Remote commands
You can press dial keys to access certain
answering system functions without waiting for the
voice guidance to prompt you.
Key
Operation
1
Repeat message (during playback)
*1
2
Skip message (during playback)
4
Play new messages
5
Play all messages
9
Stop playback
*2
Start voice guidance
*3
0
Turn answering system off
*4
Erase currently playing message
*5
Erase all messages
*#
End remote operation
(or hang up)
*1 If pressed within the first 5 seconds of a
message, the previous message is played.
*2 For English voice guidance only
*3 For Spanish voice guidance only
Turning on the answering system
remotely
1
Dial your phone number from a touch-tone
phone.
2
Let the phone ring 15 times.
R
A long beep is heard.
3
Enter your remote access code within 10
seconds after the long beep.
R
The greeting message is played back.
R
You can either hang up, or enter your
remote access code again and begin
remote operation (page 66).
Answering system settings
Call screening
Handset / Base unit
While a caller is leaving a message, you can listen
to the call through the unit’s speaker.
To adjust the speaker volume, press
MDN
or
MCN
repeatedly.
You can answer the call by:
– pressing
M
LINE 1
N
or
M
LINE 2
N
and lifting the
corded handset from the base unit, or
– pressing
M
L1
N
or
M
L2
N
on the handset.
Call screening can be set for each unit. The
default setting is
“
On
”
.
1
For line 1:
M
MENU
N#3101
For line 2:
M
MENU
N#3102
2
MbN
: Select the desired setting.
a
M
SAVE
N
3
Proceed with the operation for your unit.
Handset:
M
OFF
N
Base unit:
M
EXIT
N
Number of rings before the unit
answers a call
You can change the number of times the phone
rings
“
Ring count
”
before the unit answers
calls. You can select 2 to 7 rings, or
“
Toll
saver
”
.
The default setting is
“
4 rings
”
.
“
Toll saver
”
: The unit’s answering system
answers at the end of the 2nd ring when new
messages have been recorded, or at the end of
the 5th ring when there are no new messages. If
you call your phone from outside to listen to new
messages (page 66), you know that there are no
new messages when the phone rings for the 3rd
time. You can then hang up without being charged
for the call.
Program this setting using either the base unit or
one of the handsets.
Handset / Base unit
1
For line 1:
M
MENU
N#2111
For line 2:
M
MENU
N#2112
2
MbN
: Select the desired setting.
a
M
SAVE
N
3
Proceed with the operation for your unit.
Handset:
M
OFF
N
Base unit:
M
EXIT
N
For voice mail service subscribers
If you subscribe to a flat-rate service package that
includes Caller ID, call waiting, voice mail, and
unlimited local/regional/long distance calls, please
note the following:
R
To use the voice mail service provided by your
service provider/telephone company rather than
the unit’s answering system, turn off the
answering system (page 61).
For assistance, please visit http://www.panasonic.com/help
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