AT&T CL83217 - Voice Prompts; Call Screening

Answering system
About the answering system
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
To screen a call at the telephone base:
If the answering system and call screening are on (see Call screening on
page 129), 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:
f Press q/VOL/p on the telephone base to adjust the call
screening volume.
f Press /PL AY/STOP or CANCEL to temporarily silence the
call screening.
f Press /PL AY/STOP to temporarily turn on the call screening if call
screening is set to o.
f Press /SPEAKER to answer the call.
To screen a call at the handset:
If the answering system is on, you can hear the incoming message with the
handset when a call is answered by the answering system. While a message is
being recorded, the handset shows
To screen call, press [SELECT]. Press MENU/SELECT to screen the call.
Options while a message is being recorded:
f Press qCID/VOLUME or pDIR/VOLUME on the handset to adjust the call
screening volume.
f Press OFF/CANCEL to temporarily silence the call screening.
f Press MENU/SELECT to temporarily turn on the call screening if call
screening is set to o.
f Press /SPEAKER to broadcast the announcement and the incoming
message through the speakerphone. Press again to turn o the speakerphone.
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