Operation Manual

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9. Answering Machine
Your answering machine can be ready for use within a few seconds of
plugging in the telephone line cord and switching on the mains power.
Just follow the steps in this section to set up and use your answering
machine.
Switch on/off
Switches the answering machine on
or off. The current answer mode is
announced.
Set the answer mode
Switch the answering machine on
2 sec
To change the mode between
‘Answer & Rec.’, ‘Answer Only’ or
‘Answer Off’
Record your outgoing message (OGM)
Your answering machine comes with a default outgoing message but you
can record your own personal OGM of up to 2 minutes long.
2 sec
Record your message after the beep
Press to end your recording
Check your OGM
The current OGM is announced
To return to the factory pre-set OGM, just press the key whilst the
current OGM is playing.
Set the answer delay
2 sec (Under base)
Enters ring delay mode and
announces the current setting.
Select between 2-9 rings or ‘Time
Saver’.
Confi rm the number or rings (2-9) or
‘Time Saver’.
Time saver: This feature can save you the cost of a call when you ring
in to listen to your messages from another phone. If your answering
machine answers after
2 rings you have new messages, if it answers
after 5 rings then there are no new messages. Hang up after the 2nd
ring and you will not be charged for the call.
Set the date and time
2 sec
Enters date and time mode
Select a day of the week
Confi rm the day
Select the hour
Confi rm the hour
Select the minutes
Confi rm the minutes
Check the date and time
The current date and time setting is
announced
Using the Answering Machine
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Service−Hotline Germany: Tel. [phone], cost via German landline at time of going to print: 14 ct/min., different costs possible via mobile telephone systems
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