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Operating the answering machine
Gigaset E500/E500A / AUS / A31008-M2206-C401-1-7619 / answering_m.fm / 01.03.2011
Activating/deactivating
call screening
While the caller is leaving a message
on the answering machine, you can
listen in via the loudspeaker on the
base or handset.
Permanently activating/
deactivating call screening
§Menu§
¤
q
Answer Machine
¤
§OK§
¤
q
Call Screening
¤
§OK§
¤
q
Handset
/
Base
¤
§OK§
(
³
= on)
Call screening can be simultane-
ously activated on the base and
handset.
Deactivating call screening on
the handset for the current
recording
a
Press the end call key. The
loudspeaker on the hand-
set is deactivated.
Setting up the answering
machine
The answering machine has already
been preset at the factory. You can
configure individual settings via the
handset.
Setting up ring delay
You can set the amount of time that
elapses before the answering
machine is to accept a call.
§Menu§
¤
q
Answer Machine
¤
§OK§
¤
q
Ring Delay
¤
§OK§
q
No delay
/
10 sec.
/
18 sec.
/
30 sec.
/
Auto
Select and press
§OK§
(
³
= on).
With
Auto
the ring delay is as fol-
lows:
u
If there are no new messages, the
answering machine answers a call
after
18 seconds
.
u
If new messages are present, the
answering machine answers a call
after
10 seconds
.
Setting the message length
You can set a maximum message
length.
The options are:
1 Minute
,
2 Minutes
,
3 Minutes
or
Unlimited
.
§Menu§
¤
q
Answer Machine
¤
§OK§
¤
q
Message Length
¤
§OK§
¤
Select the message length
¤
§OK§
(
³
= on)
