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Remote control (only tiptel 291/293)
Perform remote interrogation
1. Call your answering machine and wait until the announcement starts.
2. Switch your telephone to the tone dialling mode (if necessary) or use a regular remote
beeper and hold the acoustic aperture against the microphone of the handset.
3. Dial your remote control code that you set earlier at your tiptel 291/293 (1 - 4 numeric digits).
Each of the entered code digits is acknowledged separately by a voice message. After having
entered the code number press
.
4. If the remote control code is correct, you will hear the voice message "remote interrogation".
Perform the desired remote interrogation function. Each of your entries will by confirmed by a
voice message.
5. If the remote control code is incorrect, the device will switch off (this avoids misuse). If you
pressed a wrong number, press the
button and enter the remote control code again.
6. Terminate the remote interrogation function by replacing the handset or by pressing the
buttons
and
.
Remote control code
This is the code used for identification as soon as the device starts the announcement during the
remote interrogation function. Your remote control code can be any number between 1 and 9999.
You have to dial these numbers as soon as the answering machine starts the announcement.
The personal remote control code can be set under the menu "remote control settings" and the
corresponding sub-menu "RC code". If you do not want to perform remote interrogations, you
can erase the remote control code by pressing the
button.
Message code
Using the message code allows you to leave a message even if the device is in the mode "out-
going message without incoming recording". Your message code may by any number between
0 and 9999. The code has to be entered as soon as the answering machine plays back the out-
going message (without incoming recording). If your message code was identified, you can start
to speak your message. The personal message code can be set under the menu "remote
control settings" and the corresponding sub-menu "message code". If you do not want to have a
message code, you can erase the entry by pressing the
button.
VIP code
By the VIPcode, you are informed that a privileged caller wants to speak to you personally. Let
the corresponding persons have your VIPcode which can be any number between 1 and 9999.
This number is then dialled by privileged callers when they call you and hear the outgoing mes-
sage. If the entered VIPcode is correct your answering machine informs this by a beep which is
heard for about 1 minute. During this time you can answer the call personally. The personal VIP
code can be set under the menu "remote control settings" and the corresponding sub-menu "VIP
code". If you do not want any VIPcode, just erase the entry by pressing the
button.
