2After the greeting message starts, enter
your remote access code.
3Follow the voice guidance prompts as
necessary or control the unit using
remote commands (page 61).
4When finished, hang up.

Voice guidance

nWhen the English voice guidance is
selected
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.
nWhen the Spanish voice guidance is
selected
To start the voice guidance, press 9. The
voice guidance announces the available
remote commands (page 61).
Note:
RIf you do not press any dial keys within 10
seconds after a voice guidance prompt, the
unit disconnects your call.

Remote commands

You can press dial keys to access certain
answering system functions without waiting for
the voice guidance to prompt you.
Key Operation
1Repeat message (during
playback)*1
2Skip message (during playback)
4Play new messages
5Play all messages
9Stop playback*2
Start voice guidance*3
0Turn answering system off
*4 Erase currently playing message
*5 Erase all messages
*# End remote operation
(or hang up)
*1 If pressed within the first 5 seconds of a
message, the previous message is
played.
*2 For English voice guidance only
*3 For Spanish voice guidance only

Turning on the answering system

remotely

If the answering system is off, you can turn it
on remotely.
1Dial your phone number from a
touch-tone phone.
2Let the phone ring 15 times.
RA long beep is heard.
3Enter your remote access code within 10
seconds after the long beep.
RThe greeting message is played back.
RYou can either hang up, or enter your
remote access code again and begin
remote operation (page 60).
Answering system settings

Number of rings before the unit

answers a call

You can change the number of times the
phone rings “Ring count” before the unit
answers calls. You can select 2 to 7 rings, or
“Toll saver”.
The default setting is “4 rings”.
“Toll saver”: The unit’s answering system
answers at the end of the 2nd ring when new
messages have been recorded, or at the end
of the 5th ring when there are no new
messages. If you call your phone from outside
to listen to new messages (page 60), you
know that there are no new messages when
the phone rings for the 3rd time. You can then
hang up without being charged for the call.
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