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Answering System Operation
SETTING THE REMOTE
OPERATION PIN
The answering system’s two-digit remote op-
eration PIN (personal identification number)
prevents unauthorized remote access to
your messages. The PIN is preset to 80. Fol-
low these steps to change the PIN to any
number from 00 to 99.
Note: If you wait more than 2 minutes be-
tween each keypress, the system exits the
PIN setting process. Start again at Step 1.
1. Hold down
PIN
on the base until the
answering system beeps and 00
appears in the message counter win-
dow.
2. Press
SKIP
on the base to set the first
digit of the PIN higher or
REPEAT
to set
it lower. Then press
PIN
.
3. Press
SKIP
or
REPEAT
to set the second
digit of the PIN, then press
PIN
. The sys-
tem announces the new PIN.
To check your PIN at any time, press
PIN
.
The PIN appears in the message counter
window, and the answering system announc-
es it.
Note: If you press
SPEAKER
or
PLAY/STOP
while changing the PIN, the system exits set-
up. Begin again with Step 1.
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 and do any of the fol-
lowing:
• Set the answering system to answer or
not answer calls.
• Listen to your messages.
• Record a new outgoing message.
• Record a memo.
• Erase messages.
Note: You cannot remotely operate the sys-
tem using its handset or another telephone
on the same line as the system.
USING THE TOLL-SAVER
If
RING
TIME
is set to
T/S
(toll-saver), (see
“Setting the Day/Time” on Page 12), the sys-
tem answers after three rings if you have
new messages (ones you have not listened
to). If there are no new messages, the sys-
tem answers after five rings. This gives you
time to hang up before the system answers
so you can avoid unnecessary long-distance
charges.
USING REMOTE
COMMANDS
Follow these steps to operate the answering
system from a remote location.
Note: If you wait more than 15 seconds be-
tween each keypress, the system sounds a
long beep and hangs up.
1. Dial your phone number and wait for the
system to answer.
If the system is not set to answer calls, it
will answer after about 10 rings and
sound a series of beeps.
2. When the outgoing message begins (or
the system sounds a series of beeps),
press
#
, then enter your PIN within 2
seconds.
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