Key
Operation
2
Skip message (during playback)
4
Play new messages
5
Play all messages
9
Stop playback
Start voice guidance
0
Turn answering system off
*4
Erase currently playing message
*5
Erase all messages
*#
End remote operation
(or hang up)
*1 If pressed within the first 5 seconds of a
message, the previous message is played.
*2 For English voice guidance only
*3 For Spanish voice guidance only
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.
R
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 44).
Answering system settings
Call screening
Handset / Base unit
While a caller is leaving a message, you can listen
to the call through the unit’s speaker.
To adjust the speaker volume, press
MDN
or
MCN
repeatedly.
You can answer the call by:
– lifting the corded handset from the base unit, or
– pressing
M
N
on the handset.
Call screening can be set for each unit. The
default setting is
“
On
”
.
1
M
MENU
N#310
2
MbN
: Select the desired setting.
a
M
SAVE
N
3
Proceed with the operation for your unit.
Handset:
M
OFF
N
Base unit:
M
EXIT
N
Number of rings before the unit
answers a call
You can change the number of times the phone
rings
“
Ring count
”
before the unit answers
calls. You can select 2 to 7 rings, or
“
Toll
saver
”
.
The default setting is
“
4 rings
”
.
“
Toll saver
”
: 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 44), 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.
You can configure this setting using either the
base unit or one of the handsets.
Handset / Base unit
1
M
MENU
N#211
2
MbN
: Select the desired setting.
a
M
SAVE
N
3
Proceed with the operation for your unit.
Handset:
M
OFF
N
Base unit:
M
EXIT
N
For landline voicemail service subscribers
If you subscribe to a flat-rate service package that
includes Caller ID, call waiting, voicemail, and
unlimited local/regional/long distance calls, please
note the following:
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To use the voicemail service provided by your
phone service provider rather than the unit’s
answering system, turn off the answering
system (page 40).
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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
“
Ring count
”
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
For assistance, please visit http://shop.panasonic.com/support
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