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ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION
SETTING THE TAD TO
ANSWER CALLS
You can select either 1 minute or 5
minutes as the maximum length of in-
coming messages by sliding the
IN-
COMING
switch to
1
or
5
minutes.
To set the TAD to answer calls, press
ON/OFF
, the TAD beeps twice and the
indicator turns on.
Note: You can also use a remote
phone to set the TAD to answer calls.
See “Remote Commands” on
Page 23.
To set the TAD to not answer calls,
turn it off by pressing
ON/OFF
so the
indicator turns off.
When the TAD answers a call, the out-
going announcement plays, then the
TAD beeps and begins recording.
The caller can leave a message of up
to 5 minutes in length depending on
the
INCOMING
setting. After the call is
over (when the caller hangs up or is
silent for more than 7 seconds, or the
maximum message length is
reached), the TAD hangs up and re-
sets to answer the next call. The MES-
SAGES indicator flashes to indicate
an incoming message.
Notes:
• When the TAD’s memory reaches
full capacity while a caller is leav-
ing a message, the TAD stops
recording, beeps, and says “Mem-
ory is full” before hanging up.
• If the TAD answers when the
memory is full, it announces the
memory is full, beeps twice, waits
10 seconds for any remote opera-
tion commands (see “Remote
Commands” on Page 23), then
hangs up. The TAD cannot record
additional messages until you
delete at least some of the old
ones (see “Deleting Messages” on
Page 20).
• Many local phone companies use
calling party control (CPC) to sig-
nal that the caller has hung up.
Your TAD can recognize a CPC
signal and release the line. If the
TAD records phone company
messages or dial tones, your local
phone company probably does
not use CPC.
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