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Answering System Operation
To delete your outgoing message and use
the answering system’s prerecorded mes-
sages, hold down
OGM
until the system
beeps. Then press
OGM
again within two
seconds.
SETTING THE
RECORD TIME
Set
REC TIME
to
1
,
4
, or
ANN
to determine
how the system will record incoming mes-
sages.
1
— The system plays the outgoing message
and lets callers leave a message up to 1
minute long.
4
— The system plays the outgoing message
and lets callers leave a message up to 4 min-
utes long.
ANN
(announcement only) — The system
plays the outgoing message but does not let
callers leave a message.
SETTING THE ANSWERING
SYSTEM TO ANSWER
CALLS
To set the answering system to answer calls,
press
ANSWER
. If the system is set to record
a caller’s message (see “Setting the Record
Time”), it plays the outgoing message and
shows the number of recorded messages. If
the system is set to announcement-only, it
plays the outgoing message, and
A
appears.
To set the system to not answer calls, press
ANSWER
. The system announces “Answer
off” and the message counter turns off.
SCREENING CALLS
You can let the answering system answer
calls for you while you listen to the caller’s
message through the base’s speaker. If you
decide to answer the call, press
SPEAKER
to
answer using the speakerphone, press
TALK
to answer if the handset is off the base, or if
the handset is on the base, lift it. You can
also pick up any phone on the same line.
The system stops recording and resets to
answer the next call.
RECORDING INCOMING
MESSAGES
After the answering system answers a call, it
plays the outgoing message, beeps, and
records the caller’s message. Each incoming
message can be up to 1 or 4 minutes long,
depending on how you set
REC TIME
(see
“Setting the Record Time”). The system’s
maximum recording capacity is 18 minutes.
The system stops recording and resets to
answer the next call when:
• The caller hangs up.
• The maximum message length is
reached.
• The system detects a busy signal or
more than 7 seconds of silence.
• You pick up the system’s handset or any
phone on the same phone line.
Note: When the answering system’s mes-
sage memory is full,
FL
appears on the dis-
play and the system announces “No
remaining time” when you try to operate it.
RECORDING A MEMO
A memo is a message you can record at the
answering system for yourself or others in
your home or office. The system stores
memos as incoming messages (see “Playing
Messages” on Page 19).
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