Answering system operation
Call screening at the handset
If the answering system is on, the announcement and the incoming message broadcast at the telephone base when a call is answered by the answering system. At the same time, the handset shows TO SCREEN CALL, PRESS [SELECT]. Press MENU/SELECT to screen the call on your handset. The handset shows the caller’s information. If you do not subscribe to caller ID service, the handset shows SCREENING...
Call screening setting has no effect on the call screening at the handset.
Call intercept
While call screening, you can press 
/FLASH or 
on the handset to stop recording and speak to the caller.
Message playback
You can use either a handset or the telephone base to play messages. If there are new messages, the system plays back only the new messages (oldest first). If there are no new messages, the system plays back all old messages (oldest first).
When playback begins, the total number of messages is announced. Before each message playback, you hear the day and time it was received. After the last message is played, you hear “End of messages.”
•Only one handset or the telephone base can access the answering system at
a time.
•During message playback, if there is an incoming call or another handset makes a call, message playback will be stopped.
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