TeleZapper TZ 900 - Gadget Box

TeleZapper TZ 900

• Helps automatically remove your phone number from telemarketing lists
• Covers all phones and answering machines on the same line
• Doesn’t interfere with normal calls and telephone functions
• Advanced 3-tone operation tells predictive dialing computers your number is disconnected
• Built-in battery, no AC adapter required

Product Description
TeleZapper is a small device that attaches directly to a consumer’s telephone line to reduce the number of computer-dialed telemarketing calls. The TeleZapper is also battery powered and boasts a sleeker, trimmer design. It now serves as the connecting piece between the phone and phone jack and comes equipped with a battery that has a seven-year life, which eliminates the need for an AC adaptor and frees up an extra electrical outlet in your home. It can also be programmed to emit from one (Basic Privacy) to three tones (Advanced Privacy), providing added protection against unwanted calls.The TeleZapper is ideal for protecting home businesses and new homeowners. New phone numbers typically are the first numbers to make it onto telemarketing lists. The TeleZapper is easy to install. Just plug it into your phone and phone jack to cover all extensions and answering machines connected to that line. It works with answering machines to “Zap” telemarketers when you’re not around to answer the phone. The TeleZapper is also compatible with Caller ID and Call Waiting and it won’t interfere with any manually dialed phone calls.

Amazon.com Product Description
When you’ve had your dinner interrupted by a telemarketer one too many times, treat your phone line and yourself to the Telezapper TZ 900. It’s a simple, one-time-cost solution to the problem of annoying telemarketing calls. Based on the enormously popular classic Telezapper, the newer Telezapper TZ 900 offers the advantages of a slimmer profile, built-in battery power, and an advanced three-tone mode.

Here’s how it works: Given that more than 90 percent of telemarketing calls are placed with computer assistance, when either you or your answering machine answers the phone, the Telezapper emits a special tone that tells the computer your number has been permanently disconnected. Telemarketing companies that use automated dialing systems typically remove disconnected numbers from their calling lists, and as your phone number is eliminated from more and more telemarketing lists, you’ll notice fewer calls. Of course, not all telemarketers use predictive dialing systems, and those that do will undoubtedly continue their work to evade the Telezapper, but it can be a partial solution.

Most predictive dialing systems will be fooled by the Telezapper’s standard single tone. However, for newer dialing systems (presumably designed in response to the success of the previous Telezapper model), the TZ 900 offers an advance three-tone mode. To change the mode, unscrew and remove the protective case and then slide a recessed switch. (We suggest that Privacy Technologies put the switch on the outside for their next model.)

For the most part, regular callers are unaffected by the Telezapper, but it may “zap” calls from other organizations that use the same predictive dialing technology (such as charities, pollsters, and automated emergency weather systems) and from callers who use certain types of calling cards. (For more information, click FAQ, or frequently asked questions, in the left navigation bar.)

Installation takes seconds. Just plug the Telezapper into your phone line and your phone into the Telezapper. It’s that simple. A built-in lithium-ion battery provides power and will likely last for the lifetime of the unit. The Telezapper includes a phone cord and instructions. Privacy Technologies backs the device with a one-year warranty. –Mike Brown

Pros

• Reduces telemarketing calls placed by predictive dialing systems
• Doesn’t interfere with most normal calls
• Inexpensive, one-time-cost solution
• Extremely easy to install and use

Cons

• May “zap” some desired calls
• Annoying beep every time the receiver is lifted

TeleZapper TZ 900

If you need the manual/instructions of TeleZapper, there is only FAQ available on manufacture’s site.

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