Aastra Telecom BE-3872 manual Answering System Operation

ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION

The BE-3872 is a digital (no tapes required) answering machine with approxi- mately 15 minutes of record time. The maximum record time for one message is two minutes.

Two-Digit Message Counter Display

When new messages are recorded the message counter on the base will increase by one.

The counter display also shows various information about the answering machine and the status of the commands given it:

ANSWERING SYSTEM OPERATION

Answering Calls with Answer On

To avoid unnecessary pauses due to hangups, and to save message capacity, your unit will automatically stop recording after seven seconds of silence.

1.When there is an incoming call the announcement will start.

2.After the announcement plays the BE-3872 will beep indicating that the caller can record his/her message. The maximum length of the incoming message is two minutes.

3.The message counter will increase by one with each new message received.

[02]Message Counter

02

EA	[EA]	Single message
		erased
	[1r]	Memo recording mode
1r
	[2r]	Two-way recording
2r
		mode
	[rc]	Remote/Time set
rc

[Ao] Answer Only mode

Ao

[--] Answer Off mode

--

[FU] Memory Full

FU

[An] Answering a call

An

Answering Calls in Announce Only Mode

1.When the telephone rings, the BE-3872 will answer the telephone line depending on the number of rings selected.

2.The announcement will start playing.

3.Ten seconds after the announcement finishes playing, the phone will disconnect.

Note: In Answer Only mode, no messages will be recorded.

Answer Off

In this mode, the BE-3872 is designed not to answer the phone. However, if you let the phone ring 10 times, the answering machine will pick up the phone line and automatically turn on the answering machine. An announcement will sound, based on the ANS. ONLY/ICM switch setting, and allow remote access.

1.After 10 rings, the BE-3872 will turn the answering machine on.

2.An announcement will start playing. See “Answering Calls with Answer On” and “Answering Calls in Announce Only Mode” above for more information.

Base Volume Control

You can use the volume   buttons on the base to program the base speaker (message playback) volume.

Pressing   either while the phone is idle, or while it is playing a message adjusts the playback volume.

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