Operation Manual

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Operating the answering machine
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Setting up the answering
machine
The answering machine is preconfigured
at the factory. Change individual settings
using the handset or the corresponding
keys on the base station.
Activating/deactivating call screening
While a caller is recording a message, you
can listen through the loudspeakers of
registered handsets and the base station.
§Menu§ ¢ Answer Machine ¢ Settings
¢ Call Screening
If you use the handset for this setting:
Base / Handset
Select if you want to make the
setting for the handset or the
base station.
On / Off Press the
§OK§ display key to
confirm your selection.
The default setting for the base station is
On; the default setting for the handset is
Off.
For call screening on the handset:
§Screen§ Press the display key to start
call screening.
Toll-Saver Mode - Call acceptance/
charge saving function for remote
operation
You can set when you want the answering
machine to respond to calls.
The options are: 2 Rings, 4 Rings, 6 Rings, 8
Rings, as well as the cost-saving setting
Toll Saver.
When Toll Saver is set, the following deter-
mines when the answering machine
accepts calls:
u If no new messages are present, the
answering machine accepts calls after
4 Rings.
u If new messages are present, the
answering machine accepts calls after
2 Rings.
When operating remotely, you know there
are no new messages when you hear the
third ring (otherwise the answering
machine would have already accepted
your call). There will be no call charges if
you hang up now.
§Menu§ ¢ Answer Machine ¢ Settings
¢ Ring Delay
2 Rings / 4 Rings / 6 Rings / 8 Rings / Toll Saver
Select an option and press
§OK§.
Changing the language of voice
prompts and prerecorded
announcements
You can select English, Spanish, or French
as the language of voice prompts and pre-
recorded announcements.
§Menu§ ¢ Answer Machine ¢ Settings
¢ Voice Language
English / Español / Français
Select a language and press
§OK§.
Operating when on the move
(remote operation)
You can check or activate the answering
machine from any other telephone (hotel,
pay phone, etc.).
Requirements:
u The phone you are using for remote
operation must have tone dialing
(DTMF), so that you hear different
tones when you press the keys.
u You must activate Remote Access.
Note:
The number of rings refers to the ring tones of
the base station. If you have selected another
ring tone, the number of rings you hear may
differ from the selected number of rings.