Answering system

Answering system overview

If call screening is on and you want to adjust the playback volume to a comfortable level (1-8) while it is recording messages, press //-volume+on the telephone base. This volume setting is shared with message playback, so when you play messages at volume 1, they play at a very low volume. If you turn up the volume for playback, the call screening for the next incoming message plays at the same volume level.

If call screening is on and you want to silence the telephone base while it is recording messages, press /play/stop on the telephone base. The call screening will be on for the next incoming call.

Call screening at the handset:

If the answering system is turned on, when there is an incoming call and it is answered by the answering system, the handset screen shows “TO SCREEN CALL, PRESS [SELECT].” By pressing menu/select, you can screen the call at the handset.

Call intercept

While call screening, you can stop it manually and speak to the caller.

• If the call is screened at the base, press

PHONE/FLASH or /SPEAKER on the handset to stop recording and speak to the caller.

• If the call is screened at the handset, press

PHONE/FLASH on the handset to stop recording and speak to the caller. Then you can press

/SPEAKER to switch between the speakerphone and the handset.

Temporarily turn off the message alert tone

To temporarily silence the message alert tone:

• When the telephone base is in idle mode, press any telephone base key (except /handset locator).

The message alert tone is activated again with the next incoming message.

notes:

When the telephone base is in idle mode, if you press x/delete to temporarily silence the message alert tone, there is a voice prompt directing you to press x/delete again to delete all old messages (see Delete all old messages on page 49). If you are not going to delete all old messages, wait at least 5 seconds to allow the telephone base to return to idle mode.

To turn off the message alert tone, see Message alert tone on page 42.

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