Accessing Your Answering Machine

If your base has an answering machine, you can use your handset to get your messages and change your answering machine setup. To access the answering machine, press the soft key. The answering machine announces the number of new and old messages and then waits for your next command. You have the following options:

Play messages

Press [ /2]. The system announces

 

 

the time, and number of new and old

 

 

messages.

 

Repeat a message

Press [<</1] to go to the start of

 

 

the current message. Press [<</1]

 

 

repeatedly to go back to a previous

 

 

message.

 

Skip a message

Press [>>/3] to go to the beginning of the

 

next message.

 

Delete a message

While a message is playing, press [

/4]

 

and the message will be permanently

 

deleted.

 

End message review

Press [ /5] to stop the message

 

 

playback.

 

Record a memo

Press [7] to start recording. Press [

/5]

 

or [7] to stop.

 

Turn the answering

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machine on or off

Press [6] to turn the answering machine

 

on. Press [9] to turn the answering

 

 

machine off.

 

 

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Press [9] to turn the answering machine

 

on/off.

 

Record a greeting

Press [8] to start recording. Press [

/5]

 

or [8] to stop.

 

Listen to Help

Press [0] to hear the Help prompts.

 

Exit and hang up

Press [

 

] to exit the system and return to

 

 

 

standby.

 

Screening Calls

You can listen to callers who leave a message. Press the SCREEN soft key when the system is answering to listen to the caller without answering the phone.

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Uniden DSS7905 owner manual Accessing Your Answering Machine, Screening Calls, DSS7855 series, DSS7955 series