Voice Mail Service
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Using Voice Mail service
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Voice Mail is an automatic answering
service offered by your telephone
company. If you subscribe to this service,
your telephone company’s Voice Mail
system can answer calls for you when you
are unavailable to answer the phone or
when your line is busy. Messages are
recorded by the telephone company, not
your telephone.
Note:
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Please contact your telephone company
for details and availability of this service
in your area.
Storing the Voice Mail (VM)
access number
In order to listen to your Voice Mail
messages, you must dial your telephone
company’s Voice Mail access number.
Once you have stored your Voice Mail
access number, you can dial it
automatically (page 65).
1
Press
{
MENU
}
(centre of joystick).
2
Scroll to
Q
, then press
{
SELECT
}
.
3
Scroll to “
Store VM access#
”, then
press
{
SELECT
}
.
4
Enter your access number (max. 32
digits).
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To correct a digit, use the joystick to
move the cursor, then press
{
CLEAR
}
. Enter the correct number.
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If a pause is required when dialing,
press
{
PAUSE
}
where needed (page
24).
5
Press
{
SAVE
}
, then press
{
OFF
}
.
Note:
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When storing your Voice Mail access
number and your mailbox password,
press
{
PAUSE
}
to add pauses (page
24) between the access number and the
password as necessary. Consult your
telephone company for the required
pause time.
Example:
To erase the Voice Mail access number
Repeat steps 1 to 3, then press and hold
{
CLEAR
}
until all digits are erased. Press
{
SAVE
}
, then press
{
OFF
}
.
Voice Mail (VM) Tone Detection
Your telephone company sends special
signals (sometimes called “Voice Mail
tones” or “stutter tones”) to the unit to let
you know you have new Voice Mail
messages. If you hear a series of dial
tones followed by a continuous dial tone
after you press
{C}
,
{s}
, or
{
SP-
PHONE
}
, you have new Voice Mail
messages. Minutes after you hang up a
call or after the phone stops ringing, your
unit will check the phone line to see if new
Voice Mail messages have been recorded.
Leave this feature OFF when:
– You do not subscribe to Voice Mail
service.
– Your telephone company does not send
Voice Mail tones.
– Your phone is connected to a PBX.
If you are not sure which setting is
required, consult your telephone company.
Turning VM detection on/off
1
Press
{
MENU
}
(centre of joystick).
2
Scroll to
Q
, then press
{
SELECT
}
.
3
Scroll to “
VM tone detect
”, then
press
{
SELECT
}
.
222-333-4444
VM access
number
Pauses
Password
PPPP
8888
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