Radio Shack TAD-729 Owner's Manual

Cat. No. 43-729 OWNER’S MANUALPlease read before using this equipment.TAD-729900 MHz Digital Caller ID Call WaitingCordless Speakerphonewith Digital A

10Note: To mount the TAD directly on awall, you need two screws (not supplied)with heads that fit into the keyhole slotson the bottom of the base. Fol

11Recharge the battery pack when LowBattery flashes on the display.Important: Be sure the battery pack isproperly connected before you try tocharge it

121. Set DIAL MODE to T (tone).2. Lift the handset and listen for a dialtone.3. Press any number other than 0.Note: If your phone system requiresthat

13SETTING THE NUMBER OF RINGSSet RING TIME on the side of the base to3, 5, or T/S to select how long the TADwaits to answer a call (3 rings, 5 rings,o

14SETTING AUTO TALKYour phone is preset so you must pressTALK to answer a call. With auto talkturned on, you can answer a call by justlifting the hand

152. Press 3 (or twice) to select AreaCode.3. Press SELECT, then enter your 3-digit area code. If you make a mis-take, repeatedly press or tomove

16TELEPHONE OPERATIONNote: To use the speakerphone, youmust use the base keypad; to use thehandset, you must use the handset key-pad.MAKING AND RECEIV

17ADJUSTING THE HANDSET VOLUMETo adjust the volume you hear throughthe handset during a call, press to in-crease or to decrease the volume.The disp

18During the call, one person can hang upand let the call continue at the other key-pad. Or, both people can hang up to endthe call.Note: If you hear

193. When the service answers, pressTONE ( ) on the handset. Any addi-tional numbers you dial are sent astone signals.4. When you hang up, the phone a

2FEATURESYour RadioShack TAD-729 900 MHzDual Keypad Cordless SpeakerphoneDigital Answering System combines a900 MHz digital cordless telephone unitand

20To transfer a call from the handset to thebase, press INTCM. The call is placed onhold. When the person at the base an-swers, press TALK. The call i

21MEMORY DIALINGYou can store up to 20 numbers in thehandset’s memory and another 10 in thebase’s memory, then dial a stored num-ber by pressing a mem

22If you make a mistake, move thecursor over the error, then enter thecorrect character, or press DEL/CHto delete a character. To delete allthe charac

23EDITING OR DELETING A NUMBER IN THE HANDSET’S MEMORYFollow these steps to edit or delete amemory number.1. Lift the handset.2. Hold down MEM until M

24DIALING A MEMORY NUMBERTo dial a number stored in handset’smemory, lift the handset and press MEM.The list of memory location numbers ap-pears. Choo

25CALLER ID OPERATION (HANDSET ONLY)If you subscribe to Caller ID service fromyour phone company, the phone compa-ny sends information about the call,

26DIALING NUMBERS FROM A CALLER ID RECORDTo dial a local number stored in a CallerID record, recall the record, then pressTALK. If it is a long distan

27To delete all the records at once, pressCALL ID so the record totals appear,then press DEL/CH. Delete All? ap-pears, prompting you to confirm the de

28TAD OPERATIONSELECTING THE OUTGOING MESSAGEThe TAD has two prerecorded outgoingmessages. One asks the caller to leavea message: “Hello, no one is av

29SETTING THE TAD TO ANSWER CALLSTo set the TAD to answer calls, pressANSWER. If the TAD is set to record acaller’s message (see “Setting theRecord Ti

3TELEPHONE FEATURES30-Number Memory Dialing — lets youstore 30 numbers in memory (20 in thehandset, 10 in the base) for easy dialing.Dual Keypad — a f

30To record a memo, hold down MEMO onthe base until the TAD beeps and ––appears in the message counter win-dow, then speak your message. Whenyou finis

31ADJUSTING THE TAD’S VOLUMETo adjust the speaker’s volume, repeat-edly press VOL . or . on the base.The volume setting from 1 (lowest) to10 (highes

32REMOTE OPERATIONWhile you are away from your home oroffice, you can use a touch-tone phone,or a pulse (rotary) phone with a pockettone dialer (avail

33• The maximum length of a memorecorded by remote operation is 4minutes.To use a remote command, press # and(within 2 seconds) the number for thecomm

34TROUBLESHOOTINGWe do not expect you to have any problems with your TAD-729, but if you do, thesesuggestions might help.Problem SuggestionLow volume

35If you still have problems, disconnect the TAD-729. If other phones on the same linework properly, the fault is in this phone or its installation. I

36CARE AND MAINTENANCEYour RadioShack RadioShack TAD-729 900 MHz Dual Keypad Cordless Speaker-phone Digital Answering System is an example of superior

37REPLACING THE BATTERY PACKIf you follow the instructions in “Connect-ing and Charging the Battery Pack” onPage 10, the battery pack should lastabout

38THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOWIn the unlikely event that your phonecauses problems on the phone line, thephone company can temporarily discon-tinue your

39NOTES

4Wall Mountable — you can mount theTAD-729 on the wall to save space onyour desk top.TAD FEATURESDay/Time Stamp — records the dayand time each message

RadioShack CorporationFort Worth, Texas 76102UCZZ01629ZA09A00 Printed in ChinaLimited One-Year WarrantyThis product is warranted by RadioShack against

5READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLATIONWe have designed your phone to con-form to federal regulations, and you canconnect it to most telephone lines. How-ever,

6CONTENTSPreparation ... 8Mounting the Phon

7Caller ID Operation (Handset Only) ... 25Reviewing Caller ID Records ...

8PREPARATIONMOUNTING THE PHONEYou can place the TAD-729’s base on adesk or table, mount it on a standardwall plate, or mount it directly on a wall.Cho

9On a Wall Plate or Wall1. Insert the two tabs at the top of thenarrow end of the supplied bracketinto the base’s upper tab slots asshown, then press