Philips SE6581B/17 Set the Answer mode, Press o Select Scroll n to Answer Mode and press o Select

•If Record Message is selected, a beep sounds and message recording starts automatically.

•If Delete is selected and a personal outgoing message was previously recorded, Deleted is displayed. The predefined OGM is reinstated automatically.

15.5Set the Answer mode

There are 2 answer modes available: Answer Only and Answer & Record. By default, the answer mode is Answer & Record, which lets your caller leave a message on the answering machine. This can be changed to Answer Only mode, which does not allow your caller to leave any messages on the answering machine.

1Press the m key in idle mode, scroll n to Answer Machine, and

press o Select.

2Scroll n to Answer Mode and press o Select.

3Scroll n to select Answer & Rec. or Answer Only and press o

Select.

•A validation tone is emitted and the screen returns to Answer

Machine menu.

Note

Depending on the answer mode you have selected, the appropriate default outgoing message is played once the answering machine picks up an incoming call.

Tip

You can set the answering machine to play a personalized outgoing message. See 15.4 above.

15.6Answering Machine Settings

15.6.1 Ring Delay

This is the number of rings before the answering machine answers and starts playing your greeting message. You can set the answering machine to start playing your greeting message after 3 to 8 rings or the “Economy” option. The default ring delay is Economy.

1Press the m key in idle mode,

scroll n to Answer Machine, and press o Select.

2Scroll n to Settings and press o Select.

3Ring Delay is highlighted. Press o Select, then scroll n to select

from 3 to 8 or Economy.

4Press o Select to confirm.

•A validation tone is emitted and the display returns to the Settings menu.

Note

If Economy is selected, the ring delay depends on the answering machine’s condition.

•If there are new messages in the answering machine, it will pick up the line after 2 rings.

•If there are no new messages in the answering machine, it will pick up the line after 4 rings.

•Hence, if you want to check if you have any messages without incurring call charges, you can hang up the call after the 3rd ring.

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