GE 28821 Screening Calls from the Handset, Accessing the Answering System from Another Location

Screening Calls from the Handset

Use the handset to screen calls even when you can’t hear the answering system.

When the answering system picks up:

1.Press the mute/menu OK button to go to the main menu.

2.Press the CALLER ID-VOLUME ( 6 or 5) button to scroll to ANSWERER.

3.Press the mute/menu OK button to enter the menu, press the CALLER ID-VOLUME ( 6 or 5) to select HANDSET ACCESS submenu.

4.Press the mute/menu OK button to access the answering system.

5.Listen as the caller leaves a message.

6.Press the TALK or SPEAKER buttons to speak to the person or press the END/cancel button to stop screening the call.

Accessing the Answering System from Another Location

You can access your answering system from any touch-tone phone by entering your 3-digit security code during the playing of outgoing announcement or after you hear the outgoing announcement.

1.Dial the telephone number to which the answering system is connected.

2.While the outgoing announcement is playing, enter the security code “123” -OR-

After the announcement has played and you hear a tone, enter security code “123”

3.Follow the voice menu to use the answering system’s remote functions. The remote feature lets you perform the following functions:

To	Press this button
Review message	1
Play back messages	
Stop message playback	
Erase message	0 (during message playback)
Skip message	
Turn off/on answerer	
Review voice menu options	7

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