12Telephone answering machine (TAM)

Your phone features an answering machine that records unanswered calls when it is activated. The answering machine can store up to 59 messages. The maximum recording time is 3 minutes per message, or 15 minutes for all messages. The maximum length of an outgoing message is 1 minute. You can use the control keys on the base station to perform the basic functions of the answering machine such as message playback, deleting messages and adjustment of volume on the base station. For a description of each function of the control keys on the base station, please see “Overview of the base station” (section 5.4) for more details. You can also use the answering machine menu on the handset to access the answering machine functions. Those procedures are covered below. There is also a menu to set the answering machine options.

The telephone answering machine is ON by default. To switch the answering machine between on and off, press e on your base station. Alternatively, you may switch the answering machine on and off via your handset (see section 12.6.2).

12.1Playing Messages

12.1.1Playback of messages via handset

The answering machine message counter blinks when there are new messages and display the number of new messages. The first recorded message is played first via the loudspeaker. When all new messages have been played, the answering machine will stop and the message counter will stop blinking.

1Press the m key in idle mode, scroll n to Answer Machine, and press o Select.

2Play is highlighted. Press o Select to start playing new messages.

•The handset displays New and the number of new messages in the format 01/04, where 01 is the number of the message being played and 04 is the number of new messages.

•If there are no new messages, the handset displays the number of old messages in the same format (however ‘New’ is not displayed.) and plays the old messages.

12.1.2Functions available during playback

During playback, you can enable the following functions by pressing o Menu. Use n to scroll between the functions and press o Select to confirm.

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