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 on the handset or /SPEAKER on the telephone base.
Base ringer
Press q/VOL/p 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 shows Ringer o when you set the volume to 0.
Temporarily turning o 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 /FIND HS) temporarily silences the message alert tone.
If you press MUTE/DELETE when in idle mode to temporarily turn o the
message alert tone, there is a voice prompt directing you to press
MUTE/DELETE again to delete all old messages. The message alert tone is
temporarily o. Only press MUTE/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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