Answering System
2After the greeting message starts, enter your remote access code.
L The unit announces the number of new messages.
3Follow the voice guidance prompts as necessary or control the unit using remote commands (page 35).
4When finished, hang up.
Voice guidance
During remote operation, the unit’s voice guidance starts and prompts you to press {1} to perform a specific operation, or press {2} to listen to more available operations.
Remote commands
You can press dial keys to access certain answering system functions without waiting for the voice guidance to prompt you.
Key | Operation |
{1} | Repeat message |
| (during playback)*1 |
{2} | Skip message |
| (during playback) |
{4} | Play new messages |
{5} | Play all messages |
{6} | Play greeting message |
{7} | Record greeting message |
{9} | Stop recording |
| Stop playback |
{0} | Turn answering system off |
{*}{4} | Erase currently playing |
| message |
{*}{5} | Erase all messages |
{*}{6} | Erase greeting message |
| (during greeting message |
| playback) |
{*}{#} | End remote operation |
| (or hang up) |
*1 If pressed within the first 5 seconds of a message, the previous message is played.
Turning on the answering system remotely
If the answering system is off, you can turn it on remotely.
1Dial your phone number from a
2Let the phone ring 15 times. L A long beep is heard.
3Enter your remote access code within 10 seconds after the long beep.
L The greeting message is played back.
L You can either hang up, or enter your remote access code again and begin remote operation (page 34).
Skipping the greeting message to leave a message
You can leave a message just as any outside caller can. Call your phone number from a
Answering system settings
Number of rings before the unit answers a call
You can change the number of times the phone rings “Number of Rings”
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