User Manual

Answering system
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About the answering system
Call intercept
While screening a call, you can stop recording and speak to the caller by
pressing .
Base ringer
Press VOLUME+ or VOLUME- on the telephone base to adjust
the ringer volume when the telephone is not in use.
You hear a sample of the ringer while adjusting the volume. The
telephone base announces, “Base ringer is o,” when you set the
volume to 0.
Temporarily turning o the message alert tone
If the message alert tone is turned on, the telephone base beeps
every ten seconds when there are new messages. Pressing any
telephone base key (except FIND HS) temporarily silences the
message alert tone.
However, if you press a key at the telephone base to silence the
message alert tone, the telephone base will also perform the
corresponding key function. For example, if you press X/DELETE

there is a voice prompt directing you to press X/DELETE again
to delete all old messages. The message alert tone is temporarily
X/DELETE a second time if you wish to erase all old
messages in your answering system.
The message alert tone resumes when you receive another
message.