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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 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
q
VOL or
p
VOL to adjust the listening volume.
Press
/STOP to temporarily turn off the feature.
To screen a call at a cordless handset:
If the answering system and call screening are on, press
SELECT. The
announcement and the incoming message broadcast at the handset
while the call is answered by the answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
Press
VOL
+
or
VOL
-
to adjust the listening volume.
Press
OFF to temporarily turn off the feature.
Press
SELECT to temporarily turn on the feature if it is set to off.
Call intercept
If you want to talk to the caller whose message is being recorded, press
or on a handset.
Temporarily turn off the message alert tone
If the message alert tone is turned on (see page 73), 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.
The message alert tone resumes when you receive a new message.
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To screen call,
press [SELECT]
