Answering System Features (KX-TCD580 only)
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Remote commands
You can press dial keys to access certain
answering system functions without waiting
for the voice guidance to prompt you.
Turning on the answering system
remotely
If the answering system is off, you can turn it
on remotely.
1
Dial your phone number from a touch
tone phone.
2
Let the phone ring 15 times.
L
A long beep will be heard.
3
Enter your remote access code within 10
seconds of the long beep.
L
The greeting message is played back.
L
You can hang up, or enter your remote
access code again and begin remote
operation (page 39).
Guide to answering
system settings
If the base unit is reset to its default settings
(page 31), the following answering system-
related settings will be reset.
Changing the number of rings
You can change the number of times the
phone rings before the unit answers calls.
“
Auto
”
: The unit answers after 2 or 3 rings
when new messages have been recorded,
and after 5 or 6 rings when there are no new
messages. If you call your phone from
outside to listen to new messages (page
38), you will know that there are no
messages when the phone rings for the 4th
time. You can then hang up without being
charged for the call.
1
Press
$
(centre of joystick).
2
Select
K
, then press
,
.
3
Push the joystick up or down repeatedly
to select
“
Setting TAM
”
, then press
,
.
4
Select
“
Number of Rings
”
, then
press
,
.
Key
Remote command
{
1
}
Repeat message (during
playback)
*1
{
2
}
Skip message (during
playback)
{
4
}
Play new messages
{
5
}
Play all messages
{
6
}
Play greeting message
{
7
}
Record greeting message
{
9
}
Stop (recording, playback)
{
0
}
Turn answering system off
{*}{
4
}
Erase this message (during
playback)
{*}{
5
}
Erase all messages
{*}{
6
}
Erase greeting message
(during greeting message
playback)
{*}{
#
}
End remote operation (or
hang up)
*1 If pushed within the first 5 seconds of a
message, the previous message will
be played.
Answering
system setting
Default
setting
Page
Answering
system on/off
Answer
On
page 35
Remote access
code
—
page 38
Number of rings
4
page 39
Caller’s recording
time
No
Limit
page 40
Greeting monitor
On
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