User's Manual

Using your answering machine (Telstra 5200a only)
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Setting time on the answering machine
You will need to set the date and time so that you know when each
message was received.
Once a message has been played back, the machine will announce, for
example, Tuesday, four fifty, pm.
1. Press and hold
until you hear the current setting.
2. Press
or to scroll through the days and press to select. The
day is announced followed by the current hour setting.
3. Press
or to scroll through the hours and press to select. The
hour is announced followed by the current minutes setting.
4.Press or to scroll through the minutes and press to select.
The newly set day and time is announced.
Answer delay
Answer delay sets the number of times your Telstra 5200a will ring before
the answer machine picks up your call and starts playing the outgoing
message. The default setting is for the answering machine to answer after
6 rings. You can change this setting to between 2-9 rings.
To change the answer delay setting
1. Press and hold the
button on the base unit until the current setting
is announced, then release.
2. Press and release the
button to move through the settings, with
each press the options will be announced and will also be shown on the
base unit display, i.e. 8, 9, Time Saver, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
See page 35 for a description of the Time Saver feature.
When you hear the setting you want, do not press the
button again.
After a short delay your chosen setting will be announced.
To check the answer delay setting at the base station
1. Press and release the
button.
The current setting will be announced and also shown on the base unit
display.
Telstra phone features
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Note
# To arrange
connection of the
Flashing Message
Indicator service,
simply call Telstra on
13 2200.
* Monthly charge
and call charges
apply.
^ Available to most
Telstra home phone
access customers.
Flashing Message Indicator#
The Telstra 5200/5200a is designed to provide visual indication
when a new message is left in your Telstra Home Messages 101® or
MessageBank® service.
When a new message is left, an
icon will be displayed on the
handset.
After you have listened to your message(s), the
icon will disappear.
MessageBank® and Telstra Home Messages 101®
MessageBank takes the message for you when you are on the phone or
can't answer it, so you can call back when it suits you. Message retrieval is
free from most Telstra fixed line telephones.* Telstra Home Messages 101®
is free to turn on or use.^
To listen to your messages
Press and hold
button for 1.5 seconds. Your handset will access the
telephone line and automatically dial 125 101.
Follow the voice prompts to access you messages.
Call Waiting
If an incoming call arrives while you are already engaged on a telephone
call, you will hear a soft beep every 5 seconds. The second caller’s number
(and name if stored in the directory) will appear on the handsets display.
To accept a Call Waiting call
If you hear the tone that tells you there is another caller, whilst you are
on a call:
1. Press and hold button for 1.5 seconds.
The first caller is put on hold and you can talk to the second caller.
2. To switch between callers, press and hold button for 1.5 seconds.
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