User's Manual

Using your answering machine (Telstra 5200a only)
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Call screening
You can let your answering machine pick up a call, even if you are in. This
allows you to identify the caller and decide whether to take the call.
Make sure the volume on the base unit is set to an audible level, see
page 26. Allow the incoming call to be answered by your Telstra 5200a
answering machine as normal. You will hear the caller begin to leave a
message.
To screen a call from the base unit
While listening to your caller leaving a message, via the base unit
loudspeaker, you can decide to take the call by pressing the
button
on the handset.
Or
If the handset is resting on the base unit and you decide to take the call,
lift the handset and speak to the caller.
Recording will stop automatically.
Memos
A personal memo can be recorded on your Telstra 5200a and left as a
message for another user. Memos can be any length, up to the maximum
recording capacity (11 minutes), but you should try to keep them short to
allow time for recording incoming messages.
To record a memo
1. Press and hold the
button.
The prompt will announce, “Please speak after the tone. To end recording,
release the button.”
2. Record your memo message by speaking into the base unit (approx. 40
cm). When finished, release the
button.
Using the phone
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Using the Handset
menu you can
change the settings
of your handset.
Handset ringtone
You can choose from 5 melodies. You can set different melodies for
internal and external calls.
1. Press
then scroll to Handset and press .
2. Scroll
to EXT MELODY (ring tone for external calls) or INT
MELODY (ring tone for internal calls) and press the button to
confirm.
3. Scroll or to select required melody and press the button
to confirm.
Base station ringtone
You can choose from five melodies. You can set different melodies for
internal and external calls.
1. Press then scroll to SETUP and press .
2. Scroll
to BASE MELODY and press the button to confirm.
3. Scroll
or to select required melody and press the button
to confirm.
Handset ring volume
There are five handset ringer volume levels and ‘Off’.
If you select ‘Off’, only the base will ring (unless you have set the base
ringer to ‘Off’ as well, see page 19).
1. Press
and scroll to HANDSET.
2. Press the
button to confirm.
3. Scroll
to EXT RING VOL (volume for external calls) or INT
RING VOL (volume for internal calls) and press the button to
confirm.
4. Scroll or to select required volume and press the button
to confirm.
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