Answering system settings, Call screening

Answering System for Landline

Key

Operation

1Repeat message (during playback)*1

2Skip message (during playback)

4 Play new messages

5 Play all messages

9Stop playback*2

Start voice guidance*3

0Turn answering system off

*4 Erase currently playing message

*5 Erase all messages

*# End remote operation

(or hang up)

*1 If pressed within the first 5 seconds of a

message, the previous message is played.

*2 For English voice guidance only

*3 For Spanish voice guidance only

Turning on the answering system remotely

1Dial your phone number from a touch-tone phone.

2Let the phone ring 15 times. R A long beep is heard.

3Enter your remote access code within 10 seconds after the long beep.

R The greeting message is played back. R You can either hang up, or enter your remote access code again and begin

remote operation (page 55).

Answering system settings

Call screening

While a caller is leaving a message, you can listen to the call through the handset’s speaker. To adjust the speaker volume, press MDN or MCN on the handset repeatedly.

You can answer the call by pressing MN on the handset.

Call screening can be set for each unit. The default setting is “On”.

1MMENUN (right soft key) #310

2MbN: Select the desired setting. a MSAVEN a MOFFN

Number of rings before the unit answers a call

You can change the number of times the phone rings “Ring count” before the unit answers calls. You can select 2 to 7 rings, or “Toll saver”.

The default setting is “4 rings”.

“Toll saver”: The unit’s answering system answers at the end of the 2nd ring when new messages have been recorded, or at the end of the 5th ring when there are no new messages. If you call your phone from outside to listen to new messages (page 55), you know that there are no new messages when the phone rings for the 3rd time. You can then hang up without being charged for the call.

1MMENUN (right soft key) #211

2MbN: Select the desired setting. a MSAVEN a MOFFN

For voice mail service subscribers

If you subscribe to a flat-rate service package that includes Caller ID, call waiting, voice mail, and unlimited local/regional/long distance calls, please note the following:

RTo use the voice mail service provided by your service provider/telephone company rather than the unit’s answering system, turn off the answering system (page 51).

RTo use this unit’s answering system rather than the voice mail service provided by your service provider/telephone company, please contact your service provider/ telephone company to deactivate your voice mail service.

If your service provider/telephone company cannot do this:

–Set this unit’s “Ring count” setting so that this unit’s answering system answers calls before the voice mail service of your service provider/

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