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Operating the base station answering machine
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After an interruption of over one minute, the
answering machine returns to idle status.
Marking a message as new
You can mark a message you have already
heard as new again.
During message playback:
§Menu§
¢
Mark as New
Adding the telephone number of a message to
the directory
See "Adding a displayed number to the direc-
Deleting messages
You can delete old messages either all together
or individually.
Deleting all old messages
During playback or pause:
§Menu§
¢
Delete all
§OK§
Press the display key to confirm
the prompt.
Deleting individual old messages
While playback is paused:
§<C§
Press the display key.
Picking up a call from the answering
machine
You can take a call while the answering
machine is recording it.
c
/
d
Press the talk or handsfree key.
Recording stops and you can speak to the caller.
If 3 seconds of the call have already been
recorded when you pick it up, the call will be
displayed as a new message. The
f
key on the
handset flashes.
You can accept the call even if it is not signalled
on the handset.
Diverting an external call to the answering
machine
You can divert an incoming external call to the
answering machine even if it is switched off.
Requirement:
Sufficient storage space is avail-
able on the answering machine.
An external call is signalled on the handset.
§Menu§
¢
TAD Diversion
The answering machine answers the call imme-
diately. The set time for the call acceptance
(page 22) is ignored.
Activating/deactivating listen-in
While a message is recording, you can listen to
it on the loudspeakers in the base and in the
registered Gigaset C45 handsets.
Permanently activating/deactivating call
screening
§Menu§
¢
Voice Mail
¢
Call Screening
¢
Handset
/
Base
(
‰
= on)
a
Press
and
hold
(idle status).
Listening in can be activated simultaneously on
the
Base
and on the
Handset
.
Switching off listen-in for the current
recording
a
Press the end call key.
Setting up the answering machine
The answering machine has already been pre-
set at the factory. Make individual settings
using the handset.
Setting call acceptance
You can set when you want the answering
machine to accept a call.
The options are:
Immediately
,
10 sec
,
20 sec
or
30 sec
and
Auto
.
On
Auto
the following applies for call accept-
ance:
u
If no new messages are present, the answer-
ing machine accepts a call after
20 seconds
.
u
If new messages are present, the answering
machine accepts a call after just
10 Sec-
onds
.
§Menu§
¢
Voice Mail
¢
Ring Delay
q
Immediately
/
10 sec
/
20 sec
/
30 sec
/
Auto
Select an option and press
§OK§
(
‰
= on).
a
Press
and
hold
(idle status).