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Operating the answering machine
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Picking up a call from the
answering machine
You can pick up a call while the answering
machine is recording a message or being
operated remotely:
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Press the Talk key.
Recording stops and you can speak to the
caller.
If two seconds of the call have already been
recorded when you pick it up, the call will be
displayed as a new message.
You can accept the call on every handset. If
you use call screening on a handset, only this
handset can answer up the call.
Setting up the answering
machine
The answering machine is preconfigured at
the factory. Change individual settings using
the handset or the corresponding keys of
the base station.
Activating/deactivating call
screening
While a caller is recording a message, you
can listen through the loudspeakers of regis-
tered handsets and the base station.
§Menu§
¢
Answer Machine
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Settings
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Call Screening
If you use the handset for this setting:
Base
/
Handset
Select this if you want to make
the setting for the handset or
the base station.
On
/
Off
Press the
§OK§
display key to con-
firm your selection.
The default setting for the base station is
On
;
the default setting for the handset is
Off
.
For call screening on the handset:
§Screen§
Press the display key to start call
screening.
Toll-Saver Mode – Call acceptance/
charge saving function for remote
operation
For each line, you can set when you want the
answering machine to respond to calls.
The options are:
2 Rings
,
4 Rings
,
6 Rings
,
8 Rings
, as well as the cost-saving setting
Toll Saver
.
When
Toll Saver
is set, the following deter-
mines when the answering machine accepts
calls:
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If no new messages are present, the
answering machine accepts calls after
4
Rings
.
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If new messages are present, the answer-
ing machine accepts calls after
2 Rings
.
When operating remotely, you know there
are no new messages when you hear the
third ring (otherwise the answering machine
would have already accepted your call).
There will be no call charges if you hang up
now.
§Menu§
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Answer Machine
¢
Settings
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Ring Delay
¢
Line 1
/
Line 2
2 Rings
/
4 Rings
/
6 Rings
/
8 Rings
/
Toll
Saver
Select an option and press
§OK§
.
Changing the language of voice
prompts and prerecorded
announcements
You can select English, Spanish, or French as
the language of voice prompts and prere-
corded announcements. You can select dif-
ferent languages for line 1 and line 2.
§Menu§
¢
Answer Machine
¢
Settings
¢
Voice Language
¢
Line 1
/
Line 2
English
/
Español
/
Français
Select a language and press
§OK§
.
Note:
The number of rings refers to the ring tones of
the base station. If you have selected another
ring tone, the number of rings you hear may dif-
fer from the selected number of rings.
