Radio Shack 900 MHz owner manual Setting the Answering System to Answer Calls, Screening Calls

only).

You can also record your own message (see “Recording/Deleting an Outgoing Message”). When you record your own outgoing mes- sage, the answering system uses it for all REC TIME settings.

To switch between your outgoing message and the answering system’s prerecorded message, press OGM. When the current message begins to play, press OGM again. The answering system switches to the other message and plays it.

RECORDING/DELETING AN OUTGOING MESSAGE

To record your outgoing message (up to 30 seconds long), hold down OGM until the an- swering system beeps and --appears. When you finish your message, press PLAY/ STOP or OGM. The answering system plays back your message.

To delete your outgoing message and use the answering system’s prerecorded mes- sages, hold down OGM until the answering system beeps. Then press OGM again within two seconds.

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The other is simply an announcement and does not let the caller leave a message: “Hel- lo, no one is available to take your call.” The answering system uses this message when is set to ANN (announcement

REPEAT DELETE PLAY/STOP SKIP

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SETTING THE ANSWERING SYSTEM TO ANSWER CALLS

To set the answering system to answer calls, press ANSWER. If the answering system is set to record a caller’s message (see “Set- ting the Record Time” on Page 22), it plays the outgoing message and shows the num- ber of recorded messages. If the answering system is set to announcement-only, it plays the outgoing message, and A appears.

To set the answering system to not answer calls, press ANSWER. The answering system announces “Answer off” and the message counter turns off.

SCREENING CALLS

You can let the answering system answer calls for you while you listen to the caller’s message through the base’s speaker. If you decide to answer the call, press SPEAKER to answer using the speakerphone, press TALK to answer if the handset is off the base, or if the handset is on the base, lift it (and press TALK if auto talk is off). You can also pick up any phone on the same line. The answering system stops recording and resets to answer the next call.

RECORDING INCOMING MESSAGES

After the answering system answers a call, it plays the outgoing message, beeps, and records the caller’s message.

Each incoming message can be up to 1 or 4 minutes long, depending on how you set REC TIME (see “Setting the Record Time” on Page 22). The answering system’s maximum recording capacity is 18 minutes.

The answering system stops recording and resets to answer the next call when:

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