Turning on the answering system
remotely
1
Dial your phone number from a
touch-tone phone.
2
Let the phone ring 15 times.
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A long beep is heard.
3
Enter your remote access code within 10
seconds after the long beep.
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The greeting message is played back.
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You can either hang up, or enter your
remote access code again and begin
remote operation (page 43).
Answering system settings
Call screening
While a caller is leaving a message, you can
listen to the call through the handset’s
speaker. To adjust the speaker volume, press
MDN
or
MCN
repeatedly. You can answer the call
by pressing
M
N
on the handset. Call
screening can be set for each handset. The
default setting is
“
On
”
.
1
M
N#310
2
MbN
: Select the desired setting.
a
M
OK
N
a
M
N
Number of rings before the unit
answers a call
You can change the number of times the
phone rings
“
Number of Rings
”
before the
unit answers a call. You can select 2 to 7
rings, or
“
Auto
”
.
The default setting is
“
4 Rings
”
.
“
Auto
”
: The unit’s answering system answers
at the end of the 2nd ring when new
messages have been recorded, or at the end
of the 5th ring when there are no new
messages. If you call your phone from outside
to listen to new messages (page 43), you
know that there are no new messages when
the phone rings for the 3rd time. You can then
hang up without being charged for the call.
1
M
N#211
2
MbN
: Select the desired setting.
a
M
OK
N
a
M
N
For landline voicemail service
subscribers
To receive voicemail and use answering
system properly, please note the following:
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To use the voicemail service (page 46)
provided by your phone service provider
rather than the unit’s answering system,
turn off the answering system (page 39).
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To use this unit’s answering system rather
than the voicemail service provided by your
phone service provider, please contact your
phone service provider to deactivate your
voicemail service.
If your phone service provider cannot do
this:
– Set this unit’s
“
Number of Rings
”
setting so that this unit’s answering
system answers calls before the
voicemail service of your phone service
provider does. It is necessary to check
the number of rings required to activate
the voicemail service provided by your
phone service provider before changing
this setting.
– Change the number of rings of the
voicemail service so that the answering
system can answer the call first. To do
so, contact your phone service provider.
Caller’s recording time
You can change the maximum message
recording time allowed for each caller. The
default setting is
“
3 Minutes
”
.
1
M
N#305
2
MbN
: Select the desired setting.
a
M
OK
N
a
M
N
Selecting “
Greeting Only
”
You can select
“
Greeting Only
”
which sets
the unit to announce a greeting message to
callers but not record messages.
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Answering System
