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Answering System Operation
PLAYING MESSAGES
After the answering system has recorded a
message, its message counter shows the to-
tal number of messages stored. If you have
new messages, the number flashes.
To play your messages, press
PLAY/STOP
.
The answering system announces the num-
ber of new and old messages, then plays the
new messages. The message number ap-
pears as each message plays, and the an-
swering system announces the day and time
of the call at the end of each message.
To play all messages after playing the new
messages, press
PLAY/STOP
again.
To skip to the next message, press
SKIP
dur-
ing playback.
To replay the current message from the be-
ginning, press
REPEAT
. If you press
REPEAT
within about 2 seconds after a message be-
gins playing, the answering system replays
the previous message.
ADJUSTING THE
ANSWERING SYSTEM’S
VOLUME
To adjust the speaker’s volume, repeatedly
press
VOLUME
or on the base. The vol-
ume setting from
''''
(lowest) to
'&
'&
'&
'&
(highest) ap-
pears in the message counter window.
DELETING MESSAGES
To delete the current message while it is
playing, press
DELETE
. The answering sys-
tem beeps.
To delete all messages at once, while mes-
sages are not playing, hold down
DELETE
on
the base until the answering system beeps
and
&&&&
appears in the message counter win-
dow.
Note: You cannot delete new (unplayed)
messages. If you try to delete all messages
at once while you still have new messages,
the answering system sounds five quick
beeps and does not delete any messages.
REMOTE OPERATION
While you are away from your home or of-
fice, you can use a touch-tone phone, or a
pulse (rotary) phone with a pocket tone dialer
(available through your local RadioShack
store), to enter your PIN (personal identifica-
tion number) and do any of the following:
• Set the answering system to answer or
not answer calls.
• Listen to your messages.
• Record a new outgoing message.
• Record a memo.
• Erase messages.
• Monitor the room.
Note: You cannot remotely operate the an-
swering system using its handset or another
telephone on the same line as the answering
system.
SETTING THE PIN
The answering system’s two-digit remote op-
eration PIN prevents unauthorized remote
access to your messages. The PIN is preset
to 80. Follow these steps to change the PIN
to any number from 00 to 99.
Note: If you press
SPEAKER
or
PLAY/STOP
while changing the PIN, or wait more than 2
minutes between key presses, the answering
system exits the PIN setting process. Start
again at Step 1.
1. Hold down
PIN
until the answering sys-
tem beeps and
&&
&&
&&
&&
appears in the mes-
sage counter window.
