Key Operation
6 Play greeting message
7 Record greeting message
9 Stop recording
S
top playback
0 Turn answering system off
*4 Erase currently playing message
*5 Erase all messages
*6 Reset to a pre-recorded greeting
m
essage (during greeting message
playback)
*# End remote operation
(
or hang up)
*1 If pressed within the first 5 seconds of a
m
essage, the previous message is
played.
Turning on the answering system
r
emotely
1 Dial your phone number from a
touch-tone phone.
2 Let the phone ring 15 times.
R A long beep is heard.
3 Enter your remote access code within 10
seconds after the long beep.
R The greeting message is played back.
R You can either hang up, or enter your
remote access code again and begin
remote operation (page 44).
Answering system settings
Call screening
W
hile a caller is leaving a message, you can
listen to the call through the handset’s
speaker. To adjust the speaker volume, press
MDN or MCN repeatedly. You can answer the call
by pressing M
N
on the handset. Call
screening can be set for each handset. The
default setting is “On”.
1 MMENUN (right soft key) #310
2 MbN:
Select the desired setting. a MOKN
a M
N
Number of rings before the unit
a
nswers a call
You can change the number of times the
phone rings “Number of Rings” before the
unit answers a call. You can select 2 to 9
rings, or “Auto”.
The default setting is “5 Rings”.
“Auto”: The unit’s answering system answers
at the end of the 2nd ring when new
messages have been recorded, or at the end
of the 5th ring when there are no new
messages. If you call your phone from outside
to listen to new messages (page 44), you
know that there are no new messages when
the phone rings for the 3rd time. You can then
hang up without being charged for the call.
1 MMENUN (right soft key) #211
2 MbN: Select the desired setting. a MOKN
a M
N
For service provider voice mail
s
ubscribers (for Australia)
To receive voice mail and use the answering
system properly, please note the following:
R “Voice mail” is a service provided by your
service provider/telephone company
(page 47). You will need to first subscribe
or activate this service through your service
provider/telephone company. Contact your
service provider/telephone company on
how to operate this service and how you
will be notified that you have messages on
your voice mail.
To use this service, you will be required to
leave your answering machine off on your
unit.
This will allow the voice mail to receive any
messages.
R To use the unit’s answering machine rather
than the voice mail service provided by
your service provider/telephone company,
please contact your service provider/
telephone company to have it removed or
deactivated permanently or temporarily.
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Answering System
