Memorex MPH6990 owner manual Recording a conversation, Remote access away from home

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The Answering Machine (continued)

Recording a conversation

You can record up to 10 minutes of conversation while you are using your phone.

1 During a conversation from the handset, press and hold MEMO.

The unit begins recording and [ ] flashes on the message counter.

A beep that can be heard by both parties, sounds during recording.

Note If you receive a call waiting tone while recording a conversation, press TALK/FLASH to accept the waiting call. The recording feature continues recording the new call. The original call is put on hold.

2 To stop recording, press PLAY/STOP or MEMO.

Notes

•A recorded conversation is treated as a typical message and will be added to the stored messages.

•When recording a conversation, all handset keys, except TALK/FLASH, DELETE/CHANNEL, VOL ▲, ▼, and OFF are disabled. Stop recording if you need to enable any other handset keys.

Remote access away from home

You can operate your answering system from a remote location using any touch-tone telephone. Use this function to check for recorded messages, to play or delete messages, or even to record a new greeting message.

1 Call your telephone number.

2 During the greeting message playback, press # and enter your PIN code. (See “Setting a Personal Security Code”, page 35).

3 The answering system announces the current time and the number of messages stored in memory.

You hear “To play incoming messages, press pound two. For help, press pound zero”.

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