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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 indicator 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
indicator will flash rapidly and the unit will
announce “
Memory full
”. You need to erase any
unnecessary messages before new messages
can be recorded (p. 46).
•To turn the Answering System off, press
[ANSWER ON]
again. The indicator light goes
out and “
Answer off
” is heard.
•The Answering System can be turned on
remotely using any other phone (p. 50).
•To turn the Answering System off, press
[0]
in step 3. “
Answer off
” is heard.
Monitoring incoming calls
While a call is being recorded, you can monitor it through the base unit speaker.
•To increase the speaker volume, press
VOLUME
[]
. To decrease volume, press
VOLUME
[]
.
To answer the call with the base unit speakerphone, press
[SP-PHONE]
.
For the handset, press
[]
or
[]
. The unit will stop recording.
•The total recording time (including greeting message) is
about 17 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] and Indicator
FULL
Handset
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