14Telephone answering machine
Note
•• Available only for CD496.
Your phone includes a telephone answering machine that records unanswered calls when it is on. By default, the answering machine is set to the [Answer & rec.] mode.You can also access the answering machine remotely and change the settings through the answering machine menu on the handset.
The LED indicator on the base station lights up when the answer machine is on.
Turn the answering machine on or off
You can turn the answering machine on or off through the base station or the handset.
Through the handset
1 | Select [Menu] > > [Answer mode], |
2 | then press [OK] to confirm. |
Select [Answer only]/[Answer & | |
| rec.]/[Off], then press [OK] to confirm. |
»»The setting is saved.
Set the answering machine language
Note
•• This feature only applies to models with multiple- language support.
The answering machine language is the language for the announcements.
1 | Select [Menu] > > [Voice language], |
2 | then press [OK] to confirm. |
Select a language, then press [OK] to | |
| confirm. |
»»The setting is saved.
Set the answer mode
You can set the answering machine and select if the callers can leave messages. Select [Answer & rec.] if you allow the callers to leave messages.
Select [Answer only] if you forbid the callers to leave messages.
1 | Select [Menu] > > [Answer mode], |
2 | then press [OK] to confirm. |
Select an answer mode, then press [OK] | |
| to confirm. |
»»The setting is saved.
Note
•• If the memory is full, the answering machine switches to [Answer only] mode automatically.
Through the base
Press 
to turn the answering machine on or off in standby mode.
Note
•• When the answering machine is switched on, it answers incoming calls after a certain number of rings based on the ring delay setting.
Announcements
The announcement is the message your caller hears when the answering machine picks up the call.The answering machine has 2 default announcements: the [Answer & rec.] mode and [Answer only] mode.
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