Answering Machines
You can use an answering machine to answer calls at night when no one is around, or during business hours when no one can get to the phone. If you have an AT&T answering machine with the Call Intercept feature, you can pick up a call that has been answered by the answering machine by joining the call from any system phone. When you do so, the system sends the answering machine a signal that makes it hang up.
The following are ways you can connect answering machines to your system:
■Single answering machine. This basic setup can cover all the lines in the system. Anyone on the system can call the machine to retrieve messages.
■Multiple answering machines. If you get too many calls for one machine to cover, connect two or more machines to cover all calls.
■Personal answering machine. An answering machine can share an extension with a phone to answer calls to the extension.
NOTE:
If you have an answering machine and a phone on the same extension, the answering machine will be able to answer calls only when the phone is idle.
