User`s manual

Answering system
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Answering system settings
Answer on/off
By default, the answering system is on and ready to record messages. If you
turn the answering system off, it does not answer calls and record messages.
To turn the answering system on or off:
Using a cordless handset:
1. When the handset is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT to enter the
main menu.
2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
MENU/SELECT.
3. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answer ON/OFF, then press
MENU/SELECT.
4. Press qCID or pDIR to highlight >On or >Off, then press MENU/SELECT to
save the setting.
When the answering system is on, the handset shows ANS ON.
Using the telephone base:
Press /ANSWER ON to turn the answering system on or off. If
the answering system is turned on, it announces, “Calls will be
answered.” If the answering system is turned off, it announces,
“Calls will not be answered.”
Call screening
Use this feature to choose whether incoming messages can be heard over
the speaker when they are being recorded. If you turn call screening on, you
hear the incoming message. While monitoring an incoming message, you can
answer the call by pressing PHONE/FLASH or /SPEAKERSPEAKER on a cordless
handset, or pressing /SPEAKERSPEAKER or lifting the corded handset on the
telephone base.
To change the setting:
Using a cordless handset or the telephone base:
1. When the handset or telephone base is in idle mode, press MENU/SELECT
to enter the main menu.
2. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Answering sys, then press
MENU/SELECT.
3. Press qCID or pDIR to scroll to >Ans sys setup, then press MENU/SELECT.
4. Press MENU/SELECT to select >Call screening.
5. Press qCID or pDIR to choose >On or >Off.
6. Press MENU/SELECT to save the setting.
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