User's Manual

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Answering system
About the answering system
Message capacity
The answering system can record and store up to 99 messages. Each message
can be up to 3 minutes in length depending on the message length set (see
Recording time on page 92). The total storage capacity for the announcement,
messages and memos is approximately 14 minutes. The actual recording time
depends on individual message characteristics. Messages remain available for
replay until you delete them.
Voice prompts
The system provides voice prompts to guide you through the setup procedures
at the telephone base, message playback, remote access and recording
outgoing announcements.
Call screening at the telephone base or handset
To screen calls at the telephone base:
If the answering system and call screening are on (see Call screening on
page 88), the announcement and the incoming message broadcast at the
telephone base when a call is answered by the answering system.
Options while a message is being recorded:
Press VOLUME on the telephone base to adjust the call
screening volume.
Press /PLAY/STOP or VOLUME to temporarily turn on the call
screening.
Press
/PLAY/STOP to temporarily turn call screening if call
screening is set to off.
To screen calls at the handset:
If the answering system is on and your answering system is recording a
message, press SCREEN to screen the call on your handset and the screen
displays the caller ID information. If you do not subscribe to caller ID service,
the handset shows Home Incoming call.
NOTE: The call screening setting on the base does not affect the call screening on
the handset.
Call intercept
When a caller is leaving a message on your answering system, you can
stop recording and talk to the caller by pressing HOME/FLASH or
/SPEAKER on the handset, or pressing HOME on the telephone base.
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