RCA 27993 manual Remote Access

TEMPORARY TONE

This feature enables pulse (rotary) service phone users to access touch- tone services offered by banks, credit card companies, etc. Press the TONE* button to temporarily make the phone touch-tone compatible.To get information about your bank account, for example, you would:

1.Call the bank’s information line.

2.Press the TONE key, denoted with (*) on the keypad, when your call is answered.

3.Follow the voice menu instructions to get the information. When you hang up, the phone goes back to pulse (rotary) service.

REMOTE ACCESS

This section explains two types of remote access: using the handset to access the answering machine and accessing the answering machine from another phone.

The handset contains integrated buttons that enable you access the answering machine with the handset.

You can also access your answering machine from any phone that is tone- dial compatible by entering a 3-digit security code after you hear the outgoing announcement. A voice menu system guides you through all of the procedures.

USING THE HANDSET

Press the chan/ans button to access the answering machine from the cordless handset.

After you access the answerer, use the marked handset keys just as if you were pressing the corresponding buttons on the base (see "Answering Machine Operation."). The functions are listed on the handset above each number. For example, to play messages:

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