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Answering system operation
Call screening
To screen a call at the telephone base:
If the answering system and call screening are turned on, the announcement and
the incoming message broadcast at the telephone base while the call is answered
by the answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
•
Press
VOL-
or
VOL+
to adjust the call screening volume.
•
Press
VOL+
to temporarily turn on the call screening if the call screening is set
to off.
•
Press
/PLAY/STOP
to temporarily turn on or off the call screening.
To screen a call at a handset:
If the answering system is on, the announcement and the incoming message
broadcast at the telephone base when a call is answered by the answering system.
At the same time, the handset shows
To screen call press [SELECT]
. Press
SELECT
to screen the call on your handset. The handset shows the caller’s
information. If you do not subscribe to caller ID service, the handset shows
Screening...
Options while a message is being recorded:
•
Press
SELECT
to temporarily turn on the call screening if call screening is set
to off.
•
Press
/VOLUME
or
/VOLUME
to adjust the call screening volume.
•
Press
OFF
to temporarily silence the call screening.
•
Press to switch between the speakerphone and the handset earpiece.
Call intercept
If you want to talk to the caller whose message is being recorded, press
or
on the handset.
Temporarily turn off the message alert tone
If the message alert tone is turned on (see page 51), the telephone base beeps
every 10 seconds when there are new messages. Pressing any telephone base
key (except
/FIND HANDSET
)
temporarily silences the message alert tone.
If you press
X/DELETE
when in idle mode to temporarily turn off the message alert
tone, there is a voice prompt directing you to press
X/DELETE
again to delete all
old messages. The message alert tone is temporarily off. Only press
X/DELETE
a
second time if you wish to erase all old messages in your answering system.
The message alert tone resumes when you receive a new message.