Uniden EXAI8580 manual Turning the Answering System On and Off, Listening to Your Messages

7-3. Turning the Answering System On and Off

	From the base		From the handset
	With the phone in standby, press [	].	With the phone in standby, press [	/	]
Turning On	The message counter shows the number
			to access the answering system. Press [6].
	of received messages.
Turning Off	With the phone in standby, press [	].	With the phone in standby, press [	/	]
	The message counter display turns off.		to access the answering system. Press [9].

Note: If the answering system announces “No remaining time” when you turn it on, the memory is full (the

message counter also shows . The answering system can't record any new messages until you delete some of the saved ones.

7-4. Listening to Your Messages

•The message counter shows the number of messages stored in memory.

•If you have any messages that you haven't listened to yet, the message counter shows the number of these new messages only.

•The answering system plays your new messages first; after you listen to all the new messages, you can play any old messages.

•You cannot delete new messages. If you try to delete messages before listening to them, the answering system will beep and say “Please playback all messages.”

You can listen to your messages from the base or from the handset:

			From the base			From the handset
Playing new		Press [	]. The system announces the		Press [	/ ]. The system announces the
		number of new and old messages, then			number of new and old messages. Then
messages
		plays your new messages.			press [	/2] to play your new messages.
		Press [	] once to restart the current
Repeating a		message.			Press [	/1] once to restart the current
		Press [	] repeatedly to review previous		message. Press [ /1] repeatedly to review
message		messages.
				] to rewind through	previous messages.
		Press and hold [
		the current message.
		Press [	] to go to the beginning of the
Skipping a		next message.			Press [	/3] to go to the beginning of the
message		Press and hold [		] to fast forward	next message.
		through the current message.
Deleting a		While a message is playing, press [ ].			While a message is playing, press [ /4].
message		The message is permanently deleted.			The message is permanently deleted.
		While the phone is in standby, press [ ].
Deleting all		When the system asks you to confirm,			Not available.
messages		press [	] again. All messages are
		permanently deleted.
Playing old		After you listen to your new messages,			After you listen to your new messages, press
		press [	] again to play your old		[ /	] followed by [ /2] to play your
messages
		messages.			old messages.
Ending the		Press [	]. The phone returns to		Press [	/5] to stop. Press [END] to return to
message review		standby.			standby.
Turning off the	message		alert tone

When all new messages are played back, the message alert tone will automatically deactivate. The tone will not deactivate until all new messages are played back. To quickly turn off the tone, press any key on the base.

7-5. Screening Calls

•If you let the answering system answer an incoming call, you can listen on the base speaker while the caller leaves a message.

•To speak to the caller, simply answer the call: the answering system stops automatically when you pick up the call.

•To mute the speaker and stop screening this call, press [ ]. The caller can continue the message, but you will not be able to hear it. This mutes the speaker for this call only; it will play as soon as the next call comes in. To cancel muting and listen to the speaker for the rest of this call, press [vol/select/] or [vol/select/].

•If you mute the ringer for a call, you cannot screen that call.

7-6. Recording a Call

Every state has different regulations governing the recording of conversations over the telephone. Check your local, state and federal laws before using this feature to make sure any recordings comply with local laws or guidelines.

•You can record up to ten minutes of ongoing call.

•Calls must last at least two seconds.

•Recorded calls are handled just like regular answering system messages.

•To start recording an ongoing call, press and hold [memo] on the base. The message counter flashes , and the base sounds a beep that can be heard by both parties.

•To stop recording, press [ ] or [memo]. You hear a confirmation tone.

•If the memory is full, the message counter shows , and the base stops recording.

•If another call comes in while you are recording a conversation, you can still press [TALK/flash] to switch to the new caller. The base puts the original call on hold and begins recording the new call.

7-7. Recording a Voice Memo

You can record a voice memo directly onto the base; this memo is handled like a regular answering system message. The memo must be at least two seconds long and no longer than four minutes.

1)With the phone in standby, press and hold [memo] on the base; the message counter flashes .

2)Start recording your message.

3)To stop recording, press [memo] again. The base sounds a confirmation tone and returns to standby.

Note: If the memory is full, the message counter shows , and the base stops recording.