message, the system uses it for all recording time settings (1, 4, and Announce Only).
To switch between your outgoing message and the system’s prerecorded message, press MENU once to enter the outgoing message setting mode. Then press
or :/REPEAT until the current message plays. While the message is playing, press SKIP/; or :/REPEAT until the desired message plays. The system switches to the other message and plays it.
RECORDING/DELETING AN OUTGOING MESSAGE
Follow these steps to record your own outgoing message (more than 2 seconds and within 30 seconds long).
1.Press MENU once. The system announces “Greeting message”,
followed by the current outgoing message. #ý# appears.
2.Press MEMO/REC. The system announces “Record your greeting after the tone.”
3.When the tone sounds, speak your message.
4.When you finish your message, press
MEMO/REC or PLAY/STOP. The system beeps and plays back your message.
5.Press PLAY/STOP to exit.
To delete your outgoing message and use the system’s prerecorded messages, press MENU once, then press DELETE when your message plays. The system announces “Your greeting has been deleted.”
SETTING THE SYSTEM TO ANSWER CALLS
Press ANSWER ON/OFF. If the system is set to record a caller’s message (see “Setting
the Record Time” on Page 18), it plays the outgoing message and displays the number of recorded messages. If it is set to Announcement Only, it plays the outgoing message, and 7 appears.
To set the system to not answer calls, press again. It announces
“Answer off” and the message counter turns off.
Note: When the system’s message memory is full, <B appears and the system announces “No remaining time” when you try to operate it.
SCREENING CALLS
You can let the system answer calls while you listen to the caller’s message through the speaker. If you decide to answer the call, press TALK to answer if the handset is off the base, or if the handset is on the base, lift it.
You can also pick up any phone on the same line. The system stops recording and resets to answer the next call.
Press VOLUME 8 or 9 to adjust the volume level of call screening. If you do not want to listen to calls, repeatedly press VOLUME 9 until & appears.
Note: Even if you turn the volume toý& for call screening, you can still hear incoming message playback and announcements.
RECORDING INCOMING MESSAGES
After the system answers a call, it plays the outgoing message, beeps, then records the caller’s message. Each incoming message can be up to 1 or 4 minutes long, depending on how you set the recording time (see “Setting the Record Time” on Page 18). The maximum recording capacity is about 16 minutes (or 59 messages).
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