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Answer machine list (AL185/AL285 only)
You can use the answer machine list to listen to the
messages that are on the answer machine.
The answer machine list is displayed as follows:
Number of new me number of old, played back mes-
sages
Opening the answer machine list
f
¤
VoiceMail 01+02
¤
OK
If you have new messages, playback will start with the
first new message, otherwise with the first old mes-
sage.
Using other functions
u
(Select entry)
¤
MENU
The following functions can be selected with
u
:
Operating the answer
machine (AL185/AL285)
The answer machine can be operated from the hand-
set or by using the key on the base station (
The telephone is supplied with a pre-recorded
announcement. You can only record your own
announcement messages using the handset. This
pre-recorded announcement is used if no personal
announcement is available.
If the memory is full, the answer machine switches
itself off automatically. It activates again automati-
cally when you delete old messages.
Activating/deactivating the answer machine
MENU
¤
Voice Mail
¤
OK
¤
Answer Mach.
¤
OK (
‰
= on)
When you switch on the answer machine, the
±
icon
appears in the display.
Recording your own announcement
MENU
¤
Voice Mail
¤
OK
¤
Announcements
¤
OK
¤
Rec announce
¤
OK
¤
Speak after OK
¤
OK
You hear the ready tone (short tone). Now speak your
announcement (at least 3 sec.). Press
OK
to confirm or
press
a
or
”
to reject your recording. After record-
ing, the announcement is played back for you to
check.
Please note:
Recording ends automatically when the max. record-
ing time of 170 seconds is reached or if there is a
break in speaking of more than 2 seconds.
Playing back or deleting announcements
Playing/deleting messages
Open the answer machine list to play back messages.
Stopping and controlling playback
During message playback:
Deleting individual messages
While playback is paused, press the
˜
display key.
Deleting all old messages
During playback or pause:
MENU
¤
Delete all old
¤
OK
(Confirm the security
prompt)
Picking up a call from the answer machine
You can still accept a call while the answer machine is
recording the message by pressing
c
. Recording
stops and you can speak to the caller.
Setting up the answer machine
The answer machine has already been preset at the
factory. Make individual settings using the handset.
Details on how to set a delay time, after which the
answer machine is to answer a call, as well as details
on how to set the recording length and activate call
screening during the recording, are available from the
Menu tree
Setting a different language
You can change the language used for voice prompts
and the pre-recorded announcement.
MENU
¤
4
3
9
2
1
(starts the procedure).
Selecting the language:
0
(English),
1
(French),
2
(Arabian).
The display shows
Saved
.
Continue
Resume paused playback.
Volume
Set the volume.
Copy to Dir.
Copy an entry to the directory.
Delete all old
Delete all old messages.
VoiceMail
01+02
2
Stop playback. Press
2
again to resume.
t
Go to the start of the current message.
2 x
t
Skip to the previous message.
v
Skip to the next message.
2 x
v
Skip to the next message but one.