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Automatic Answering Operation

When the unit answers a call, a greeting message is played and the caller’s
message is recorded. When the handset is on the base unit, the Ringer indicator on
the handset will flash to indicate a message is being recorded.

Setting the Unit to Answer Calls

Press

[ANSWER ON]

to turn on the Answering System.

• The button lights and the unit announces “

Answer set

” and
current day and time. If “

Set time

” is heard, set the date
and time (p. 12).
• The unit will announce the remaining recording time if it
is less than 3 minutes.
• When the remaining recording time is 0, “ ” will be
displayed on the base unit,
[ANSWER ON]
will flash
rapidly and the unit will announce “
Memory full
”. You
need to erase any unnecessary messages before new
messages can be recorded (p. 44).
• To turn the Answering System off, press
[ANSWER ON]
again. The button light goes out and “
Answer off
” is
heard.
• The Answering System can be turned on remotely using
any other phone (p. 47).
• To turn the Answering System off, press
[0]
in step 3. “
Answer off
” is heard.
• The total recording time (including greeting message) is
about 15 minutes
.
If messages are recorded in noisy rooms, the time may be shortened by up to
3 minutes.
• A maximum of 64 messages (including greeting message) can be recorded.

1

Press

[MENU]

.

2

Scroll to “

Message play

” by pressing

[]

or

[]

, then press

Select

.

3

Press

[8]

to turn on the Answering System.

•“

Answer set

” is heard.

4

Press

[OFF]

.
Base Unit
[ANSWER ON]
FULL
Handset
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