Answering system
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About the answering system
Using the answering machine and voicemail together
You can also use your telephone answering system and voicemail together
by setting your built-in answering system to answer before voicemail
answers, as described below. To learn how to program your voicemail
settings, contact your telephone service provider. If you are on a call, or if
the answering system is busy recording a message and you receive another
call, the second caller can leave a voicemail message.
Set your answering system to answer calls at least two rings earlier than
your voicemail is set to answer. For example, if your voicemail answers
after six rings, set your answering system to answer after four rings.
Some voicemail providers may program the delay before answering calls
in seconds instead of rings. In this case, allow 6 seconds per ring when
determining the appropriate setting.
Message capacity
The answering system can record up to 99 messages, depending on the length
of each message. Individual messages can be up to three minutes, and the
maximum recording time is approximately 11 minutes. The actual recording
time depends on individual message characteristics. Messages remain available
for replay until you delete them.
When there are new messages (including memos) on the answering system,
the number of messages stored flashes in the message counter.
If the answering system has less than three minutes of recording time left, it
announces, “Less than three minutes to record,” before message playback at
the handset or the telephone base. Rec mem low displays on the handset
screen in idle mode. When you turn on the answering system at the telephone
base, it announces, “Calls will be answered. Less than three minutes to record.”
If the memory is full, the answering system announces, “Memory is full,” before
message playback. The handset screen displays Rec mem full in idle mode
and the number of messages and F flash alternately in the message counter at
the telephone base. Once the memory is full, you cannot turn the answering
system back on if it has been turned off, nor can you record new messages
until old ones have been deleted. Memory full displays if you want to turn on
the answering system on the handset but there is no memory.
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