E42
USING
THE ANSWERING SYSTEM
Screening Calls
If you activate the call screening feature, you can listen to callers leaving messages without answering the phone ( see
Activating Call Screening on page E39 ). You can always hear callers from the base speaker. During call screening, press
on the base to mute the call screening temporarily. To cancel muting, press
/-
. Call screening will be on again on
the next call. To screen an incoming call from the handset:
Press
/MUTE
when the system is answering. If another handset is screening a call, you will hear a beep and you will
not be able to screen the call.
To answer the call, press
/FLASH
.
To stop screening the call, press .
Turning Off the Message Alert Tone
When all new messages are played back, the message alert tone will automatically deactivate. The tone will not deactivate
until all new messages are played back. To quickly turn off the tone, press any key on the base.
Operating the Answering System While You Are Away from Home
You can access your answering system while you are away from home to check, play, and delete messages, or turn your
answering system on and off.
For your convenience a wallet-size card is enclosed to be used as a reference.
Notes:
The answering system will only playback messages for four minutes and then it returns to the command waiting mode. To continue playing
your messages, press
0
then
2
again within fifteen seconds.
If you enter an incorrect security code three times, you will hear a beep and the answering system will return to standby.
If memory is full and the answering system is not set to “Announce only”, the
message counter
LED will display [FL] and it will answer a
call after about ten rings.
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