Answering System
4When finished, hang up.
Voice guidance
n When the English voice guidance is selected During remote operation, the unit’s voice guidance starts and prompts you to press 1 to perform a specific operation, or press 2 to listen to more available operations.
nWhen the Spanish voice guidance is selected To start the voice guidance, press 9. The voice guidance announces the available remote commands (page 34).
Note:
R If you do not press any dial keys within 10 seconds after a voice guidance prompt, the unit disconnects your call.
Remote commands
You can press dial keys to access certain answering system functions without waiting for the voice guidance to prompt you.
| Key |
| Operation |
|
| 1 |
| Repeat 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
If the answering system is off, you can turn it on remotely.
1Dial your phone number from a
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 33).
Answering system settings
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 33), 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.
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For voice mail service subscribers
If you subscribe to a
R To 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 31).
R To 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.
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