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Automatic Answering Operation
The Answering System allows the unit to answer calls with a greeting message.
Callers can then leave a message in a mailbox (p. 56).

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 the current day and time.
If “Answer set. Set time” is heard, set the date and
time
(p.16)
.
•The unit will announce the remaining recording
time if it is less than 3 minutes.
•When no recording time is available, you will need
to erase any unnecessary messages before new messages can be recorded
(p. 62). The unit can indicate that memory is full in the following ways:
—
“ ” will flash on the base unit and the
ANSWER ON indicator
will flash rapidly.
—The un it will announce “Memory full” when you press [ANSWER ON],
[GREETING REC], or [MEMO], and after playing back messages or recording
a message.
•If you do not want the unit to answer calls, press [ANSWER ON] again to turn off
the Answering System. The indicator goes out and “Answer off” is heard.
•
You can also turn on the Answering System remotely from an outside phone (p.68).
•
If you subscribe to Caller ID (p.32), Caller ID information automatically adjusts the
date and time when a call is received, provided you have already set the date and
time manually (p.16).

Monitoring Incoming Calls

While a caller is leaving a message, you can monitor the call through the base unit
speaker.
•To increase the speaker volume while monitoring, press [B]. To decrease volume,
press[d].
To answer a call while monitoring, press [SP-PHONE] on the base unit or press
[C]or[s] o n the handset.

To turn the incoming call monitoring feature off

When the base unit is not in use, press [GREETING CHECK], then press [d]
repeatedly until “0” is displayed. (Make sure the Answering System is turned on.)
OR
While monitoring, press [d] repeatedly until “0” is displayed.
•If the incoming call monitoring feature is turned off, it will remain off when the next
call is monitored.
•If you adjust the speaker volume while playing back messages or using the
speakerphone, the speaker volume for monitoring will be turned on again. To turn
the speaker volume off, see “To turn the incoming call monitoring feature off” of
above step.
Base Unit
[ANSWER ON]
and Indicator
FULL
Base Unit