult for anyone to
monitor your calls on scanners.
20 Channels — scans the frequency
pairs used between the base and the
handset and automatically selects a
clear channel each time you make or re-
ceive a call.
20-Number Memory Dialing — lets
you store up to 20 phone numbers in
memory for easy dialing.
Any-Key Answer — lets you press any
key on the handset to answer an incom-
ing call.
Security Access-Protection Code —
helps prevent other cordless phones
from using your phone line while the
handset is off the base.
Page —lets you send a paging signal
from the base to the handset to page
someone or locate the handset when it
is away from the base.
Headset Jack — lets you connect an
optional headset (available at your local
RadioShack store) for hands-free con-
venience.
Hearing Aid Compatible — lets you
use this telephone with hearing aids that
have a T (telephone) switch.
This telephone device has been tested
and found to comply with all applicable
UL and FCC standards.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or
shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain
or moisture.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
DO NOT OPEN.
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICE-
ABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING
TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
This symbol is intended to alert
you to the presence of uninsu-
lated dangerous voltage within
the product’s enclosure that might
be of sufficient magnitude to con-
stitute 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 accom-
panying this product.
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Important: Cordless phones such as
this one require AC power to operate.
When AC power is off, you cannot dial
out or receive incoming calls using your
TAD-733. For this reason, the TAD-733
should not be your only telephone. To
be safe, you should also have a phone
that does not require AC power to oper-
ate (not a cordless phone) so you can
still make and receive calls if there is an
AC power failure.
READ THIS BEFORE
INSTALLATION
Your TAD-733 conforms to federal regu-
lations, and you can connect it to most
telephone lines. However, each device
you connect to the telephone line draws
power from the telephone line. We refer
to this power draw as the device’s
ringer
equivalence number
, or REN. The REN
is on the label on the back of the base.
If you are using more than one phone or
other device on the line, add up all the
RENs. If the total is more than five (three
in rural areas), your phone might not
ring and your answering system might
not answer. If ringer operation is im-
paired, remove a device from the line.
FCC STATEMENT
Your TAD-733 complies with Part 68 of
FCC Rules . You must, upon request,
provide the FCC Registration Number
and the REN to your phone company.
These numbers are on the label on the
back of the base.
You must not connect your phone to any
of the following:
• coin-operated systems
• party-line systems
• most electronic key phone systems
Note: Your telephone operates on stan-
dard radio frequencies, as allocated by
the FCC. Even though the security
access-protection code prevents unau-
thorized use of your phone line, it is pos-
sible for other radio units operating on
similar frequencies within a certain area
to unintentionally intercept your conver-
sations and/or cause interference. This
lack of privacy can occur with any cord-
less phone.
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CONTENTS
Preparation .............................................................................................................. 7
Selecting a Location ........................................................................................... 7
Installing the Handset’s Antenna ........................................................................ 7
Installing the Phone ............................................................................................ 7
On a Desk Top ............................................................................................. 7
On a Wall Plate ............................................................................................ 8
Connecting and Charging the Handset Battery Pack ......................................... 9
Setting the Dialing Mode and Ringers .............................................................. 11
Dialing Mode .............................................................................................. 11
Ringers ...................................................................................................... 11
Number of Rings ........................................................................................ 12
Setting The Ringer’s Volume ..................................................................... 12
Checking/Setting the Ringer Tone ............................................................. 12
Setting the Day and Time ................................................................................. 12
With the Handset ....................................................................................... 12
With the Base ............................................................................................ 13
Telephone Operation ............................................................................................ 14
Making and Receiving a Call ............................................................................ 14
Setting the Handset’s Volume .......................................................................... 14
Using Redial ..................................................................................................... 14
Using Flash ...................................................................................................... 15
Using Mute ....................................................................................................... 15
Using Tone Services on a Pulse Line ............................................................... 15
Using Page ....................................................................................................... 16
Memory Dialing ................................................................................................ 16
Storing a Number in Memory ..................................................................... 16
Entering a Pause ....................................................................................... 17
Dialing a Stored Number ........................................................................... 17
Chain-Dialing Service Numbers ................................................................. 17
Testing Stored Emergency Numbers ......................................................... 17
Using an Optional Headset .............................................................................. 17
Removing the Belt Clip ..................................................................................... 18
TAD Operation ....................................................................................................... 19
Setting the TAD to Answer Calls ...................................................................... 19
Using the Mailboxes ......................................................................................... 19
Recording an Outgoing Message ..................................................................... 19
Deleting an Outgoing Message ........................................................................ 20
Screening Calls ................................................................................................ 20
Adjusting the TAD’s Volume ............................................................................. 21
Recording Incoming Messages ........................................................................ 21
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Recording a Memo ........................................................................................... 21
Playing Messages ............................................................................................ 22
Deleting Messages ........................................................................................... 22
Changing the Remote Operation Security Code .............................................. 23
Remote Operation ................................................................................................. 24
Using Toll-Saver ............................................................................................... 24
Using Remote
Answer-On .............................................................................................................. 24
Using Remote Commands ............................................................................... 24
Remote Commands ................................................................................... 25
Troubleshooting .................................................................................................... 26
Care and Maintenance .......................................................................................... 27
Replacing the Battery Pack .............................................................................. 28
The FCC Wants You to Know ........................................................................... 29
Lightning ........................................................................................................... 29
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PREPARATION
SELECTING A LOCATION
You can place the phone on a desk top
or table, or mount it on a standard wall
plate. Select a location that is:
• near an accessible AC outlet
• near a 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
The base’s location affects the phone’s
range. If you have a choice of several lo-
cations, try each to see which provides
the best performance.
