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Turn the call screening on or off
You can hear incoming messages at the
telephone base while they are being
recorded.
1. Press
MENU
when the phone is not in
use.
2. Press
q
or
p
to choose
Answering
sys
and then press
SELECT
.
3. Press
q
or
p
to choose
Ans sys
setup
and then press
SELECT
.
4. Press
SELECT
to select
Call
screening
.
5. Press
q
or
p
to choose
On
or
Off
,
and then press
SELECT
to save. You
hear a confirmation tone.
Turn the message alert tone on or
off
When the message alert tone is set to on,
and there is at least one new message, the
telephone base beeps every
10 seconds.
1. Press
MENU
when the phone is not in
use.
2. Press
q
or
p
to choose
Answering
sys
and then press
SELECT
.
3. Press
q
or
p
to choose
Ans sys
setup
and then press
SELECT
.
4. Press
q
or
p
to choose
Msg alert
tone
, and then press
SELECT
.
5. Press
q
or
p
to choose
On
or
Off
,
and then press
SELECT
to save. You
hear a confirmation tone.
NOTES
• The answering system must be turned on for
the message alert tone to be functional.
• Press any key on the telephone base (except
/FIND HANDSET
) to temporarily silence
the message alert tone.
Use your built-in answering
system
New message indication
When there are new answering system
messages, the handset displays
XX new
messages
and
, and the message
window on the telephone base flashes.
When you are reviewing a new message,
NEW
and
display on the handset.
Message
window
display
Description
0
No messages.
1-99
Total number of old messages
and memos recorded.
The message number currently
playing.
0-99
(flashing)
Total number of new messages
recorded, or the current
message number during new
message playback.
The clock needs to be set.
1-99
&
F
(alternating)
The answering system memory
is full with total number of
messages recorded.
1-8
The telephone base speaker
volume level while adjusting.
0-6
The telephone base ringer
level while adjusting.
--
The answering system is
answering a call, or recording a
memo or announcement.
The handset is on a call, or in
the caller ID log.
The answering system is being
accessed remotely.
If the message alert tone is turned on, the
telephone base beeps every 10 seconds
when there are messages that have not
been reviewed.