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Automatic Answering Operation
When the unit answers a call, a greeting message is played and the
caller’s message is recorded. While recording, “
-Answering-
” will flash
on the base unit display.
•
The total recording time (including greeting message) is
about
15 minutes
. If messages are recorded in noisy rooms, the time may
be shortened by up to 3 minutes.
•
A maximum of 64 messages (including greeting message) can be
recorded.
Setting the Unit to Answer Calls
Press
(ANSWER!ON)
to turn on the answering system.
•
The indicator lights and “
Answer set
” is
heard.
•
The unit will announce the remaining
recording time if it is less than 5 minutes.
•
If you hear “
Memory full
”, “
Message
full
” is displayed on the base unit and
the ANSWER ON indicator flashes
rapidly, erase some, or all, of the
messages (p. 57).
•
If you do not want the unit to answer calls, press
(ANSWER!ON)
again to turn off
the answering system. The indicator light goes out and “
Answer off
” is heard.
•
You can also turn on the answering system remotely using any other phone
(p. 69).
Monitoring incoming calls
While a call is being recorded, you can monitor it through the base unit
speaker.
To answer the call with the base unit speakerphone, press
(DIGITAL!SP-PHONE)
. For the handset, lift the handset off the base unit or
press
or
. The unit stops recording.
(ANSWER!ON)
and Indicator