Panasonic KX-TG2680N Automatic Answering Operation, Setting the Unit to Answer Calls

Automatic Answering Operation

When the unit answers a call, a greeting message is played and the caller’s message is recorded. While recording, “- Answering -” will flash on the base unit display.

•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.

Setting the Unit to Answer Calls

Press (ANSWER!ON) to turn on the answering system.

•The indicator lights and “Answer set” is heard.

•The unit will announce the remaining recording time if it is less than 5 minutes.

•If you hear “Memory full”, “Message full” is displayed on the base unit and the ANSWER ON indicator flashes rapidly, erase some, or all, of the messages (p. 61).

(ANSWER!ON)

and Indicator

(EXIT)

•If you do not want the unit to answer calls, press (ANSWER!ON) again to turn off the answering system. The indicator light goes out and “Answer off ” is heard.

•You can also turn on the answering system remotely using any other phone (p. 73).

Monitoring incoming calls

While a call is being recorded, you can monitor it through the base unit speaker.

To answer the call with the base unit speakerphone, press

(DIGITAL!SP-PHONE). For the handset, press or . The unit stops recording.

If the call monitoring feature is not required, turn it off by pressing and holding (EXIT) in the standby mode. Each time you press and hold (EXIT) in the standby mode, the feature will turn on or off.

While monitoring a call, you can turn the feature ON by pressing Ö or Ñ.

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