Panasonic KX-TG2970 Automatic Answering Operation, Setting the Unit to Answer Calls Base Unit

Automatic Answering Operation

The Answering System allows the unit to answer calls with a greeting message. Callers can then leave a

message. While recording, “Answering” and “ IN USE ” will flash on the base unit.

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IN USE MESSAGES

•The total recording time of all messages (greeting and incoming) is about 12 minutes. If messages are recorded in noisy rooms, the time may be shortened by up to 3 minutes.

•To select the caller’s recording time, see page 25.

•A maximum of 64 messages (including the greeting message) can be recorded.

Setting the Unit to Answer Calls Base Unit

Press [ANSWER ON] to turn on the Answering System.

•The indicator lights and the unit announces “Answer set” and the current day and time.

•The unit will announce the remaining recording time if it is less than 5 minutes.

ANSWER ON Indicator

[ANSWER ON]

•When no recording time is available, you will need to erase any unnecessary messages before new messages can be recorded (p. 59). The unit can indicate that memory is full in the following ways:

—“ MESSAGE FULL ” will flash on the base unit and the ANSWER ON indicator will flash rapidly.

—The unit will announce “Memory full” when you press [ANSWER ON] or press and hold [GREETING], and after playing back messages or recording a message.

•If you do not want the unit to answer calls, press [ANSWER ON] again to turn off the Answering System. The indicator light goes out and “Answer off” is heard.

•You can also turn on the Answering System remotely from the cordless handset (p. 57) or an outside phone (p. 64).

•If you subscribe to Caller ID (p. 33), Caller ID information automatically adjusts the date and time when a call is received, provided you have already set the date and time manually (p. 18).

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