Screening Calls
Your phone allows you to listen to callers leaving a message without answering the phone. You can always hear callers from the base speaker. To screen an incoming call, make sure your phone has Call Screening activated. To activate this feature, please see page 44.
•To adjust the volume, press [select/▲] or [select/▼] on the base.
•To answer the call, pick up the corded handset or press [talk] on the base.
•To mute the Call Screen, press [ 
] (play/stop).
•To cancel muting, press [select/▲] or [select/▼] .
•If you turn the answering system off, you cannot screen a call.
Remotely Operating Your Answering Machine
You can access your answering machine while you are away from home to check, play, delete messages or even record a new greeting or turn your answering machine on and off. Once you enter the remote access menu, you must enter a command within 15 seconds, or the system automatically hangs up and returns to standby. For your convenience remote operation cards, located on page 62, are provided for you to use while away from home.
To remotely operate your answering machine from any
1)Call your telephone number.
2)During the greeting, press [#] and enter your PIN code (see Setting a Security Code or Personal Identification Number (PIN) on page 47).
3)The system announces the current time and the number of messages stored in memory. Then you hear “To play incoming messages, press pound two. For help, press pound zero.”
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