Operation Manual

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Operating the answering machine
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If you have no old messages, you will hear
an error tone and No Messages will display
on the screen.
Deleting individual old messages
During playback:
§Menu§ ¢ Delete
¤ Press §OK§ to delete the current message.
Picking up a call from the answering
machine
You can pick up a call while the answering
machine is recording a message or being
operated remotely:
c Press the Talk key.
Recording stops and you can speak to the
caller.
If two seconds of the call have already
been recorded when you pick it up, the
call will be displayed as a new message.
You can accept the call on every handset.
Recording a memo
You can record a memo on your answer-
ing machine, e.g. to leave a message to
other members of your family. It will be
signaled like a new message on your
answering machine.
§Menu§ ¢ Answer Machine ¢ Record Memo
Select and press
§OK§ to start
playback.
You will hear the ready tone (short tone).
¤ Now record your memo (must be at
least 3 seconds long).
¤ Press §OK§ to end the recording.
Recording ends automatically if the maxi-
mum recording time of 3 minutes has
been exceeded.
Setting up the answering
machine
The answering machine is preconfigured
at the factory. Make individual settings
using the handset.
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 display key
§OK§ 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.
On the base station in idle status: Press and
hold the
õ key.
On the base station:
Press the
õ key during playback.
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 ring tones.