Specifications

Answering Machines
You can use an answering machine to answer calls at night when no one is
around, or during business hours when no one can get to the phone. If you
have an AT&T answering machine with the Call Intercept feature, you can pick
up a call that has been answered by the answering machine by joining the call
from any system phone. When you do so, the system sends the answering
machine a signal that makes it hang up.
The following are ways you can connect answering machines to your system:
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Single answering machine. This basic setup covers all the lines in the
system. Anyone on the system can call the machine to retrieve
messages.
Multiple answering machines. If you get too many calls for one
machine to cover, you can connect two or more machines to cover all
calls.
Personal answering machine. An answering machine can share an
extension with a phone to answer calls to the extension.
Single Answering Machine
The single answering machine setup (Figure 4-1) serves the entire system. The
answering machine is connected to its own extension, and covers all the lines in
the system, one at a time.
Lines
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SYSTEM
MODULES
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Ext X
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MACH
Figure 4-1. Single Answering Machine
To Use
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Go to the machine and manually play back messages.
From any system extension, make an intercom call to the answering
machine extension. When the machine answers, dial its message
retrieval code.
From outside the system, call in on any line that the machine covers.
When the machine answers, dial its message retrieval code. If someone
else answers, ask to be transferred to the answering machine’s extension.
4-2 Using Auxiliary Equipment