Cautions:
You must use a Class 2
power source that supplies
9V DC and delivers at least
800 mA. Its center tip must be set to
positive and its plug must fit the
TAD-733's
DC 9V jack. The supplied
adapter meets these specifications.
Using an adapter that does not meet
these specifications could damage
the TAD-733 or the adapter.
• Always connect the AC adapter to
the TAD-733 before you connect it
to AC power. When you finish, dis-
connect the adapter from AC power
before you disconnect it from the
TAD-733.
INSTALLING
THE
HANDSET’S
ANTENNA
Screw the antenna into
the hole at the top of the
handset.
INSTALLING THE PHONE
On a Desk Top
1. Remove the mounting bracket by
holding in both tabs and gently pull-
ing out the wide end of the bracket.
2. Plug one end of the supplied long
modular cord into the telephone jack
on the back of the base.
3. Plug the modular cord’s other end
into a modular phone line jack.
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4. Insert the supplied AC adapter’s
barrel plug into the DC 9V jack on
the back of the base.
5. Route the adapter’s cord through
the strain relief slot on the back of
the base.
6. Insert the tabs on the narrow end of
the bracket into the inner pair of
slots near the bottom of the base
and snap the tabs at the wide end of
the bracket into place.
Strain
Relief
Slot
7. Plug the adapter into a standard AC
outlet. The TAD-733 beeps and 00
appears.
8. Raise the base’s antenna to a verti-
cal position.
On a Wall Plate
1. Follow Steps 1–4 under “On a Desk
Top” on Page 7.
2. Route the modular cord through the
left groove on the bottom of the
base and the adapter cord through
the groove below the strain relief
slot.
3. Route the end of the modular cord
through the hole in the bracket, and
insert the tabs on the narrow end of
the bracket into the inner pair of
slots near the top of the base.
Strain
Relief
Slot
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4. Snap the tabs at the wide end of the
bracket into place.
5. Plug the modular cord into the wall
plate jack. Align the base’s keyhole
slots with the wall plate studs and
slide the base downward to secure
it.
6. Plug the AC adapter into a standard
AC outlet. The TAD-733 beeps and
00 appears.
7. Raise the base’s antenna to a verti-
cal position.
CONNECTING AND
CHARGING THE
HANDSET BATTERY
PACK
The TAD-733 comes with a recharge-
able nickel-cadmium battery pack in the
handset but not connected. Before using
your phone, you must connect the bat-
tery pack and then charge it for about 15
hours.
1. Press down and slide off the battery
compartment cover.
2. Lift the battery pack out of the com-
partment, and plug its connector into
the socket inside the compartment.
The connector fits only one way.
3. Put the battery pack in the compart-
ment and replace the cover.
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4. To charge the battery pack, place
the handset on the base. The IN
USE indicator flashes for 1 second
and the CHARGE indicator auto-
matically lights after 4 seconds.
Recharge the battery pack when the
LOW BATT indicator on the handset
flashes.
Notes:
• You can place the handset on the
base facedown or faceup without re-
moving the belt clip. If you want to
use the hanging hole on the back of
the handset to place the handset on
the wall-mounted base faceup, re-
move the belt clip (see “Removing
the Belt Clip” on Page 18).
• If the CHARGE indicator does not
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 con-
tacts are dirty or tarnished, clean
them with a pencil eraser.
• When you first use the phone after
charging or recharging the battery
pack, the phone might not work and
you might hear 3 short beeps when
you press TALK. If this happens, re-
turn the handset to the base for about
5 seconds. This resets the security
access-protection code.
• About once a month, fully discharge
the battery pack by keeping the hand-
set off the base until the LOW BATT
indicator lights. Otherwise, the bat-
tery pack loses its ability to fully re-
charge.
• If the LOW BATT indicator does not
light, but the phone does not work, re-
charge the battery pack. (The battery
pack charge might be too low to light
the indicator.)
• If the battery pack becomes weak
during a call, you hear 3 beeps and
the LOW BATT indicator flashes. End
the call as soon as conveniently pos-
sible, and recharge the battery pack
before using the phone again.
CHARGE
Indicator
IN USE
Indicator
LOW BATT
Indicator
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