Using the answering system
remotely
1
Dial your phone number from a
touch-tone phone.
2
After the greeting message starts, enter
your remote access code.
3
Follow the voice guidance prompts as
necessary or control the unit using
remote commands (page 30).
4
When finished, hang up.
Voice guidance
n
When the English voice guidance is
selected
During remote operation, the unit’s voice
guidance starts and prompts you to press
1
to perform a specific operation, or press
2
to listen to more available operations.
n
When the Spanish voice guidance is
selected
To start the voice guidance, press
9
. The
voice guidance announces the available
remote commands (page 30).
Note:
R
If you do not press any dial keys within 10
seconds after a voice guidance prompt, the
unit disconnects your call.
Remote commands
Key
Operation
1
Repeat message (during playback)
2
Skip message (during playback)
4
Play new messages
5
Play all messages
9
Stop playback
Start voice guidance
0
Turn answering system off
*4
Erase currently playing message
*5
Erase all messages
*#
End remote operation
(or hang up)
*1 For English voice guidance only
*2 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 29).
Answering system settings
Call screening
While a caller is leaving a message, you can
listen to the call through the unit’s speaker.
1
M
MENU
N#310
2
MbN
: Select the desired setting.
a
M
SAVE
N
a
M
OFF
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.
1
M
MENU
N#211
2
MbN
: Select the desired setting.
a
M
SAVE
N
a
M
OFF
N
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