Answering system
About the answering system
Call intercept
While screening a call, you can stop recording and speak to the caller by pressing
PHONE/FLASH.
Base ringer
Press pVOL
+
or qVOL
-
on the telephone base to adjust the ringer volume
when the telephone is not in use.
You hear a sample of the ringer while adjusting the volume. The telephone
base announces, āBase ringer is off,ā when you set the volume to 0.
Temporarily turning off the message alert tone
If the message alert tone is turned on, the telephone base beeps every
ten seconds when there are new messages. Pressing any telephone base
key (except /HANDSET LOCATOR) temporarily silences the message
alert tone.
If you press X/DELETE when in idle mode to temporarily turn off the
message alert tone, there is a voice prompt directing you to press X/DELETE
again to delete all old messages. The message alert tone is temporarily off.
Only press X/DELETE a second time if you wish to erase all old messages in
your answering system.
The message alert tone resumes when you receive another message.
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