Operation Manual

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Answering system
About the answering system
Message capacity
The answering system can record and store up to 99 messages. Each
message can be up to 3 minutes in length depending on the message
length set (see Recording time on page 109). The total storage capacity
for the announcement, messages and memos is approximately 14 minutes.
The actual recording time depends on individual message characteristics.
Messages remain available for replay until you delete them.
Voice prompts
The system provides voice prompts to guide you through the setup
procedures at the telephone base, message playback, remote access and
recording outgoing announcements.
Call screening at the telephone base or handset
To screen calls at the telephone base:
If the answering system and call screening are on (see Call screening on
page 105), the announcement and the incoming message broadcast at the
telephone base when a call is answered by the answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
Press VOLUME on the telephone base to adjust the call screening
volume.
Press /PLAY/STOP or VOLUME to temporarily turn on the call
screening.
Press /PLAY/STOP to temporarily turn call screening if call screening is
set to off.
To screen calls at the handset:
If the answering system is on and your answering system is recording a
message, press SCREEN to screen the call on your handset and the screen
displays the caller ID information. If you do not subscribe to caller ID service,
the handset shows Home Incoming call.
NOTE: The call screening setting on the base does not affect the call screening on
the handset.
Call intercept
When a caller is leaving a message on your answering system, you can
stop recording and talk to the caller by pressing HOME/FLASH or
/SPEAKER on the handset, or pressing HOME on the telephone base.
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