GE 26998 manual Answerer Indicator, Screening Calls from the Handset

After you access the answering system, use the marked handset keys just as if you were pressing the corresponding buttons on the base (see "Answering System Operation" for details on functions).To make it easy for you, the functions are listed on the handset above each number. For example, to play messages:

1.Press the format/answerer button.

2.Press the 2 button (play/stop.)

3.When you are finished listening to your messages, press format/ answerer again.

ANSWERER INDICATOR

The remote answering system is active when ANSWERER REMOTE is displayed on the handset.

SCREENING CALLS FROM THE HANDSET

When the phone rings:

1.Press the format/answerer button to access the answering system. The display shows CALL SCREENING.

2.Listen as the caller leaves a message.

3.Press the TALK/CALLBACK button to speak to the caller or press answerer to stop screening the call.

MEMORY FULL

When the memory is full, the system answers after 10 rings, beeps, and waits for the caller to enter the 3-digit security code. If a security code is not entered within 10 seconds after the unit beeps, the phone hangs up.

You need to erase some of the messages so the system can record new messages.

NOTE: The unit also answers after the 10th ring if it is turned off. To access the answering system, enter your 3-digit security code after you hear the beep.

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