- RadioShack Multi-User Digital Telephone Owner's Manual
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USING THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT-ONLY 
FEATURE
With the announcement-only feature
turned on, you can leave an initial
phone answering message and a
menu of five additional messages for
callers to hear. Callers cannot leave
messages, but they can select the an-
nouncements they want to hear. Each
announcement can be up to either 1 or
3 minutes (see “Setting the Message
Length”).
Note:
 When the TAD is set for an-
nouncement-only, you cannot set it to
record calls using the remote com-
mands as described in “Remote An-
swer-On.”
Follow these steps to record the an-
nouncements.
1. Press 
ANNOUNCE
. 
AO
 appears on
the display.
2. Press 
OGM 
and 
1
 (for Announce-
ment 1) at the same time until the
answer indicator flashes.
3. Speak the announcement in a
strong voice about 12 inches from
the TAD.
4. Press 
ON/OFF
 when you finish
speaking. The TAD plays back the
announcement. 
5. Repeat Steps 2-4 to record up to
five other announcements, enter-
ing the number of the announce-
ment in Step 2.
The announcement-only feature is au-
tomatically turned on.
When the announcement-only feature
is turned on and the TAD answers a
call, Announcement 1 plays. When the
TAD finishes playing Announcement
1, the caller can press 
1
 to hear An-
nouncement 1 again or 
2
 through 
6
 to
listen to Announcements 2 through 6.
If the caller does not press a button
within 7 seconds, the TAD hangs up.
Note:
 If only Announcement 1 is re-
corded, the TAD plays it and hangs up.
To turn off the announcement-only fea-
ture, press 
ANNOUNCE
. 
AO
 disap-
pears from the display. 
To turn back on the announcement-
only feature, press 
ANNOUNCE
. 
AO
appears on the display.
Checking the 
Announcements
1. Press 
ANNOUNCE
. 
AO
 appears on
the display.
2. Press 
OGM
. 
3. Within 2 seconds, use the number
keys to enter the announcement
number. The TAD plays back the
announcement. If no announce-
ment is recorded, the TAD beeps
three times.
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