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About the answering system
Call screening at the telephone base
If the answering system and call screening are on, the announcement and 
the incoming message are audible at the telephone base when a call arrives.
You can turn call screening on or off using a cordless handset (see page 21) 
or using the telephone base. When call screening is off, you can temporarily 
turn on call screening by pressing  /PLAY/STOP on the telephone base. 
Call screening will be off for the next incoming call. 
If call screening is on and you want to silence the telephone base while it 
is recording messages, press  /PLAY/STOP on the telephone base. Call 
screening will be on for the next call.
Call intercept
While screening a call, you can stop recording and speak to the caller by 
pressing   PHONE/FLASH or  /SPEA�ERSPEA�ER on a cordless handset, or pressing 
SPEA�ER   or lifting the corded handset on the telephone base. 
Base ringer
Press pq/VOLUME  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 screen shows Ringer off 
and   when the ringer is off. 
Temporarily turn off the message alert tone
If the new message alert tone is turned on (see page 23), the telephone base 
beeps every 10 seconds when there are new or missed messages. Pressing 
any telephone base key 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 
turned off. Only press X/DELETE a second time if you wish to erase all old 
messages in the answering system.
The message alert tone resumes when you receive another message.
Answering system
RINGER VOLUME
Ringer off